How to teach Horse Trick Training! (Free Jumps, Sideways, Take)

[Bethie13]

The take is absolutely adorable

[nat9810]

thanks ill try this weekend :)

[nat9810]

i love your vids and id love you to teach us the smile trick

[Marenlene]

@nat9810 Hi, there are several ways to teach the smile trick, if you are patient and your horse does smile occassionally, wait for the next time he smiles and then reward him immediatelly. He will remember and if you reward him again the next again, maybe even use a clicker, he will begin to understand. Another method is to make your horse smile: Use an interesting smell that your horse doesn't know, such as an onion, molasses etc. when your horse smiles then, reward! Then repeat.

[Marenlene]

@nat9810 Let me know if it works for you. Good luck :-)

[MigrationTranslators]

Love it! Who needs dressage when you can do such fun stuff your horse!

[Xeersim]

Go to AlwaysHorseLove's channel, Eva roemaat. :'D

[Marenlene]

Respond to this video...  I am sure that there are more professional methods out there where you start to teach your horse to first rear a bit and then get up higher. Maybe have a look for people who taught the trick before and ask them as well? I am not a professional trainer, i just have a good connection with horses and spend some time with them. Good luck!

[Marenlene]

@HorseLover0903 However, if I wanted to teach rearing, I would use a clicker and a carrot (cut into little pieces). I would wait until I see him rearing when playing, then use the clicker, say loud "REAR!!" and praise him, give him the carrot etc. The horse probably won't understand immediately but if you do it a few times, chances are high that he does.

[Marenlene]

@HorseLover0903 Hi, so far I haven't taught him. When I train horses I try to find out what they naturally like to do and then either make a trick out of it or not. For example, Jay doesn't like to lay down and he wouldn't rear when he plays with other horses, so he doesn't have a natural prerequisite for these tricks. With other horses, I would only teach rearing as a trick when they are quiet/obedient enough to understand that they ONLY rear when asked for.

[stinker1998]

awww! Your horse loves you!

[amstaffmaster]

Ohhh man I miss the days of my past,I was working daily with those beautiful animals chilling,smilling in the sun doing nothing but enjoying your freedom and your horse

[cdninsocal]

loved your video. I've taught my horse to lay down, let me mount from the ground, fetch, know his left from his right, but although he loves to jump under saddle I just haven't gotten him to free jump yet. I'm excited to get to the barn to try your method! Thanks for the advice.

[PajkosTheFavourite]

don't have to running on a bigger round???!!

the horse can break his/her legs!

[RodeoHorsey]

could you do bow and spanish walk and lay.

[2000starlover]

hey love the vid going to try teaching my horse to free jump lol this should be interesting lol

just wondering if u know how to teach a horse to smile? and say yes?

[Mattey35]

hi amazing video how did u get your horse to stop like that after the jump you just put your hand up and he stoped how did you do it?

[Marenlene]

@Mattey35 When I trained him the free jumping I jumped with him the first few times with him on a halter and lead rope and always stopped after the jump, so he got used to stop and receive a treat.

But in general I use my hand as signal to stop, you can teach that to a horse easily if you use a clicker or some treats. Just raise your hand when your lunging your horse and then make it stop and after a few times (when you use unambiguous signals) the horse understands. 

[ShowJumper112]

This way really helpful!! :) I love your Horse he is Very Handsome!! ;)

Could you do some more of these types of videos??

I really enjoy them!

I LOVE your accent!! :))

xxx

[Marenlene]

@ShowJumper112 Thank you so much!

I'll certainly do more vids :-)

Good to hear that it was helpful, good luck with your training!

[xCodyxKellyx]

Awesome teaching! although I must say it may have been easier to lunge your horse over the jump, with a lunge line rather than a lead line, but it's still very good teaching, I'll have to do this with my almost horse hahaha thanks (:

[Marenlene]

@xCodyxKellyx Thanks for that :-)

You're right, a lunge would be much better but for the filming I preferred the lead rope for better vid quality. Good luck with your horse!

