How To Back Up A Horse

Backing up a horse is an important skill to learn, especially if you have kids or other animals that might get in harms way. In this blog post, I’ll teach you how to back up your horse and make sure they don’t run into anything—or anyone—in the process.

1 Set up

Start by making sure that your horse is calm and relaxed. If you are backing up towards a wall of any kind, it is best to start with a small amount of space between the two of you so that your horse can see and anticipate where they will be going next.

Next, face the direction you want to go in before backing up. This will help them know what direction they are moving towards before actually doing anything with their head or body movements themselves! If possible, try to stand at least 10 feet away from any other person or animal so as not cause any stress on either party involved (and/or because I just want some alone time).

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2 Backing up the horse

Backing up the horse

Move your body back in the opposite direction of where you want the horse to go, using a rope or lead that is attached to the horse’s halter. Keep your hands up and out of the way, with your knees bent and not too close together.

3 Keeping your balance

Keeping your balance

It’s important to keep your feet shoulder-width apart, knees slightly bent and upper body relaxed. Your horse is not going anywhere without you! If you feel like the horse is about to step on your foot or kick, keep your hands up and slightly forward so that if he does get spooked by something unexpected, he’ll know where his safety lies—with you and not off into the woods somewhere (which would be a bad thing). The last thing you want is for him to try too hard at first because then there will be no way for him to relax once we begin riding again later on down this path together.

In order to effectively back up a horse, you’ll need to understand how to get your horse’s attention and how to give the correct commands that will guide him to move backwards.

Getting Your Horse’s Attention: When backing up, it’s important that you stay balanced and keep your weight over your hips. If you’re not balanced, then you won’t be able to keep up with him or control his movement correctly. This is why it’s critical that before getting started with backing up on any particular day (or even in general), make sure both of these things are happening well:
Make sure that both of your feet are firmly planted on the ground; no matter what direction they may be facing towards at any given moment during this process!
Ensure that there are no obstacles between yourself and where ever else needs protecting from being hit by another person coming from behind them/themselves too quickly – because if these two things aren’t met then poor results could happen which might result in serious injury(s) occurring within seconds after starting this activity again later today after lunchtime 🙂

Conclusion

Backing up a horse is a useful skill to have, but it can be difficult to learn. If you’re having trouble with this exercise, try practicing in a large open space where there are no distractions. It’s important that your horse knows exactly what you’re asking of him before you begin backing up; make sure he understands the commands “right” and “left” before attempting this exercise. Practice backing up in one direction at first; once your horse understands how these commands work and responds accordingly when given them, then move onto backing up in both directions at once!