Wednesday, December 25, 2013

What A Pessoa Training System Is

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 to give people an overview on how this system works, it is best to know about some of the equipment that is being used here. First, there are the ropes that will be pulled by a pulley which is attached to what is known as lunge lines. These lunge lines are adjustable and one can adjust the difficulty level any time.

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.

After that, get the chambon and place it on the surcingle. Now for those who do not know what a chambon is, it is a strap that can either be put tight or loose. However, do not make it too tight or too loose as both will not be beneficial to the horse.

Once that is already done, take the neck extender and put it around the rear area of the steed and attach it to both of his sides. Now take note that this thing to be put somewhere near the two hind legs of the animal or otherwise known as the hocks. This would control the steed and discourage him from making wild movements.

Once all of the attachments has already been done, then the last thing to do would be to bring the horse to the lunging area. Now the first thing to do in here would be to try to push the horse to go forward at a rather fast pace. It should start going around in a small circle if it has just started the training.

As the horse gradually gets stronger and stronger, the trainer may increase the strain if he feels like it. Now what makes this system interesting is that it can help that the steed still have a proper posture. The two parts that will be able to help the horse with this would be the neck extender and the chambon as these are the parts that are attached near the neck to the feet area.

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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