Overview:
After a young horse is taught to lead and other basic skills, various tasks can be introduced to the horse as it matures while it is still too young to be ridden. Some schools of training do a great deal of work with young horses during their yearling and two-year-old years to prepare them for riding, others merely reinforce the basic lessons taught to the horse as a foal and simply keep the horse accustomed to the presence of humans. Many times, a young horse did not have all necessary basic skills described above taught to it as a foal and its "adolescent" years are spent learning or re-learning basic lessons.

Several ground training techniques are commonly introduced to a young horse some time after it is a year old, but prior to being ridden. All horses usually have some or all of this ground work done prior to being ridden, though the time spent can range from hours to months. While a foal or yearling can be introduced to a small amount of ground work, a young horse's bones and joints are quite soft and fragile. So, to prevent joint and cartilage injury, intense work, particularly intense work in a confined circle (such as advanced round penning or longeing), should wait until the horse is at least two years old. Common ground training techniques include:

Horse Training

Round Penning

Liberty work, sometimes called free longeing, round pen work or roundpenning, but regardless of terminology, is the process of working a loose horse in a small area (usually a round pen 40-60 feet/15-20 meters in diameter) with the handler holding only a long whip or a rope lariat, teaching the horse to respond to the voice and body language of the handler as he or she asks the horse to move faster or slower, to change direction, and to stop.

Longeing

Longeing (pronounced "lungeing"), is the training of a young horse to move in circles at the end of a long rope or line, usually about 25 to 30 feet long.

Desensitization

Desensitization is the process of introducing a horse to moving objects such as blankets, ropes, and plastic bags teaching the horse to allow itself to be touched by any object and not to fear ordinary things that people may introduce to the horse or its environment. This is also called "bomb proofing".

Saddle Introduction

Introduction to a saddle and bridle or harness, without actually getting on the horse or hooking up a cart.

Then the transition to getting on the horse and developing good manners.

For all disciplines, ground work is also used to develop specific types of muscling as well as to instill certain behaviors. When ground work incorporates both mental and muscular development, it may take considerably longer for the horse to be ready to be ridden, but advocates of these methods maintain that the additional time on the ground allows the horse to advance more quickly or with better manners once under saddle. Let Equine Innovation provide you with a soft, supple, and respectful horse, that moves easily under saddle. The results are a new found joy and confidence in knowing your horse has the foundation and physical capabilities to produce what you need.

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