This horse was slow to motivate. He was very much his own "person" so to speak and was going to do what he pleased...at least...that's how it seemed.

There are plenty of horses in this world that will move when you want them to move. In fact, some horses can be so nervous it takes little effort to get them moving in round pen. In a way, they almost train themselves.

When I was first training this horse he moved slowly and not very deliberately. Teaching him to drive was very difficult because he just wasn't going to move for me.

The first time I put a surcingle on him and attached lines he had no more intention on moving forward than an elephant with no legs.

The lesson I was teaching was to move forward. When you want your horse to move then, obviously, you want him to move...not stand there.

A typical way to teach moving forward and associating action with a command is to get behind your horse and to left a little. Then give a slight pull on left rein, then say "step" or "get up" and tap him on his rear end with whip.

Most every horse I worked with, this technique worked well. But technique failed with this horse.

Whenever I tapped him on butt he would either stand there and blink his eyes or he would turn around and just look at me.

To trained trainer it may seem he was balking. In fact, that's what I feared was happening.

The next thing I tried to get him moving was a hog slapper. A hog slapper is a small pole like aid with a handle on one end and two pieces of leather on other end. When you slap leather end against your boots it makes a loud slapping sound.

It was loud slapping sound I was hoping would motivate horse to move. Here's what happened.

Nothing.

The horse didn't take any steps forward to get away from it. It scared him a little first two or three times I slapped it on my boot, but that's all it did.

Frustrated and bewildered I wasn't sure what to do next.

I began to analyze situation. I knew tap with whip wasn't working so I didn't need to repeat trying it. I knew hog slapper didn't work so I didn't need to repeat that either.

So I asked myself, "What can I use to motivate this horse to move?"

I got answer from Jesse Beery.

Jesse Beery, a famous horse trainer from 1800's, taught training a horse to drive in much same way I do it. Even tap on rear end with whip is same.

You're out feeding your horse. You're petting her, talking to her, and admiring how beautiful she is.

Suddenly, you get urge to get on her and go for a ride. The only thing is, you don't feel like getting saddle and bridle - so you just jump on...bareback.

Now you're sitting on her. Her head is high, her ears are twitching, and she's wondering what's going on.

It's boring just sitting on her. You want her to move. So you boot her forward.

She moves. You're delighted. Suddenly, she starts going faster and faster until she's in a full gallop.

The fence posts go whizzing by. Your white knuckle hands have a death grip on her mane. In your raging fear you see a turn coming up and you're wondering whether your horse will take a sharp right or go straight.

In a flash you prepare for her to take a right so you won't be thrown to ground. Thank goodness you did because she took a sharp right. In fact, it felt like she turned ninety degrees.

What I didn't tell you is this whole time you've been yelling "Whoooaaaaa!!!"

No matter how many times you yelled "whoa" your horse didn't stop. It was like she never knew command - she simply kept moving despite what you said. And all while, all you could picture in your head was your life in danger.

Hopefully, this will NEVER happen to you. It's a sick feeling being on a horse you can't control and fence posts whiz by you while you quickly and silently rehearse your own funeral in your head.