If you ever find yourself frustrated with your horse because he won't get in, here's a quick solution.

Get a long rope and loop it over his rear and let it slide down to about top of his back legs. Let rope hit around his back legs and note his reaction. (Be holding this rope in your right hand and hold his halter with your left hand) He may kick at rope on his back legs or he may not. If he doesn't, it means he's likely okay with rope being back there.

If he kicks at rope then he needs to get used to it. Just let rope kind of hang there and touch his back legs. The horse may get jumpy and try to move from it. He may move forward or in a circle. While holding his halter stiffen your left arm a bit and make him go around you while holding rope and halter. You, handler, are acting as an axis.

Fairly quickly horse will realize rope isn't hurting him and you can move to next step.

Pull on rope to get horse to move with you. When he moves forward from your pull, release pressure. The idea is for him to move when you exert pressure. He should catch on pretty quickly to what you want.

Now lead him to trailer and guide his head into trailer if necessary. With lead rope attached to his halter, pull on lead rope while pulling harder on "butt rope".

Your horse may or may not jump in trailer but chances are he will. Also, be careful doing this because he may pop in trailer very quickly and you could get hurt.

Basically, that's all there is to it.

Mistake #3 – Not Understanding How Horses Think Horses do not think like dogs or cats. Horses are a prey animal which means they run from scary things. They have thousands of years of “flight instinct” built in their brains. To successfully train them takes patience and understanding that they are naturally fearful and cynical.

Mistake #2 – Not Knowing That Every Interaction With A Horse Is A Training Exercise Every time you interact with your horse you are training him. Even if your horse is well trained with lead rope, you are training him every time you use lead rope. Even when you pet your horse, you are training him. Novice horse owners must think through what they do when working with their horse because they can easily and unknowingly affect a horse’s behavior.

Mistake #1 – Riding A Horse With Little Or No Understanding Of Horsemanship A typical novice horse owner will ride their new horse not knowing horse-riding skills. It is important to have an understanding of riding techniques because horses react to leg pressure, how you sit in saddle, whether or not rider is tense, and a whole host of other things.

Let’s face it. Horses need to be understood for a horse owner to be successful with his horse. The best thing novice horse owners can do is learn how to ride, learn how horses think, learn what works good to shape horses’ behavior, and understand that constantly riding a horse is just about best thing you can do to have a good horse.