There are ways to get your horse to do exactly what you want.
Picture this.
First, your horse cannot sit down and have a conversation with you.
Neither of you can sit down and discuss how you want the horse to perform h is work.
You can't tell him move his leg a little more in one direction so he doesn't trip over his own feet.
Even though they speak our language, horses DO have a language of their own.
It is not our language we need to teach them.
Rather, it is their language we are to learn.
That is our responsibility.
When we ask a horse to do something, he doesn't know what we're asking him to do.
He has to figure it out.
Yet, some people can get incredibly upset and angry when their horse doesn't do what they ask.
Do you see how unfair that is? Now here's one way to speak your horse's language so he knows what you're trying to tell him.
Let's say you're trying to get your horse to cross his left front foot over his right front foot.
So you make your movements with your reins and legs and start clucking to him.
Provided your horse knows that a cluck means to move, your horse will make some kind of movement.
If he's not done this before, he won't know if he's doing it right or not.
The mistake people make is releasing the pressure (the clucking) when the horse hasn't done what you wanted.
So unless until your horse makes the correct move you want him making, you don't stop asking.
Then when he does do what you want, you immediately stop asking.
He'll understand you released the pressure and therefore he did what you asked and will look to do it right next time because you spoke his language.