DIY Horse Bow Trick

Teach your horse to bow! Select a treat that your horse enjoys, such as a carrot. Hold the carrot between your horse’s front legs so that your horse has to stretch to reach the treat. Give your horse the treat, then move the next treat farther down between it’s legs so that it has to stretch even farther. Hold one of your horse’s legs as you would to clean the hoof and repeat the carrot stretch requests. When your horse has mastered that step, start to lay your horse’s bent leg on the ground so that your horse is in a bow. Say a command, such as “bow,” before each attempt at the trick and reward your horse when the bow is achieved.