A Stallion's First Lunging Experience - The Good & Bad - Understanding What The Horse Learns
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- čas přidán 20. 07. 2017
- #thinklikeahorse #ItIsNeverTheHorsesFault This video claims to be about a stallions first lunging. I try and explain it from the horses point of view and what the horse see, not what the human thinks the horse sees.
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YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT WITH THIS VIDEO. AND THE PEOPLE RUNNING THIS STABLE. YOU ARE FULL OF HORSE SH- -T.
lol thanks for your well thought out and articulate response, it really shows your knowledge.. :)
2:36 Rick gives some brilliant advice you should probably consider on a personal level.
Why do you say this? I am asking for a better articulated response. I observe the handlers arm being outstretched like she feels unsafe and does NOT trust this horse and has little connection or trust. A healthy relationship with a stallion is like handling any other horse and you lead them like any other horse and they respect you personal space like every other horse. The start of this is giving off "I don't trust you or I fear you" which is not a good thing to give off to any horse with body language. Horses taken out a of stall need a minute to adjust. I know Rick specifically mentions the eyes but after being in a stall just walking them around for a min to let them stretch their legs is healthy. Giving them so extra lead so they can actually stretch or do what they need to feel comfortable is healthy for the horse and should be done before any work is started with any horse, not just a stallion. Even as humans if we have a desk job and are going to exercise after being stationary all day we have a "warm up" where we walk and stretch before we may run or workout.
If this horse is very gentle and does not need a whip or training stick for forward movement and is pressure sensitive then don't bring one. The idea is always to start with the lowest amount of pressure and only escalate if the horse is not responding. If this girl had pointed and stepped behind the drive line and the horse moved forward then using a whip was teaching the horse "I will use way more pressure than is needed and put you into survival mode and you should fear me". If just staring and stepping behind the drive line don't work then she can swing the tail end of her line behind the drive line to ask for forward movement and if he gives a step then stop swinging and relax. I see that this horse seems to easily move out and have a lot of forward movement and energy which is why I don't feel a whip may be needed to get him to move out.
This is all backed up by many trainers who have written numerous books as well as behaviorism and psychology including neuroscience. I can explain those parts if you would like me to because as a horsewoman who trained others I have never stopped learning or being trained or had things pointed out to me by others.
Please respond with why you believe the opinions on this video are incorrect so a discussion can actually be had or what you believe is perfectly correctly done. I would actually really like to know and I understand Rick can come off a bit "coarse" to some people. I am female in case you are wondering.
Don’t be a dick!
Jerk!
"What the horse is thinking and experiencing, needs to be the primary concern." Thank you. Informative and down to earth commentary.
BECAUSE OF YOUR VIDEOS...
I've watched your videos off and on for about 5 or 6 years. I am working with this horse whose my mom's animal and also go in his paddock to just hangout with him. He trusts me. The only information i have is from your videos and im able to do many many things with the horse that a woman with 35 years of experience can't do, a woman whose owned horses her whole life can't do and another trainer who says this horse is dangerous cant do. I came to the barn and this horse was prancing and head high very stressed out looking and nervous and i walked up to him and asked my mom and the trainer to move out of the way for a minute (like meaning stop putting dam pressure on the horse) and he calmed down AS i walked up and calmed even more as i asked the people to move. He stood still and with his head low.
This is what your videos are doing. i really appreciate it. i have no experience with horses but im able to do a hell of a lot more with this animal than trainers who has done it their entire life.
thanks glad to hear that. :)
*Rick freezes the frame*
inner monologue: WE CALL THAT A *CLUE*
I understand that you find it frustrating that people complain about your videos but i watch them to learn more about horses and find that increasingly more difficult when you are constantly referring to peoples hate comments. I don't care what they think. I want you to explain what is going on in the video and what the horse see's, feels, and how they react to situations
They are in Friesia. It is a very wet climate, unfortunately during their rainy season, they have to bring the horses in, or the meadow would become a giant mud pit. That horse is not a stallion it is a colt, 2-3 years old. They sell their colts, and breed to other stallions. They do however use the indoor arena to allow the horses stretch their legs. The only stallion they have kept is a Darkmoore pony and he has his own meadow. He's not prancing that is their natural gait.
