Teach your horse to stand while mounting

Michelle Quirico from MQ Training in Napa, CA. gives you tips on teaching your horse to stand while mounting, wait for your cues to move off, how to make the mounting block a "safe place" and what to do when horses chronically move off while mounting. Michelle Quirico, competes in Western Pleasure, Open/local/breed shows, competitive trail riding, Endurance, team penning, and sanctioned CSHA events in the Trail Trials and Parade divisions. MQ Training also offers the starting of young horses and finishing them through advanced training. MQ Training operates out of American Canyon Training Center in Napa, CA and is accepting new clients. Riding lessons are offered 6 days a week (Monday-Saturday) to adults and children starting at age six. Contact Michelle at www.MQTraining.com

[@OdeeOz]

If I may offer a tip to the Editor of these great instructional videos; After the INTRO, please turn down the volume of the background music. I and several friends find that 'thump-'thump' played throughout to be an annoying distraction.
Thanks and keep up the great work!

[@kaylabowers7644]

Thank you so much I have a horse that will trot off or side step and i don't have a mounting block and hes 16hh but he stands still now!

[@amandawelker1553]

what if your horse backs up when you try to get on from the ground. what an I supposed to do then ?

[@chesterx2600]

Amanda Welker that's what happens to me

[@LVThN_von_Ach]

Park him in the corner

[@zeitgeist5134]

"Make sure that your horse is not in pain." This horse has an "upside-down" neck. Therefore, though the western saddle prevents one from seeing the back, one can assume that the horse's back is hollow. Not good. A hollow-backed horse is a horse vulnerable to back pain. Just think of a person with bad posture. A person with bad posture will inevitably have chronic back pain.

[@jordanwhite5470]

Wouldn't tipping the horse's head towards you encourage her hind quarters to swing away?

[@mesatop5]

I like the safe place idea. I think I'll feed Lacey her pellets there sometimes.

[@sarasanders5431]

Lucky the horse i once leased ( not anymore) would canter off and I usually fall off bc only one foot is in the stirrup

[@jeovavidao829]

sara Sanders x

[@7chances7]

My horse always just walks around me while I try to mount him

[@beautybaba4623]

My horses lesson for tommorow