I always have treats when i ask my horses to play -just like asking your friend to come over for tea and cookies... animals best reward is food. I don't let them get pushy, but teach them to be gentle and wait until I give it. A good way to treat is to ask them to whoa and then treat, back, and then treat etc. -then they learn whoa is a good thing to do as well. Prima, the big dark bay I'm riding in the video, will gallop in the hills and the minute I ask whoa she skreeches to a stop and flips her head around looking for her reward. Works like a charm!
I love that video "one with the herd"! That is just like the stuff I want to be able to do with my horse. My horse loves me but she would much rather walk away from me if I tried to do any of that stuff with her, then follow me. But I have been getting her to follow me after I finish riding her. So I guess we are improving =)
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