LOL...new trick I taught Rhythm...

Okay, I was doing some RFD-TV stuff with Rhythm, lunging her, making her move in the direction I want her to go, yield to pressure..etc, and I had 2 long carrots in my ocket. Rhythm is an auction horse, and within 2 months, she really came to trust me. I saw some boos on how to teach your horse to bow:) hmmm....I wonder. I took a carrot, stuck it inbetween her legs, and she tried to reach the carrot, and she finally did, with her knees bent and her facer on the ground!

Now, I have NEVER seen a horse do it in my life! It was SO cool!

Now, one other thing is Rhythm will do ANYTHING for a treat!!! LOL

I am going out Saturday and will get some pics!

Thats awesome!!! You will have to get someone to take pics so we can all enjoy Rhythm's new trick!!! CONGRATS!

That is cool! Always wondered how they did that....I might just have to give it a try.

That is real cool, can't wait to see pics...:)

ive always wanted to teach cricket that...but she absolutely refuses human food..carrots, apples, beef jerkey, twinkies......yes..i tried it!!

the only treat she will take are apple flavored horse treats....so maybe i can do it with those....

my horse bows I taught him by holding up on of his front legs and asking him to back with his halter then as he went back slightly i released I did it gradually getting him to go a little further each time till he touched the ground and I kept building on it using voice cues and pressure on the wither I taught him to lift his foot by taping him on the for arm with a dressage whip and then lifting his foot and rewarding him once he did it eventually he held it up just with the taping and went down with just pressure on the whither. using this method I got him to do it while sitting on him and only pressing on the whither and saying down. some times if he hasnt done it for a while I have to tap him gently with my foot on the fore arm.

i taught one of my horses to bow.. i placed the treat between his legs and they have to doulbe their leg to get to it.... pratice makes perfect use a word and then it becomes a comand with out treats.

i have a thread on spanish walk, its really easy to teach..... for those who like to give lots of treats to their horse.

make them work for it and be fun!

The Zeus Moose Can do that too girl!! LOL....YAY!! Our horses can BOW TOGETHER!! We can do a deut in dressage and bow at the end!! Lippizanner Stallion Dejavu!

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love the demo photos!!!!!!!!

Thats Awsome!!!!!:):):) I'm Gonna Try With My Horse!!!!! If It Works Then I'll Take Pics.

hehe we just sold a gelding who was trained to bow... it was neat cuz you could tap him on the shoulder w/ your whip while riding and he'd bow, or you could do it on the ground... some times he got comfoosed though and when you asked him to set up for showmanship or back (on the ground) he'd think you meant to bow.

I wanna teach my filly a bunch of tricks like that... I really want that Trickanometry book but haven't got around to buying it yet :(

thats' awesome! good job!:):):):)I've always wanted to tech Faye to bow, but never knew how, so i think i'll try this on her:D Thanks for posting this, can't wait to get some pics:D

lol...lazy me...i avent gotten around to it...lol I WILL bring a camera out today, Its just a matter of getting the pic...takling it out of the case pressing the button...I mean, come on! I dont have 3 seconds !!! lol jk

ha ha tht is soo kwl... i dun think it will work if i try it on any horse at d stables but i will try nxt time tho d horse wud prob fall over tryin 2 reach d carrot sigh lol

great pix tho:D

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before i sold my paint gelding i tought him how to bow...if you put him in the "bowing position" he would stay there until you asked him to life his head/leg back up...it was really cool as i could walk away and he would stay tehre

Oooo a new thing to teach Sunny!

Wow, I wanna see the pics!