This is definitely not the way to start a horse lunging.. I feel so bad for this poor horse :( This was a great educational video, thanks Rick
The light/dark lightning thing you said here, made me have a bigger understanding for why a younger horse im riding spooks a little when riding near a lighter mark in our riding area. I really enjoy your videos, and your understanding of the horse!
The reason Rick tells (corrects) about how a female is dealing with a horse is because
there are so many MORE women involved with horses THAN men!!! The percentage is
ridiculous - - - - Tons of females love horses, few males really care about them !!! And
he is focusing on the mistakes made, so YOU can avoid making them.... AND have better
understanding. He wants your horse to be well trained and safe so YOU are too!!! It IS SO Simple. Stop complaining and learn !!!
Amen!
Thank you I know thanks for your feedback
People sometimes forget that we lock humans up the same way but as a punishment not a home
I wanna face Palm myself..
Thanks for mentioning the horses vision and perception, it's something us humans forget...even when it comes to dogs.
My dog looks at a baby pine tree the wrong way sometimes thinking it's a human lol...but I can relate because when I leave at night to go run it takes time for my eyes to adjust and I often make the SAME mistake 😂
As someone that works with stallions for a living, I have to say, if someone is afraid of a horse, especially a stallion, they ahve no business working with said horse.
I will throw out a little rant. if you don't have somewhere open with shelter to keep a horse, you have no business owning one. screw your multitude of excuses, i know you have them all .a horse is a herd animal, they need the touch and smell and play and companionship of other horses. they are not made to be alone in a box unable to connect with anyone except you when you feel like going out there. try sitting alone in a stall for 24 hours without leaving. take a sandwich and a bottle of water and nothing else and see how you like it. its crazy making.
I'm so excited, I immediately noticed how she didn't introduce the horse to the barn first. I've been watching your "How to trailer load horse correctly."
I absolutely love your videos because you do a great job explaining "WHY" to issues. Thank you for explaining how horses think and behave.
I always learn as much as I can about an animal breed before I adopt. I don't have a horse yet because I have a personal need to be a wonderful pet owner. I enjoy how you teach and help others. God bless!
She didn't introduce the horse to the barn arena because they go in there once a day since about a week after they are born and just let them run free in it. They have lots of videos about walking them into the arena to let them run when its really wet and stormy outside, like it commonly is in the netherlands
My mom put me into Pony Club when I was younger. I left after 4-5 years, everyone was always soo snobby and there were soo many stupid rules. At events and outings it was compulsory to hold your horse by the halter/bridle no matter what, I'm assuming too many incidents with horses getting away from riders or biting at other horses, even though my boy followed right behind me like a puppy. They also had a thing with scoring you lower if your horse wasn't pretty enough or too shaggy during the winter. The whole industry needs a revamp, just because something has been done soo much it's tradition does not mean it's right :/
"Just because something has been done soo much it's tradition does not mean it's right." So damn true... I always here a lot of people say: "It's been done like that since always, if it was bad they would have stoped it."
The poor boy was extremely calm when she was leading him, he just seemed confused because her hand was up in his face, and she wasn't giving him enough direction...This is a prime example that if you're not confident, your horse won't be either.
Every time we take the horses into the indoor arena at the barn where I ride, we walk the horses around the arena at least once before doing anything with them so they know their surroundings and their eyes are adjusted
I actually watched this video a couple months ago, and people are saying how good she is at training her horse, and then there's me, freaking out on her, and people were telling me to stop being rude. I DONT GIVE A GODDAMN SH*T ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK BECAUSE SHE NEEDS TO DO THINGS PROPERLY!
Wow, in watching this, I saw myself some years ago with my new horse. Now I understand the mistakes I was making trying to have my horse lounge. Thank you Rick!
