Making a horse stand still

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Baby horse has been so brilliant in all respects, we took her on her first hack today (with mum riding my other horse as a "nanny"), and she was amazing and didn't spook at anything.

However, her one problem is that she doesn't like standing still. She is fine to groom etc, but when you get on her she wont stand still for longer than about 2 seconds, even when she's at home and relaxed (so as you can imagine she is worse at a show..). This proved a bit of a problem today out on her hack, as we had to stand at the side of a narrow road to wait for a car to pass, and she didn't want to stand still.

When you ask her to stand, she will stand for a few seconds and then she tries to walk off, and when you tell her not to she will strike out with her front leg, and when you tell her to stop doing that she starts doing mini rears/ leaps.

Usually I just keep her walking to prevent this, but we have to teach her some manners, especially as I want to do some WHPs on her.

So any tips on getting the sodding thing to stand still would be much appriciated
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my first thought if they're not happy to stand still and relaxed is to have the saddle checked, tbh.
other than that, spending time just sitting and relaxing, chatting to mates, waiting for her to get bored and stop fidgetting, ideally with someone on the ground to give her a treat when she does manage to stand still for a while.
 
For some reason and I don't know why, but long reining made my x racer stand still. I make her stand and keep pressure on until the mouths the bit and then I let it go and she just keeps standing
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With youngsters, this is often because of lack of balance....if you think about being on a bike, it's easier to balance moving than when you slow down, stand still.
Teach her to halt and stand in the school, if she's quiet, give her a polo at the end of the halt. Gradually increase the time she halts for, and reward her with polo/verbally/patting each time. You could practice in hand, too.
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to me she sounds like shes getting bored . like a child when they are being told they cant do something they stamp there feet . She just needs a bit of time teaching her on how to stand still and its not so bad to wait . As she matures she will get better .
 
Max is 15 and still doesn't like standing still
As soon as your foot is in the stirrup he wants to walk off. He hates waiting at junctions, etc. It's like "right, your on board, lets go"
He is getting better, i have had him for a Year now!!
I find, that when i do ask for stand.... if i totally relax (almost slouch) and give him his head, he seems much better. Lots of praise to follow.

I went to visit a friend on a hack last night, and was amazed when he stood quite happily for about 20 mins, foot scraped a bit, and tried to eat her car. Other than that, no probs
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With youngsters, this is often because of lack of balance....if you think about being on a bike, it's easier to balance moving than when you slow down, stand still.
Teach her to halt and stand in the school, if she's quiet, give her a polo at the end of the halt. Gradually increase the time she halts for, and reward her with polo/verbally/patting each time. You could practice in hand, too.
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I AGREE
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"A good horseman can hear his horse talk, a GREAT horseman can hear his horse whisper." - Monty Roberts

...........and a bad one can feel him kick!
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