Getting A Horse to Move forward

Every once in a while I will get a client with a horse that does not want to move forward. Honestly this is one of the trickiest things to fix and it takes a lot of patience and retraining. One of the best things to do with a horse that is dead to the leg is take them outside and gallop them as far as you can in a straight line. One of the biggest mistakes that people make is to constantly kick the horse so that the horse quickly becomes dead to the leg! What a person needs to do is push the horse forward with the leg and sit quietly until the horse wants to fall out then come quickly and abruptly with the correction. Most horses lull their rider into believing that they have to nag them all of the time in order to go forward and as we all realize this is very tiring and unenjoyable! If you have anymore questions please feel free to contact me!