I have seen a large amount of horse owners get into a crisis because they did not take the trouble of finding out just what sort of relationship they should have established with their horses. You need to approach your relationship to your horse the same way you approach your relationship to your own child: the wrong approach may result in a spoilt brat. You have got to be careful about laying the right footing for a relationship that will endure all thru.
Want to know how you approach the entire thing? You start by facing up to the basics: you belong to the human species and your pony belongs to the equine one.
The largest blunder I see folk committing is they treat their horses as they might a human. That immediately starts causing problems. You can try and treat your horse as an equivalent to a very limited extent, because you?re the more equal of the two equals. To put it bluntly, horses are herd animals, they require a ?herd leader? to follow and be protected by, and for your pony, you start by being the boss. When you behave otherwise, you are giving him ideas you must absolutely not give him. You can either claim your position as the leader, or allow it to be eroded.
What you very definitely don?t need to be doing is to give your horse the assumption that he is your equal, or maybe ?heaven forbid? your better!
Right from the beginning, you want to set clear boundaries, very clearly defined lines that your pony can?t cross beyond. These lines should cover every aspect of the relationship, physical and mental. Surely, you?ve seen horses, which can weigh something like 1200 pounds to your less than 200 pounds, pushing people around with no respect? They do that because they weren?t taught by their owners to respect the boundaries of decorum. They were allowed to get the idea that they were as good or better than their human owners.
If you happen to feel any misunderstanding about the best way to approach your pony, take a while out to study a herd of horses. Watch the behavior patterns that prevail: the way the other horses are aware of and stick to their positions vis a vis the herd leader. Then get this straight in your head: you are the herd leader?s leader. You are the top figure on the totem pole.
I also submit that you obtain some books and videos about horse behaviour and get totally acquainted with their teachings!
You?ve got to be able to think like a horse to know how best to address him.
Horses are Heather Tomspassion and she enjoys sharing her extensive knowledge through her 100s of articles with other horse lovers http://horsehorses.net/
Source: http://siscer.net/articles/pets/you-are-the-horse-herd-leader/
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