My horse is.....?

Question

My horse keeps on rearing when i walking him in his halter! Out to his pasture! Please i need suggestion ASAP! P.S.- Horses Behaving Badly!

Answer 1

What kind of lead do you use? You can run a chain over his nose or under his lip for more control, or try leading him with a chiffeney bit.

Answer 2

now.. i know a lot of people believe that in oder for a horse to behave... you have to show him who's boss. But the truth of the matter may be that he's scared. he may not hav had any human contact before, so when a random person comes up to him and tries to lead him, he becomes frightened. try leading him with another horse, an old gentle horse. bring him into an empty corral and sit in the center of the corral with a bucket of food. after running himself exhausted, he will become tired and become curious about you < this could take several hours so be prepared> and eat the food from you. at this point he will associate you with food, so he will know that when you lead him in, you are going to feed him. then work on your bond from there. but DON'T put him on crossties anytime soon. he will spook and most likely break anything nearby, and pull the crossties and break them. then.. after he learns to trust you more, he will buck and rear less. then. when you ride him again, begin lessons on a lunge line again. if he misbehaves, don't automatically smack him. instead pull back on the reins, slow down, stop, give him a harsh word or two, and begin again. the same applies when you are leading him. if he rears, let him settle down and then tell him 'NO' and pull down on the lead rope. don't jerk the rope, but instead slowly pull down, and at the same time, pring your hand closer to the halter, preventing him from rearing again. and remember. if he does something good, reward him by petting him and saying good boy.

Answer 3

Hold lead nice and short near his head. Don't hit your horse, you will be entering in on an argument with a 500k beast, and you can bet your money on who will win that one. I don't recommend shanking either, unless he is refusing to back up, and even then it should be more of a wriggle than a jerk. I've found by jerking on a rearing horses head, it makes them do it again.

So, nice short lead. When he starts to walk all over you-stop. If he's still jumping around, tell him to back up three steps. He plays up again you tell him again. Maintain your control, don't loose your cool, but don't be afraid to be more clear in your instructions if he fails to listen. He needs to learn about personal space. he should not be running over the top of you, but he should also be moving forward when you ask.

If he rears when you pull on his lead, he is resisting the pressure on his poll, and this is not good. Do some leading work on the ground with him. Pull on the lead, when he takes a step, allow the lead to go slack. This way he learns to move away from the pressure, not into it. also do some left and right work, turning, backing up.

Just make it so that it is easier for him to walk quietly than it is to play up. If he has to take some backward steps every time he rears, pretty soon he'll be like "Hey, I'm further away from the paddock now than I was before. I want to go forward, but every time I rear I 'm getting further away, better not rear anymore."

As soon as he starts walking forward, make sure you give with the lead rope, and give him a rub and a "good boy".

Another thing that might be of use is called a Dually Halter, made by the Monty Roberts crew. Basically it works by shrinking over the horses head as long as there is pressure, but also releasing as soon as they give with the poll. It just reinforces the whole "moving off the pressure" thing. For more details go to www.montyroberts.com

Good Luck :) Hope I've helped a bit.

Answer 4

he could possibly have a sore somewhere where the halter is touching him. if not, put a chain over the nose of his halter and jerk it when he misbehaves. you could instead put a lunge cavesson on and clip the lead to the top of the nose of the cavesson. when he rears up pull the lead back down. lunge cavessons are designed for horses that rear while they are being lunged. try giving your horse more time to burn off energy

Answer 5

Try running a chain over his nose and as he starts to rear, give him a short jerk on the chain. It will bring him down. What I do is run the chain over his nose and then when I get him on all four feet, I smack his shoulder with the end of the lead rope. I managed to cure the one horse of mine that did that.

Answer 6

First things first. Swing the rope gently as you are leading him he rares let the lounge rope or your lead rope bump his knees or chest area. He will soon learn it is uncompfortable. A hoola hoop will work better for this. I am training a colt that had the same problem. Just hold the hoola hoop so that when he gets to close to you to rare up on you he will hit it and learn to back off and lead properly. Let him hit the hoola hoop all you do is hold it.

Answer 7

wet saddle blankets and lots of them. he has nothing to do all day but stand in a stall. he is frustrated and so much energy he is just waiting to explode. ride ride ride. put lots of miles on him get him lathered up good. horses weren't made to be walked out to the pasture they should have space to run when they want to. city people who have horses drive me nuts. sorry but i was raised on a working cattle ranch and we did not keep our mounts in stalls.

Answer 8

Ya gotta let That Horse know "who's Boss"
Start them out right

Answer 9

Try to use a shank over his nose first, walk slowly and just keep talking to him calmly, walk him in circles if he starts to prance or get "strong", after you have mastered that try it without the shank, just remember stay calm and talk to him, what breed is he?-

Answer 10

and you say your horse is trained?---first off every horse needs a refresher course on haler breaking, unless you're a vaquero