If you want to entertain your friends with your horse's talent, this is the article for you!
Steps
Step 1. Put your horse in a halter and lead, then let him enter an arena or open space
Step 2. Have your horse do a short warm-up session
Step 3. After warming up, head to the center of the arena you are working in
Step 4. Loosen your horse's neck muscles by stretching it first to the left, then to the right and finally down
Step 5. Before you begin, get some small treats to give to the horse, such as chopped carrots or something similar
Step 6. Stand sideways to the horse and place the lead between the front legs
Be careful because if the horse gets nervous it could be dangerous.
Step 7. Apply gentle pressure on the lead with one hand to make the horse follow the top-to-bottom motion of the other hand holding the prize
Step 8. As soon as the horse has lowered his head slightly, reward him and loosen his grip
Step 9. Repeat steps 7 and 8 and make the horse go down a little more with the head
Step 10. Repeat steps 7-9 until the horse has pushed so low that he has to bend one knee to retrieve the prize placed between the front legs
Once you reach this milestone, reward the horse generously.
Step 11. Give the horse a short break, then resume with steps 7-10 to return to where you stopped or even to pass it
Step 12. Practice a lot
Advice
- Always give the horse a reward, even for the smallest progress. This is an important encouragement and is even more effective than punishment.
- Perform these steps in a calm and quiet place to prevent the horse from getting nervous.
- A good relationship between you and your horse promotes cohesion. The greater the mutual trust, the better the performance.
- The ideal is to work in an earthen arena in order to prevent the horse from being distracted by the grass when it approaches the ground with its head.
- Rather than letting your horse warm up right away, do it after a short ride.
- If the horse fails to bow immediately, there is no problem. Keep him exercising without being too demanding.
- A complete bow is when the horse stretches the leg forward while the other is bent with the knee on the ground and the chin is below the level of the belly.
Warnings
- Be careful while performing these operations because the horse could easily lose balance!
- It is very important to warm up the horse to avoid getting hurt.
- It is recommended that you have someone with you in case you get hurt.
- The ideal is to work with a calm and trustworthy horse.
- Watch out for the horse's kicks - you could get hurt. Always wear a helmet.
