Groundwork is basically any training you do on the ground with your horse. Groundwork is the foundation for any training you plan on ever doing. To check out more ways to bond with your horse, read our article, Bonding With Your Horse: 8 Simple Tips That Actually Work. The great news is that you can constantly be building a stronger bond with your horse, even after you can ride them. The time frame will be determined by your commitment as well as your horse’s personality and history. You may wonder how long it will take for you to bond with your horse. Knowing this, when it came time for desensitizing, I worked extra hard to not only be rewarding and patient with him but also very thorough in my training. Since I took the time to get to know him and bond with him in the beginning, I knew that when I started desensitizing him, it would probably be hard for him to handle. I have a funny POA pony who is afraid of just about anything. What does your horse like and dislike? Are they scared of particular things? When you take the time to get to know your horse, it will help you to prepare for what you make come across in training later on. Learn How Your Horse CommunicatesĪnother reason to focus on the bond with your horse is so you can learn how your horse communicates. If you create one of safety, calm, and peace, the horse is less likely to get worked up.Ī great way to create positive associations for your horse is to make things fun! Mix up your routine, include a challenge, and simply have fun with your horse. If you create an atmosphere of pressure and stress, the horse will get anxious. Horses associate people with the atmosphere the person creates. I can always tell when I’ve become too focused on training rather than the relationship with the horse because my horse will start to get frustrated…and so will I! It’s easy for horse trainers and riders to subconsciously slip into demanding too much from the horse and not giving time for the simple enjoyable things. Taking time to focus on low-stress activities with your horse, having a positive attitude, and rewarding the horse when it’s due will help the horse see you as a good presence. You want your horse to think of you as a calming presence rather than one that is always requiring work and frustration. It’s important that your horse associates you with positivity instead of negativity. This will encourage them to associate you with calm and peace compared to stress and frustration. In the beginning, focus on low-stress activities to do with your horse. The more time you spend with them and the more variety you add to your activities, the fonder of you the horse will become. There are many ways you can spend time with your horse you can groom them, bathe them, braid their mane, let them graze on the lead rope hand-walk them around the property. As you spend time with your horse, they’ll start to see you as part of the herd. In the wild, horses spend their entire day with their herd.
Horses are creatures of routine and repetition, so the more you often you spend time with them, the more familiar and comfortable they may feel around you. Spending time with your horse is one of the best ways to build your bond with them. As most of the training techniques I use mimic the natural behavior of horses in a herd, this is a great place to start.
The horse will start to consider you as a member of its herd. When you build between you and your horse, your horse will start to want to with you instead of going back to its herd or stall. So, how do you bond with a horse? Here are a few ways you can build a connection: Giving your horse time to get to know you will make communication between the two of you much easier. If a horse doesn’t trust you or feel comfortable around you, it’s going to be much harder to get them to do what you want them to do. The first aspect of training any horse is to build a bond with them. Catering to your horse and their acceptance of what you’re teaching them will benefit you in the long run. In fact, if you master all these steps in one day, you probably missed something that you’re going to have to go back and correct later. When it comes to starting a horse, (the term used to describe training a horse under saddle) there is no rush to master all the steps at once. Get Your Horse Used to Weight In the Saddle.If you’re interested in training a horse to be ridden, there are some steps to be aware of in order to make the process easier: Contrary to popular belief, training a horse to be ridden the right way is much simpler and a lot less dangerous than the old ways of the Wild West. Everyone has heard of the old stories of cowboys jumping on bucking broncos in order to “break” them.
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