How I Teach Horses to Bow! Step By Step Tutorial! 

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you!! Hope it goes well with Mavrixx! 🙌🏼😊

Thank you! I will keep you posted!

Hi, Thank you for your comment! Im so glad you enjoyed the video! 😊

Hey thank You sm!! I appreciate it! Will do!

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Thank You Autumn! You're welcome! ☺️

Haha that’s quite a stretch when they itch their belly! Have you seen them scratch their ears with their back legs? That’s next level 😂

Glad to hear that! Awesome hope it goes well!

Thank you so much! All the best with your mare!

Thank you!! 👍🏼💪🏼

I try not to! 😊

Hey there! That transition can take some time. Towards the end of the video I show using a crop to encourage the horse to lift his leg up. If you teach the horse that several taps on his leg means he needs to lift it up first. Then keep asking him to lift it until he bows. Takes time and patience but they get it eventually 😊 Hope that helps!

I get mine from the USA. What part of Australia are you from? I’ll be in Oz in two weeks and I could potentially bring you the exact rope from this video if you want it. If that sounds like an interesting idea then email me at HorsePerfect.tv@gmail.com

@@HorsePerfect I’m in the northern eastern region of NSW. Also another question, in your video about teaching them on how to back up. When I used the stick and the rope she thinks I’m going to lunge her and starts walking next to me. I have a bit of a hard time with it cause last time she did that she kicked me. How would I let her understand I was her going back rather than lunging?

Hey! That’s kinda a good problem to have! It’s sometimes difficult to get a horse to lie down after the bow so it’s nice that that part is already easy! Do you have a cue to end the trick? That’s important because then right before he lies down then you can tell him “good boy” or something to end the trick. Just as soon as he bows. Then he should stand up normally again and learn that the bow is not always connected to a lie down. Hope that helps!

@@HorsePerfect thank you for the reply! I will give it a go

Yes I think so! So long as your horse is calm and won’t run away from you or something.

Thanks for your reply. I've tried it a couple of times and it should be OK. It will come loose simply by letting the lunge line go. I'm uber-cautious as she's still a bit wobbly on her feet and she more falls down the bows down lol

Use the rope around his belly like I did with the first horse then he can hop backwards but eventually if you hold on you’ll get him to do it. It’s not hard to hold it there when you wrap it around his belly first 👍🏼

Oh ok I don’t have a rope long enough is probably why

@@Abigailcookbarrelracer yea it has to be a long rope

Oh ok ty

Great question! Well done for making progress with your mare! Jumping backwards on three legs is very normal. If you have the rope wrapped around the horses belly it shouldn't be too hard to stay with the horse and to keep waiting for her to bow. She won't be able to hop backwards for long maybe 4-7 hops before she will need to rest and will begin to lean down on the leg that is tied up. Remember to stop and reward her every time she tries or does it a little bit! Let me know how it goes!

Sorry to hear you’re having a hard time with your horse! One thing that’s really important is that your horse needs to have a solid foundation of trust and respect already before you try to teach tricks! If your horse kicks at all it tells me she’s got very bad ground manners so maybe try the exercises in this playlist and then come back and try the bowing again and I bet she’ll do better! Essential Groundwork Exercises ru-vid.com/group/PLWIG3pbsJfz5oJeYQ3XDfmt0I4TYNbKIj

@@HorsePerfect I'll give it a shot. She's got some basis with a bow but not as clean or easy as this one. As well as a few other easy tricks. I'll see what I can do with the ground work.

There are 3 horses in the video which one?

Good question! The part where we ask the horse to back up while he has his leg up is what makes it a different cue. Working with him with his butt against a wall should fix that because he can’t back up and lean into the bow. You can also encourage him to lean forward by pulling on his halter. Hope that helps!

That’s a pretty common reaction to this… you said she did one or two good half bows so that’s a great sign! I would just stop before she rears and then the next day try again and get 3 half bows and 1 3/4 bow and then the next day 2 half bows 2 1/4 bows and 1 full bow. Just keep working with her. She can’t rear for long she has to come back down and when she does just start again.

Ok, thank you! I will try this when I go to the barn over the next few days :)

Work on his backing up with the halter! It will help reinforce to him that you need him to move back whenever you apply backwards pressure on the halter 😊

Hi Kori, sounds like your horse can have an attitude sometimes 😅 Start by teaching him all the exercises in the Video I made about how to get your horse to respect you. That should help you with his attitude. Its very common for the bow to be quick at first...Start to ask him to stay down longer by having him bow again as soon as he wants to get up. Keep telling him to bow until he stays for 5 seconds and then tell him to get up. Its important that you tell him when to get up so that he knows you will end the trick and its not his job to decide when its over. Soon it will be 8 seconds and then 20 and then 30 just keep practicing!

@@HorsePerfect Thanks so much! I will update you how it goes.

Hi there, Thanks for your comment! I’ve never had that happen before. Is it possible you wrapped the rope the wrong direction around the horse? If so that would definitely cause a safety risk! Have a closer look at how I did it. Over the top of the back and then back under the belly. Not under the belly and over the back. Hope that helps!

I wrapped it the same way you did. She lifted her foot but after a while she went over and crossed it and almost fell. I don’t know how to avoid that happening.

Ok. If you make sure the leg is pulled up all the way to the horses belly then there will be no room for the horse to put her other leg in there. If it’s too loose then I could see that happening.

No worries! Every horse is different and every horseman has their own methods. Patience and going slow is never a bad thing. Sometimes I wish my clients would give me more time to work with their horses.

Nah mate I’ll laugh whenever I want to thank you very much 😂 It’s my channel and my Videos 😎