The Skinny On The Pessoa System

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 to give people an overview on how this system works, it is best to know about some of the equipment that is being used here. First, there are the ropes that will be pulled by a pulley which is attached to what is known as lunge lines. These lunge lines are adjustable and one can adjust the difficulty level any time.

Of course there are steps to take in order to put these devices on the horse so that it will be ready for the training. Now to start, one has to first attach three things to the steed namely the headstall, the pad, and the surcingle. When that is done, one may or may not put horse boots or leg wrappings.

After that, get the chambon and place it on the surcingle. Now for those who do not know what a chambon is, it is a strap that can either be put tight or loose. However, do not make it too tight or too loose as both will not be beneficial to the horse.

The next thing to do would be to grab the rubber neck extender and try to attach it to the rear part of the animal and attach it to the right and left side. Now take note that this part is to be put in the part near the two back legs of the horse or namely the hocks. If one would do this, he will encourage the horse to move in long and low movements.

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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