This was wonderful! I've worked with adult horses for decades, but I'm training my first yearling, and have been trying to think of things to do. Saving this for future reference.
As a guy who has started many hundreds of colts, in my older age I gotta say I thought my carrier was about over but have sure been enjoying starting young ones and getting them READY for life. GOOD WORK!!!
Please do more videos about how you accomplished these things starting out that would be amazing:) I have just got a yearling and we have been doing alot of the stuff in this video, and can flex throw the rope all over and more. But im struggling to get him to move his feet at all. He is ok to lead and us pretty soft but stops when near food and refuses to lunge( not that I want him to do much lunging, just move his feet) and also back up and trot in hand. He picks things up really quickly but I was reading a discussion about desensitation vs sensitisation, and motivation. I realise I also have made some mistakes due to this making it worse by probably being alittle too impulsive rather that light handed. But any tips on where to go from here and get him motivated to move his feet would greatly appreciated. I would never hit or yell at him either, I just am willing to learn as much as possible to be as soft as possible with a responsive horse. Tips appreciated 😇
Love starting them off young, but you really shouldn’t be putting to much weight on them till they are 3-4 years old. 5 years old is technically when most horses are finished developing but lots of people like starting them earlier. Having weight on them too soon messes with their bone and muscle structure.
@@GerryCoxHorsemanship Its simply someone who is misinformed. As an educated horseman, I would hope you would inform someone instead of mocking them next time.
@@raeganstegmeier9131 You're right. I just grow weary of hearing the same old argument for the same people all the time and ,making any attempt to inform or educate falls on deaf ears. Even saying university studies they will respond with "Well, I don't start mine until they are five"... to discover they have started 2 or 3 in a life time. But you re right and I TRY not to mock...
Imagine if every horse in the mainstream modern equine world of ours got a solid start in their training & every horse trainer worked for a living like this... & then everybody bought their horse from a trainer like this. Then people wouldn’t have to spend crazy amounts of money going from clinic to clinic searching for answers to problems that should never of occurred. It was a pleasure to watch another trainer do some quality work on young horses, knowing that they’ll forever be set up to succeed in life & that a future owner will purchase an asset instead of a burden of debt !! Awesome stuff 🤠
These animals have been handled, and people should realize that not all young stock will be this calm. I like everything except the bow he does when he stops the horse. I've trained some really wild animals in my life time and they all are a little different loved them all!
Nala 305 Hi! Sorry I’m late, and I know this comment was not directed at me but I am training a foal, and even though I have the experience, I wanted to have all the help possible, considering that I’m doing this alone. I have a big stack of books now... and the best one (that explains how to do everything) would definitely be John Lyons “Bringing Up Baby” . He writes directly how to get them to this point, and makes it simple! I also watched Clinton Anderson’s video on foal training. I don’t have the kit that he advertises, but you really don’t need it if you watch the vid 5-6 times😄. Hope this Helps! Love, Sea
Disagree. The downward pressure weight (not active riding) was absolutely fine for a horse this age, and he will reap many rewards from this early training, when they are 2-3 years of age and ready for the saddle.
@@gerrycoleman7290 FIVE years old? OMG, I'm going to die waiting for my 10mo old colt to reach maturity (sigh...). Just out of curiosity, are you a trainer, vet, or...? I totally believe you, it's just my barn owner, who has trained her own horses all her life, said I could start "light" riding (10-15 min. rides) at age 2. He's a Friesian and will be a BIG boy by that age. I bought him 3 months ago and he was 14.3. He is now 15.2... that's an inch per month! (yikes!! Lol) Don't you think a big, sturdy horse like this would be able to tolerate a short ride at 2 or 3? Thank you for your advice. I've owned horses my entire life (I'm 50), but this is my first horse that I've owned that is under a year and will have to be trained from the ground up. I'm doing groundwork (he's doing really well), but I'll hire an experienced trainer when he's ready to go under saddle. I'd love to do it myself, but just have never done it before. Being a draft breed, he is sooo calm. I wonder if I could.... Thanks again!
