Hi monty 
I also was very eager to do join up with my new horse, it went very well.
In the evening when I went to get him in from the feild I expected him to come walking over to me as join up went well, instead he stood at the top of the field and just looked at me not willing to walk forwards, I walked up to him gave him a rub put his head collar on, he then walked forwards with me, but he kept stopping standing strong and not moving, I let the lead rein go soft so there was no tension he walked forwards a few steps stopped again it look 1/2 hour to get him to his stable when it should have taken 5 mins to walk in. 
He has been doing this since I got him which is a couple of weeks. 

Please help me to get him pass this 
Kibdcregards 
Karen Saph 
I would love to bring him to your deminstration your  haveing at  Dorchester 

Kind regards 

Hey Karen,
I have dealt with many of those type of horses. Although Join Up may have went well, the horse may still lack respect. If you use a rope halter, I would recommend this: When he plants his feet and won't move, move the rope in a fast zig zag motion. keep increasing intensity until the horse takes a step back. Release right away. Then ask him to come forward a step by pulling slightly on the lead, and do not release the pressure until he takes a step forward. Repeat this process until the horse moves without having to pull harder on him. If this does not work let me know.

Hi Karen. Welcome to the forum. I'm going to advise you differently. If you mix your messages to your horse you will further confuse them. You have done a single Join up. You need to do between 4 & 6 Join ups. Do you have a Dually halter? If not, contact intelligent horsemanship - online & buy the genuine article. This is an invaluable tool - to be used quickly & lightly as soon as the horse deviates from the desired task. The speed of equine learning is incredible - so fast when the lessons are fair, pain free & without threats or violence. Study the lessons on the Uni, again & again. Build trust with your very new horse, who has had very little time yet to adjust to their new environment or you, come to that. Spend time doing nothing more than scratching them, building your bond with them, quality time. Keep us updated on the forum & we will help you as much as we can with our collective experience. We are here to help you & your horse. I have home bred youngsters, now rising 3 & 4. Go to "Horse Behaviour", Trust is a two way street - a special time for me with Kirk, Holy Moley & their sire, Humphrey. Cheers, Jo.

Hello Karen and welcome to the forum.  After reading over the commentary above, I have to say that your new horse is not at the point that you thought he was because of a single join-up.  The number one thing that seems to be missing is RESPECT FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.  Jo is right on in her thoughts about the join-up exercise.  It needs to be recreated a few times for the lesson to be learned.  The join-up lesson could be the horse`s first attempt to demonstrate trust while at liberty with his human handler.   For some horses, this is a huge step.  So consequently, we as trainers must continue to reinforce the coming together while lavishing praise on the horse for the effort.  As you follow Monty`s methodology of training this will all fall into place naturally.  Teaching is important, but the learning is what builds the foundation.  RESPECT FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP will set the foundation for the future of every connection that you have with your horse.  Again, as Jo stated, the DUALLY HALTER will make your job so much easier.  
A tip on placing the halter on a new horse while he is learning about you.  After the halter is in place, give him a treat.  Do this four or five times consecutively and he will put his head in the halter for you.  He will also look forward to your connection with him as time goes by with each new meeting.

`Hope this will help you

Bud












 

Hello Narrow Way and Karen. 

Narrow Way - so glad you had such a great experience!

Karen - good advice re: Dually etc, so I will only add one thing on technique. However, first of all, I will add on about health.

I learnt from Ian Vanderbergh something that really opened my eyes; this may particularly apply as you describe this as a new horse. I worked with a little pony who kept stopping and Ian suggested I check his worm count. I thought...really? We checked and, even though he'd been wormed, he had a very heavy red worm burden. Fixed that and it fixed the problem, n more stopping! So, may be worth checking.

ok, technique 'trick' - be careful he doesn't teach you to stop. Have a long line, and when he stops KEEP WALKING - reeling out the line and then work on angles to get him 'off balance' - the key is to move his feet. Humans are notorious for everytime the horse stops, we stop and look back to say "what's the matter?".

Let us know how you get on. Good Luck