Can't Catch Your Horse? Solve it with Connection Training!
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 13. 04. 2016
- This video shows how Helen used Connection Training to change her pony, Charlie, from running away from people in the field to coming to call!
There are lots of reasons why horses might not like to be caught from disliking what happens next to separation anxiety to a bad history with catching. Charlie arrived to Helen with this problem so we'll never know what triggered it for him, but the key is to change those emotional associations with someone in the field from avoidance to pleasure, joy and relaxation. This is how we did it...
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Lovely video! I am using clicker training with 2 young horses right now and it make so much sense to them.
Brilliant!
Thank you. It really worked and I saw real improvements after 3 days. I didnât do it with the clicker. But I used first my hand as target and then gave him the treat. Then I walked away again and repeated. first with halter, when he was good with that, free in a small area and then in the small pasture area with his friends. After he was good with my hand. I exchanged my target with the halter and gave him the treat right away or standing beside me or after I put on the halter. On day 4 he actually made his first steps towards me with a smile instead of turning away and moving away. I have tried different methods before, so I m very pleased that it worked so good. Thank you for sharing the video.
Fantastic well done!
Omg thank you so much my pony has been running from me every time I try to come get her
Thank you Hannah. You are the Best.
You're so welcome!
i just solved it with treats but once i start full leasing her i want to work more on ground work, and building a deeper connection with +R training
I love horses
I have a horse but when I got up to her she is fine but when she sees the head colour/halter she runs away.. what should I do?
BrooklynBreezeLock work with desensitizing her to it by touching her with it, putting it on and off, and shaking it around. Let her know that the halter does not lead to bad things happening. Try and catch your horse often just to play with them or groom them, not just to work them.
@@qiuyekachemov7672 That will help.
Great video! Where do you get the clicker from?
Georgina Ennis I got mine from amazon.com!
Most pet stores have them
Presently my horse was run out of the cage and can't catch it can you please help?
I have a horse that tends to do this a lot when he's with other horses, and I'd love to be able to make the experience a nice one for him. This seems like a great way to approach it, so thank you very much for the video! I'm just wondering how long did it take for Charlie to get close to Helen? Not necessarily for her to be able to halter him on the field, but just for him to get close to her willingly.
I think it took about 3 days of daily sessions (about 30 mins each) for Charlie to come up to her, a few more for him to be throughly relaxed and confident. Then another week or 2 for the haltering to get really solid, too. But, every horse is different, so it could take a couple of days to a few months of consistent training for it to become really solid. Good luck :-)
I love it when I see young kids playing with their horses. I spent all my babyhood summers doing that with my dad's horses. However, I find these Pavlov's tricks, like the croaker, rather silly and cumbersome since it makes much more sense to learn and use the language that is naturally inbuilt in the horse's brain.
J Merlo learning theory is naturally engrained in their brain my dude. Whether you use negative reinforcement or positive reinforcement. âPavlovs tricksâ âcroakerâ lol
Iâve got a pretty big pasture and there are ditches filled with weather and my horse runs and makes me chase her around that whole pasture
'.....makes me chase her..............' She is moving your feet. She knows that she is higher in status than you. Therefore, she does not want to listen to you. You control the horse's feet. You be the fair and trusted leader. Then she will catch you.
What kind of clicker do you use and can you further explain the green toy/tool?
I usually use a 'tongue click' - literally just click with my tongue - as it leaves my hands free and is always available when I need it. Also, I'm very good at losing things, so it solves that problem, too!
And yes, there's a video all on targeting here: czcams.com/video/WkLcoZKbEO4/video.html
Hope that helps :-)
Hopefully this works :) have a really positive mind set on it;)
One of our horses.. he will love you with all his heart, heâs friendly and WILL trust you. You can get on him and heâll come up to you when you call him and all. You can get on him and heâll be completely fine. But the second he sees you with a bridle of halter or any type of string or rope, he gallops away in the huge field. Iâve been riding for 6 years on many different horses but heâs not like them.. I feel like weâve connected on a different level but I can only ride him tackless because of this problem.. will this help?
Short answer: yes. :-) Long answer: Every horse is different - your horse is showng you that he's had some not-so-great experiences with humans+ropes. Those negative emotions are strong enough for him to gallop away immediately, so it will take time, patience and consistency to help him overcome that fear and see humans+ropes = fun and relaxation. Then he'll gallop TO you in the field, which is the best feeling ever. Take the time just playing without ropes first, like Helen did with Charlie. When that's solid, gradually start to add them in - maybe just have a rope on the floor at a bit of distance away for a few sessions, then ask him to target some ropes etc etc. Gradually work up to being able to easily put the headcollar on.
It sounds like you have a great relationship and it's really a specific fear of ropes, so plenty of fun, games and very gradual progression will build his trust.
If you need more help, the CT Club has a whole despooking course which covers suitable exercises and plenty of support, too: connectiontraining.com/learn-ct-online-2/
Good luck!
Connection Training thank you so much!!
Hi I just got a 10 year old saddle bred grey horse and heâs skittish so when I try to walk to him he turns his head and walks away so Iâm just feeding him treats at the fence trying to form a relationship but when I walk up to him and grab his halter he jerks back and I need help with this but then again heâs sort of a rescue horse and has trust issues so ik itâs going to take time but weâve already bonded a good bit!
Hello, make sure that he puts his mouth first on any target and then give him the treat. First start with your hand as target, then exchange it with a rope, and halter. After he is good with that, I let him touch my hand ie as target and walk up beside him, and give him the treat right away before he leaves. Just to make the seconds between treat and target a little bit longer but they still know that they will get one. Itâs good to practice first in a small area with halter and then free. And then slowly extending into bigger areas. It also helps after he is caught to practice with a second bigger halter just practicing or pretending to put the halter on and give him a treat and repeating it till he is comfortable with it. Good luck!
Watch some Rick Gore too, he is good.
Not working when I take a bucket of feed to the field he will eat out of my hand but when I go to pet him or try and grab his hair to but the lead rope on he runs can you help me please
Josh Rogers this takes time.....for the horsr to learn this
If he has a halter on grab his hauler and then put on his lead rope
It doesn't work for me either. The horses are too smart, they're not dumb. They're greedy and lazy
I have a cow and a horse. They are best friends. If I try and seperating them they dont stop Talking and screaming to eachother. My horse runs up to me and rigth after she sees The rope in my hand she runs of in The speed of ligth... I still ride her a lot.
That's sweet to hear that they're best friends. Yes, horses are herd animals so separation anxiety is a common problem. Check out this video from Rachel all about the PANIC system in the brain, which explains why it's such a big deal for horses: czcams.com/video/WPMrDt8Y-bE/video.html
I hope this works for me so I can save 45mins of catching my horse
Let us know how you get on!
His head collar is a bit too low on the nose. It could slip over his nose and be useless. Just a btw.