I subscribe to this channel and these horses seem to have a pretty good life -- they are pastured most of the time in herds, they roam pretty freely, there's videos of some of the mares being curious they come in from the pastures to watch people work in the arena on their own. I don't think they are in stalls most of the time.
I'll never forget one barn I saw, big and fancy but the horses had no quality of life. The owners thought they were being kind by locking them in stalls practically made of gold... but sadly their turnout wasn't more than a few hours a day, and individually. The poor horses never got to be loose in a pasture with their own kind, and after spending 20+ hours a day in a box, most were cribbers, biters and kickers...i couldn't really blame them for hating humans. The worst of it was that the owners would come brush em and ride once or twice a week and they thought they were doing right by their horses in the mean time. Never any ground work or bonding, or giving them freedom...i think that kind of life is just as abusive as anything, but people think they are doing a good thing by spending $$$ on big fancy cages with lots of fluffy shavings for the horses to waste away their lives in.
I'm so glad I started watching your videos. Living in New England, I am surrounded by the English world who has their set of "ways" in which horses should be worked and it drives me crazy to see the horses that humans have messed up because they can't admit they don't know everything about horses and that they need control. So I wanted to thank you for putting common sense back into the horse world. and the people complaining that you're mean are just ignorant AND arrogant and they don't like when their egos are put into question. keep up the good work!
:)
There was this older lady, by the name of Temple Grandin, I don't know if she's still around, but she was born autistic. She handled cattle, and she learned what these animals felt, and how and why they reacted the way they did. She learned their language, and managed to design new structures that helped the cattle to be more relaxed. She understood animals. I know that a cow is not a horse, every animal needs a different approach, but you somehow remind me of her.
the woman is moving a heck of a lot too. Why didn't she close the doors and let him of the line to check his surroundings out, or start in a round pin so he could move around like he would on a line. My instructor basically took me and my mare to the round pin and stood back. Neither of us new what we were doing, she had never been lunged and I had never lunged a horse who needed to learn. In the end it was my mare who figured it out before me :D I think for the first few days I just followed her around the ring. It was actually enjoyable to just spend thirty minutes watching her as she moved and thought through what was going on, once we both caught on my instructor stepped in to add some constructive criticism and make it more of a work out for both of us.
Totally rambled and got off topic but I agree that there were more appropriate ways for this horse to learn what she wanted.
Hi Rick, I always appreciate the lessons you give. What a beautiful horse. I wish more people had your horse sense. Appreciate this video, have a great day and a wonderful weekend.
You've got a lot of good points but I think you underestimate a horse's ability to deal with a less than perfect experience.
Thank you for your videos, I am learning so much from you. A lot of the things I was raised thinking you have taught me different. It all makes perfect sense. I think you are absolutely hilarious and you make me laugh daily.
🤔 isn’t this person a breeder? From my understanding (based on their website), the horses are in fields most of the day or night (depending on age) and they only bring them in for basic (halter and lead) training or when their outdoor shift is over.
She's not the breeder/owner of the Friesian farm. She is a senior employee of the farm.
Yes they usually don’t have no colt there except little Johnny
I don't own a horse and don't expect ever to own one, but if I did, I'd be watching every one of your videos. It's a rare person who can share so much insight and information in one place.
In this one you really gave the horse a voice and this explained to lot to me
Thank you for another good lesson. Don't give up Rick, you are reaching a lot of people. You are helping to give many horses a better life.
Keep on preaching rick! Some of us are listening and learning!
I worked for a vet for a few months as the ranch tech. Fancy words for grounds keeper, handyman, and barn caretaker. He had a mare a couple geldings and a stallion. By the time I came to work for him, I had learned the better way to lead, hold, and work with a horse. He always got after me for leading his stallion on a loose lead. Apparently his stallion wasn't good with everybody. I didn't know this until later on. The vet was a very sadistic man. Not as much to animals as to people.
Anyway, I never had a problem with the stallion.
While she's walking him out her body language is screaming OMG I'm hoping you don't kill me.
