If you have not studied horse training, it can be a mystifying subject. Even more puzzling is a horse with attitude and behavioural issues.This causes the owner stress and frustration. Several people simply do not realise that the issues commonly lies with the trainer and not the horse.

The initial process is attempting to decipher the horse’s behaviour. Most riders will have experienced at some point or another a horse becoming spooked. This means that the horse is agitated and nervous and frightened that something is going to “get him”. Every time the horse and rider go for a ride it is not a relaxing moment for either one of them.

So then let’s pressume the rider is causing the horse to spook we must discover how the rider is able to do this. An inexperienced rider may not be aware that he is sitting tensely in the saddle. He may also have white knuckes from gripping the reins so tightly. The horse is a very intuitive animal and is more than able to sense these things and can easily pick up on tension that the rider is feeling. A horse is capable of getting into the manner of feeling this way. This will make the horse’s spookiness and the rider’s unease beacuse the rider an d the horse are intensifying each other’s fears and anxities.

The rider must first take responsibilty for his actions and reasoning and then later in the horse. You must try and loosen up in the saddle. By simply relaxing and having a bit of fun the horse will signal to the rider that he notices a change. Then you need to talk to him to give him confidence. The horse’s behaviour will swiftly alter resulting in a more relaxed horse to ride.

It is important to note that the rider is training the horse simply by riding it. Each occasion you interact with your horse you are training him. The horse will react to the encouragement he gets. If the praise and encouragement is consistent enough, then the horse’s response will become a habit. If the stimulus is tense, it causes fear and results in a spooky horse.

This is just an example of how you can be the reason for the horse’s poor and negative behaviour. This is not always the case but is remains a good place to start. In nearly all cases, it is where the problems first arose.

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