| If you watch horses in the herd, I mean "really" watch | | | | leadership and confidence and confident assertiveness. |
| them, you'll see how good they are at watching body | | | | On the other hand, when you want your equine to |
| language. And not just body language, but subtleties | | | | stay with you, or stop in the round pen, or slow down |
| you and I would easily miss. | | | | then your body language should soften. Don't |
| Nearly every time I feed two of my horses, the alpha | | | | necessarily stare him in the eye. |
| horse always pins his ears as the other approaches. | | | | Another cue I always do with equines is leaning slightly |
| The other horse instantly sees it and backs away. | | | | to one side and looking at their hind end. When I do this, |
| Pinning the ears is all it took. And if you didn't see the | | | | they move their hind end away from me at all times. |
| ears pinned, you wouldn't have known what was going | | | | But I had to teach them this body language. They didn't |
| on. | | | | just move because I leaned at looked at his hind end. |
| If you want to be good at controlling your equine then | | | | I first had him in a halter and lead rope and taught him |
| you must practice controlling your body language. | | | | to yield his hindquarters. Then I transferred the cue to |
| Now when you want your horse to move forward, | | | | when I lean slightly and look at his hind end, he moves it |
| back, or sideways from you then use your body | | | | accordingly. Heck, you can even transfer the cue to |
| language to help you. Stand erect. Your movements | | | | point at his hind end and he'll move it. |
| toward your horse must be purposeful and exhibit | | | | |