How to Talk to Your Horse

When talking to your horse, come up with a consistent vocabulary of commands, and use a calm voice when comforting and soothing the animal. Use your voice to communicate with a horse with important information from a farm manager in this free video on caring for horses.

It is important to talk to your horse so he can know where you are especially if you are walking around behind him. Other reasons besides letting your horse know where you are located to talk to them is to soothe them or communicate a command. You should always be consistent in coming up with a system of commands that you're going to share with your horse such as the word whoa that always meaning come to a stop and not saying whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa eight times before he comes to a stop. One whoa means stop now as a safety precaution in case you get into trouble. A horse will very much respond to your tone of voice, your inflection of your voice and the energy of your voice so if you're trying to get your horse to calm down or quiet down speaking to it in lower duller tones instead of a higher pitched tone will relate to that horse that he can calm down. Other commands that you would need your horse to know are commands that you might give it from the back while you are riding, clucking to my horses means for them to trot and making a kissing noise means for them to move forward into the canter. So these horses have several commands that they are taught repetitively and they are able to pretty much work them in the round pen on the lunge line or use them from their back. Usually the first whoa is soft but firm but if I have to say whoa again I use it louder and with more force in order for the horse to understand that that's what I am asking.