How do you get a horse that wont move around a round pen to move??

Question

i am training a mustang and i am trying to get her desinsitized but also to wherei can get her to move. i have gotten her so used to whips and things like that that she knows i am not going to hurt her with them so she wont move. do you have any suggestoins.

Answer 1

Tap on the rump with the long whip, but just a tap. Chase her around with the whip, hope this helps!

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Answer 2

YESYESYES!!!! ok. take him off the lunge line first, then get a lunging whip and drive it towards his reer end. u have to teach him to move away from him at first. A GOOD IDEA WOULD BE TO JOIN UP WITH HIM FIRST!!!! ok. u have to get the steps rite but the results r amazing!!!! Join up teaches a horse to want to be with you in the center instead of running away from you. It may sound crazy but it is unbelievable! ok. drive him aroud you without any connection with like a lead rope or anything at a canter. you need patience! make him canter for a while, then make him change direction. there will be signs that hes ready to join up with you, and you have to respond properly...  the first sign is that he will flick his inside ear toward you. keep an aggressive stance but dont make any dramatic changes. the next sign i that he will lower his head and start chewing air. WHEN HE DOES THIS turn your shoulder toward him and relax your aggressive stance and drop the whip and look at the fround and WAIT in silence. he will walk up to you. wait till he gets up to you and then slowly turn around and pat and praise him. then turn around and slowly start walking. he SHOULD follow you if you did it correctly. This helps to build a bond between horse and YOU. Its amazing how body language works. PLEASE add me as a budy if possible. I would really love it to hear your results. I am 13 and ride western and barrel race. I HOPE this helps you as my results have been amazing, THANK YOU!!!

Answer 3

i wish i had a Mustang um so put a carrot on a stick and move it the way you want her to go and tire tricks like that

sorry if i spelt anything wrong i can never spell

Answer 4

It's not about the "whips and things".  It's about your body language and changing your energy.  If you ask her with confidence and bringing your energy up, she will move out.  I would not recommend striking or hitting her in any way.  You want her experience with a human to continue to be positive.  If you have to, bring your rope or whip down sharply and strike the ground.  If she still doesn't move out, take a soft lead rope (30 feet or so) and toss it at her hindquarters.  That should get her moving.  Be safe.

Answer 5

use an apple or something it likes to eat and let it take a bite and move it little by little. encourage it to move when it does and let it get used to watever your moving it with. BE GENTLE.

Answer 6

This is truely the MOST amazing thing I have ever seen done to a horse. before you whatch them understand he was COMPLETELY wild the day she started...just cornered into a trailer and shipped to her :) Others need to whtch this too :)

http://www.laumantraining.com/rangerdayo...

Answer 7

Are you on a loung line and trying to get her to move? try this... walk her on a regular lead a round the round pen... tell her its ok and she a good girl.. if she hasnt seen a round pen before then she might just be scared.... but then on the other hand she just may be stubborn... With my stubborn horses i have to be a bit more firm... try turning her out and chase her around a bit to get her to move own she know the whip mean to move foward... she should be much better to lunge in the round pen... round pens are great to work horses in ecpecialy to lunge....done give up and if needed be a little firm with her... its ok to touch her with the whip to tell her to move foward but i dont recomend to anyone to beat there horses... all it does is cause siciogical damage and make your horse fear you the whip. You want them to respect the whip not fear it. ... then she will learn she can get away with it. If your undersaddle rly use your leg... she may respond well undersaddle because she cant back off.good luck and remeber to let her win...

Answer 8

be assertive!! Make it clear with your "arm extension" EXACTLY what you are asking of the horse.

Answer 9

she should respond to your body language, square up, eyes on, etc...you are referring to ground work, right?

Answer 10

put a carrot on a stick and youll see him run

Answer 11

Are you riding or are you lunging / free lunging?

If you are riding, apply pressure with your legs first. If that fails, give your horse a slight kick. If that still doesn't work, kick again and give a tap with the crop. Keep at your horse until it picks up the pace and then reward it heavily.

If you are on the ground, crack the whip behind the horse (not at it). Also, giving a vocal command (such as "move on" or "get") should help.

Answer 12

USE the whips.

Answer 13

Right on with KC.  Clinton is pretty good. Watch a video of his.  Get a whip and use it.  Soft at first then increase if she doesnt move.  Dont worry about hurting her.  She wont stand there and let you whip her if you're hurting her.

Answer 14

While your on her, get someone to lead her around when you try to make her move. Keep doing it until she can do it without a lead guider.

Answer 15

I am finding it interesting that this question is coming up over and over and over again, even if the specific way its asked changes.

I don't ever hurt horses and don't advocate or support anybody that abuses them. But if your horse KNOWS you are not going to hurt you with the whip I think you have a bit of a problem.

First of all you really can't hurt a horse-a thousand pound animal typically-with a horse training whip. It just gets their attention.

But horses are not big babies anyway. Ever been out in the pasture with a herd? Horses are covered with bites and scratches. They kick each other, bite each other, and push each other around all the time. Horses are not as sensitive as we often think, they are tough animals that get firm when they want to be the boss.

So the key is for you, the horse owner, to be firm without being abusive. A horse can cause you serious trouble if you don't do that, like knock you to the ground or trample you. So you have to be ready to use your whip to make sure your horse understands what is being expected. Again, I am saying be firm-not abusive. That means don't go out and beat your horse with a steel pole. Don't sit there smacking him with the whip over and over and over to nag. But don't be afraid to give him a single good smack on the rear end to get him moving. Also work on your body language so the horse looks to you with respect.

Here are some circling/round pen videos that might be helpful:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og3maDnLu...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmu0pu4I-...

David

http://gentlenaturalhorseman.blogspot.co...

Answer 16

with the stick of your whip, tap her on the hocks and point her head in the direction you want her to go, one she gets going, step back into the center of the ring

Answer 17

arent you suppose to hit it on the butt so it can walk?

or maybe it doesnt like to be rode on..or if it is acting weird something is wrong..just have patients while training..can you answer mine?

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Answer 18

First off you have to decide if you want to free lunge her in the round-pen or use a lunge line.  

When I am working with a young horse, or a horse that isn't used to lunging, I usually get it used to being on the lunge line, that way you can keep the horses focus on you.  

Free lunging can be scary to a horse, and depending on the horses nature they tend to choose the flight method, I have personally seen horses try to escape and hurt themselves.

When it comes to lunging I have always used the methods by Clinton Anderson, he really knows his stuff, and the horses quickly learn to respect their owner/handler and their job.

When you are trying to get ler to lunge, there is nothing wrong with tickling her legs and rump with the end of the whip, and when she goes, say good girl.  Another thing is to reassure her that as she starts going, you say that gait, so she learns the command in voice, after a while you will not need the whip at all, unless just a reminder to obey.

Training a horse, and getting them to do things in the right way takes time, and lunging especially in young horses, is a great thing to teach them before saddling up.

I hope this information is somewhat a help to you.

Good luck!