What do horse trailers, jumps, starting gates, bridges, starting boxes, wash racks, water obstacles, stall doors and narrow passes on a trail all have in common? Getting your horse in them, through them, over them or out of them are all Squeeze Games!

Horses, by nature, are claustrophobic. They are instinctively afraid of small or tight spaces because these areas usually spell disaster for prey animals. How long would a horse survive in the wild if he weren't guided by Mother Nature to steer clear of caves that house mountain lions and bears? What do you think happens to horses that don't worry about narrow canyons or rock outcroppings where predators might attack from above?

Read more: Game #7 The Squeeze Game

Have you ever wished your horse would maintain gait without constantly squeezing with your legs to keep him going, or pulling on the reins to get him to slow down? Have you ever wished your horse would just keep his attention on you instead of veering off every time he sees something new?

The Circling Game in Parelli Natural Horse-Man-Ship (PNH) is used to help your horse understand that it is his job to maintain gait, maintain direction, watch where he is going and all the while stay tuned into you as his center of attention.

Read more: Game #5 The Circling Game

I often tell people that the better a horse goes backwards and sideways, the better he does everything else. Or, you could think of it as, the worse he goes backwards and sideways, the worse he does everything else.

Why on earth would smooth backwards and sideways make your horse better at anything else? What do they even have to do with everything else?

Read more: Game #6 The Sideways Game

Have you ever wished that your horse had more suspension, stopped easily with a light cue, could do a sliding stop, moved straighter or could back up quickly and willingly? The Yo-Yo Game is the key to developing all these things in your horse... and more.

Imagine if you could balance your horse‟s "go and whoa" so well that it took only your thoughts to move him forward or bring him to a screeching halt.

How do you get there from where you are today? All of the Seven Games combined is the complete answer, but in particular the Yo-Yo Game helps balance your horse‟s backward and forward movements.

Read more: Game #4 The Yo-Yo Game