Be The Hotwire Fence with Van Hargis

Do you know about our Equine Podcast Search Engine? That's right, if you're looking for good, Equine Podcasts, you can use HorsemansCorner.com or equinepodcastsearch.com, made possible by Van Hargis Horsemanship. Now here's Van Hargis with his Morning Ranch Road Program. Enjoy! Good morning everybody, this is Van Hargis with Van Hargis Horsemanship and welcome to the Ranch Road. Have you guys ever noticed what a horse does when it's in an area with a hot wire fence? I've seen horses walk over and accidentally touched the hot wire fence and the fence zaps them. It's nothing personal. There's no feelings involved. The fence just does its job and the horse respects that. Now when people ask me how do I get the horse to respect their personal space, the first thing I think of is be the hot wire fence. Nothing personal, no feelings involved. It's just that you're telling the horse where your boundaries are. You don't have to be harsh, you don't have to be mean, you just have to be consistent and persistent. So when the horse violates your space, just simply be the hot wire fence. Make your space uncoupled enough that they'll respect it and get out of it. But you've also got to be just as consistent as a hot wire fence, meaning that you can't sometimes ignore it and not be aware of the fact that the horse impeded on your boundary. You have to be very consistent and very persistent. And after a while the horse will respect your space and they don't fear you, they just respect you. Texas Master Horseman and Clinician Van Hargis. Visit Van Hargis Horsemanship for more great tips like these. You can find them all on Horseman's Corner.