Trick Horses: How Do They Do THAT?
lmdaubman asked:
I’ve ridden English all of my life…strictly hunter/jumper, BHS and very proper. Recently, I’ve come across a few myspace/personal pages with young girls jumping or rearing bareback, swimming with horses, standing on their backs, do high step gaits to music, bowing, riding in no tack, etc. I know the fundamentals lie in Dressage and Natural Horsemanship, but we don’t see it much in the Northeast…especially not at this level, and I LOVE it!
Anyone with any experience? Are there special breeds? Is it a full training program? Any answers would be much appreciated!
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horses are really smart, they are like parrots without the beaks, wings and feathers.
a simple trick is teaching your horse to nod his head on command. hilarious when you ask “are you a gay horse?”
Aren’t they *amazing*?! I’ll look up some of my links & try to get them to you after work….if able to contact you. But for now, check out:
well i am a horse trainer but i can only tell u this u need to train alot with a horse and any horse can do it if they r trained right and the horse has to have confidens in the ridder and so does the ridder it normaly takes about four to five years to do that and besides u have to love them and care for them so they trust u
Riding bareback requires you to use your leg muscles to stay in place by squeezing your knees against the horse. It also helps to hold on to their mane when jumping. It’s nothing new - native Americans did it for years. Standing up on a horse’s back just requires good balance and getting the horse used to it. Look at all the trick riders out there. Horses can be trained just like most other animals.
I was bored one winter and taught my horse a few basic tricks.
To teach him to “shake” (like a dog giving his paw), I taped his shoulder until he shifted his weight, reward over and over and over. Now all you have to do is say “Thunder, shake” and he picks up his hoof for you.
To teach him to “nod”, I scratched his neck until he moved it, reward over and over and over. Now all you have to do is ask a question and he’ll nod.
It’s fun!
I use to be all into the natural horse things then I loosened up and started to have FUN with my horse. It’s fantastic!
come on! You should know better than that if your really a horse person!
these horses are trained for this kinda stuff …the riders have more than likely had alot of training to …its not that difficult and its fun to
It takes a lot of patience, time, skill and confidence in yourself AND your horse.
I do that stuff all the time. Only because I work with my horses and they do it because they enjoy it. If my horse refused or was upset, I wouldn’t push the issue.
Something for our own entertainment is selfish to make our horse so something un-natural and don’t wish to do.
I learned from other riders, trainers and Special Effects Actor when I visited up in Techacippi, California Trainer Rex, who owns/trains Jake (Black Beauty) and other horse’s you see (like pilgram on Horse Wisper).
The best tricks to teach are the ones horses offer themselves.
I am a retired rodeo clown, and have taught numerous horses to lay down, buck ( capriole), count ……. I teach tricks the same way I train a rider, by helping a horse correctly respond to pressure.. One easy trick to teach is shaking hands, we use that in our daily maintenance anyway, misewell have fun with it.