Teach Your Horse to Stand Still While Mounting

horse stand then repeat the process. Keep creating a stimulus and backing him up every time he tries to move forward.
Once your horse wont move stay in the same position and try jumping up and down a little bit. Some horses move off because they see the rider start to raise up in the stirrup so this is another way to see if hes really going to stand still while mounting. If the horse moves off just back him up again. Keep this up until your horse wont move a single step forward.
The next part depends a bit on you. If you can put your foot in the stirrup and you can stand up in the left stirrup and stay standing in the stirrup do that holding the reins in your left hand while putting your other hand on the saddle or horse to balance yourself.
If your horse wants to move a little bit back him up one step using your reins. If he wants to really move step off quickly and back him up from the ground.
When you find standing in one stirrup awkward then skip this step. Instead do more preparation work on the ground first before trying to mount up.
After Mounting Your Horse
Once you feel good about getting in the saddle go ahead and do so. If your horse is standing still immediately start petting and rubbing him. This is for two reasons One is to obviously reward him for standing still. The other is that the rubbing and petting will give your horse something to think about and will often keep his focus so that he wont be thinking as much about walking off.
If he does move forward immediately back him up and then begin rubbing again. Once he has been still for 15 seconds or

so ask him to move forward. Its very important that you ask him to move instead of letting him move when he chooses to. You need him to wait on your cue to move forwardI cant emphasize enough how important that is.
Toward the end of your normal ride dismount and repeat the mounting lessons. When your horse is fresh standing still doesnt seem like a good idea to your horse. Its easier to get the standing still training done later on when your horse doesnt have as much energy and really doesnt want to move as much.
Repeat these lessons over
several rides and gradually lengthen the time that your horse stands after mounting before asking him to move forward. Even when he knows how to stand still its important to begin rides by mounting and waiting for 30 seconds to a minute before moving. Once that becomes a habit you will have a horse that stands like a statue while you get on and he wont move off until you ask.