Are You Leading Me? Or Am I Leading You?


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hat is the question that horses spend a lot of time pondering. In fact, to a horse, and especially a wild horse, this is one of the most important things in his life. Because of him being a herd animal, he has to know what his role in the herd is, in fact his survival may depend on it. Since you and he are now a herd, he must figure out his place in that herd and that can change daily. We must establish our- selves as the herd leader or else your horse may decide that he can do a better


job of setting up the boundaries. Have you ever been crowded out or run into by your horse? Those are times, in the horse’s mind when he is taking it upon himself to change the leadership dynamic.


Horses watch our feet. In the horse’s mind, the one who is moving their feet is the one being trained. Knowing that, we can establish or reestablish our leadership position by making him move his feet. When working with your horse, you should spend lots of time sending him by put- ting pressure on him to move. If your horse does not see you as his leader, moving his feet may


14 DECEMBER / JANUARY 2018 I HORSE & AG MAGAZINE


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