COMMON HORSE CATCHING MISTAKES

The other day I was invited to see my friend's new horse. He had about a month before you get to see her. When I got home, he met me outside and said, "C'mon ... let's go see it." We stayed at the fence and marveled at how beautiful she was. Excited, he asked: "Do you want to pet her?" "Sure!" I said. So my friend took the halter and went after her.

As I watched him hunting I remembered the silent movies where everyone is moving comically fast with the background music. As I laughed to myself I heard him ask aloud, "Why keep running from me?"

That was a good question. Many people have that problem. There are lots of reasons horses run from their owners. One reason is fear. Horses are the epitome of fear. If they feel their life is in danger will remain.

If a horse is comfortable with his pack, although one or two other horses, which can be uncomfortable for him. Its entire DNA speaks loud and clear to him that the herd is the safest place. Therefore, if you leave the herd could mean his life is threatened - at least ... that is their thinking.

One of the biggest mistakes I see are the new owners of horses that make their horse work almost every time you see them. Picture of it. You're a horse standing there with his friends. Is ninety-four degrees on its side, flies will not leave you alone, and was doing very well standing there doing nothing - thank you very much. And because they are extremely alert because of their innate fear, you quickly find the owner comes to claim that the strange appearance, the rope not-so-good-fitting that goes in the head.

The last 400 gazillion times the owner approached you with it in hand, he accidentally stabbed in the cheek while clumsily jerking it on the head. Then output to your friends and go run in circles for thirty minutes. Boring!

Rather, the horse owner should alternate working and pleasure horse. In other words, a day's walk from his horse with rope in hand and pet him. Talk to him. Tell her how beautiful she is. Take your halter and rub it on your body as a paintbrush. Get to think that the halter will give pleasure when he sees what will feel good about it.

The next day, with the rope in hand, go see your horse and pet him. Pleasant conversation. Then put the rope. Pet again. Keep talking nice. After a few minutes, take the halter off and rub his body with it. Then walk.

Now the horse begins to think, "Well! That's all I wanted. "For a while, an alternative to ask your horse to work versus not work and take your halter with you each time to keep you guessing," Is my pet going to tell me I'm purty, or going to work a little ? I guess that is my pet, so it will stay. "

Other reasons horses run from their owners is a lack of training can be good. Another reason is perhaps the horse is getting positive reinforcement at the wrong time. How can that be? A horse can learn to run your head - and if it does put a carrot or a kind of temptation AFTER running.

So how to stop running and catch your horse?

It depends on why the horse races. If the horse is scared then you need to get your confidence back. This is achieved by doing positive things with your horse. When picked up, do not ask to work. Get out your brush and groom him. He'll like that. Would you like to think of being with you as an enjoyable experience - one you want when you see it. This is especially important if you are away from their friends in the flock.

Because the horse feels safe to be with their friends in the flock, must make you feel safe to be removed from the herd. Therefore, when you catch him you can groom and give a good experience to feel safe.

A good practice is to put your horse in a small yard and climb it. Teaching is good to be with you. This will give you a good base to get him later when he is in an open field.

Another neat trick you can do is use lunging to teach your horse to arrive. Do not simply run him in boring circles. Ask him to change direction and pass through obstacles, etc. Make sure you praise when you do well and give it rest. Do not run him on the floor. Doing so will re-think that you do have to work hard.

As you're lunging, the commands used to get it to do what you want him to do. As you and he be good at it, it will respond much better to you in the open field.

A mistake that many people who are chasing the horse to try to catch it. You simply can not. They are very fast and agile. Not only that, it tends to strengthen the instinct of a horse to be prey and they need to get to safety ... it means ... away from you.

Sometimes you can use another horse to help you catch a horse to be friends with the horse that does not want to catch up. If you go to pet a horse it can sometimes get the horse to capture. He may want to cherish too.

Be sure not to punish a horse once you capture it. First, do not know why you got into trouble. Secondly, it is a great way to bring it to NOT want to be with you. If he does not want to be with you, often evade.