Horses need to learn many skills. Skills that keep themselves & us safe. Finish reading 👇

Horses need to learn many fundamental skills. Skills that not only keep themselves and us as handlers and riders safe but also ensure a higher probability of them being successful companions. A horse who gets injured needs to stand quietly for a vet. A horse needs to be able to pick up their feet and stand quietly while a farrier tends to their hooves. Personally I don’t want my horses being rude and hurting my vet or farrier. I want my vet or farrier to leave my barn thinking how easy my horses were to work around. I also don’t want my horses pulling back while tied and hurting themselves so I teach them to stand tied quietly. I fully believe a horse should be able to stand tied patiently. All of my horses spend time tied at home so that when I put them in a trailer they know to not paw inside the trailer. If I take them to the vet, competitions, trail rides, or on any adventure they already know what to do and the safest way to do it. I really love this version of a patience pole. Here I stacked and bolted together 4 large tires. The tires are also weighted at the bottom to prevent them from toppling over. At some point, most horses will pull back in the early stages of being tied. In some cases, even when they are older because someone was too scared to tie them or they learn bad tying habits. As much as I can I teach horses to give to halter pressure and give to a soft feel, that alone doesn’t teach them patience. Standing tied offers a perfect scenario of pressure and release training that horses learn best from. Horses can rub, bump, and test all the limits of these tires with the least possible chance of them of hurting themselves. There’s no metal pole for them to hit their heads on, no rail to get stuck on top of, no posts to stab them. I’m not opposed to other methods to teach patience however I have learned from many respectable horseman and from my own experience that, as far as applying pressure and having perfect release timing, no human can simulate. 🥰🎥 @tmhokens #cowgirl #horsetrainer #horsetraining #horses #animals