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| | There's this new pony at the barn I work at, who was rather unsocialized when he came. He's better, but he's not ready for pony rides(which is what he was bought for). I've been working with him with flyspray(which he freaks OUT at) and just trusting people touching him. One of the things I do with him to get him to pay attention to me is to walk him forward and then halt. Trot a bit, then halt. He will halt but half the time, he'll turn his butt away about 2 steps with a turn on the forehand after we stop, THEN he stands. I don't think he's getting it when I go around to poke him back over. And in general, he doesn't really like standing still. Is there anything else I can do, other than just moving him back to where he's supposed to be standing?
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| This may be way off, because goats are way different than horses. BUT, I am training my goats to stand still. Here's what I do.
I walk around the pen with Pebbles(my goat) and then stop all of a sudden. I don't respond to anything she does until she comes to a complete stop and then I praise her and give her a treat. Another thing I do is walk in a circle with her and then stop, pulling the lead rope back like I am going to back her up, but I stop before she backs up.
But like I said, goats are way different.
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| Lovetoride (9/22/2008)
This may be way off, because goats are way different than horses. BUT, I am training my goats to stand still. Here's what I do.
I walk around the pen with Pebbles(my goat) and then stop all of a sudden. I don't respond to anything she does until she comes to a complete stop and then I praise her and give her a treat. Another thing I do is walk in a circle with her and then stop, pulling the lead rope back like I am going to back her up, but I stop before she backs up.
But like I said, goats are way different. Thanks :) I'll try the backup thing.
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| Yeah, some horses do not like to stand still. :P You can use reverse phsycology. You can just get her to keep moving and doing this and that and this -until it becomes her idea and she's like "Can't we just stand still?"
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| horsesavvyforever (9/27/2008)
Yeah, some horses do not like to stand still. :P You can use reverse phsycology. You can just get her to keep moving and doing this and that and this -until it becomes her idea and she's like "Can't we just stand still?" I like that.
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Yeah, some horses do not like to stand still. :P You can use reverse phsycology. You can just get her to keep moving and doing this and that and this -until it becomes her idea and she's like "Can't we just stand still?" I like that. Thanks. :) Linda Parelli talks about it, it's really helpful.
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| horsesavvyforever (9/27/2008)
Yeah, some horses do not like to stand still. :P You can use reverse phsycology. You can just get her to keep moving and doing this and that and this -until it becomes her idea and she's like "Can't we just stand still?" Exactly.
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| horsesavvyforever (9/27/2008)
Yeah, some horses do not like to stand still. :P You can use reverse phsycology. You can just get her to keep moving and doing this and that and this -until it becomes her idea and she's like "Can't we just stand still?" ^^yepp do that reverse psycology is amazing with horses
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