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My horse seems to think he can take advantage of me, and he thinks that he is the boss not me. So how do you show your horse, your boss?
(Note : I don't have an arena
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(Note : I don't have an arena
So he's gate/barn sour?I do lunge him for about 10 minutes before I ride, but when I get on and start riding to a certain area, he starts backing up to try to turn around to go back to the barn. Also, when I am cantering or trotting him, he canters/trots sideways and I have to pull his head around to make him go back to the area. This is very irritating to do every 5-10 minutes. I can't enjoy my ride when he is doing this
let me guess... parelli.I don't boss anything.
I suggest and lead.
I teach and help.
I spend time with them and build trust.
I listen.
let me guess... parelli.
OP- I agree with PaytonSidesHorsemanship. Think about how horses communicate naturally and build off of that.
Marecare is right. Parelli is NOT the only technique that will use non force to achieve something.
I laughed when I read that.I do not work with the Parelli program at all.
I like to ride too much.
Marecare is right. Parelli is NOT the only technique that will use non force to achieve something.
I do much like marecare
Unless you have a very dumb horse (and there are some out there) then anticipating what the horse will do (assuming you listened to him/her during previous riding sessions) and blocking that behaviour usually works very well.
I know what my horse is going to do by just a change in ear position, or a slight attempt to put any part of his body where I don't want it. He gets a " ah ah" warning first to let him know that I know what he is going to do. He then has the option of behaving or suffer the consequences.
Over time obedience has simply been the easier course and horses are nortorious for taking the easier course when allowed to.
Physical force is not necessary when you can mentally overpower them with anticipation and fair corrections.
There is also the problem of focus. You need to stay focused on what you are asking the horse to do at any given moment and not change for anything, not even the barn burning down. Change your focus and you change your body. Change your body and you change your cue. At a clinic if a person says, "My horse keeps going to the gate." I reply, "What gate?" You need to get so focused you see nothing around you and nothing around you distracts you.
When you give 100% of your focus to the request at hand you will become consistent. When you become consistent you horse will become responsive.
So the horse goes where you don't want, counter move, be the leader by initiating the movement as was stated above, but stay focused. If he goes backward, back him through a shoulder and don't release until he does. He goes left, pick up and take the right shoulder, not the nose to the right. Be specific and stay with it until he does it.
Also, don't go in thinking, 'we'll just walk around,' go in there and do serpentine work, cone patterns, anything that forces you to focus on what you want him to do. As stated above, work him, but work his mind not just his body.
Ha! Love this statement! So true!Not in your wildest dreams!
I do not work with the Parelli program at all.
I like to ride too much.