I follow this Friesian barn and the horses live mostly in the pasture. They even make it to the stables on their own in the evening.
do they have little notes with the numbers of their personal stall with them?
@@ewarodewicz7577 they know their way from the pasture to the stables. The horses dont have fixed stables so each time they can choose
It's amazing that all the horses in the world haven't conspired against us humans yet. Simply amazing and patient creatures.
Pony club culture has a lot to answer for. Everything I've seen is pony club basics. Lead them by the beard. Lunge them before any exercise (because they're usually locked up most of the day and full of oats), make the horse respect you. Make him listen to you. Make him submit. I grew up in it. Thankfully my uncle did things differently.
i didnt know about the light. i knew they had good vision but didnt know how much they really had to adjust. thank god my horse is so calm with me. our barn has light, but its dull. My gelding doesnt show a difference going into the barn since its darker, neither does my moms horse. but the land lords horses fall all over themselves. guess that explains it. ill keep myself aware now on trails and such.
One more thing i noticed is when she walked her horse over to the barn she was always looking back at the horse (she was unsure) and when she get into the arena picks up the whip and feels like nothing can touch her
he’s such a good boy, you can tell he wants to learn. The poor horse didn’t have his face while being lead. You can’t just take him in arena and expect him to be comfort with lunging for the first time. the round pen would’ve been a good place for him. poor thing, he needs someone to bond with and trust.
This video confirms purple is a Rick Gore approved rope color.
EvilTribble1
Rick needs to open his internet accessory business.
Pink hats that say
I haven't been kicked ... yet.
Coffee mugs that say
"Buddy and Mr. T
You're good boys!"
Minivan rear window signs
Barn witches on board.
Stick figure family rear window decals for a horse in the family.
Smokey Moke T-shirts.
ROTFLMAO Isn't THAT the TRUTH Howard :) !
I found your channel about a week ago and I have learned so much about the horses point of view, thanks for making these videos :)
"And they got nothing upstairs but ego."
OMG! YES! THANK YOU RICK! 👍👍
I am BRAND new to the horse world. Brand new. I literally had my first lesson 3 hours ago. I had to go get my horse on my own, and I had to take him from his barn to the cross ties, and now I know to give him time while tacking him up, and then maybe an extra 10 minutes before I mount
Awesome! You are in for some great fun, and with Rick's help, you will fully understand your horse, and your horse will love and appreciate you even more!
tyrroo thanks!
*Think Like A Horse Ellie, over 900 video's and extensive research. Well Worth your time*
Thank you. I never appreciated a horse's incredible vision until you explained it.
Thank you for being the horse advocate.
I'm thankful to you Rick I have learned a lot from you about horsemanship something my old teachers never taught me
I love you. Horses are NOT to be LOCKED UP!
He seems to be well behaved. She is too close to his mouth, leading him out. She is stiff (she is afraid) , not soft, kind and loving toward this beautiful animal.
Poor guy, too bad there was a camera trained on HER!
I was thinking that horse probably never had a surcingle on before that moment either. Could of added to the stress of the first lunge. Even when the horse was going half decent, she was constantly nagging with that whip, and kept getting in front of the drive line. This video drove me absolutely bonkers when I watched it yesterday. 😕
People take things way too fast for their own benifit. Like Rick said, training is a process, not an event.
2 days ago whilst riding my horse there was a training session for young kids that had 4 horses (2 mares 2 stallions ) and offcourse no one questioned what the new stallion would do, and suddenly whilst both being ridden the new stallion bit the other stallion in the ear and started pinning him to the ground while a 6 yr old boy was between them, and everyone told me its the new stallions fault and that he likes to be mean , so the next day i went to ride him and i saw a girl with spurs and a whip try to ride him until he knocked her off, then when i rode him (no spurs, no crops) he was calm and listen to every que i gave him.
