How do you teach a horse to rear from the ground?

Question

I need my horse to rear for a picture sequence. How fast can you teach it, and how do you teach it from the ground.

(P.S. please do not respond with buy a book, ways that involve frustrating the horse, or " don't teach your horse to rear")

Answer 1

Hate to tell you, but DON'T DO THIS!! It's not safe for the horse, the rider, and nearby people, and only professional riders and photographers should attempt this with trained horses. You risk seriously injuring or even killing the rider, and the horse will probably react negatively. Rearing is a sign of fear, not a pose for a picture

Answer 2

Bad Idea!

Teaching a horse to rear is dangerous. Pretty much the only horse in the world, qualified to safely do a rear of type is the Lipizzaner of the Spanish riding school.

Teaching the  horse this will put both of you at a big risk. My advice Don't do it!!!

Answer 3

you are asking for trouble. don't do it.

unless you want to kill yourself or possibly your horse when he rears over backwards one day.

Answer 4

It's easy.  Stand in front of your horse and grasp both pasterns in your hands.  Make some strange noise (loud is best) and lift when he/she spooks.  Be sure to praise he/she for coming completely off the ground, if you're still conscious.

Repeat as needed or until your neurologist refuses to see you again.

Answer 5

Yes i AM going to respond with "don't teach your horse to rear". It's a stupid idea for anyone, even professionals although they are the only ones I would even consider recommending do it.

Why anyone would EVER want to teach their horse to rear, strike, buck, etc on command I will never understand... Because it's 'cool' to have a horse that rears on command?? Yeah.... Well when your horse ends up knocking you unconscious and sending you to the hospital tell me how cool it is.

Unless you are a professional photographer and horse trainer I suggest you stick to pictures that aren't a threat to your life. One good picture is not worth the trouble and possible damage of teaching a horse to rear and having an accident come of it.

Answer 6

OK, I will not tell you not to teach your horse to rear. I will just tell you what to expect if you do. I know, I have had one. If you teach your horse to rear there is a good chance it will rear at will. Unless you are a qualified trainer and can train him to do it only on command, you are in big trouble. Once they are trained to rear, they will usually do it whenever they want to without warning. I would give some serious thought to this before I actually did it. Once you teach it to rear, you can't unteach it not to.

Answer 7

My freind (not anymore) anyways my previous freind taught her horse to rear and he eventually sent himself into bucking fits now everytime this girl rides her horse he trys to kill her. But if you really wanna do it this is what she did:

  Made him buck (made him mad)

  told him good boy

  And gave him a signal for rearing on cue (pull back on reins and kick at same time)

I dont recommend this it is so not worth it and you cant even get him to rear up in a pretty way its just a 2 foot hop off the ground but thats how she did it have fun! i guess!

Answer 8

well, you wave a big scary plastic tarp at your horse and while hes rearing and trying to get away you hold him real tight, and when he paws you or hits you in the head with his hoofs and splits your head open and you lay there bleeding to death, hopefully you will have captured it on film for posterity.....

Answer 9

I agree completely with the other answerer,   rearing is not a behavior that you want your pleasure horse to learn.  Horses can come enough with enough vices without teaching them