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Have you ever tried to get your horse
to go somewhere (like through a door or in a
trailer) and he rears as he approaches?
In this case, the rearing is a symptom
of a problem.
The horse is showing resistance and
fear - plus a lack of respect for the handler's
direction.
To solve this, you must do groundwork
away from the spooky object.
You'll want to do exercises that will
get him to expand his comfort level AND get
his feet moving forward.
We want the horse to learn to move
his feet forward (not up) when he feels his
life is threatened.
Now when the horse rears, DO NOT pull
down on his head.
Why?
Because it could make him rear even
higher and perhaps fall backwards. He could
even pull you back and land on you.
Plus, the horse will have experienced
BIG TIME trauma - and man oh man...that will
be hard to fix.
If the horse rears, get away from him
moving to his side.
One BIG secret is to be ready for him
to do it. Think ahead of him.
If he starts to spring up, pull his
head around and move his hindquarters.
Why?
Because if you're a horse, it's pretty
dang hard to rear up when your hindquarters are
moving and your head is turned.
When he sees he can't rear, he'll even-
tually learn to go forward when feeling troubled.
He will discover it's not so bad to move
his feet forward and that he'll be okay.
He likely won't learn to move forward
the first few times you draw his head around
and move his hindquarters...but he'll get it
eventualy.
Just keep at it until he does - stay
consistent.
If you've ever ridden a horse that rears,
you'd know it can be scary and dangerous.
You should know how to prevent it.
In some horse training videos from
http://www.SuperStarsOfHorseTraining.com, there
are a couple trainers.
To learn more about how they train
their horses, be sure to read about them.
About The Author
Andy Curry is a nationally known horse trainer and author
of several best selling horse training and horse care books.
He is also well known for finding, interviewing, and filming
expert horse trainers and making their expertise available
to horse owners who want to learn different horse training
tips and secrets and how to solve behaviorial issues with
horses.
For information visit his website at www.SuperStarsofHorseTraining.com.
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