Owning a horse is a huge responsibility. One of the most important issues of ownership is the prevention of lameness. If your horse comes up permanently lame the fun is over. Vet bills, therapy, wasted time in rehab, can all take the fun out of owning horses.
Correct horseshoeing is an absolute must. Finding the right Farrier is crucial if you want to exercise “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” and keep your equine friend free from lameness throughout its life.
In this series of articles I will explain how to take a young/ untrained horse and safely teach it to lead. This will help to deepen your relationship, and the level of communication with your horse. Each article will have a systematic approach that will be both easy to understand, and to teach your horse. I will break down each baby step and teach you how to teach your horse each lesson. There will be examples in the training phase that has corrections and also what responses to watch for in your horse. My hope is that this will “demystify” some of the concepts in working with young/ untrained horses.