Want to have some fun putting on the halter? You can use the same lesson to raise the bar - teaching your horse to put his own halter on, all but fastening the buckle.
By now you've worked through all the preliminaries, and this will be fun.
Stand facing the horse and call him to you. Pet him. Then raise the halter only high enough to touch it to your horse's nose, and then take it away. You're teaching him that you only want to pet him with it.
Next, stand as if you were going to bridle your horse, and bring his nose around in front of you, as you did before. When his head is quiet and in position, open the halter as if inviting him to put his nose in it. Kiss to him, asking him to "move something" as you did before.
If he moves his nose a tiny bit down or toward the halter, move the halter out of the way and pet him. If he puts his nose down into the halter, pet him and make a big fuss over him. When he's done that several times, then you can raise the crownpiece and buckle the halter.
