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| NOT LOOKING FOR HATE COMMENTS. My horse and i have been given the opportunity to be mascots for a college football team. The team thinks it would be really neat if she and I could lead the football team in and rear on the field. I've been researching how to teach your horse to rear but I would like to know living people opinions on the best way to teach your horse to rear safely. Thanks everyone! (: |
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Location: Four Corners Colorado | Collection and softness. Eventually you get your horse so light in the front end you will literally be able to just lift its front end off the ground. Look into some of the spanish and dressage training. I taught my first horse and first pony to rear but haven't taught it to any other horses. Its not a real good point when you go to sell them.
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| My mare has a forever home where she is seeing as she was my first horse that's the only reason I'm even considering it. I wouldn't dare with any of my other horses because they all have a price but my mare does not (: thank you for your response! |
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Location: Wisconsin | Consider using a certain cue/word to tell her when it is time to rear. Work on the lightness of course, but a set word or cue would be nice. Don't pick something that would be used in general working around a horse that someone might say by accident. I understand that you have no intentions to ever sell her, but we all know that things can change. God forbid that something might happen to you and she would need to have a new home. Find a word and work with that, something total not used when around horses. Maybe a football term or something along those lines, some other sports word that has nothing to do with horses that only you know. But just to be safe maybe have who ever you have set up to care for your horses if you are ever gone also know the word and write it down some were too, and how it was used. |
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| I was planning on using a cue such as "up-up" or something along those lines. I've also heard of people starting them rearing from ground work and then mounted. What's everyone's opinion on that? |
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| Wait til he is really sore then run him through the barrels as fast as possible about 5 times in a row...You might laugh, but Ive seen it work for a bunch of people at barrel races.  |
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Location: where ever my L/Q trl is parked | Itsme - 2014-08-02 9:19 AM Wait til he is really sore then run him through the barrels as fast as possible about 5 times in a row...You might laugh, but Ive seen it work for a bunch of people at barrel races.
now that is really a smart thing to say...I'm sure you were just joking but she wants to do this correctly and safely. |
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| Itsme - 2014-08-02 9:19 AM
Wait til he is really sore then run him through the barrels as fast as possible about 5 times in a row...You might laugh, but Ive seen it work for a bunch of people at barrel races.
Lol I've seen that too but crazy sore barrel horse is to the feat if prefer to accomplish  |
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Location: SE Louisiana | I can't seem to think of any cue words other than 'Hi-Yo Silver'.. |
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Location: In a happy place | I wonder if there is anything you could find on how the trainers for movie horses do it. And like the other poster said I think I watched something many years ago where the trainers teach the horses to do it first from the ground. |
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Location: SE Louisiana | sorrel horse ranch - 2014-08-02 11:56 AM
I wonder if there is anything you could find on how the trainers for movie horses do it. And like the other poster said I think I watched something many years ago where the trainers teach the horses to do it first from the ground.
That would not surprise me... Even at the Spanish Riding Academy they teach the Lipizzaner stallions to do everything from the ground 1st ... |
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Location: Midwest | I would look into the way they teach the Airs above the ground to Lipazanner horses
but honestly I still wouldn't do it
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Itsme - 2014-08-02 9:19 AM Wait til he is really sore then run him through the barrels as fast as possible about 5 times in a row...You might laugh, but Ive seen it work for a bunch of people at barrel races.
I'm sure she was only jokeing guys |
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Location: SE Louisiana | barrelracr131 - 2014-08-02 12:11 PM I would look into the way they teach the Airs above the ground to Lipazanner horses
but honestly I still wouldn't do it
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Location: Pacific Northwest | Teach her to bow instead...it's easier and not dangerous. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | livexlovexrodeo - 2014-08-02 2:21 PM
Teach her to bow instead...it's easier and not dangerous.
now that's a good idea |
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Location: Pacific Northwest | Southtxponygirl - 2014-08-02 12:27 PM
livexlovexrodeo - 2014-08-02 2:21 PM
Teach her to bow instead...it's easier and not dangerous.
now that's a good idea
I just feel like teaching a horse to rear safely takes a long time...teaching a horse to bow you just need treats. It still takes patience because you want to make sure you don't scare them, but once they get it most horses are really good at it. My friend bought a horse where his owners had taught him to bow and we had way too much fun with it haha. You would just tap him on the knee with a crop and he'd bow.
You could probably also have the cue be on their shoulder which would make it easier to teach them to bow with you mounted if you wanted.
Bowing can be just as "majestic" as rearing :) |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | livexlovexrodeo - 2014-08-02 2:32 PM Southtxponygirl - 2014-08-02 12:27 PM livexlovexrodeo - 2014-08-02 2:21 PM Teach her to bow instead...it's easier and not dangerous. now that's a good idea I just feel like teaching a horse to rear safely takes a long time...teaching a horse to bow you just need treats. It still takes patience because you want to make sure you don't scare them, but once they get it most horses are really good at it. My friend bought a horse where his owners had taught him to bow and we had way too much fun with it haha. You would just tap him on the knee with a crop and he'd bow. You could probably also have the cue be on their shoulder which would make it easier to teach them to bow with you mounted if you wanted. Bowing can be just as "majestic" as rearing : )
I would rather see a horse bow instead of rearing. Bowing is so much cooler |
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | One thing you and the team should consider with a "rearing horse" is the liability should the horse come in contact with another person on the way down. A "rearing horse" can not "see" once in the air. Also, I would think the team should be sure that it is OK with the grounds keepers....a horses hooves will tear up a field..........And I have to agree with others....kneeling is MUCH safer and takes a lot less time to teach a horse. |
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| equussynergy - 2014-08-01 8:20 PM
Collection and softness. Eventually you get your horse so light in the front end you will literally be able to just lift its front end off the ground. Look into some of the spanish and dressage training. I taught my first horse and first pony to rear but haven't taught it to any other horses. Its not a real good point when you go to sell them.
This works. I've done it (YEARS ago). Push forward gently while asking for him to stay still. They have nowhere else to go but up, the big trick is to not make it a fight. |
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| Well the mascot is the Trojans.... Not so sure bowing is really the battle action of choice but I will definitely talk that over with the directors and see what they think |
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Location: Texas | I think the Texas Tech Red Raider mascot rears his horse. Always thought that would be a fun mascot job. |
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