People say that a horse will lie down for you ?

Question

how do you get/ teach a horse to lie down?? i konw you need them to trust you but how do you teach them to do that?

Answer 1

exactly how you teach a dog.

Answer 2

I guess you just wait till they lie down and say lie down..

has anyone else gotten a letter from this person.

saying that they am rettarted. (nice spelling genious).

bah.

get a life.

Answer 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7Tq-i69_...

Answer 4

you have to earn their trust. if they let you near them when they are lying down then that is a good sign that they already trust you and it will be easyer to train them to lie down. you could start with teaching them to bow and then slowly get them to go deeper down until they are lying down.

Answer 5

You first take a lasso and get him used to having a rope around his leg. When he is used to it tack him up, take the lasso and loop it around his foot and pull it up and tie it on the saddle horn, (if u ride english ur going to have to lift the rope until his knee bends and keep it up until they kneel down. Once down stroke him, give him a treat and end the training for the day. Do it again every day for 3-4 days and then gently push him while his leg is up. He should try to lay down. Good luck.