Speak To Your Horse
You must learn to “speak to your horse” using your body language your horse will find it much easier to learn as he is able to understand this language. If you show any fear the horse picks this up – even if you are not trying to show the fear. If you exude confidence then the horse also picks this up and will feel confident in your training.
Horses are herd animals and they should see you as their leader. If you show that you are the boss/leader he will follow your every move. Training horses needs patience – but if you give your horse patience you’ll be richly rewarded.
Also you mustn’t put your horse under any stress when you are training him - as no-one ever learns under stressful the same goes for your horse. If you horse is totally unwilling to follow your commands then stop and try the training the following day. Sometimes he might just not feel like having you train him and the only way to show you his unwillingness is for him to totally misbehave.
The best time to start your horse training is when you horse is happy and you are calm this is the perfect environment to start your horses training session. It’s best to watch the horse continuously to see how reacts to the thing you are trying to teach him - from this you will know how to push him further in his training.
Don’t ever force your horse to continue the training if he really doesn’t want to do it. This could slow the horse training down.
Only ever go as fast as the horse wants to learn because that way he learns at a comfortable level. It is crucial that you and your horse have fun when training.
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