Horse Tricks

This is Royalty's Areyto de Carredo, a four year old Pure Puerto Rican Paso Fino that I got about 9 months ago from a breeder in Oregon. He's my first horse! When I got him he was barely halter broke. If anyone is considering buying a horse, especially a gaited horse, consider getting a PPR Paso Fino. Areyto is very smooth gaited and is very easy to train--he'll do anything for his LMF Supper Supplement. I ride him in a bitless bridle, and he's usually a good boy when being ridden too.

Let me know if you have questions. This is just a sloppy first take of his tricks. Sorry I don't explain how I taught him in the video. It takes him about a day or two to learn a new trick (except for the lying down trick, which took months of verbal convincing since I couldn't use any physical means of coercing him down).

ps, For those of you who know at least one kid 0-5 years old: I wrote and illustrated a children's book. It has some paintings of horses and has other animals in it as well. It's about art and dreaming. You can find my book on Lulu.com if you search for "Midnight Blue" by Kahra.

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[CaballoPPR]

How could I argue with that, it's very true! When we are working exclusively on tricks, I do usually feed him after every trick, but at other times I ask him to do a trick and I don't feed him. At one point he did get very pushy and I realized how entitled he had become so we worked through that. Sometimes he does tricks on his own and even though it's pretty cute, I make sure not to reward him.

[DarkSigner7]

Oh what a coincidence. Good thing I read the description, the horse comes from my homeland. haha No wonder it seem like familiar to me somehow. The horse looks quite happy and jubilant. Good work! haha

[KrimsonGhost]

If you study up on operant conditioning and Pavlov, you will see its necessary to treat in the beginning after every positive action. Once the tricks are learned then yes of course treat giving should be tapered.

[BreakThrough209x]

Not trying to start any kind of argument but you shouldn't treat your horse after every trick, later in life he will assume that anytime he does this he will be treated and when you don't have any to give him, he'll act out.