Pippity
Well-Known Member
I'm completely stumped! I want to get my mare out for some local showing classes, just for the experience. She isn't schooled well enough for ridden yet, so it'll be in-hand. However, I cannot seem to teach her to trot on a lead rope!
She knows and responds to the voice command for trot when lunging and ridden, but simply doesn't seem to get it when she's being led.
She responds to other voice commands fantastically when led. I end most schooling sessions with a bit of groundwork (without a rope - just loose) and she follows me properly, stops when told to (even when I walk on), walks on when told to (even if I don't), speeds up and slows down at voice command, etc.
Any suggestions? (Preferably not involving a whip. It's taken a bit of time to get her to accept being touched by a schooling whip when ridden, and I still can't/don't lunge with a whip. Pretty sure she's had some bad experiences.)
She knows and responds to the voice command for trot when lunging and ridden, but simply doesn't seem to get it when she's being led.
She responds to other voice commands fantastically when led. I end most schooling sessions with a bit of groundwork (without a rope - just loose) and she follows me properly, stops when told to (even when I walk on), walks on when told to (even if I don't), speeds up and slows down at voice command, etc.
Any suggestions? (Preferably not involving a whip. It's taken a bit of time to get her to accept being touched by a schooling whip when ridden, and I still can't/don't lunge with a whip. Pretty sure she's had some bad experiences.)