Games...games and games with your horse! :)

[arabianknight]

:rolleyes: What do I do? I have been around horses for as long as I can remember...I can establish trust and loyalty between me and almost any horse i have ever handled. but I want to play games with some of the horses I look after. Not parelli, or anything else, I really cannot afford any of that, and I have no interest in it, anyway -not to be rude, in anyway :D :eek: So anyone, please- give me a list of games i can play with my horses :p

[cvb]

:rolleyes: What do I do? I have been around horses for as long as I can remember...I can establish trust and loyalty between me and almost any horse i have ever handled. but I want to play games with some of the horses I look after. Not parelli, or anything else, I really cannot afford any of that, and I have no interest in it, anyway -not to be rude, in anyway :D :eek: So anyone, please- give me a list of games i can play with my horses :p

OK - you want to "play games" but you want to exclude anything like Parelli or "anything else"... which is going to be a tough challenge as Parelli is based on moving the horse's feet, which is pretty much the basis of ANY games you might play ?

And the games are all available and decsribed on line - so what's to afford ? If you don't want to buy in to and follow the programme, you are not the first and you won't be the last !

On "pure" games, when my chap was by himself for a short while, many years ago, we used to play "tag" - honest ! I would play chase him, and then tag him and run away, and he would play chase me. It WAS playing and it seemed to make up a tiny bit for the lack of decent equine company.

I also loose school my mare - which often has quite a high element of game playing in it ;) as well as some work (on both our sides).

[crazystevie]

Hide and seek is a good one, if they get it. I run off and hide behind a barrel or in a hedge or something, shout my horse, and he comes and finds me :D . Running around and having your horse follow you at the side over jumps and around obstacles is fun too. And even doing things such as walking over plastic sheets with your horse - not so much a game, but a great way to spend time with your horse on the ground, and teach him a thing or too.

If you have a stallball, or even something like a space hopper or football, there fun to play with. You can teach your horse to move it about and stuff, and its a good way to start clicker training, as well as having some fun with your horse.