trick training

Rio's Girl · 08-29-2006, 07:40 PM

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to help me with trick training, specifically bowing. my gelding is young but he learns everything very fast. I saw an article on how to train your horse to do a bow but it didnt make much sense. any suggestion?

cascy · 08-29-2006, 08:52 PM

I thought my gelding how to bow in a day! It was so easy.... I just kinda thought it up so I don't know if there are any actual trainers out there that do it my way. Any how, I started by making him take a treat from holding it at his chest. Once he got that down good I moved it to under his belly where the girth would be. After that I held up one foot, had him reach between his legs for the treat and once he got to where the girth would be I had him follow the treat the rest of the way down to the ground.... IF you have any more questions or need more help feel free to pm me!

fattylumpkin · 08-30-2006, 06:38 AM

You might want to look into Clicker Training. This was originally used to trick train dolphins. I've Clicker Trained my horses- it's a lot of fun and so rewarding. I'm sure you could get your horse to bow on cue with it.

08-29-2006, 07:40 PM
Rio's Girl Halter broke Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: s/e michigan Posts: 55	trick training Hi, I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to help me with trick training, specifically bowing. my gelding is young but he learns everything very fast. I saw an article on how to train your horse to do a bow but it didnt make much sense. any suggestion?

08-29-2006, 08:52 PM
cascy Kid Safe Join Date: May 2006 Location: arkansas Posts: 6,404	I thought my gelding how to bow in a day! It was so easy.... I just kinda thought it up so I don't know if there are any actual trainers out there that do it my way. Any how, I started by making him take a treat from holding it at his chest. Once he got that down good I moved it to under his belly where the girth would be. After that I held up one foot, had him reach between his legs for the treat and once he got to where the girth would be I had him follow the treat the rest of the way down to the ground.... IF you have any more questions or need more help feel free to pm me! __________________ To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

08-30-2006, 06:38 AM
fattylumpkin Newborn Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 24	You might want to look into Clicker Training. This was originally used to trick train dolphins. I've Clicker Trained my horses- it's a lot of fun and so rewarding. I'm sure you could get your horse to bow on cue with it.