How must you behave around a horse?

Answer 1

Well, i always think, Ask, Insist, Demand. First you ask the horse to walk on, then you say, come on get on with it, then you pull and cluck to the horse until it starts walking. While you are walking every so often stop your horse, if he doesnt stop quite on time(his shoulder should be in line with your back) make him walk backwards a step or 2. Ask him to walk again and walk to where you need to go. When you tie your horse up, do the quick release knot, its safer and easier to undo. Always tie to a piece of string or twine, not the actual tie up bay

Twine is a safer thing to tie it to because if the horse rears etc the twine will snap, not the whole pipe, pole etc.

Before doing a work out with your horse, especially if you are riding the horse, you should brush your horse. use a soft brush or a curry comb focusing on the legs and the saddle area as much as possible, as you are brushing, watch out for any sores of insect bites that could hurt your horse with the excercise you are about to do. Pick out his hooves as well. Now if you are riding you would get a saddle, bridle, saddle pad, saddle lifter if needed and your helmet. (go on YouTube if you don't know how to tack up XD) mount up by going to the LEFT side of the horse and putting your left foot in the stirrup (the silver metal thing that comes from the saddle) hop three times on your right leg and swing it over the horses body. Find your right stirrup and make sure when you mount that the horse doesn't start walking forward, if he does stop him and get him to walk backwards again. Again use your Ask, Insist, Demand and give him a small squeeze and ask him to walk forward. If he refuses give a hard squeeze, if he still does not listen give him a medium sized kick, but not continues or to hard because otherwise he will always do it to you! remember to warm your horse up at walk first then at trot and then at canter before actually doing work (if you cant canter yet, then only walk and trot.) while warming up at walk stretch your muscles and practice stopping and starting your horse, making sure that he stops straight away(don't pull hard, just short small tugs) and waits until you ask him to walk on. If he walks before you ask him, bring him back to halt and walk him back a few steps. Don't keep him standing for to long.

After your ride you always must cool him down, otherwise he could get sick. So walk him around the arena a few times on a loose rein, practicing halt again if you like.

Back at the tie up rack.

Dismount your horse by taking both feet out of your stirrups and swinging out of the saddle to the LEFT side. keep hold of your reins though. Take the reins over his head. put the top part of your halter around his neck, but not around his nose yet, and take of the bridle as careful as possible. Then put the nose band around his nose. Undo the girth and run up your stirrups. Take the saddle of your horse and place it carefully away from your horse and not on the ground. If it is a hot day you should wash your horse down, remember to make him stand still. If your horse is head shy do his head with a sponge. Use a sweat scraper to scrape off access water and rub him dry with a towel. It is good to give them a treat after a work out as well, or feed them. If you rug your horse do so. Now do some ground manners for a minute or so. Make your horse stand on grass and not eat. If he puts his head down to eat don't tug, shake the rope until he puts his head back up. Stay away from your horse and face his head. When he stands still without eating, reward him by letting him come towards you. Do not feed him a treat though, just pat him and say good boy/girl. Take him back to his paddock and you have had your first lesson with a horse. Enjoy!
Handling a horse can be dangerous if you don't know what to do. It's best to go to a lesson barn with a certified instructor. As a general guide however, you should stay to the horses left (called near) side as this is the side horses are traditionally handled from. Never wrap a lead line around your hand, you can lose fingers that way if the horse pulls away. Never walk directly in front of or behind a horse if you can help it as those are it's blind spots. Never yank on the horse for no reason as this will create problems later on. Don't let a horse walk ahead of you while leading it, this is disrespectful to the handler and tells the horse he's in charge, he should keep his head even with your shoulder. these are just basics, to learn more seek professional help.

Answer 2

A rider should behave quietly and consistently around his horse. He should be watchful of his surroundings so he can anticipate his horse's reactions. The rider needs to behave as the leader of the herd.

Answer 3

From the side. Horses do not see well straight ahead, so if you run up underneath its nose, it's going to be frightened and might hurt you. Make sure it can see you and move slowly so you don't startle the horse.