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Good points. Unfortunately, I don't think there's any chance my future horses will be in horse-safe fencing. So I do want to teach it, eventually. I think the most important thing to be sure of before trying this is that the horse is ready, and to start slowly with something the horse is...

It's basically just teaching them to respond to the pressure of a rope tied around their hind foot (and front, too). Obviously it's only something you'd do on a horse that already has a good foundation and responds to normal pressure easily. So if you were standing behind the horse holding the...

Wow, that's terrible. That's why when I get horses I intend to train every single one of them to lead by a hind foot AND be hobbled. So they don't panic and try to rip free if they ever get their foot caught on something.

I’ve loved horses since I was two or three years old. Unfortunately, so far I’ve only had the opportunity to ride twice in my life. I hope it won’t be too long before that changes though, especially as our little farm grows and we get into larger livestock. My future goal is to be a horse...