Comments on: Training Your Horse Right the First Time

By: maria

maria — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 06:59:35 +0000

Yeah. I just bought a 5year old gelding palamino quarter horse. I was told he was already desensitized and what not. More like what not. I dont think he was ever really ridden. He balked at the saddle pad a little and tried to to run away when I rode him around the ranch where he freaked out when he saw the house on the property. He is scared to death of plastic even eitth carrots inside but little by little we have worked through a lot of that.all that’s really left to do is get him to stop fearing enough to stop his eyes from popping out..

By: Ally

Ally — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:41:57 +0000

This is great!

By: Marisah

Marisah — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 12:39:38 +0000

I like this website:)

By: vickie

vickie — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 12:20:43 +0000

What kind of a mild tranquilizer do i use? Im asking because my horse has the same problem with water.

By: a

Wed, 19 May 2010 09:15:11 +0000

i don’t know much about training horses, but i do know that these approaches (positive reinforcement, preventing/catching problem behaviors) are used in dog training all the time (and bird training, too!)

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:54:57 +0000

Great article! Everything just clicked with training for me. I was never abusive but I used force to get results. The stallion I am training now is so sensitive that I cannot be forceful with him or he will back himself up a tree or flip over backwards (neither have happened but it’s been close.) Now, every time I don’t get the results I am looking for I take a step back, breathe, and rethink my approach. I am making huge progress with this horse and he only has 2 weeks of ground work into him.

By: who cares?

who cares? — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:15:55 +0000

Good article.I’ve personly found that the best things to have when training are understanding
,kindness ,patience ,and persistence.

By: xion

xion — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:47:14 +0000

For people who are wondering how to aproach working with the feet, use a lead rope to lift the feet. do that about 5 times everyday, work it into your daily activities. and after just continue what you’d usually do. 🙂

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:58:42 +0000

I thought this article was a very helpful one.

By: Don

Don — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:19:46 +0000

I realy liked the artical. It will be most helpfull in the future. I just bought a 3 yr. old gelding that had been neglected and mistreated. He has a great disposition. The person I bought him from had bought him from an action and had not taken very good care of him. I feel I shoud start out from the begining. I would consider him green broke. I am not planing on riding him until spring so I can get some waight on him and he will be in better shape. The question I have is What is the best way to train him on picking up his feet. It is very hard to get him to pick up his feet. Open to any suggestion.