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<blockquote data-quote="Linda" data-source="post: 290985" data-attributes="member: 50"><p>And, remember, a horse lowers its head to the ground in order to graze, so keep working with your horse until he lowers his head as far down as you would like. </p><p></p><p>Stand by your horse's shoulder and encourage your horse to both lower his head and flex his nose in toward his chest. If he is lowering his head and not flexing his nose, he isn't being submissive to you or focusing to you. Eventually, you want him to lower his head, flex his nose, and bend his neck toward you when you are standing at his shoulder. You can work on these steps one at a time, but do teach him to flex his head toward his chest as well as lowering his head. If you have one without the other you don't have a horse that's paying attention to you. Accomplishing all three steps makes it very, very easy to bridle a horse. </p><p></p><p>Be certain you give him a very quick release of pressure when pressing on his poll or when pressing on his face. Praise him in a soothing voice each time he gives to you. Our trainer friends taught us "Hair, Skin, Muscle, Bone." You only want to use as little pressure as is necessary to accomplish the training. Start with enough pressure for him to feel it on his hair, then if needed, press into the skin, then if needed, press into the muscle, and for the extremely stubborn, press as if you are pushing through the muscle into the bone. </p><p></p><p>And, teach voice commands while you are training your horse to lower his head. Our horses know "put your head down," as well as, "give me your head." Both commands come in handy for us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Linda, post: 290985, member: 50"] And, remember, a horse lowers its head to the ground in order to graze, so keep working with your horse until he lowers his head as far down as you would like. Stand by your horse's shoulder and encourage your horse to both lower his head and flex his nose in toward his chest. If he is lowering his head and not flexing his nose, he isn't being submissive to you or focusing to you. Eventually, you want him to lower his head, flex his nose, and bend his neck toward you when you are standing at his shoulder. You can work on these steps one at a time, but do teach him to flex his head toward his chest as well as lowering his head. If you have one without the other you don't have a horse that's paying attention to you. Accomplishing all three steps makes it very, very easy to bridle a horse. Be certain you give him a very quick release of pressure when pressing on his poll or when pressing on his face. Praise him in a soothing voice each time he gives to you. Our trainer friends taught us "Hair, Skin, Muscle, Bone." You only want to use as little pressure as is necessary to accomplish the training. Start with enough pressure for him to feel it on his hair, then if needed, press into the skin, then if needed, press into the muscle, and for the extremely stubborn, press as if you are pushing through the muscle into the bone. And, teach voice commands while you are training your horse to lower his head. Our horses know "put your head down," as well as, "give me your head." Both commands come in handy for us. [/QUOTE]
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