Tuesday, December 17, 2013

What A Pessoa Training System Is

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 just to get an idea of the equipment, the main parts are some ropes attached to pulleys that are further attached to some lunge lines. Horses will be on the lunge line and will be doing something like pulling weights. The trainer may adjust the level of difficulty.

In order to train a horse, one has to let it go through a lunging session so that its leg muscles will grow. When fixing this, one has to first put the headstall on the horse and then put on the surcingle to be followed by the pad. If one would want, he may put on boots for the horse or some leg wrapping cloth.

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.

Once that is already done, take the neck extender and put it around the rear area of the steed and attach it to both of his sides. Now take note that this thing to be put somewhere near the two hind legs of the animal or otherwise known as the hocks. This would control the steed and discourage him from making wild movements.

After finishing these steps, then one can now bring his steed to the lunging place in order to start the official training. Now in order to start, the trainer has to first let the horse move forward at its fastest pace. When the horse starts out, the trainer has to make sure that it starts slowly by moving around in a circle.

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 basically, these are some of the steps that a horse will be going through during a pessoa system training program. Now take note that this training is only specifically for horses that will be meant for carriages. This will give them the sufficient amount of strength that they will need to pull an entire carriage with people inside.




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