Training or teaching wild horses that have never been in captivity is relatively different from training horses bred and raised around people and fences. Horses, in general, are creatures of movement. They learn everything through movement. As a herd, horses rely on each other for safety. They have a certain hierarchy within the herd, where the strongest stallion is the leader. Constantly, that leader is challenged by other stallions to ensure that the leader is still capable of leading them. In horse training, you will have to be that leader.

The first step in training a wild horse is to establish trust. You will have to gain his trust before you can do anything with that horse. You cannot work with any horse if that horse does not trust you. One way of achieving this is to put the horse in a small pen and visit him every single day. You feed him, water him, and talk to him in a mild, reassuring manner. Some people even sing to the horse. But if you cannot sing, do not even try. You will be doing more harm than good.

Eventually, the horse will start to trust you. The horse will soon realize that you are not there to hurt him. Once this happens, you can now go inside the pen and slowly but firmly give him a massage or body rub. This will help strengthen the bond that you are now starting to build with the horse.

When you are confident that the horse no longer sees you as a threat, you can now start showing him objects that he will be using in the future. The rope and the halter must be the first items you should introduce to him. Let him smell it, rub it against his back and neck, so he will get used to it. Let him wear the halter for a few hours everyday, but take it off when you leave.

When you have acquainted the horse with objects around him like fences, ropes, the halter, the saddle, and everything else, he becomes more trusting. Once the horse looks to you as a leader, you now do what you want. Training him will be easier. However, there will be occasional stubborn behavior displays; this means the horse is testing your leadership. As previously mentioned, horses constantly test the leader of the herd. You will have to be firm in showing him who is boss.

Originally posted 2009-07-29 17:56:26. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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Firstly, there is the so-called “In-hand” Wild Horse Training. In- hand training of wild horses is the ability to teach the horse the basics.  By using this training, the trainer should prepare the horse. In- hand training is also the ability to get the horse in the best possible and trained manner from one point to another.  In-hand training is the basic training and the first step of training the horse to take the second step and that is the riding.

Secondly, to ride a horse one should need these things that are necessarily helpful to accustom the horse with the basics: halter, lead, bridle, obstacles like tarp, platform, and plywood, concrete, plastic and or poles in the ground. Some obstacles that can also be used are the flat and a tractor.

Thirdly, goals are important in wild horse training. First goal is the First Set of Basics.  This type of training will enable the horse to be taught in many ways.  The in-hand training is the first step training that a horse should be taught. The second goal is that the way on how you can smoothly halter the horse. This would most likely means without bucking, bolting, and biting. Third goal is the skill of safely turning the horse loose. In this, one will not have to deal with the wheeling or the rearing. These are the stepping stones to move on the bigger and better preparation- the moving forward.

This is the next step of goals- Moving Forward. This step is much difficult.  This will require a great deal of time and patience. Moving forward is where the walking and some of the maneuvers, trotting, stopping and turning left or right back come into play.
Some horses get spooked sometimes when the ground levels are changed or other elements are presented. So starting with obstacles is very much helpful if you want to easily lead your horse with a bridle or halter and this would take away from the others without having troubles.

When this is mastered, another step would be helpful again by taking them the past obstacles such as the fences, tractors or the flags.
Wild horse training needs an individual skill and valuable knowledge of the trainer and it also needs extensive groundwork for an easy key to success under the saddle and one should always remember that every encounter of the horse includes training.

Originally posted 2009-06-08 14:40:11. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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