Horse Groundwork Exercises for Building Trust 

I’ll work on a video with him doing these. He probably isn’t the best test dummy since he’s never met a stranger 😂 but I do agree that it would be beneficial to see with a young/less trained horse!

ALL of the videos you make and courses are very much appreciated!!

I think the horse also got a kick out of it.

Thanks! What kind of horses do you have? I’m always curious to see how different breeds do with the switch to barefoot 😂

Great video. I took notes to remember the different exercises. You accept that your horse doesn't do everything perfectly, and keep working until he gets it. Your idea of doing groundwork on the mounting block is brilliant!

@@EquineHelper Hanoverian that had shoes all his life he’s now 17 and my other horse is quarter/Arabian mix 18 ( I rescued them both 2 years ago) my Hanoverian was a champion dressage horse that got over worked and pushed to a point that he started collapsing no one knows the reason why he does it but since I took his shoes off 2.5 months ago I haven’t seen him falling anymore my other horse was tied with too tight of a rope till he was 7 use to bite people now doesn’t anymore after having a real care giver so I’m learning a lot and your videos help me so much 💝💝💝💝💝🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

@@EquineHelper all the shoes to barefoot transition is in my horse rescue playlist would be honored and would love your opinion when you have time to check them out 💝 obviously the most important thing for me is they are healthy and happy still working on gaining their weight which takes so much time ru-vid.com/group/PLgSjBmESu_4d0cnhhRWKoRYQIMm7FKl1Q&si=0_LAaIicXZDOK3jm

I do think just hanging out and having fun is a big part of building a bond. I haven’t researched much of the mother foal techniques, but I would be interested to!

Personally I have used 'hanging out' and it's been good. 1st time was with a rescue horse and second with a young filly who was not happy about being in a new place, Enviro, people etc. Initially I will take a coffee down, sit down outside the yard and drink it, leave. Then inside the yard. This includes reading a bOok out loud etc. the horse eventually will come up closer and closer and just hang out. It gets to a point where you move from one location to another and they just follow. The reward, they graze where you stand. I assume emulates herd behaviour . I do that in progressively larger paddocks. Now it's a 20ac paddock. The aim is to be caught by your horse not go find and catch . Yesterday I took a blanket down, flicked it out under a tree. Lil miss stood watch whilst I slept, then woke me up after about 30 min. It was my turn to be sentry whilst she slept. It is odd waking up looking up from the ground at your herd mate right next to you, head down sniffing to check on you. It's a trust thing both ways. Other hang out things I do is go to her yard and do my stretches and exercises in the yard. Kneeling down last week I ended having my feet inspected, pretty much same as me checking her hooves. I live with my horse so it's easy for me to take 5-10min breaks and go hang out. It takes time and for me, 'hanging out' and being herd together is part of her training and mine. I enjoy your videos, thank you.

Hello! I would recommend the trust course first. Blessings!

My trusty stump 😂

In my mind it means they're not fully comfortable. They're trying to face you to block you from their vulnerable side. My horse does the same thiny

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