It says "your horse should have the feel."

Basically, that means if you're leading

your horse with the lead rope, does he follow

you with virtually no tugging on that lead rope?

As part of the breaking process a horse

is taught to lead. That's a natural part of how

to train a horse when you're a horse trainer.

when he does, the goal is to have him

step in sync (and stop) with you.  

When you step, the lead rope has almost

no "pull" on it.  

That's the goal (in leading, anyway).

When your horse "feels" that pressure

from the lead rope, he should move.  Thus, he

has the feel.

If you've ever seen someone leading

their horse and they're tugging and pulling,

the horse obviously doesn't have the feel.

Little does that person know he's

teaching his horse to not lead with him.

So how do you get a good lead with

the horse?

There are lots of ways.

I'll try to describe one of my

favorite horse training videos that shows

Paul Esh doing this.

When filming Paul Esh for

http://www.SuperStarsOfHorseTraining.com,

we caught him doing it like this:

You're standing beside your horse at

approximately the neck area.  You're on his

left hand side.

You hold the lead rope in your right

hand and point forward. (That's an alert to

the horse that something's about to happen).

Then with your left hand you twirl

the end of the lead rope and lightly tap him

with it.

More 'n likely, that'll get his atten-

tion and cause him to move.

So you'll point, take a step, and tap

him with the rope.

Walk a little ways.  Stop.

Wait a few moments and let him soak it

in.

Do it again.

You'll find as you repeat this you

soon won't have to tap him with the rope.  He'll

see you point and he'll know to step.

And not too long after that, you won't

have to point and step because he'll know your

body language and what he needs to do.

Ultimately, he'll have the "feel."

Before you do this with your horse, it

is assumed you know him well enough that you're

confident you can lead him close to you and he

won't jump on you.

If you're not at that stage yet, better

teach him to respect your space first. (That's

also one Paul taught in our Super Stars of Horse

Training filming)