Nichcole
Well-Known Member
I have a little mini stallion(my first) and he loves to rear when he is tied plus he will try to rear in the cart. Anyone have some training tips? Anything is greatly apprectiated
In my experience having the chain under the nose often causes a horse to rear as the chain is pulling up so they go even further up and back with their head to escape it. Everything you teach the horse is based around the idea that they move away from pressure, so when the chain pushes up from underneath.... it doesnt really give the correction you want. If you want to use a chain I would use over the nose, to encourage him to come down, although this is almost a moot point as from what you have said he doesnt rear on the lead, just when tied or in harness.have a chain under (never over) his chin. Whe he starts to rear, pop down on the lead which "hurts" and corrects him.
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