How to Teach Your Horse to Free-Jump - Liberty, Free-Longeing at Pony Pros

In this video, the PonyPros tell you how to teach your horse to go over a jump at liberty. This is also called free-jumping or free-longeing. 12-year-old, Kae, and her paint horse, Apatche, demonstrate! Apatche learns super fast with Natural Horsemanship and Clicker Training.

[@Kaleegrl12]

thanks for working with me and teaching me to do this! i had lots of fun!

[@ShelynValkHMS]

I worked on this with my horse, today she did awesome, thanks for posting this

[@ShelynValkHMS]

WOW I WORKED WITH THIS ON MY HORSE TODAY... SHE DID awesome, THANKS FOR POSTING THIS :)

[@ThePonyPros]

@Ilovershorses Glad you liked our vid! We have a couple other free-jumping vids. This one is the most basic and then we have one with horses named Shelby, Ivie, and Marley. Most of them are on this account but some are on my welcometopemberley account. Have fun!

[@ThePonyPros]

To teach him to longe, start by walking next to his neck holding a small whip like a crop or dressage whip. Tap him on the back while using the halter to ask him to walk forward. He will probably try to back up. As soon as he walks forward, stop tapping and allow him to walk. If he stops, lift the whip and ask him forward on the halter. If he tries to back, begin tapping. It helps to do it somewhere where there is something behind him so that he can't back up very far.

[@PonyPerson62]

I love free jumping my horse! :)

[@ThePonyPros]

@professionaljumper01 I'm really glad it worked for you! I turned off the volume on the vid and then used a mic to voice over. I used a mic from Rock Band - it has USB so totally works lol

[@ThePonyPros]

@ThePonyPros After he learns how to target your hand, he will learn what the click means. So next, send him over a very small jump on the longe and click as he is going over it. He probably won't catch on as quickly as that, so shake your treat bag to get his attention. After he will stop as soon as he hears the click, then you can make the jump bigger. For the nervousness, try Googling endotapping. Plus do lots of desensitization exercises.

[@horseluver4899]

great video :) so i hav a 12 year pinto quarter horse lesson horse. he is good over poles and i trot and canter him oer them. but i rlly want him to jump. im gonna try this on saturday. wish me luck :)

[@ThePonyPros]

@MillyEquestrianXx If you are longeing right it should never be dangerous. Start at a walk and teach the horse to move away from you on a regular lead rope. Search for the CIES video "how to longe a horse to prepare for riding". Gradually move up to a trot on a longer rope.

[@ThePonyPros]

@roundinbarrels He's super cute and looks like he will be a good jumper. You can use the same principles found in this vid and in our other vids... Just listen to the voice overs... First you need to teach him what a click means. Don't bother with a hand-held clicker, just pop your tongue on the roof of your mouth. Hold some grain or a cookie in your hand. Have him touch his nose to it. Click when the touches it, then open your hand and deliver the treat.

[@ThePonyPros]

@Rakhsh55 The voice over explains how got Apache to come. She is a 15h, 14 y.o. rescue Paint.

[@ThePonyPros]

@Kaleegrl12 Yeah, you did great!

[@ThePonyPros]

@PonyPerson62 Yeah, it's super fun :))

[@ThePonyPros]

@Kiah2211 Yes, just start with low jumps and build up gradually

[@Rakhsh55]

Great job! The horse is very beautiful! How do you make him/her to come to you like that? Wonderfull job! Thanks for sharing! :) How old is it? How tall is it?

[@professionaljumper01]

i love the video ! how did you do that voice thing it like completely clear

[@ThePonyPros]

@CrystalSparks007 Yes, watch our Free Jumping Marley video or Free Jumping Ivie video.

[@professionaljumper01]

hey! umm i was wondering you know how you have that voice thing without you talking? could you tell me how to do that? the vid is awesome it totally worked!

[@ThePonyPros]

@professionaljumper01 I just plug a mic into my computer :)

[@ThePonyPros]

@ThePigeon08 The voice over explains everything. You can also watch our other vids for more info - Free Jumping Marley, Free Jumping Ivie, and Round Penning Thistle.

[@ThePonyPros]

@MillyEquestrianXx After you lead him, teach him to jump on a longeline. Start with just a small pole and raise is slowly after each success. After he does a good jump, bring him in and give him a treat. After he can jump on the longeline, teach him "join up" or "hook on" in a round pen. Then free jump him in a smaller space like a round pen, starting with just a small jump and making it bigger after he gets the hang of each size. I have other freejumping vids with Ivie, Marley, and Shelby.

[@CrystalSparks007]

Thanks for t his vid! I am thinking about trying it with my 6 year old pony, but the only problem is, I don't want to give her food treats, and I don't use a clicker. Can I achieve the same thing without either of those if i use vocal commands and another kind of reward?

[@ThePonyPros]

@MissRainRider Try watching my videos, "How to Teach Your Horse to Jump Calmly Without Rushing", "How to Teach Your Horse to Free-Jump", and "Shelby Free Jumping". If he isn'y good at liberty yet, try watching "Teach Your Pony to Follow You At Liberty" first. For riding, watch "Teach Your Pony to Trot Slowly Over Jumps" and "Part 2 - Using Snaking/Weaving to Slow a Horse Down".

[@horsefanatic2]

@roundinbarrels omg me 2

[@ThePonyPros]

@horseluver4899 Good luck!