I wear a treat bag. Totally agree to reward for effort. My girl will doing anything for me. When she’s in pasture all I have to do is call and she comes running. Great video.
I started by backing my horse off shorter ledges and increased over time. I used the pull/release technique and grain, which sped up the process. After one week we are loading with confidence, off and on with grain. Now no grain required, loading and backing out with ease.
This is a great concept. I have been watching videos to get a horse used to a hose.. they have their horse dancing all around and not being calm. I want calm and hose. This is great thank you. Following your videos now. I can't wait to try this with my mare, I just didn't want to chase her down with the hose and possibly scare her more.
Some of the definitions of play are that they are fun, pleasurable, reinforcing. I can't see this in this video, the horse moves away from the flag, thus the flag is aversive and unless it interacts it gets the aversive flag or rope treatment. The treat comes too late, it is not reinforcing the interaction with the object but the turning to him. Where is the reward marker?
So my gelding will get two feet in, I’ll release and praise, but then soon as I pull and hold he backs out. Then I have to start again. I can spend all day only getting that far.
My beloved horses are passed and I was riding without bits 30years ago and everyone thought I was crazy until they could see the calming effect it had on my horses. I loved my first horse so much that I always thought that even the snaffle wasn’t good for him. So that’s when I decided to not ride him with a bit. It changed his life and mine. But unfortunately you have people who say they have been riding horses for years and really don’t care cause the problem is they are not that good of riders and afraid! Thank God things have changed and more teachers like yourself are making a difference. And telling people THE BIT DOES NOT CONTROL A HORSE. IT CAN ACTUALLY MAKE THINGS WORSE!
We have a gelding that gave us a bit of a headache when it came to loading. We found this video last week, and tried a few times following your method and today he loaded 5 times with no issues at all - thank you for sharing 👍
You are not clear about what to do if my horse does not do it. Your horse did everything perfectly. How do I show my horse to go around a con. Please use a green horse
I just don't think you have done ground work to help with his resistance. I think being obsessed with his hindlegs is irrelevant. He is resistant in all areas of his body. I noticed he does not like things happening on the right. I would not keep going pulling him until he is more body aware. He need to learn not to lean and you not to have a fight over it.
For a person that gets distracted easily (me) this might work.. I think the "look at me , follow me" stuff is simple enough. I'll start this week with my horse Duke and my rescue horse Otis.
My 9 month young colt and I are both new to training. With his gentle and calm nature, I think Liberty Training is best for us. I have an issue though; Boaz will not eat treats! He does appreciate being called, "Good boy" while I pet him. Is that enough? Any ideas what he might eat? Thank you!
This is my horse, he even looks like my horse (a line back Dunn). OMG, mines a mustang as well. I really like your attitude about how to handle the loading
WOW!!! Amazing video.... thank you so much for sharing and will be using this technique with my Icelandic who has just come from Iceland and never been washed. Can't wait to watch more of your training videos.
Thank you, I enjoyed that a lot. I am just learning about the vibe of this. I am an energy healer and just using what I know to work with horses. Such an adventure.
