So what do you do? Simply sit in saddle. You'll want to give your horse enough rein to stretch his neck but don't give him so much that he can graze. Then you simply sit there until he decides to move forward. Don't let him go left or right. Don't let him back up or turn around and head home. Don't kick him. Don't yell at him.

You are telling your horse it's okay to stand still but he doesn't get to anything but stand there or move forward.

At some point horse should move forward. When he does, give him plenty of reward.

The results from waiting for your horse to move forward are far better with patience and kindness than trying to force your horse to move. Sure, it may take a l-o-n-g time for him to move but he'll eventually feel safe enough to do it - or he may get bored just standing there - and you should know that boredom and feeling safe are almost exact same thing in horse's mind.

Next time you take your horse out and he naps it may take half time for him to move. Then next time it may only take a few minutes. It's kind of like old rule of training. The more you work on it lesser time it takes.

What do you do while you're patiently waiting for your horse to move? If you're with friends then warn them before hand this may happen. You may have to sit there and have a conversation. If you're by yourself bring a crossword puzzle or even a book. Do what it takes for you to pass time and not get impatient.

Just remember to treat it like you would a horse that's spooking. Most of time, napping is a reaction to spooking. You simply have to be patient and wait it out.

If you use commands that sound threatening (by yelling a command), you can actually increase your horse's heart rate, frighten and confuse him, and he may take longer to learn.

For instance, a popular command to teach a horse is word "step". When driving a horse, using this command means for horse to move forward...take a step. When teaching it, be careful not to yell command because it may be perceived by horse as a punishment.

But if you calmly say "step" you will get better results than if you yell it. Often times, when a horse isn't "getting what you want", there's a tendency to get frustrated and thus, mad - and your voice volume can escalate. Then you're back to sounding threatening and perhaps your horse will take even longer to understand what you want.

I've seen where horses were being taught to drive where owner taught word "step". When teaching it, he would loudly say "STEP!". It wasn't long before horse was actually balking. Then owner was getting frustrated and kept repeating his command even louder...as if horse couldn't hear him.

It reminds me of a show I once saw on television. One english speaking man was talking with a spanish speaking man. The spanish speaking man knew no english. The english speaking man was trying to communicate with spanish speaking man. After a minute of obvious noncommunication, english speaking man spoke slower and louder. Unfortuantely, spanish speaking man didn't understand english whether or not it was spoke loud, soft, fast, or slow.

In summary, use short words. Use word when you want a certain action - only say word when you want that particular action. If you want your horse to slow down then say something like "easy". (Don't say "slow" because he may take it for "whoa".)

Next, associate actions with commands and calmly talk to your horse. Horses can hear very well and yelling command will not make command any more clear - if anything, it will frighten and confuse him.