enterinh inhand class... but he wont trot...

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i am entering my friends horse in an inhand class for her on Sat. I had a practice at her yard, but he wont trot when being led... what can we do, also it needs to be something easy as i cant get 100% access to the horse as she rides him all of the time and i only go to help her with him and to do some shows now :)
thanks :D
 
I assume he trots under saddle? How about asking her to start using a voice command on him when she trots him under saddle?
Also, how are you asking him to trot? Make sure there's no pulling on the reins/ leadrope, make sure you're by his shoulder driving him on. You could give him a tap behind when you lead him to get a bit of impulsion, or maybe working him on the lunge with a voice command would help.
 
we ahve found voice commands very useful, but also its to do with body language. OH now doesnt have to say anything, but the change in his stance means that donovan knows its trot time.
 
horseless jorge! said:
I assume he trots under saddle? How about asking her to start using a voice command on him when she trots him under saddle?
Also, how are you asking him to trot? Make sure there's no pulling on the reins/ leadrope, make sure you're by his shoulder driving him on. You could give him a tap behind when you lead him to get a bit of impulsion, or maybe working him on the lunge with a voice command would help.
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oops... yes i forgot to say that he does trot under saddle and on the lunge quite happily.
i tend to have a medium rein (as i am quite short ans his reins arent that long! - he snapped his long ones :rolleyes: )

benson21 said:
we ahve found voice commands very useful, but also its to do with body language. OH now doesnt have to say anything, but the change in his stance means that donovan knows its trot time.
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ok i will try this, we are going to lunge him tomorrow :D
 
I trained mine by swishing (never touched him or he'd have been in the next county) a stick near his bum and tugging gently on the lead rope. I have to say it took me about a week to get him going nicely.
 
cinammontoast said:
I trained mine by swishing (never touched him or he'd have been in the next county) a stick near his bum and tugging gently on the lead rope. I have to say it took me about a week to get him going nicely.
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we tried it already, but it kight just be that we needed a little longer lead rein.


on the lunge he goes when we wiggle the line, so you think this could help here? (just not sure how it could help)
 
I'm really bad for sticking a head collar on my youngters the day before a show and expecting them to trot next to me when they have only ever been dragged around before. 9/10 they dig their heels in - shetlands! - and the 1/10 that they do trot it's a grudging dawdle. Get to the show and Zoom! Off they trot like real pros! You will probably find that the horse is different away from home. Else get a schooling whip and flick it behind you as you go to trot. If you do this with the horse between you and a straight fence it will help teach the horse to trot straight next to you and not turning it's head in, bum out away from a flicky whip.

ETA. Could you also go for a run next to the horse whilst it is being ridden so it gets the idea that it can trot next to humans, not just walk.
 
EKW said:
I'm really bad for sticking a head collar on my youngters the day before a show and expecting them to trot next to me when they have only ever been dragged around before. 9/10 they dig their heels in - shetlands! - and the 1/10 that they do trot it's a grudging dawdle. Get to the show and Zoom! Off they trot like real pros! You will probably find that the horse is different away from home. Else get a schooling whip and flick it behind you as you go to trot. If you do this with the horse between you and a straight fence it will help teach the horse to trot straight next to you and not turning it's head in, bum out away from a flicky whip.

ETA. Could you also go for a run next to the horse whilst it is being ridden so it gets the idea that it can trot next to humans, not just walk.
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well my friend has only really had this horse fir a month or so and we just kinda assumed that he would just do it. :rolleyes: ok we will try it tomorrow and report back :D
yes i might just have to do that :eek: even though i am 5"1 and the horse is 16.2hh!! i cant really keep upp
 
Work him along a fence line and use a schooling whip behind you were you would normally use the leg.

Put the rope/lead into your right hand and with the whip reach around behind you and give him a sharp whack where you use your leg.

Only when he is trotting give him the verbal command to trot on as you want him to associate trotting with the command. Once you can get him into trot easily with the whip then try the voice command at the same time as tapping him with the whip.

I had this problem with my Clydie when she was a yearling - we worked hard on it at home and on the day she moved like a pro - I was so proud of her.
 
EKW said:
Keeping up with a 16.1hh is easy! Trust me! You don't actually run that fast. You want fast get a Welsh Cob :D
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haha yeah i have got a welsh cob... she is very fast :D

Evelyn said:
Work him along a fence line and use a schooling whip behind you were you would normally use the leg.

Put the rope/lead into your right hand and with the whip reach around behind you and give him a sharp whack where you use your leg.

Only when he is trotting give him the verbal command to trot on as you want him to associate trotting with the command. Once you can get him into trot easily with the whip then try the voice command at the same time as tapping him with the whip.

I had this problem with my Clydie when she was a yearling - we worked hard on it at home and on the day she moved like a pro - I was so proud of her.
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last night we made a break through. we got him to trot between a fence and the arena wall (its a wide path!). we walked him away from home turned him in a tight circle and then trotted towards home :) he got the hang of it and was going really nicely by the end... i was so proud :)
 
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