Neck reining?

Question

how do you get your horse to neck rein? is a certain bit better?

Answer 1

wow hard Q

Answer 2

1.  Get some really thick heavy reins... I like the rope reins...

      Mine are actually training/teaching reins.

2.  Ask first, then reinforce.  Example:  To turn left, lay the

     right rein on the horses neck, leaving slack in it, and

     give some leg pressure with your right leg.  If you horse'

     tries even the tiniest bit, let off with your leg and reward/

     praise.

3.  If the horse doesn't try, reinforce the asking by direct

     reining with the left rein to make the turn.  As soon as you

     turn, release all pressure.

I've had excellent results with this method.  As you advance, you can use a fence as a guide, and "double" into it... basically turn in towards the fence to get the turns better, which you can then up the ante and make a rollback!

Answer 3

The bit matters.  When you are training a horse to neck rein, one rein will be held at arm's length out to the side as the opposite rein is laid onto the neck.  A bit with shanks should never be used for this kind of lateral work.  A full cheek snaffle is the absolute best bit for this in my experience.  Ues the heaviest reins you can find...like 1' wide thick leather reins...to encourage the horse's ability to feel the rein on his neck.  I never start neck reining until the horse is fully responsive to leg and weight cues for turns.

Answer 4

okay your horse plow reins and you want to teach it to neck rein so when you are riding your horse and you want to turn say you want to go right pull your riht rein and lay your left rein on you horses neck and if you want to go left pull your left rein and then lay your ight rein on your horses neck. your horse will start to catch on and just gradually do less pulling and more of laying the rein on your horses neck and she will neck rein in time but be patiant with your horse.

Answer 5

the bit doesn't matter at all because you don't really use it when neck reining. to get a horse to neck rein, they need to respond to the pressure on their neck. so it's kinda like you're "pushing" them over. to train a horse, i like to neck and direct rein while using leg at the same time so that they get a feel for it at first, then i use less and less direct rein movement until i just have to move my hand barely.

Answer 6

the bit doesnt really matter

certian horses work better with different bits

im guessing your horse is trained to hand reign??

k to start training the horse to neck rein, instead if bringing the reins strait back, cross them under its chin then bring them back

this way when you lay the reins on the neck in the direction you want to go, because it is crossed, it pulls on that side of the bit

does that make sence??

Answer 7

Crossed reins DO work when you know what you are doing...but that's not for everyone.

Hopefully the horse knows how to move away from leg pressure. If not, you need to add teaching that when you retrain her.

Easy way is to have a snaffle in the horses mouth...not a curb...being you will be direct reining.

If you want the horse to turn right...FIRST, apply the left leg to cue the horse. Then pull the right rein...at the same time lay the left rein against the left side of the horse's neck.

Same concept for going left...Apply leg pressure FIRST. Then use the direct rein at the same time as the neck rein.

Within a day or so...I would be applying leg pressure...then the neck rein BEFORE the direct rein. Gradually over time...the horse will know to move away from the leg pressure and respond to the neck rein.

DO NOT apply pressure to the neck rein while you are direct reining in the beginning. It will pull on both sides and just confuse the horse. He won't know what you want, and may end up backing or throwing his head up.

When I begin applying the neck rein BEFORE the direct rein...I do put a little pressure on it. As soon as I use the direct rein...I release the pressure on the neck rein.

Once the horse is turning...I release the pull on the direct rein. Keeping my leg on the horse and the neck rein. Hopefully the horse will complete the turn without further direct reining. I will still use the direct rein if the horse needs a little encouragement.

Answer 8

I trained mine to do it in a full cheek snaffel so I don't think the bit matters. I would ask him to neck rein to one side and back the command up with my legs and seat. When he didnt get it I would put a tiny bit of pressure on the other rein (to hand steer). We kept this up for awhile and he figured it out.

With crossing the reins, I think it would work but I found it very confusing which led to my horse being confused. Good Luck!