I have a problem where my horse is constantly dragging and barging me when I try to lead him and it gets into a tug of war, what can I do to make him respect me more? Thanks xxx
im awful at this stuff but i will try haha... jeez i cant stand rude horses!
sometimes you need to do things that will be really time consuming to like stop it, and roxy used to drag me around like crazy when i first ever got her but she stopped doing it because everytime she barged forward, i would turn her in a massive circle and make her walk back to the point where she barged, and she would keep going back until she learned to walk nicely :) sometimes though you do have to be more forceful since horses are big animals and you cant let them drag and pull you around because you'll end up hurt! so if you are still finding your horse unmanageable, maybe buy a chiffney or just wrap the lead rope around their nose for some extra pull on your behalf... although try as hard as you can not to get into a tug of war because you will never win!
sometimes you need to do things that will be really time consuming to like stop it, and roxy used to drag me around like crazy when i first ever got her but she stopped doing it because everytime she barged forward, i would turn her in a massive circle and make her walk back to the point where she barged, and she would keep going back until she learned to walk nicely :) sometimes though you do have to be more forceful since horses are big animals and you cant let them drag and pull you around because you'll end up hurt! so if you are still finding your horse unmanageable, maybe buy a chiffney or just wrap the lead rope around their nose for some extra pull on your behalf... although try as hard as you can not to get into a tug of war because you will never win!