One of my boys hasn't had the best experiences with humans, and training him to ride has definitely been a journey. We are currently working on doing it with basically full autonomy on his part, because any type of force yields such an emotional backlash on his part (he doesn't act out, he loses motivation, introvert fella).
To train feeling more confident and having forward drive outside the arena, we figured out that we could use my bf as a "walking hand target".
One of my boys hasn't had the best experiences with humans, and training him to ride has definitely been a journey. We are currently working on doing it with basically full autonomy on his part, because any type of force yields such an emotional backlash on his part (he doesn't act out, he loses motivation, introvert fella).
To train feeling more confident and having forward drive outside the arena, we figured out that we could use my bf as a "walking hand target".
Boop the snoot for candy!