It took three weeks in the initial training just to have her to let us touch her ears. In contrast, during the ninth month under saddle it took 2 hours to teach her how to side pass, leg yield, and do turn on the haunches. This is possible because we have set up a learning environment were the horse knows when it has accomplished a movement correctly. This method of reward has been done since the filly was started and she understands that there is a correlation between doing something correctly and the reward. There is some risk involved in horse training for both you and the horse.
Horses can cause serious injury.
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