Rick, maybe instead of giving so much credence to the haters, why don't you just give your real audience the pointers we are looking for. If you have "barn witches" on your vlog posts, just block them. I am just here to learn.
that poor horse, he is to beautiful to be ruined. I did not know about the eye and dark to light thing. my appy I used to have was moon blind, in the dusk she would run into the fence, (it was a very large soft fence ad she would just bounce off of it, ) she ran into it because she wanted to go into the barn but lady ran in front of her and scared her off into the fencem which helped me see this horse cannot see as well as I thought she could so I always remembered that when we would ride her to takethis into consideration. as for lunging I remember lunging lady and she would like spin around me and keep trying to face me, of course I wasnt forceful just click at her to get her to go, she would always go, she was 12 years old when I got her. but anyway I was like your feeling frisky today. she always calmed down after a few minutes. I did learn a valuable lesson, when you feed a horse alot of oatmeal and molasses they explode like a bullet when you ride them thank goodness I was in the riding area and had a fence to use to stop her. he went around and around and around, I would turn her and also use the fence to try and slow her down, did that for about 20 minutes. so after that she went on a you dont get as much oatmeal and molasses diet.
Its why some horses get a bit nervous at sunset. The light has an affect on their eyesight.
yes their eyes are adjusting and when sun goes down it cast the longest shadows on everything.
Think Like A Horse Yep, I've seen some get a bit nervous and shy away from stuff during that time of the evening, so you just gotta take it easy and be patient. It also wouldn't hurt to lead them back. Heck, it messes with my eyes too, so I understand where they come from haha.
I was just searching for lunging videos when this was published!😄 what a coincidence
I saw this video before, I saw nothing wrong with it but when you talked about all the bad things she did, I emidiatly started thinking I am stupid
Poor stallions. Just cuz they still got balls means they gotta live terrible lives :( I hate stalls
i had no idea about the vision, thats why i love watching these vids, i dont even own horses but its just so interesting to watch
5 years late, but ok. First, I could be mistaken as I have never had the pleasure of getting to know a Friesian, aren't they as a Draft in temperament? If so they have a willingness to please, also was told to be a tad more intelligent than the Draft. Mellow temperaments, thus they don't require a lot of discipline, rather better instructions. I know they have spunk, prancing, bowing and such, but it doesn't effect their core which is mellow / meek.
Rick explains harshly at times I think because he is frustrated with seeing the same mistakes over and over, because he loves horses, doesn't like seeing horses scared, in pain or unnecessarily confuse. What I really hear him saying is "Love your horse enough to UNDERSTAND how they think BEFORE getting out there making mistakes that harm your relationship with your horse and make training more difficult". My 2 cents and again, I DON'T know Friesian's as I'd like to so don't bite off my head if what I was told is incorrect.
We appreciate the education!
I always wondered why horses spook when there's those light spots 😄
I wish everyone listened to you Rick :-) horses suffer so at the hands of ignorance :-(
Hi 👋 just wanted to say I love your videos. 😊. It's nice to learn new things from a horse expert from time to time 👍☺️
Glad you like them!
Hate most of the videos but absolutely love your comments to them. Your blatant honesty is very refreshing, keep up the good work.
This is so interesting. I just started teaching my yearling how to lunge a week ago. She is doing so well. :)
I think you should never start a horse with a whip for the first lunging experience. I didn't with my horse the first few times and my horse works more willingly without it (I've only tried it with her once in order to get her to move faster and it worked, but now she doesn't need it). I think this has helped her to become more in tune with my own body language instead of the whip and has made her more soft to my commands.
I didn't know about the light issue with horses, but I always let any horse have time to associate themselves with new places-- particularly ones that are indoors where they can't see very far. Horses were made for open space, and can become more nervous even in such a large indoor arena because they can't see in order to defend themselves. I especially let them take their time looking around if it is just the two of us in the area(unless they are become more hyped up, then I ask for their attention).
This was hard for me to watch (I saw this video a separate time too) because she never let the horse relax. She should give it release after it goes around her even just once. Let it stop and learn and maybe even enjoy it a bit. The while video made me more on edge just by watching the horse.
First time in anything should be full of rewards even at the littlest things.
