| Have you ever tried to get your horse to enter | | | | soon as he starts to rear, move away from him to his |
| somewhere like through a gate or into a trailer only to | | | | side. One thing is to be prepared for him rearing, |
| have him rear as he approaches? | | | | thinking ahead of him. As soon as he starts to spring |
| Rearing is a symptom of the problem we would have | | | | up, pull his head around, moving to his hindquarters. |
| to deal with. | | | | Why? Well if you are a horse, it would be pretty hard |
| The horse is clearly showing fear and resistance as | | | | to rear when your head is turned and your |
| well as disrespect for the handler's direction. | | | | hindquarters are moving. He will eventually start |
| In order to stop horse rearing, groundwork would have | | | | learning to go forward when feeling trouble when he |
| to be done away from the spooky object. You would | | | | sees that he can't rear. |
| want to start doing exercises to get his feet moving | | | | He will discover that moving his feet forward is not so |
| and his expand his comfort level. We want to learn the | | | | bad and that he will be okay. |
| horse to move his feet forward and not up when he | | | | He won't likely learn to move forward the first few |
| feels that his life is being threatened. | | | | times you move his head around to his hindquarters, |
| In order to stop horse rearing try the following method: | | | | but he will eventually get it, keeping at it until it does. |
| when the horse rears, don't go pulling down on his | | | | For anyone who has ever ridden a horse that rears, |
| head. Why you might ask? Because this might only | | | | knows how dangerous this can be and you should |
| cause him to rear higher and fall backwards, possibly | | | | know how to prevent it. One of your big goals in horse |
| even on you. This is big time drama for a horse and | | | | training should definitely be to stop horse rearing or at |
| will take a hard time to fix. To stop horse rearing, as | | | | least learn how to control it. |