Cherry Tree Equine is all about helping horses with their people problems!! Michelle, the person behind the business, runs clinics all over Australia on topics as diverse as horsemanship. groundwork, mechanical cow, barrel racing and obstacles. The training videos here are an example of her down to earth, no nonsense training. They are shot in various locations with different types of horses; none are edited, they are literally shot as you see them. There is also a selection of training videos from Cherry Tree Virtual. This is the online training program developed to help all horse people; no matter what level of experience, discipline or age. This program is more complete than the videos here and you also can have access to one on one help from Michelle. If you want more info on Cherry tree Virtual, just follow the link www.cherrytreeequine.com.au/courses The videos are grouped to help you either work through our program step by step or look for help with a problem.
I agree, horse seems to give in to you, my is more defiant, or refuses to move, ears pin back and mouthy, even when I try what most people say to do. He isn’t aggressive just not willing to lunge. He’s good, moves hind quarters, crosses over backs up but won’t move forward
Do you know if a Wintec western can be altered? I also have a Syd Hill half breed synthetic and feel it is slightly a bit tight around my horses shoulders, but fits him everywhere else. Any suggestions? Im from far east Gippsland so saddle fitters here are rare 😊
Hello! I would contact Wintec directly and see what they say. Ange (who features in this video) is from the South Coast of New South Wales, so perhaps it might be worth driving up to see her? Good luck!
We just dont see the control behavior is these horse training videos. We’re told the horse does this or that and the owner is afraid of him, yada yada. But we never see it. All we see is this; a perfectly behaved horse. It makes one very suspicious of the veracity of the author.
What happened to normal training??? Ground tying? Training your horse to stay, come and boundaries? I had a trainer recommend hobbles for my ottb. I said heck no!!!! He needed his mind quiet he needed trust, time and patience. If I had of done this to him he would never had trust me. I really hope anyone using them is putting the horse and safety first. Not just throwing these on calling it training.
I hate rope halters, which is a very unpopular opinion. I have to use one on the horse I'm training for my own safety with him pulling, and dragging, but I'm really wanting to get him back down to a nylon halter. I feel if they need a rope halter they're learning to react off pressure more rather than body language, and a pain punishment when they don't do the right thing rather than asking for a certain behavior. My least favorite part of this is her using the whip as a whip and not just an extension like at 2:30 and I don't trust that the horse responds to the changes of direction without fear of the whip. Sorry for the long comment, I just liked your comment lol.
It's not about the number of years you've been in the industry. It's about scientific facts and whether or not trainers are eager to question themselves and their methodes in order to get better. Never take what you know for granted, always long for more knowledge, more scentific facts etc. I've seen trainers who've been in the industry for a very long time, hit their horses. Well that's not the right way to train a horse, yet they were absolutely sure that it was the right thing to do. When people cannot question themselves, it means they are not willing to learn more because they think that they know everything. The thing is, nobody never knows everything.
This was an interesting lesson for Capri and I. Not something we hadn't learnt before. However, the difference in the way this was taught was the RELEASE. The release was when you walked forward. NOT dropping the rope. A big difference.