Thanks for bringing up the lighting situation. I also do not see any basic ground work or bonding even before the lunging.
And I have to add, after learning a very hard lesson from nearly being killed by a horse when I was somewhere I shouldn't have been, it scared me to see the girl in this video being nervous and doing things wrong, well meaning but clearly inexperienced... because it's this exact combination that causes accidents and gets people and horses hurt and killed. These two in the video are living on borrowed time, it's not a matter of if an accident happens but when.
I didnt know that with the eyes ! I was going for a ride with my horse a while ago pretty deep into the forest and when I was heading back home the sun started to set and I became completely dark. I couldnt see anything anymore like i was there right about to piss myself but my horse was just as casual as ever walking her way through the forest, didnt trip, didnt slip, nothing. i was so surprised by that. I thought shed panic a bit or be more alarmed by noises but she literally gave 0 fucks.
Sigh. Sometimes I wish animals would rise up and say "ENOUGH! Screw you I'm out!" But of course that would only lead to murdered animals. As a whole we humans DON'T deserve the creatures of this planet.
Rick you just keep doing what you are doing. I have learned a lot. I don't have a horse anymore to ride as I did when I was younger. I have watched several videos and you make a lot of sense and it made sense to me. If I had only been taught the right way to read a horse things would have been better for both me and the horse.
I don't own a horse, I know almost nothing about horses, and I've seen horses live only a few times but even I can see that this stallion is scared and feels uneasy (mostly because of girls behaviour). How could a person who owns a horse and works with horses not see that??
Дарья Михалева , cognitive dissonance. She thinks she knows what she does, so that behavior must be the result of a spooky horse. To doubt oneself and change is much harder.
Awesome advice! So many people are unaware of a horses vision. It was one of the first things I was taught as a kid. And it makes a lot of how a horse acts around water and shadows make sense if you understand how they see things.
I feel bad for that horse he is beautiful! When I get my horse I don't even hold the rope he follows me everywhere I go lol
Why all the gear on his face & straps around his chest? What's the purpose of it all?
"Nothing upstairs but ego." So true !
Sometimes these videos really depress me. Thank you for continuing to TRY to educate people, Rick. I hope you are making a positive impact on at least some.
Notice as the horse is walking her outside. Her body is even bent in fear AWAY from him. Look at the girls hips as she walks this stud out. You will see her fear even as she walks " WITH HIM???"
So true great advice! Your channel is so educational, I've learnt so much from it! Thanks 😃
I would have just let him loose in the arena and just walked calmly around the outside edge by myself, then walk to the center and stop. Let him check things out for himself while watching that I was being relaxed. That's how my horses learned to take cues from me.
That's a beautiful stallion. I think she just doesn't know about the dark/light reaction. But yea, she appears afraid of him. I've seen plenty of people that had their horses locked up for most of the day, for perhaps one hour. They don't belong locked up.
All factors considered as stated in your commentary, I think this horse figured out very quickly what the woman wanted. I would think a round pen would be better a option for this kind of fundamental work. I give this beautiful horse two thumbs up, it could've been a lot worse.
for his first time he figured it out pretty quickly despite her nervous nellie body language and he made some good rounds, but there was no release she kept driving him away
I don't even go near horses but I am glued to learning these things and watching these videos.Good to know not to keep an animal locked up for hours.
You can actually SEE her tentativeness and fear of the horse, and the horse is hyperalert and apprehensive
Rick, I had the chance to own a horse and lost her to cost of feeding, boarding and all the care needed. But, I had no trainer, no coach, no stable gurus but I had an ex-racehorse to learn how to trust. And that is the most I could give to her in 2 short years.......... I hope she has a good home today because of it. All I had to give was everything you point out...... and she did give me her precious trust.
Horses have the largest eyeballs of any land mammal - apart from my ex-girlfriend back in the UK! She had some freaky big eyes lol. Although I'm not sure she was a mammal so you're probably right. Anyway a great analysis as always Rick.
