Dually halter

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Can they help with leading your horse to get them more forwards? I am constantly dragging my horse in from the field and as I have 2 to lead at a time I can't bring a whip to teach him to walk forwards.

Also can then help with getting him to behave etc more for clipping. He's horrendous to clip and will literally run and jump through you to get away from them.

Also where can I buy one?
 
A Dually may help, but whether you buy one or not it sounds like you need to do some groundwork with your horse to teach him to walk properly, and desensitise him to clippers.
I found mine on eBay.
 
If you buy second hand, and it comes without the DVD, the required components to the DVD are on youtube, but spilt into different bits.
 
I have been using one with my youngster and it is helping to get him leading nicely. I got mine from the intelligent horsemanship site. They are about £44 but worth it I think.
 
Hi Guys, just found out a lady from my yard has 2 in his size so going to try one of hers on him and see if it helps.
 
Agree with others. If you don't know how to use it won't work. You're horse needs to understand pressure and release. And you need to straighten up the halter every time it moves.

Training from an intelligent horsemanship person will help
 
My friend has them so I will ask her for DVD or to show me how to use it, as other poster has said there seems to be a clip online to follow as well.
 
While it might work if he's trying to pull away (the clipping issue sounds like fear and a stronger headcollar is not the answer to that), I don't see it helping with leading in from the field.

I would lead him in alone for a while so he realises he's expected to walk properly and hanging back is not acceptable, then reintroduce the second horse.
 
I've just got a Be Nice halter for my youngster. I didn't get a dually because the problem I had was with him planting his feet coming out of the barn away from other horses, along with him then dragging me back on the way back to his stable. I think the dually looks like it would be better on bolshy horses... I've used my be nice halter three times and he already walks sweetly out of the barn now. Still working on getting him calm coming back in but I can already tell it will come x
 
Take the horse into an arena, round pen or any other enclosed area and TRAIN him to lead properly i.e. obediently. The equipment you need to do this will generally include one or a selection of the following: a headcollar/control halter/bridle; a schooling whip/piaffe whip/lunge whip; gloves.
 
ktj1891 said:
And what would you suggest I need to do to do that? He does lead he is just lazy and I have to drag him all the time which I want to stop I want him to walk forwards and by my side.
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Using the dually will help. If you do it correctly. His head nears to be at your shoulder. Or even better. Be shoulder to shoulder. He must walk as soon as you do if he doesn't you have to back him up. If you start running he should trot straight away. If you stop he has to stop instantly If he doesn't you have to back him up again and again

Just because a horse will wear a head collar and walk in doesn't mean he's halter broken /can lead.

If you get just one ground work session from an intelligent horsemanship person it will make you view your horse in a different light. I only had two sessions but was totally worth it. And I learnt how to use my dually in the right way

Before hand I'd used a rope halter and got it wrong
 
Lots of good advice but I can't see any explanation of how pressure-and-release works, sorry if I've missed it!

The principle is simply that standing still when pressure is applied to the lead rope is uncomfortable for the horse. The horse is empowered to switch off that discomfort by moving in the direction of the pull. An untrained horse doesn't know that so you have to explain it to it in terms it will understand.

That requires gentle sustained pressure on the lead rope from the trainer until the horse responds correctly. Apply too much pressure and the horse may go into escape mode and react violently. Too little pressure and the horse won't move. Apply the correct amount of gentle sustained pressure and the horse will try various manoeuvres to relieve the discomfort. The trainer must watch for these changes in body language (which may be quite subtle) and IMMEDIATELY relieve the pressure when it moves in the direction of the pull. Sometimes, rewarding a slight shift in body weight will get the message across to start the process even though the horse hasn't actually moved its feet at all. Simply hauling a horse about teaches it nothing except that it cannot escape the pressure of the pull even by walking forwards. Instinct tells it to pull backwards, or at least to pull away, so you have a horse that behaves like the OP's.

Sorry to lecture those who know but I've seen people who have been riding all their lives who still don't know how to lead a horse! Sometimes less is more.
 
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