You’re ready to start working with your horse. Now find out how to teach him effectively with these horse training tips.
1. Don’t let the horse dictate speed in the round-pen
Round-pen training is a great way to establish leadership, but we need to make the decisions. Don’t let him decide how fast to go-you decide.
2. Let [...]
Posted on February 5th, 2010 by admin
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Ever since Parelli burst on the scene everyone’s abuzz about horse training games. The idea behind the games is to play with the horse doing things he already does naturally. In short they are an encapsulation of how horses interact with each other, essentially designed to get humans to interact with horses correctly. Horse training [...]
Posted on February 2nd, 2010 by admin
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Do you understand horse body language? Horses can’t talk, but they live in herds and communicate gobs of information with body language. Understanding horse body language is key to understanding your horse. Here are some tips on not only understanding horse body language, but using your own body language to communicate leadership.
1. Recognize when your [...]
Posted on January 29th, 2010 by admin
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Lunging a horse can be a lot more than simply having your horse run around you in circles. How many people do you know that lunge their horses to wear them out? So many people use the exercise to take the “hot” out of the “hot blooded” before a ride, when the truth is lunging [...]
Posted on January 27th, 2010 by admin
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We’ve all had problems catching a horse at one time or another. And if you’ve watched other people doing it, you’ve seen them out there with carrots begging their horse to come in, or rounding up a posse of friends to try and chase down the horse and corner him when he’s worn out. These [...]
Posted on January 27th, 2010 by admin
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Effective horse training methods focus on developing a communication link between human and horse. The goal is to have a horse that’s light and responsive, attentive, and safe. You begin by building a foundation on the ground, and this is true regardless of what riding style you’re using. While there are going to be some [...]
Posted on January 27th, 2010 by admin
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Before you get that loving, trusting bond with your horse that you want, you must become a leader. Being a leader not only builds trust with your horse but helps with safety and makes your horse light and responsive. It follows that your horse will be good to ride.
Personal Space
You can go into the personal [...]
Posted on January 20th, 2010 by admin
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Being prey animals, horses have their eyes located more on the side of their head. This gives them the kind of vision they need in the wild to spot threats. When it comes to horsemanship, this has a practical aspect we need to be aware of. If you’ve got one eye you’ve only got half [...]
Posted on January 19th, 2010 by admin
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When working with a horse, especially a “green” or unbroken horse, avoid putting too much pressure. Apply pressure to ask for what you want and then back off. Then apply pressure again. This technique is known as Approach and Retreat. It can be applied to any work you need to do with your horse, including [...]
Posted on January 18th, 2010 by admin
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A central goal of natural horsemanship is assuming a leadership role for your horse. An easy way to do this without even having to lay a hand on the horse is with round pen training done “at liberty”. At liberty means that there is no lead rope or halter on the horse. Take your horse [...]
Posted on January 15th, 2010 by admin
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