How A Pessoa Training System Works

By Cornelia White


For those who do not know, a pessoa training system is a program that will enable horses to be able to gain the muscles that they need in order to carry carriages. In order for the horses to be able to gain strength, they would also need to work out like humans. This system is something like a workout specifically designed for horses.

Now this program would be making use of many mechanisms but the main ones would be the ropes, the pulleys and of course the lunge lines. When one puts the steed on the lunge line, the steed will be lifting some weights like people in a gym. Now if the trainer would feel like, he may add weight or lessen it.

When one would want to train his horse, what he will do is that he will let his horse undergo a lunging session to build his leg muscles. The first thing to do would be to put on the headstall followed by his pad and a surcingle. After that, try to put on some boots for the horse or try wrapping the legs with some cloth.

The next thing to do would be to get a chambon, which is a strap that will be attached to the surcingle. Now in order for the horse to feel comfortable, one has to make sure that it is not strapped on too tight otherwise the horse will have a hard time. At the same time, it should also not be too loose otherwise the horse will be able to get out.

After that, take the rubber neck extender and start attaching it somewhere to the rear of the animal and place it on both sides. The neck extender is to be placed near the hocks, which is the part of the horse that is located somewhere near his two hind legs. Doing this will allow it to get used to moving in low and long strides instead of high ones.

Once all of the attachments has already been done, then the last thing to do would be to bring the horse to the lunging area. Now the first thing to do in here would be to try to push the horse to go forward at a rather fast pace. It should start going around in a small circle if it has just started the training.

When it is already rather used to the strain, then the trainer may now increase the difficulty and let it go in further directions. Now in order for it to be able to maintain proper posture, the neck extender and the chambon will be able to keep the entire body straight during the process. That way, it will get used to having that kind of posture while pulling a carriage.

So for those who would want to train horses to pull carriages, the pessoa system would be a really good program. This training program was developed just for the horses that are actually to be used for pulling these things. This training is used to give them a lot of leg and body power in order to pull carriages with people in them.




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