How to tame and train a wild horse naturally and gently

How to tame and train a wild horse naturally and gently.

Touch. The areas in which the horse is most sensitive are the nose, eyes, ears, legs, flank, withers, and the frog. Touch is the most important sense in riding and training. The rider touches through the horse’s mouth, neck, and ribs as they cue the horse. He can communicate his directions or cues as well as his emotions-- tension or calmness, excitement, and doubt or loss of confidence. Sight. Be aware of where and how a horse sees. Many horses with shying, head tossing, and general confidence problems can be cured by education through vision. Try to see yourself as the horse sees you. This will help you avoid any training inconsistencies. The horse with a perpendicular headset can see the ground in front of him. This enables him to see where he is placing his feet at a walk, trot, or lope. At a gallop he can see farther ahead of him by extending his nose outward. The amount of forward vision is related to the degree of trainability. A horse with “pig eyes” (small eyes set too far to side of horse) or a Roman-nosed horse (face is convex, rather than straight or dished) cannot see in front of him as well. Smell. The horse uses smell to identify each other, to recognize humans, to detect a mare in heat, and to avoid certain feeds or feed additives. The horse has monocular vision, which means that he can see separate objects with each eye at the same time. This increases his side vision, but makes it harder for him to judge depth. ponies

COMMUNICATION 

 Vocal Signals When the horse looks at one object, farther than four feet away, with both eyes he is using binocular vision. Snort--A warning signal to alert a group of horses to danger. The headset of the horse also determines what he is able to see in front of him. His conformation influences this headset. Neigh or Whinny--Distress call, expressing concern, anxiety, terror, being alone. Nicker--A greeting for other horses, animal friends, the barn or people. Squeal--This means anger, usually when fighting Stallion Call--A challenge, warning, or mating call that is loud and shrill. The high-headed horse cannot see the ground, which makes it dangerous to ride Mare Talk--Soft nickers to the foal.ponies.horse breeding