The Skinny On The Pessoa System

By Cornelia White


In order to pull heavy carriages with a number of people inside, horses must have really big muscles and immense strength so that they would be able to carry the heavy weight. Now the pessoa system works like a sort of training program that would enlarge the muscles of horses. For them, it is like a form of a workout wherein they build more muscle mass.

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.

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.

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 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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