Stop Kicking-------Training The Wild
Horse-------Worming With Tubes
Learn how to stop the kicking horse
Learn how to teach the wild horse to let you approach him and touch him
Learn how to tube worm your horse without a halter on! (HONEST! This is
not a joke!)
Stop Kicking or Training the Wild Horse
Kicking is a bad thing. Basically your horse does not respect you as the
leader. Right now she thinks she is above you and that she has the right
to kick and bite you when ever she wants.
Start out with your horse in a round pen. Take you lariat-whip-whatever
you want to use and move the horse off.
Once the horse the horse realizes you are serious about making her move,
she has several choices. First, she can run you over. Although this
choice is very rarely made, be prepared for it. and have your lariat
ready to clobber her over the nose or anywhere else to discourage this
type of escape.
The horses second choice is to stand and face you. Again, this is not a
legitimate choice. If the horse doesn't move, do whatever it takes,
whether it is throwing the lariat in his direction or hitting him on the
rump with it, to get her to move. To keep the horse moving you may have
to continue this, but once he continues to move on his own, stop the harassment.
Finally the horse can run away from you. This got him moving which is
what we want.
Now run the horse at a canter. She can't breathe as well at this gait so
she will tire more quickly than at a trot.
Once the horse is paying attention to you, you should be paying
attention to her attitude. If the horse comes up to me too fast, I don't
like it. I want her to walk towards me with respect. I will then make
her go around the pen again. If she comes snorting, I'll throw the rope
at her, telling her that I don't like the way she is coming to me.
Now the horse should be getting very tired. Make sure you don't over run
them on a very hot day without any water. We want to train the horse not
kill it. Running the horse around the pen begins the process of the
horse's learning what it is we want from her. She will soon learn that
if she stops and looks at us, she won't have to run. But once her
attention goes somewhere else, she will have to run.
Once the horse is standing still, constantly looking at you with both
eyes, we will slowly begin our quest to walk up to touch her.
Start by taking a few steps (10 feet) towards the horse and stop. Then
turn around and walk back to where you where. You have told the horse
that that's all we wanted of her (to stand still while we approach her).
Now go back toward the horse and walk a few steps closer (15 feet) then
stop, turn around and come back to your starting point. The horse is now
thinking "Wow, All I have to do is stand here and look at this
clown and then I don't have to run."
Gradually keep moving closer a few steps and turning away. By turning
away, this gives the horse reassurance that this is what we want of her.
If at any time the horse takes her attention of you or starts to move,
move her around the pen a couple of times, and then stop her and start
over. If you are starting over maybe you need to take less steps and
more turn backs to reassure your horse. If at any point you feel the
horse is going to move off, turn and move off first. It will take a
little bit of time but in the end it is worth it.
Lets say now we are now up to the horses head. Slowly reach up and touch
the horse on her forehead (I say the forehead because this is the part
of the horse that is the farthest away from her heels. After touching
her walk away. Do this again and walk away. The next time rub her on the
cheek and then walk away. Pretty soon you will be able to rub the horse
all over if you keep doing this procedure.
As we stand there and rub her head, she is learning that the longer she
stands there, and looks at us with both eyes, the less she has to work.
This is strong motivation for the horse to stand by us.
You can now start teaching you horse other things like verbal cues.
Remember: Your horses complete attention is better than the strongest
halter on earth.
Worming With a Tube
Does your horse always fight with you when it comes to worming with a
tube? Do you want a horse that can be wormed without a halter on? Read
on.
Start two weeks before you have to worm your horse. Take an empty
worming tube and put it into your horses grain. Do this for the next
three days.
On the fourth day put honey all over the worming tube, then place it
into the horses grain bucket. Do this for the next five days.
On the ninth day place the honey all over the tube and hold it in your
hand, and let your horse lick it off. Do this for the next three days.
On the twelfth day fill the tube up with honey, and place some on the
out side of the tube. When the horse comes to lick it off, place it in
his mouth and slowly let the honey seep out into the horses mouth. So
that the next day. So now when it comes to worming day all you have to
do is use the right tube and the horse should actually place the tube in
his own mouth. Happy Worming! |
