Solving Horse Problems With Training
If you have not studied horse training, it can be a mystifying subject. Even more of a puzzle is a horse with a behavioral problem.This causes the owner stress and frustration. Several people simply do not realise that the issues commonly lies with the trainer and not the horse.
The first step is unscrambling the horse’s behavior. Most riders will have experienced at some point or another a horse becoming spooked. This often means that the horse is nervous and agitated, frightened that something is going to "get him". Every time the horse and rider go for a ride it is not a relaxing moment for either one of them.
So then let’s pressume the rider is causing the horse to spook we must discover how the rider is able to do this. The rider may be completely unaware that he is sitting tensely in the saddle. He also may be stiff as a board and has white-knuckles from gripping the reins so tightly. The horse is a very intuitive animal and is more than able to sense these things and can easily pick up on tension that the rider is feeling. A horse can get into the habit of feeling this way. This will make the horse’s spookiness and the rider’s unease beacuse the rider an d the horse are intensifying each other’s fears and anxities.
The rider has the capability of reasoning consequently, it is therefore the rider’s duty to stop this irrational behavior in him first and later the horse. You must try and loosen up in the saddle. If you relax and have fun, the horse will signal that he notices a change. Then you should talk to him to boost his confidence. The horse’s behaviour will rapidly change and will result in a more relaxed horse to ride.
Whether or not the rider is aware of it, he or she is training the horse by just riding him. Remember every time you interact with your horse you are training him. The horse will react to the praise and encouragement that he is given. If the praise is consistent, the horse’s reaction will become a habit. If the stimulus is agitated and tense, it can cause fear and consequently can result in a spooky horse.
This is just an example of how you can be the reason for the horse’s poor and negative behaviour. This is not always the case but is remains a good place to start. In nearly all cases, it is where the problems first arose.
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