Bonding with your horse or pony is, in my opinion, very important for a happy horse who is willing to work. Nothing feels better than you called your horses' name and he canters to you from the other end of the field.

Try lots and lots of grooming, pats, strokes, grooming, the occasional treat, kisses, anything you think your horse enjoys. It is worth trying to find his 'tickle spot' as they love nothing better than a good scratch. You could try walking out in the field with the headcollar in your hand, but calling him over and give him attention and a treat then walk away so he doesn't think he's going to work everytime you take the headcollar out. I started this with my pony and she now walks over to me wondering if she's about to do work or not.

You could bring him in and give him a good groom then take him back out again. Also, you could try teach him tricks like bowing ect to gain trust from him. You could look up all sorts of trick training videos on youtube, I did and found so many videos that helped.

I know I wrote loads but I hope this helped :)

When I got my pony we didnt have a bond at all so i just spent lots of time with him like grooming him and i also found out recently that he loves to be scratched so scratching his ichy bits for him would make him feel much more relaxed and happy around you even stoking him and talking to him would form a bond between you. You just have to keep it natural like what horses do in herds they scratch eachother play with eachother my horse loves to play chase I hope I helped if you need anything else just ask

Pony Mad123 xxx