[bird1751]

ok ok im your number 1 fan hehehheh cos you are a real natural and i love to see :) hehehehe you got this cute german accent ..but you are aussie land ..ok ok

[Mattey35]

please can you tell me how you get your horse to stop like that when eva you put your hand up?

[Mattey35]

please can you tell me how you taught your horse to stop on command thank you x

[byhispirit]

You are a fantastic Teacher!

[Marenlene]

Thanks a lot :-)

[barrelracer778]

hey im trying to train my horse to bow and he is doing really good and he is getting it down really fast but when he gets all the way down on his left leg he jumps and comes back up like he is scared,what can i do?? to clam him down.

[Marenlene]

Hi, I am probably not qualified enough to give you a good advice but I can try: If it is only on the left leg, maybe you should not do it on this side. Maybe he had an injury in the leg / something is hurting.

In general, to calm him down I would ask your horse to slow the whole process down. First ask him to only go down a little bit but slower and reward him for that and then go deeper - only rewarding when he is doing it slow. That's the way I would try that. Hope it helps.

[barrelracer778]

okay thanks will try that,and how do you train a horse to lay down i seen alot of ppl do that with there horses but some way look like it could hurt the horse do you have a video of you to lay a horse down?.

[barrelracer778]

sorry,laying a horse down

[modrono]

OMG!! Thank you very very much!! You are so kind and so good teacher!! very useful! I am gonna try this weekend : ) Thank you a lot : )

[13horselvr]

what if you want them to sidestep when your on ther back how would you give them the signal if you taught them like you did in the video?

[Marenlene]

To the left side: Put your right leg slightly back & add pressure. The left leg is relaxed. Make sure that your horse can't bend but that head & neck stay straight. Both hands hold the reins firm, right hand a tiny bit firmer. Normally the horse will move away from the pressure - namely to the side! It might be good to first teach it from the ground 'cause it has to learn how to place its legs.

It's helpful to practice that between 2 fences/jumps so it can't escape to the front/back.

Good luck!

[XoXPaintedPintoXoX]

Whoa thiss is reallly good and i tried the freejumping with my horse but i just cant make him jump

Can you help? :L

I have tried shaking a feed bucket to coax him over, leading him, lunging him, using your method, riding him with a saddle and bareback! :L NOTHING WORKS! D:

All he does is crash through them and kick the poles off; he never ducks out or refuses; and he goes in confidently but he NEVER puts in any scope :L what shall i do im despairing? Xx

[lalaLOVEmystic]

Hi,

You can get people to hold the poles so that

the horse feels the poles there and knows

that they are supposed to be there.

[Marenlene]

Hi,

if your horse can't place its legs correctly, maybe it is better to first exercise on poles on the ground. A horse has to figure out how to move over a jump. Put poles in a row on the ground, then put them up a bit & let him walk/trot over it. Make sure that he improves every time a little bit. If he does it correctly, give him a few seconds break, praise him and give him a treat.

Don't try to scare your horse over the jump and be patient - it WILL come :-)

Good luck!

[XoXPaintedPintoXoX]

Thankss So Much :) ill give it a go! Xx

[katyB48]

aw thats lovely your so good to your horse is lovely :)

my horse does loos jumping aswell :)

i have tort him most things but how do u teach them 2 smile ? xxxxxx :D x

[Marenlene]

Two methods:

1) Use an interesting (harmless!!!!) NEW smell e.g. banana-treat, put it carefully in front of his nose. Most horses react by smiling. If he does it, immediately use the clicker, praise, give treat. If one smell doesn't work, try a different.

OR

2) Wait...there will be a day when the horse smiles for some reason, maybe there is a nice mare nearby. Then make sure you react fast, clicker, praise, give treat.

...As with all tricks...its patience, optimism and repetition :-)

[katyB48]

@Marenlene

thanks :)

i tort alfie tp put his hoof on the top of a wooden block when  ask him 2 hes so soo good :) xxx