Respect Starts Here!

come meet me at the door and then wait for the halter to go on before being invited out. If he instantly turns his bum avoids the halter or barges past on the way out there is a problem. I handle these issues by standing in the open door and lightly swinging my rope at the horses hindquarters until the horse begins to turn his head toward me. When he does I release stopping the motion. I continue this until the horse at least faces me or comes all the way to meet me at the door. I dont go into the stall until the nose is facing me because of safety. When I have the nose I will step in and close the door to put the halter on. Once haltered I will open the door and go through first insisting the horse wait to be invited out even stopping him several times in case the horse tries to rush out.
Small Paddock I approach this situation similarly to the above except that I step right into the paddock from the beginning so the horse doesnt have the opportunity to get out of the gate. I want to get the hardtocatch horse to at least face me by lightly swinging the rope until he does so. I will then walk up to him several times back and forth before slipping the halter on. I always walk through the gate first and then invite the horse out. Many people have been crushed by horses rushing through a gate at the same time that they did. Always have your horse wait until you go first.
Big Pasture When I enter the pasture I walk in the general direction of the herd. I do not go directly to horse I want. I first walk to the horses that love to be caught and rub them a bit. After that I will work my way over to the horse I want to catch only giving him a rub or maybe even a carrot and then leaving for another horse. After a little while I will go back to put the halter on the horse I want. Only give a treat like a carrot once with the halter off the next time it must be on. If the horse is really hard to catch I will take all the easy to catch horses out first so