Foal Halter
Horse Training Tips: Lead Your Horse
The ultimate goal if you wish to ride is to achieve success in saddle training; however, it is necessary to do the groundwork first. Your horse will need to be led from his stall or pasture to the tack area before you can tack-up and ride. Not much point in teaching your horse point B, the saddle riding part, if there’s no way to get there from point A is there?. When your horse learns to cooperate with you, you can act as a team. This cooperation begins with your ability to approach, catch, and halter him first. Then you’ll need to lead your horse about with a halter and a lead rope.
Safety for both you and your horse is the primary objective in teaching acceptable behaviour. He will need to be taught that his natural tendency to pull against the lead rope, for example, is not allowed. Whoever is leading needs to be secure that their personal space will not be invaded by the horse. You put yourself at risk by not taking time to teach your horse basic safety manners before moving on to more advanced training. Whilst a good equine insurance policy may cover you for accidents that happen in training, it’s obviously far more preferable not to have to find this out!
Leading your horse requires that you use the three Ps of horse training: patience, persistence and positive reinforcement. If you have already achieved success at haltering, then you probably know all about the three Ps already.
It is a good idea to begin lead training when the horse is still a foal. You don’t need to teach a very young horse about saddles and riding, of course, but don’t leave the basic ground manners until he is older. The youngster will still need to cooperate for the vet, the farrier, and for various operatives moving about.
If you happen to have the dam – the foal’s mother – present, lead training will be easier as he will naturally copy her behaviours. Don’t worry if the dam is not present, as it works as well with any horse which the foal spends time with. A young horse will naturally learn from his elders. For example, you don’t need to teach a horse in the pasture how to graze or go to the water and drink. They watch the other horses to learn these things. If your student is older, you can still use another horse’s example by haltering and leading the other horse first. Horses notice everything that goes on around them – particularly if it involves other horses within the herd – so you can be sure that your student will be paying attention.
A good place to start is to lead a more experienced horse along with the foal; lead them simultaneously with you in the middle. Stay to the left of your student’s shoulder area as it is the safest spot for you, with the older horse to the left of you. Be sure that you do not wrap the lead rope around your hand or any part of your body, just in case the young horse decides to bolt or kick up his heels. The last thing you need at this stage is complicating the process with an injury for which you may need to claim on your horse insurance.
Alternatively, if you have a calm horse that you are comfortable riding and that the foal will follow, you can use the pony method. This is done by simply towing the student horse behind using a longer lead rope. This is actually a logical method for teaching the lead, as it’s natural for the young to follow the elders behaviour.
If there are no other horses around to help your student out here, you will need to rely only on patience, persistence and positive reinforcement. You will get there in the end but it will probably take a bit longer for the horse to understand what is required.
After satisfactory progress, it’s time to try it alone. Again, standing to the left of your young horse’s shoulder and with both of you looking straight ahead, gently walk forward and as you step out, tug very gently forward, then release any pressure on the rope as soon as the horse makes any motion to go forward. Understanding that release is a reward to your horse is a valuable tip used by professional trainers. It tells your horse he’s doing something right.
After you have him walking with you in straight lines with success, try turning slightly to the left, maintaining the space bubble between you. If he crowds you, use your right hand to push him out away from you and hold your arm out to the appropriate distance. Then try turning to the right with the same safety distance between the two of you, still using your right hand to guide him into the correct zone. Reward him each time he takes a step in the right direction by releasing the pressure on the lead rope.
Lead training can really try your patience. Stay with it and you will see great improvement. Work every day if possible for short periods and you’ll be pleased with the results; then you will be moving closer to the time when you can saddle up and begin riding.
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