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***Train Your Horse*** Hi Guys! I have started a club called Training your horse. Its a few simple ways to make your horse bombproof, have ground manners, and connecting with your horse, and even tips for buying your own horse! Please join the club, and look for more letters! ~ ponyluv1999

So i really need help :) BAD AND FAST!	Comanche1999 & Dancer
2010-08-31 21:39:07
comanche, whats his biggest problem that you want to work with first.	ponyluv1999 & Teddy
2010-08-31 23:31:56
ok well, so many people! LisaMaire, what breed are they?	ponyluv1999 & Teddy
2010-09-01 13:01:58
I need lead training/ Halter training and biting to be solved FAST!	Comanche1999 & Dancer
2010-09-01 21:27:19
im not lisa, ponyluv1999 is, and i am just putting in tips. i trained shatty, you know	Ellie Renneberg2 & Max
2010-09-02 05:57:46
ok	ashley7 & Stormy
2010-09-02 06:11:00
ok, people lets work on comanches problems. First, you probably need the halter and leading worked on. Choose the proper type of halter when you train your horse. A soft rope halter feels better to the horse's skin and doesn't inspire resistance the same way a flat halter will. The right rope halter will be thin enough to discourage the horse from leaning against it when the animal yields to your command. Ensure that the horse respects your command and your space before you attempt to halter train it. Find out if you can stand next to the animal without it trying to bite you or swinging its head toward you unexpectedly. You will need to train the horse to stand still before you can attempt to slip on a halter. Get the halter into position before you try to slip it on the horse's head. Hold the nose piece in one hand while pulling the long strings outward with the other hand. Take a moment to let the horse study and even sniff the halter before you try to put it on. Put the nose piece on the horse first and allow it to get used to the feel. Speak soothingly to the horse while you hold the nose piece in place, and scratch the horse around the withers to reward it for remaining calm. Bring the strings of the halter behind the horse's head and ears, taking care to move your hands slowly so that you won't alarm the animal. Stop any time the animal begins to resist and pull away. Make sure that there are no twists in the strings and that they lie flat against the horse's skin. Remove the slack from the ties of the halter and tighten the whole assembly slowly. Tie the latch knot on the halter through the back of the loops of the strings so that it will not become loose over time. When he becomes used to the ropse halter you can try a breakaway halter, or leather.	ponyluv1999 & Teddy
2010-09-02 14:16:34
Comanche-A biting horse is a huge liability. For whatever reason your horse bites, he needs to be stopped. It's annoying to have a horse even playfully bite at your hand when you're grooming or saddling him. At times, though, far from being playful, a horse's bite can be painful and just downright dangerous. There are countless reasons a horse will bite, and at one time or another virtually all horses will try it. With some it's a dominance game and with others it's just playing. There is some crossover in the two reasons, though. A young horse that playfully bites probably doesn't respect you the way he should. If you've ever seen a couple of young colts out in a pasture, chances are you've seen them take turns biting each other and dodging the return bite. They're not mad, just having fun. But don't let that youngster try to have fun with you! He must not be allowed to view you in the same way as he views his buddy in the pasture. When we take action to stop a horse from biting, we want to accomplish two things. First, we want to make the horse think that it was his decision to bite that resulted in an unpleasant consequence rather than any action that he saw you take. How do we accomplish this? When your horse bites or threatens to bite, avoid slapping his face or attempting to do so. First of all, the horse is much quicker than you and you usually will come up with air when you take a swipe at him. Secondly, flailing away at a horse's face or head will tend to make him head-shy. It's like having a dog that cowers. You want to make a signal to him that biting is wrong, like if you do something to him when he attempts to bite, (dont slap) maybe like pushing his face away, you want to make a noise, like "pshh" or something else. then later on after this training, he will just listen to that sound and youw ill not have to push his face away.	ponyluv1999 & Teddy
2010-09-02 14:25:49
shatty ( prounounced ( sh- aaa- t-y) is our black pro racehorse	Ellie Renneberg2 & Max
2010-09-03 09:28:07
What about can i say Ahh Ahh??? Like on Animal Planet's It's Me or the Dog Victoria Stellwell!?	Comanche1999 & Dancer
2010-09-03 21:13:52