Training you horse can be quite difficult, especially when it is reluctant or unwilling to obey your orders.
It is believed to tame your horse, you need to be able to get their trust.
Trust is very important for a horse-handler relationship.
It must be able to trust you, knowing that you will not do anything that could possibly bring harm to it.
There are many means on how you can train your horse.
However, before undergoing such training you might want to consider the following: Plan - You must first make a plan on how you will carry out the training.
Planning is very important so as to secure success.
Equipment - Make sure that you have all the right materials needed.
Place - The location is essential as well; knowing where you will be doing all the practices and rounds.
Make sure the area is green and wide for training.
The place must be safe for both you and your horse.
There are many tricks you can teach your horse.
Some of these tricks include: Neck Reining - This is steering your horse to the direction you want it to go.
Teaching it to turn left or right is very important and this is a basic technique horses can learn fast.
Longeing - This is where the horse is asked to travel around a large ring sometimes imaginary, while its trainer is inside the ring.
The horse will be working at the end of a long line held by the trainer.
Move Sideways on the Ground - Teaching your horse to move away from you while you are on the ground and move away from your legs when you are riding it.
There are still many tricks you can teach your horse to do.
You can even teach them to kiss and to give a hug.
With all of these tricks, there must always be caution.
Always keep in mind that horses learn at different rates; some can pick up easily while others need some time.
So when training your horse, try to be patient with it.
Do not feel frustrated.
Avoid getting angry for horses are very sensitive animals to your mood and body languages.
Getting angry only results to punishing your horse by yelling at them or worse, you can kick them.
In such cases, your horse will only fear you rather than trust you.
Your horse can also develop aggressive behaviors (biting and running away) which are hard to modify.
You need a professional trainer to change these bad behaviors.
Dedication is also very important.
You must dedicate yourself to train your horse.
You must give enough time for practice.
This is the only way that your horse will remember everything you taught him.
Your horse needs conditioning and it learn through constant routines.
Therefore, always remember when you are training your horse; you need to plan, to trust and to dedicate.
These are important things to your success.
Train your horse and have fun doing so.