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If you love horses then one of the most exciting experiences you can have is to train a young horse. If you are going to train a young horse, you need to have consistency, patience and tenacity.

Often a horse owner isn't aware that they need to work with both the mare and foal for young horse training to be successful and typically just focus on training the foal. However, it is important that you don't forget the mare when training the foal because they are biologically and emotionally linked.

Grow a Relationship

There are many parallels between a human infant and a young horse. Any infant species requires a relationship to be started as soon as possible. Young horses start to develop relationships with other horses right away in addition to any humans that are around them. The trainer needs to focus on developing this relationship as soon as the horse is born.

A good training method to consider is natural horsemanship, which focuses on transparent communication with horses. Through this horse training method, a trainer can improve the effectiveness of their training by improving their ability to communicate with the horse. Foal imprint training the most common method that trainers use.

This is essentially a process that involves bonding young horses with their handlers the same way a mother imprints on her horse baby. The best way to develop a relationship with a new horse is by spending as much time as possible with them.

Early Halter Training

Training a young horse should focus on developing a foundation for future horse training. The main method of communication for a mounted rider is pressure. To help a young horse understand pressure from the very start you should start halter training sooner.

This can also help show a foal that you cannot get away when something scares them. This can help a foal to confront what scares them since the trainer can help establish boundaries.

Introduce New Things

When you train a young horse, it is a good idea to try to introduce them to something new each day. It doesn't have to be something major, but can be something as small as taking them to an unfamiliar area, using a different brush or introducing a new horse or human to the area.

Some larger introductions you can make include a bath, picking the hooves, running clippers near the ears and trailer loading. Any of these activities can help a foal become desensitized and help them become less frightened with new experiences. By doing this the foal can start to learn that the trainer doesn't want to harm them.

Go Slowly

At some point in your life, you have likely experienced sensory overload. Trainers need to understand that young horses can experience this as well so it is important not to push a lot of new sensations and experiences at once otherwise you will delay the training process.

Rather you want to limit the training to just fifteen minute increments. If a horse doesn't accept the new experience within this time then you should come back to it the next day. Once a your horse turns a year old, you can increase training session durations to a half an hour.

Training your young horse can be a wonderful experience and is easier to do as you gain more experience. Handlers need to realize that mistakes are going to be made the first time, no matter which training method you choose to use. Once you find the right training method, you can continue to use it and start building on your experience.

Sheryll Walker is a horse enthusiast, helping numbers of people to learn secrets of Natural Horse Training.

To discover more helpful tips on young horse training and learn more about Natural Horse Training, visit HorseTrainingHelp.com.

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