Trick Tutorial #1 - How to teach your horse to give you a kiss

Okay, so this was my first tutorial and only my second time ever talking to my camera...first time being out where people could actually see me and think "She's talking to herself! She's a crazy!" so it was a little awkward so bare with me. Also learnt to stand not facing the sun when recording for next time! :P

Remember to reward try! Not all horses will get this trick in the first go or even first day, just build on it. Once they start to get the idea then you can add distance and make them reach further.
Carrots are a great treat to start with for this trick and they are easy for your horse to see.

If you have any questions or need to see how to start this trick with an untrained horse, then please leave a comment or msg me and I will see what I can do. Great thing about having a yearling is I can do a video with a horse that has not been trained tricks and then show you the finished product with my mare if needed!

So should I do another? Yes? No?

For this trick I trained my mare using the Jackie Johnson method. She has a book and even some DVD's out. I would HIGHLY recommend you checking out her YT channel and website where she also has some free trick training videos uploaded!
I find her methods extremely easy to follow as they are broken down into very basic steps, and if one of her methods do not work for you at least with her method it prepares you to be able to think on your own and come up with your own methods.

Jackie Johnson's website: http://www.stunthorse.com/
Jackie Johnson's YT: http://www.youtube.com/user/jaxnreamo

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• horses
• equine
• trick training
• kiss
• 600hoofbeats Horse

[600HoofBeats]

@JolliesHorses

Yes, but that is why I said to watch out for that exact potential problem in the video at 1:05.

If after hearing the "warnings/what to look out for" I normally mention in my tutorials, a person still wants to go through with it with a problem horse, then in my books they are just plain idiots.

If a horse is disrespectful enough to try and bite you, they could bite you when you use a treat or your hand and this isn't a trick to teach them at that point. :)

[JolliesHorses]

@600HoofBeats Okay, well I have no experiance with a horse biting me. I think you are right about that it is a part of the groundtraining! But still, it would be misunderstanding say little girls who want to teach there horse, when that horse does bite, I guess.

But it is a good way tot learn them.

I've learned my horse without the treat only with the hand, as a target. But I guess that is the same thing...

[600HoofBeats]

@JolliesHorses

Basically this is a type of target training and the target is your lips or cheek.

I will stress again though if you or anyone ever feels that their horse or any horse is the type that would bite them, then they shouldn't worry about starting trick training until they work on their ground work and have their horse's respect first.

[600HoofBeats]

@JolliesHorses

Well it could be dangerous if the horse is disrespectful and has an issue with biting. Then again a horse that is disrespectful shouldn't be being taught tricks, but should be being taught ground manners, and a horse that has issues with biting shouldn't be taught a trick such as this involving its mouth.

And yes the treat is beside your head. If anything the horse would be going for your hand and that could happen even when feeding a horse with your hand flat...

[JolliesHorses]

I've teached my horse to kiss two! It is so funny.

Still think it could be dangerous to hold a treat besides your head, for the horse will bite to it, you face is right next to it?

[600HoofBeats]

@horselover55255

I have a little something up on my main channel from a while back reguarding training the bow, but it is something I too am still working on. My mare can do it, but its holding the bow that is our issue haha. Hope to do a video for it eventually, but its best to start with the simple tricks first and work your way up.

I will PM you the link of my video that has a bit of info in the description about how I started the bow. :)

[horselover55255]

aww thats cute!

could you do a tutorial on how to teach your horse to bow? :)