I just got a new 2 yr old horse, named Paco. He is a wonderful horse that is lazy and just loves to be loved on. He is good at backing up, stopping, and leading. Only problem is trying to get him to lung or canter properly. It is really hard to get him to go because he isn't afraid of ANYTHING! What is a good training method that doesn't involve freaking the horse out to get him to lung?

Horses are naturally afraid of things. You can't avoid that. Put the Paco in the round pen. Tie some bags to the sides. Put some large (excerise balls) in the round pen. Just put random scary objects in the round pen. Horses are naturally going to be afraid of things that move and make noises. And objects that don't move and don't make noise.

Let your horse always commit to the mistake.

Remember for every horse you have you have 2. Horses have 2 sides to their brain. The thinking side, and the reacting side. Typically the reacting side is the side that they use more.

Buy some Clintion Anderson movies.

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