They talk about the size of a shire horse's back side but they haven't seen my mother-in-laws. They talk about the size of the stallions twigs but they haven't seen...never mind.
+Aimee fish lmao
Here's to you beautiful black stallion...for putting up with so
much crap and managing not to (physically at least) injure yourself or her. You get high marks in my book for your first lunging effort. What a brilliant boy! Imagine how much more you could shine with someone who tried to understand and work with you rather than against. Apologies on behalf of humans for being selfish and ignorant creatures. You have such potential I pray the right person can help guide you in unleashing and unlocking it!
I totally live for your impressions of women in the "Rick I can't believe she she loves her horse-" "SHUT UP YA BIG DUMMY!!" Best part of the video
I appreciate you informing about leading horses correctly. I’m in a therapeutic riding school that is more for children than adults and they taught me to walk horses that way. I am going to apply as much of your teachings as I can. A lot of people are not malicious or idiots but are simply trained wrong. I don’t have deeply ingrained habits yet thankfully
@ThinkLikeAHorse u should do a video on this video called how some hunters treat their horses I watched it and I'm horrified by what they do😭
The first day I got my horse, we let him into his pasture to check everything out and meet his new roomie (they're in the pasture 24/7). He checked everything out and got settled in and after about 2-3 hours, we walked him to the arena to check that out. We just let him in, closed the door, and let him walk around and smell everything. We let him check everything out for 5-10 minutes and then we brought him back to the pasture to relax. The next day we started lunging. We were very slow with it just because we needed to get to know each other. Every day we'd work a little longer and we'd always end it on a high note. You need to take things slow when it comes to horses. Stay calm and try not to get frustrated when they act up. Today my horse was being ornery on the lunge line but instead of yelling/hitting, I just kept trying again and again until it worked out. I always use tons of positive reinforcement instead of negative. Tell him "good boy" every time he listens whether that's changing direction or changing gaits, i always praise him because he's working hard.
Thank you for another excellent video.
I really appreciate you explaining how you said what she could have done!
Thank you sir for confirming what I've been thinking. I've vetoed lights in our horses shelter. She'll have shade from her shelter, and if I need light I can use a flashlight.
I guess none of these people never read "Black Beauty" when they were children, it explains all the things that make a horse's life painful like the briddles, bits, etc.😱🤔😱
Bits aren't neceserily painfull they only are painfull if to much pressure is applied to the mouth
I knew the horse looked very nervous at the beginning of the video, but I wasn't for sure why until I saw what you said and that made a lot of sense.
I sooo agree with you!! Locking up a horse for ANY REASON is absolutely WRONG. Horses are designed to graze and travel 20 miles per day. Poor horses. Barns should cease to exist.
jane Afrika unless they're injured and could put their life at risk from being outside... didn't think of that
jane Afrika I live in England in winter the rain floods the fields and they become a mud bath in order to preserve the grazing over the summer months and for the safety of the horses they have to be stabled over the winter however every spare moment I have is spent with my boy and he will happily walk into his stable after being groomed, ridden etc with no lead rope attached ideally I would have him out in the field but it is not always possible
I like the way Rick works with his horses!!
stalls are prison cells. i don't care how big and fancy your barn is.
SpriDutchAngel omg your profile pic and name are a Dutch angel dragon it's so cute 😊
yup im a dutchie :3
If a child was locked in a closet for 10 hours or more a day people would flip out. But hey the horse being confined to a prison is not abuse at all.
Ik think you should visit this place. You’ll meet people that think like horses
Morning Rick. That's why I love using my roundpen! It's a wonder she didn't get hurt or the horse! I don't like whips! It's 2 bad that young stallion doesn't have a area where he can burn off all that extra energy!!! He's diffently a beautiful animal!!!!.....
round pen is different than lunging they teach different things
Hi rick, I understand what ur saying. Do you have a video on roundpenning? Thanks.
Over 900 video's - April you can use the "search" under the main channel listing - they are there :) Use one word for best results Lunge Pen etc
We have 1 mouth and 2 ears for a reason