What is the best instrument to start stale a infantile horse?
i just bought a three year old gelding! he knows adjectives the ground basics and he is used to a saddle and bridle on his back. before i get him the girl said his previous own had 30 days training in him and when i rode him two days ago he acted similar to her new nothing. i mean he is young at heart so i expected that. so my questions is what is the best way to start getting your horse to learn how to totter trot and canter. well mainly walk and trot for in a minute. when i get on him he just stands there unless my sister is near and he will follow her around. the only way we get him to move next to out her is using the whip. not hitting him just showing it to him. but he catches on swift so i think its mainly just mercy really. but if you have any tips let me know gratitude
What I have done is similar to Mulereiner stated...the round pen (or arena). First rides I don't use a bridle. Halter only with two leads. I don't verbs on those leads at all. I let the horse choose where on earth he wants to go. Yes...having that personality walk around for him to follow is great!
After a few days of doing that then start with for a while sidepull training as he is following the leader. Once he's got that down and is responding, has some one rein stop training too, progress to the snaffle.
I use the halter and lead first so the horse isn't concentrating on the bit and get worried over it. I want him to think about his foot and my weight.
When he locks up and won't go forward just turn his principal and direct him that way, slap your leg and rock in the saddle to create the forward motion.
Mostly if you agree to him choose where to walk the first few days he'll get better. He's upset and needs to find his feet I guess you could say. Patience...you said it!
Pat Parelli has the most lovely and friendly path of starting young horses I've ever seen. He really knows what he's doing, as I've used his program for abundant years successfully, and have seen it in deed with other peoples horses. Please look into it, you won't be sorry!
Answers: You have answered yourself... PATIENCE!! :-)
I train mine by driving and or drive/lunge them, and teach the commands on the ground. When they bring that down pat, when you get on, they will know the command, and you add the leg pressure, say the command and "smooch" to them.
Put him contained by long lines, if you dont have a harness, you can simply tie a soft thick rope around the stomach, and tie in two round metal rings for the long lines o( )o < it will look like that. The rings will hold the lines off the ground from the bit to your mitt. Then just drive him and teach the whoa, giyyup, back, put your foot, trot and canter.
Once he knows the verbal commands, kick on and enjoy. The best thing about this is nearby is no force being used, like when you get on and want a whip, or someone leading.
It will take mebbe a week of every afternoon driving. Theare are lots of ways to accomplish what you want, I just find this to work great for me and my horses. And I have never have a horse buck or rear or try to run away, using this method.
You could also have someone else ride beside you and they take their horse thru the motions, and hope your horse will follow.. through trot and lope. Some horse, however, when they get behind, they tend to bound around rather than move forward.
Best of luck to you.. enjoy your horse. :-)
For me it starts in the round pen working on the ground. You need to establish a honourable "go forward" cue. I use a short whip, mostly to give my mitt an extension, I kiss and tap. As soon as I get movement I stop the tapping. If I don't receive movement I tap progressively hard until I do. Repeat, repeat,repeat. Once I move to the saddle, the process is much the same. I ask for movement, any direction will do, and when I win it I release. My cue is to squeeze. I've augmented it with a whip and with spurs on some horse, depends on the horse. The switch is repetition. Move slow and get this cue down pat before moving on.
Its the same problem a trailer loading. 90% of trailer loading is the turn forward cue. I ask-you go, end of conversation.
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I always start next to them in a round pen behind a solid animal and play follow the leader. So the individual in front of me walks/trots/lopes.. as we feel we are ready and we a moment ago follow, and I apply slight directional cues etc, although mine are taught to drive way before I ride, so they are used to mouth and voice cues by next.
Its ok to use the crop to encourage forward motion. If the horse is having issues with forwardness tho, afterwards I go back to ground driving and verbal cues to bring back them solid first.
