- Stand at a 45 degree angle to your horse's shoulder.
- Toss the tail of your lead rope towards your horse
- Toss the rope over the withers
- Over the rump
- Around the front legs
- Around the hind legs
- Over the neck
- Continue flicking the rope until your horse relaxes, or stands for 15 seconds, which ever comes first.
- What are the signs of relaxation?
- lowering the head
- cocking a hind leg
- licking and chewing
- sighing
- blinking the eyes
Troubleshooting:
- If your horse moves off while you are tossing the lead rope, get two eyes and keep flicking the rope until he stands still for fifteen seconds.
- Doing too much too soon. You're goal isn't to create a wreck, it's to prevent one. Start far enough away that you don't terrify your horse; you want to gradually get closer, and progressively use bigger, scarier stimuli.
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