Entrenamiento de trucos para caballos. ¡Clases a tu propio ritmo!

 Teach your horse to give kisses! Using a treat held to the side of your face, you will get the horse to reach and take the treat! it’s very important that you only reward the horse when you ask for a kiss by saying give me a kiss. If the horse just starts giving kisses, and you let him, he is training you! And that means if you don’t  listen to him, he might bite! But if you poly reward when you asked for a kiss, it should be fine! 

 Teach your horse to hide his head under your arm, as if he’s embarrassed. An important trick to fix any mistakes in your show and win your audience back! It can really be played up for laughs and can make your horse seem very smart. It will be easier to teach if your horse or not head or ear shy. If your horse is, I suggest a qualified trainer to help. 

 Teach your horse to answer “yes/no” questions by nodding. In these next two tricks, we make use of negative reinforcement. You will use a ballpoint pen or another blunted object to poke your horse in the chest. This will feel like a fly bite, so he should nod. It will raje some experimenting to find a spot off the chest that gets a reaction. Remember, since this is unpleasant for the horse, reward even a little try. 

 Teach your horse to answer “yes/no” questions by shaking his head. Same as nodding, we need to take time to find the spot on his neck that gets a reaction. I start at the withers and don’t go up to the poll, that could create a problem when you try to bridle him. Also, remember to reward even the littlest try generously.