I get lots of pony training questions on stopping a pony from kicking. The kicking habits of these horses go from the horse kicking at nearly anyone to kicking at just the partners.
It's a daunting problem that heaps of folks haven't any idea how to cure. That being hence I would like to share some discernment to horses kicking.
First I'd like to relate some reasons for horses beginning in the practice of kicking. Because a horse kicks is no reason to think he's naturally bad or unmanageable. I don't believe there is a pony alive that's "naturally" vicious. In reality they are made that way due to bad management or ignorant handlers.
Albeit, there are some horses that inherit the characteristics of their ancestors. But one shouldn't start to break a pony without first taking into account the nature, disposition, and appreciation of a horse.
As an example, there are some horses that are naturally predisposed to have a "not so good" disposition. There are certain physical traits you can spot on a pony that indicate what his disposition is like.
Anyway, now we can handle the pony according to its disposition. We will be able to get it almost equal with a good dispositioned pony. All of the difference in the world is thanks to the management and training of the colt. A pony with a "not so good ' disposition will require more patience and comprehensive work.
All animals in nature have a self-protection of some sort. A horse's self defense is kicking. After all , if you're employed with a pony that gets badly excited by some cause (like ropes or chains coming in touch with his legs and those parts of his body are not broken) his first wish is to kick it out of the way.
The secret is to break a horse in a way the habit never happens in the first place. Too many folk think a lesson will be enough to educate the horse to be in a position to go. But if you are driving your pony and he's caught under the tail or the cross pieces of the shaft touch his quarters...and those parts are unbroken, it might likely scare and excite him enough to make him kick.
And the worse part is this: Once started, there's an increased desire to go on kicking until confirmed in the habit.
So that the cure is prevention. You must make all the parts of his body submissive to sensitivity of his extremities. One way to do this is employing a method called poling. Essentially, you take a light pole and begin at a horse's nose, rub it over the mane, back, belly, quarters, and sensitive parts of the body, till all muscles become relaxed.
It's a daunting problem that heaps of folks haven't any idea how to cure. That being hence I would like to share some discernment to horses kicking.
First I'd like to relate some reasons for horses beginning in the practice of kicking. Because a horse kicks is no reason to think he's naturally bad or unmanageable. I don't believe there is a pony alive that's "naturally" vicious. In reality they are made that way due to bad management or ignorant handlers.
Albeit, there are some horses that inherit the characteristics of their ancestors. But one shouldn't start to break a pony without first taking into account the nature, disposition, and appreciation of a horse.
As an example, there are some horses that are naturally predisposed to have a "not so good" disposition. There are certain physical traits you can spot on a pony that indicate what his disposition is like.
Anyway, now we can handle the pony according to its disposition. We will be able to get it almost equal with a good dispositioned pony. All of the difference in the world is thanks to the management and training of the colt. A pony with a "not so good ' disposition will require more patience and comprehensive work.
All animals in nature have a self-protection of some sort. A horse's self defense is kicking. After all , if you're employed with a pony that gets badly excited by some cause (like ropes or chains coming in touch with his legs and those parts of his body are not broken) his first wish is to kick it out of the way.
The secret is to break a horse in a way the habit never happens in the first place. Too many folk think a lesson will be enough to educate the horse to be in a position to go. But if you are driving your pony and he's caught under the tail or the cross pieces of the shaft touch his quarters...and those parts are unbroken, it might likely scare and excite him enough to make him kick.
And the worse part is this: Once started, there's an increased desire to go on kicking until confirmed in the habit.
So that the cure is prevention. You must make all the parts of his body submissive to sensitivity of his extremities. One way to do this is employing a method called poling. Essentially, you take a light pole and begin at a horse's nose, rub it over the mane, back, belly, quarters, and sensitive parts of the body, till all muscles become relaxed.
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