| Learning some horse training methods is useful in | | | | his treat or his reward every time he does a good job. |
| training your horse to be an obedient one and one that | | | | It is also important to hold your training session in short |
| you can easily ride on. Of course, a calm and | | | | periods of time to make your clicker training effective. |
| responsive horse is an ideal buddy, and it is often a | | | | Make sure also to reward the good behavior only. |
| result of good horse training plus patience. | | | | Avoid having the mistake of rewarding bad behavior |
| You have probably wished you want to communicate | | | | as this may become harder to break. |
| with your horse and tell him what to do, but because | | | | Longeing |
| you can't, training him with the use of commands and | | | | Longeing is also one of the horse training methods that |
| body language is necessary so you can eventually | | | | are widely used. This involves the use of a longe line |
| make your horse do what you want. | | | | which you can hold at a distance from the horse. The |
| Here are among the most common techniques in | | | | longe line is a rope fastened to the head of the horse |
| horse training. | | | | while the trainer can teach him to listen to commands |
| Clicker training | | | | and allow the horse to move around the circle. This is |
| Clicker training is one of the horse training methods | | | | usually done in a large circle where you can stand in |
| that you can use to make your horse do anything | | | | the middle. |
| possible. This training technique makes use of a clicker | | | | Longeing is a good technique to train your horse to |
| which you can readily buy in a pet store. You will also | | | | listen to voice commands especially if you are training |
| need to have treats as rewards for every command | | | | a young horse that is still not used to it. It will also help |
| or skill that your horse will learn. | | | | the animal 'read' body language from the trainer and |
| Clicker training has been used in training marine animals | | | | eventually learn how to respond to it. |
| but has now been used in horse training as well. This | | | | This method can also be used if the horse cannot be |
| type of training makes use of positive reinforcement | | | | ridden or if you want him to develop more balance and |
| and is beneficial to the animal without hurting him or | | | | rhythm as well as improving his gait. You may have to |
| whipping him to follow what you want him to do. | | | | consider introducing also other equipment used during |
| This training method usually starts by introducing to | | | | longeing to make your horse training as easy as |
| your horse that a 'click' means a treat. By clicking and | | | | possible. |
| giving him treats afterwards, you can train him to learn | | | | Star with these two horse training methods and you |
| to listen and execute. You can start with small skills | | | | and your horse will eventually benefit from a good |
| and simple commands but make sure you do give him | | | | training method. |