Is there a way to train a horse that dose not like to be riding on?

Question

Well is there?

Answer 1

There is no pain issue with my horse everyone. This guy posting the question is my boyfriend, I don't know why he's posting it though. My horse is a 5 year old, 16.3 hh palomino Arabian X Thoroughbred mare. I have her checked constantly by my vet and farrier to make sure that nothing is wrong with her. Her tack is fitted correctly by the employees at the place I buy equipment and tack from. Ezperanza (which is her name), is my show horse. She does jumping, and cross country, but excels in dressage. I have owned her for about 2 years, and the only problem that anyone has found is that she just doesn't like to be ridden. She has good days, and she has bad days. Mostly bad days though.

Whenever anyone (including me) gets onto her back, she's usually perfectly calm at first, but then she goes into bucking fits, practically doing everything she can to get us off her back on her bad days. On good days, she doesn't do any of this. She's fine as a whistle. So basically, she just has lots of mood problems. :P

Answer 2

Yes, by hireing a trainer or instructor. It's impossible to learn how to train a horse through the internet.

Also the horse whisperer stuff is total garbage. Sorry. These people use the 'horse whisperer' title as a way to get people to buy into their training methods. In reality they are just paying attention to the horses body language and useing the same training methods that have been around for literally forever.. Natural horsemanship/horse whispering is a marketing gimick. Bottom line.

Im not saying 'natural horsemanship' doesnt work, it can. But it is not anything new. These same methods were used to train cavelry horses, way back in the day. Horse whispering is bs, it is just reading the horses body language, which any type of good training involves.

The 'old' method of throwing a saddle on and going, is not training. Training is training, all the methods and disciplines of riding boil down to the same training.

If you want to train a horse that does not like being ridden, and yahoo answers is your best resource, then I would say you stand a high chance of getting injured unless you hire a professional.

Answer 3

There must be a REASON he doesn't like to be ridden. You need to find out what is bothering him. It is CRUEL to force a horse to work if it causes him pain or suffering. Have him evaluated by a vet, a trainer and perhaps a trained equine massage therapist. Make SURE your tack fits and that you aren't over-burdening your horse or riding him too young. (Don't ride until he is 3 years old and don't ask him to carry more than 25% of his own body weight.)

It doesn't matter what 'horse whisperers' CALL themselves, their methods WORK. Of COURSE they are reading a horse's body language -- shouldn't we ALL be doing that? Natural horsemanship is much, much, MUCH better than the old method of throwing the saddle on, jumping up and letting the horse buck until he's exhausted -- or worse, hitting him with a 2X4 until he 'behaves.'

As someone else said, you can't learn to train a horse over the Internet. You need expert help -- hire a trainer, a KIND one.

Good luck.

Answer 4

A good start is trying to single out the cause - why does the horse dislike being ridden? Is he/she sore? Possible causes are badly-fitting tack, injuries, bad shoes, misuse in the past.

Natural horsemanship is a good start to a better relationship with a horse - try checking out Monty Roberts, Pat Parelli, Mark Rashid and other so-called "horse whisperers".

Answer 5

yes.. Natural Horsemanship.

a very simple and easy, yet highly affective course, is Sylvia Scott, but there are several good ones out there, so choose whats best for you and your horse.

here's sylvia scotts website:

http://www.naturalhorsetraining.com/

and parelli:

http://www.parelli.com/

and to the person above me who said "horse whispering" is total garbage... have you tried it? have you experimented with different methods?? i have, and it's NOT garbage, its real, and it's really simple. i've trained many horses using it including unstarted youngsters, formerly abused horses, and even a wild mustang. so don't tell me it's garbage. we all should work on reading the horse and creating a partnership, instead of bullying into submission and creating a slave.

Answer 6

I would suggest Training the Young Horse - Book
or .............. Frank Bell Horse Whisperer

Answer 7

Yes, there is. But it isn't easy.

It calls for patience and gentle but firm handling.

But first, have him vetted to make sure he is sound in back and legs. Bone spurs or pinched nervesi n the spine can cause a hore to resist a rider.

I suggest you look for books by/about Frank Bell, the horse whisperer

Answer 8

what is the reason he doesn't like to be rode, is there a pain issue?