Training · #training

Training guides tagged “training” from the Apex Equine resource center.

• Teaching a horse to lunge, step by step — Lunging isn't running a horse in circles until he's tired. Done right, it's a conversation about voice, body language, and balance. Here's how to start a green horse correctly.
• Working with a spooky horse without making it worse — You can't punish the spook out of a horse — you can only build the confidence that makes him stop needing it. Here's the patient, systematic way to do it.
• Dressage for people who think dressage isn't for them — You don't need a fancy warmblood, white breeches, or a dream of the Olympics. Dressage is just systematic flatwork that makes any horse, in any discipline, better.