Basic Horse Training

Horse trainer John Lyons teaching fearful horse in-hand to go forward, sideways, and back on cue through repetition, building respect and obedience to the handler. This horse was so nervous he could not stand still. John’s answer to that is to RE-direct his movement whenever he starts to move on his own, thus practicing positive things the horse needs to learn anyway. It is impossible to force the horse to stand still, and pointless to try. When the horse learns to trust the person as his leader, the horse becomes more confident, and this will transfer to when the horse is ridden. The habits of responding correctly to cues are built by repetition. Demo at Equine Affaire Mass., Nov. 13. Check out my Channel for manyvids, mostly horses! Stories on my Blog about training backyard horses to carriage drive and ride, pets, and life in New Hampshire — COME VISIT if you LOVE HORSES! petArtistWIthPeaches blog– www.portraitswithhorses.com