| Pony coaching is a practice by which horses are | | | | conform to human. This is the explanation why handling |
| taught to perform certain behaviors as commanded | | | | of the pony from a very early age is suggested. |
| by somebody. Horses are trained to make it less | | | | Some train foals and young horses using the idea of |
| complicated for us, humans, to handle them and to | | | | imprinting to introduce them to plenty of the activities |
| make them perform helpful activities. They are trained | | | | they are going to see thru their lives. A halter, which is |
| for different purposes including common-or-garden | | | | also called a headcollar or headstall, is a headgear that |
| care as well as for equestrian activities. | | | | is used to guide or tie up a horse. Foals are too |
| Some folk, like equestrians, train horses for pony racing | | | | inexperienced to be ridden, which is the reason why a |
| activities and other sports. It's the responsibility of | | | | halter is placed on its head so it can be led to walk |
| human to think about tactics to effectively | | | | and trot. Another vital thing is that it has got to be |
| communicate with them as horses do not have | | | | exposed to noises and commotion of standard human |
| thinking ability as that of a human. It is in the nature of | | | | activities in order not to fear them. Examples are |
| horses to follow a certain leader because they are | | | | noises coming from automobiles, radios, etc. |
| social herd animals. This makes training a pony easier. | | | | After the basic training is the ground training, wherein |
| Horses have a biological reply to acute stress, | | | | foals are prepared for riding and kept them used to |
| meaning, that they react to threats by fighting or | | | | humans. It depends on the sort of the pony and the |
| fleeing. Due to such natural behaviour, human should | | | | discipline the pony will be used for. Horses are less |
| find out the way to teach them to determine the | | | | difficult to be ridden if they had adequate ground |
| appropriate response. | | | | training. Once a pony mastered the basic talents under |
| It is easier to teach a young pony than an older one | | | | a saddle, it is prepared to learn a more specialised |
| because a young pony, like most animals, can simply | | | | coaching for a particular discipline or set of disciplines. |