Horse Training Ideas

  One of the training drills I like to do with my horses are funnel barrels, this really helps the horse pay attention to what you are telling them to do, because you can mix it up, and they have to rely on you to tell them what to do. I really find this helps with my young inexperience barrel horse and just as much with my advanced barrel horses. I also think it would work with whatever you do with your horse just as a listening and paying attention drill. Here is how it works.....
                                                              
                                                               

  Make sure when you are doing this drill you keep a nice pocket (space between your horse and the barrel), when you ask your horse to turn drop one hand off the reins and lift the reins and ask for a turn (the thing my horse knows that means turn for them is when I say here), make sure when you do this drill you are picking up your reins not dragging them!! Dragging can cause the horse to drop his shoulder and knock over the barrel.