Horse Training Tip that will make it easy to start

Whenever you have a Challenge with your horse, the first step is to break the problem down in smaller pieces.

Imagine your horse doesn’t lift his feet well for cleaning or trimming. How can you break down that problem for your horse?

Break it down for your horse

Your horse doesn’t know anything about your expectations!

When you break your goal down and start rewarding your horse for a slight weight shift *off* of that foot, you’re reinforcing 2 things.
One is that you encourage your horse to think about what he did and how it influenced him (he got a treat). The other thing is that you strengthened the first step toward your goal.

We can have success when we try to skip the first step in the process. Even when you’re not sure that you know all steps in the training process, start by thinking about the first step.

This will also give you information about the second step and the third. Especially when your use positive reinforcement and encourage your horse all the time to think *with* you. Horses are very good at helping you train them, when you let them do it and are willing to listen.

So what would YOUR next step in training your horse be like? I would love to hear it!

Sandra  

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