Once your horse has mastered the skills of allowing you to touch him from any side, will tolerate being tied and will allow himself to be lead into a trailer with ease, your horse is ready to conquer some more advanced training skills.

One of the skills your horse should have when he is learning advanced basics is to allow himself to be led around obstacles in his pen. Since he already trusts you to lead him, you simply need to help him to understand the obstacles will not hurt him. Allow him to sniff and even taste them if necessary. This will allow your horse to realize that you are never going to let anything harm him and he will figure out quickly he is supposed to go around the obstacles. Practice leading him around common obstacles he will encounter frequently when you're riding such as bushes, fences, trees and logs. Get him used to going around and patiently stepping over logs and branches in his path.

Another part of advanced training is to get your horse to learn to stand calmly when he is being groomed or bathed. Most horses love a bath but get very excited when having one. You need to teach him to learn to enjoy a bath and you can either distract him with soothing talking and always praise your horse when he is cooperative.

Spend time going over both basic training and advanced training items, horses need to be refreshed on what they have learned. Even if you're not taking your horse anywhere, periodically take him into a trailer so when it is time to travel with your horse it won't be an issue for him.

The basics for training your horse are not rocket science however there are certain behaviors that you want your horse to have and others you do not.

One thing that is the basis of training is trust. Your horse must trust you completely and allow you to freely approach and touch him. He must allow you to be near him without bolting and running away. You can work with him daily to help build his trust. Speaking to your horse in a soothing manner and rubbing him on his neck area and chest, all places he can see what you're doing, will help him learn you mean him no harm.

As he begins to trust you, rub him in the front on your next training session and then progress down his neck and shoulders, and over his back to his hindquarters. Stroke each of his legs, all the time soothing him. If you feel him tense up or otherwise feel he is going to kick, stop and go back to the front of your horse and keep talking and rubbing. After he is comfortable with your presence all around him, you can progress to fence tying.

All horses need to learn to stand in one place and fence tying is how you teach your horse to stand where you tie him. Simply tie your horse to a fence post or hitching post and then praise him. Untie your horse and then lead him around and then tie him down again. Do this every day and make the space between when you tie him down and when you come and get him a little longer. Whenever he is tied and standing still, give him lots of praise. With practice he will quickly learn to stand still and he will know that you are always coming back for him.

From this you can easily progress to leading and trailer loading and have a fully trained companion that you can consider as being trained in the basics.