[katylynn06]

The training with the yearling has been great. We can fly spray him and he stands still. He leads well and when he gets a little excited and ahead of us we make him whoa and back up. He backs with a verbal command at times too. We have him picking up his hooves for about 30-45 seconds right now we will work on a 2 minute mark. I put a saddle blanket on him yesterday and for the most part he stood still. He yeilds to pressure on his hindquarters. Now how do we get him to yield to pressure to his head and forequarters.

[lilrider]

By pressure do you mean yeild to the bit type of pressure? Or do you mean that when you turn towards him he moves away from you? If its the later what I did with Dreamer was I would start to walk into her neck, straight into it while I did circle next to her face with a dressage whip. Ok that sounds complicated I willmake a picture lol

Ok you see the stick person walking into the horses shoulder neck area while making the circles with the whip. If the horse turns away from you then you stop and praise. If they ignore you then you cirle the whip while lightly smacking or tapping their head. Everytime you get a step away from you stop and praise. If you don't have a whip use the end of the lead rope, swing it in a circle towards them. Its a lot like Pat Parelli style. Eventually when you walk into them they will turn away from you showmanship style.



If thats not what you meant well I got to make a pretty picture lol hope this helped or at least entertained you with my lovely drawing abilities

[Drafty1]

I have to say that is a very nice paint brush horse!! Mine would be a stick horse just like the person.

[lilrider]

Originally Posted by Drafty1

I have to say that is a very nice paint brush horse!! Mine would be a stick horse just like the person.

aw shucks thanks hehe me and my awesome Paint skills lol

[loosie]

I wonder, how did you teach the horse to yield his hindquarters? It is the same lesson, but you direct the pressure at the head or shoulder, instead of hip or flank.

If the horse leads well, I'd start out in front of it, use one hand to lead it accross & the other hand to point at the side of the head or shoulder that you want 'pushed' accross. If you start out like this, the horse will already have a good idea of the cue before you get beside him & ask it, so you shouldn't need much, if any actual pressure to teach him to yield.

Always start out using as little pressure(implied=bodylanguage) as possible, but be prepared to build that pressure to as much as necessary(actually touching/pushing the horse). 'As much as necessary' isn't that much though. What really matters is persistence.

Apply the pressure, build it, if necessary to a level of mild discomfort & just hold it until the horse gives the smallest 'try'. That means that when you're teaching something, you don't expect much to start with, just a step in the right direction - sometimes only just a weight shift for starters.

When you get that try, immediately drop all pressure & reward the horse. Pretty soon, the horse will get that you're not going to give up & the sooner they yield, the sooner the pressure is off.

Work towards what ever your goals in baby steps. Only move to something harder when the horse has mastered the previous step. Eg. only after you've had many successful repetitions of getting the horse to yield one step with very soft pressure(pointed finger or such), do you then ask for it to take 2 or more steps before releasing the pressure.

[lilrider]

I taught Dreamer that if I look at her butt even slightly crosseyed she better move it. I did that sorta Parelli style too. I would face backwards looking down her body, then take a step out away from her this would pull her head towards me slightly. I then smacked the ground with the whip then her hindquarters, I kept doingt that ground, butt,ground,butt until she swungthem away from me. Now all I have to do is point at her butt and she swings it away formme. This is very useful for lunging, aa soon as I point at her butt she swings it away and faces me then when I motion her towards me she walks in to me and I can then send her back out in th eother direction after changing the chian or wahtever.

[lilrider]

Oh and the way I taight her to yeild to pressure is alot like the parelli porcupine game. I would take the butt of the whip and place it against her neck where the reins would hit when I neck rein. I put a little pressure then a little more thanmore until she moved away from it then we stopped and praised. I did this on her neck her side and her hindquarters on both sides and also on her chest.

[katylynn06]

Thanks for the tips. That's how I basicly got him to move his hind quarters. There are times I have to give more pressure than others but for the most part he is pretty good at moving them over.