Training Tip: End Training Sessions Positively

Always end a training session on a good note. The last thing you do with your horse today is the first thing he’ll remember tomorrow. So don’t finish a training session with the horse misbehaving or having a bad attitude. If you’re not having any success on a particular exercise and you have to quit due to time restraints, stop what you’re doing and go to an exercise you know your horse can do well. That way you can finish the training session on something the horse is comfortable with, performs well and is listening to you. You always want to finish when you’re the leader and the horse is listening to you and using the thinking side of his brain.