@@clipclop7962 Of course you could work with your horse to get it ready to be ridden. That would be best. A 'trainer' would do things their way. If the 'trainer' did not show you exactly how she did the 'training' you two would be on different paths. Confusing to the horse. Do yourself a favor, and let the horse be your trainer. He will 'tell' you if you are doing things right or wrong. That requires you to be very good at understanding the horse's 'language'. It requires you to be an effective fair communicator with the horse. Remember it is all about reasonable pressure and release with proper timing, rhythm, and feel. It is an art form. It takes awhile to master. But it will be worth it. It will open doors you can not imagine. Ground work, ground work, and yet more ground work. He is young. Let him be in a herd setting. He needs to learn how to be a horse from horses. Let him be a horse. There will be plenty of time to introduce him to being a horse in a human world. Let his bones fully develop before riding.
An all round good job! When it comes times to really start these foals, they will go into serious training ready to work with confidence and trust. Great job, Bryan!
this is awesome. I have personally seen a grown man get on a foal that age but it didn't appear to cause them discomfort. we have a yearling that me brother does the jeffreys method on but he only weighs 90 lbs.
This man knows what he is doing I do similar training and he didn't stay on long enough to hurt them him getting on helped them KEEP ON COWBOY..........long live the cowboys
I think this is amazing! great work. but I do agree with the other comments about laying on them. perhaps someone very small and light would have been better. however I must applaud your hard work and great results with these yearlings.
How old are these fillys/colts???? They are MUCH to young to have someone on them you idiot!!! Someone needs to report you to animal cruelty!! It only takes a pure idiot to think a yearling can be sat on. Do you even know the harm you can cause to these poor babies?! You wouldn't expect a one year old toddler to be running a marathon or doing weight lifting!! So what on earth makes you think it is ok to sit on them!!! There joints haven't even came close to fusing together yet nor have their muscles strengthened enough for that amount of sight. If you can't put a full size saddle on them what makes you think it's ok to get on them?! There is a reason they don't start horses till they are AT LEAST two years old!!!😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡🖕🏼
As long as he's not riding them it's alright. He's just getting them used to weight and pressure early. It's not abuse and it's not bad. The horses are reacting fantastic and are showing no signs of unhappiness or pain. The way these horses react to him at such a young age is amazing with groundwork! They have all attention on him at all times and come to him for love and attention. Now if you see this as cruel, this isn't. This is the true form of gentling at its earliest stage.
Calm down your ovaries lady. There are incomparably worse things in the world than sitting on a colt for 10 seconds. Yep I would personaly doing this with 2 years old or older, no need to hurry, but nothing horrible happens. He perfectly prepared them for that, there wasn't any signs of fear or disagreement and it doesn't mean he is doing this everyday.
r w so with the UK law what if they are just ground breaking them, like,leading or turning or backing, learning manner, because I wouldn't want a 3 year old spoiled brat of a horse to just start training
kayleigh jordan it’s not hurting them laying on them for not even 2 minutes it’s not effecting them so quit saying poor horses there too young um no there not
That's the way to train them to see if they are broke and ready, just a few minutes is not the same as riding them. Just a few minutes won't hurt the horse, he is demonstrating that they are broke. Laying all the way helps not put that much weight on them for safety, see how he doesn't actually SIT on them in Riding position? You have lack of knowledge in this.
I disagree. It is absolutely fine and very beneficial for the horses to have the weight and body manipulation (legs, going back & forth, etc...) at a young age. They are certainly not hurt by the weight, and notice he didn't ride them around, even in a lunge circle. It was simply downward pressure. This man has a gift. I've been riding horses since I was 6 and have owned horses, including training, riding, competitions and pleasure, since I was 12. I am now 50 and I learned a lot from this video. He truly has a gift for starting yearlings the right way. I'm so grateful I ran across this video and will be using his techniques with my Friesian.
