Rehabilitating a Fearful Horse 

Pat, this was my eight year old when I first got him nearly two years ago. With much help - very much including yours he has become a fine horse and partner. Thanks

I’ve been working on a mare that was beaten a LOT. It’s taken me two years to get her better but she still is reactive to certain hand movements. I’ll never give up though, she’s a fantastic ride in the roughest country.

"Spotted Fever " LOLOL .....yep, very aptly named.....looks to be a real handful.....thanks Pat for being willing to help these horses.....OnWard......

"The tip of his eye is pupils" . Thanks for that connection. I am excited to watch his progress. Thank goodness he is owned by Gabby and being rehabbed with help from 'the best in the west'. Its all 'west' if you circle the planet. 😂 in the right direction .

My 24 yr. old TWH gelding was terrified of everything when I got him almost 11 yrs. ago. It took us a LONG time to trust each other but he is a different horse now. He still gets spooked once in a while, (4 wheelers are horse eating monsters!) but he spooks in place instead of loosing his mind. I'm not a horse trainer by a LONG shot, just watched a LOT of videos from real horse trainers like you to learn and listen and try! He's a pretty Appy, by the way!

oh he is so cute and so scared... thank you for being so gentle with him

Love that the horse responded so well to the owner. I also have a horse that most people can't catch, but that same horse will come running to Me if she hears me singing in the pasture :)

ooooh Gabby, you just got him the best help he could ever have...

There's enough climatic videos out there, and with plenty of examples of how to create horses like this.

Thank you you are helping me tremendously.. I have abused Horse situation. This is the worst encounter I’ve ever had a Horse that is always in flight mode. I have a long road ahead of me, but I’m far from a quitter. I appreciate your analogy of Horse behavior.

This, in my opinion, demonstrates the quality of the methods. Yes you've shown how one can take a horse from hackmore to bridle, achieve a great connection where the horse is pretty much responding to your thoughts, and just make a better companion for your journeys. But, this is where the quality of the methods, and EXPERIENCE using them, shines. Having worked with horses that were not started right or just plain messed up and abused, it is more difficult to bring them back to a healthy relationship than if you are starting from scratch. Bien hecho, amigo.

glad you are helping homer and gabby just watching works out some of my kinks too

That touches me. Yes yes yes the best deal first. God bless you Pat

Thanks!

Excellent as usual

He's stunning! I'm so stoked to watch this! Best to all involved and much love! Thank you Pat! I hope to work with you one day to learn everything I can. First, double hip replacements.

Look forward to this!! Thanks! Sounds like my project horse.😊

Thank you for these videos.

Just found your channel. I had horses that I rescued and I had horses that I bought.. right now I'm horseless living in california and I miss it so living vicariously =))

Thank you

Excellent 👍

I love your dry humor and sarcasm!!❤

So sad but with time patience and kindness❤❤❤❤

Great video how can I help my 7 years gelding to get over being watchy. He is constantly looking for danger

Another excellent video. So glad you pointed out about the licking, I hear that so often. Also enjoyed the joke about the chewing and drooling. In another video you talked about working them or exposing them until you saw a change. Today, I did not recognize the change you were looking for, unless you were comparing it to the behavior of the previous day. So my question is why did you end todays session when the horse was still rather braced, without lowering his head?

Such wisdom cannot come from books😅😅😅😅

Pat & Deb = gods.❤❤❤❤ So much love, for you two, Homer & Ronan!

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Hi Pat, you mention that you don’t talk to your horses, why?

That's funny I live in vernal utah and have a wild horse in the same boat lol 😂

thanks good ppl.. those look like Brets boots

Pat, what's the purpose of hanging a horse? I've used it before, but I want to make sure I understand it. I've got a 5 year old monster of a paint who I still can't get on. Every time I throw a blanket or saddle on him, his head goes straight up. He never relaxes. I've saddled and unsaddled him a thousand times and he still does it, even after untracking him and doing ground work with him. I could use advice about that, too.

Hello. I used to know a horse very similar to him. A day, hé runned into my back , kicked my arm and broke it. He just hated humans. Sorry for my english, Îm French. Anyway this horse had told me before these attack « don’t approch, Îm the chief. » He runned and charged me exactly as a bull . But this day I didn’t moved and frightened him shouting. I should have learn the lesson !

Morehouse clinics😅😅😅😊

Thank you

Yes, please, keep us informed. Thank you, Gabby, for letting us watch.

I love working horses but don't think I'll ever be able to do it again. I broke my back in a bad accident (not horse related) about four years ago. Now I live vicariously through you and your videos. Thank you so much, I really miss it.

I'm glad you pointed out the "licking and chewing" b.s... Not many people understand it.

Few people understand just how dangerous this horse is. If the average horse owner tried this, it would be a short time to the hospital emergency room.

Homer is a looker! Hope ypu can help him and look forward to seeing more videos

Just to clarify misunderstandings, did you actually tie the horses head to its tail?

Thank you for sharing.

Now I would like to ask your opinion on something. Now my current horse was very much like this one when I got him 5 years ago. And maybe just a little bit more than that one. Scared of everything. Now he’s a pretty calm guy now. But there’s a lot of work and a lot of miles between us. I don’t need a halter much anymore. Just call him to me, put a little neck string on him and he knows where to be when he’s walking next to me. I try to work a lot on the principle of liberty. Not the dancing to a Disney soundtrack but practical liberty. Will he lead without any contact, stand where I ask without needing a ground tie using a lead rope or rein. And he’s become fairly developed. But there is still some of that old anxieties and worries that pop up sometimes. We’re on 2300 acres. Lots of different things pop up. He’s around cattle, and sometimes people different horses and terrain and challenges. But we have a feral hog problem. It’s all been fenced with hog fence, we have hunters and traps. And slowly getting rid of them. But he’s terrified of them. He’ll smell them and knows they are there. Even though they don’t want anything to do with us and are quiet and hiding. That’s when the old stuff comes back and he can get away from you if you aren’t quick and shut him down. And sometimes it can be just a little noise that gets him worried. I’ve been told that sometimes you can never truly get rid of those old worries and fears but only minimize them. Which I have. So how do you work with them when you are some miles out with no one around and some of that happens? It’s not like I can just set him up around the hogs that would be the wrong thing. But how do you change their focus back to you and your leadership. I guess that’s the question. It’s how can I change his mind to understand that when he’s with me that he’s ok and we’ll make it through whatever challenges he has? I’m in it for however long as it takes I don’t care about time. I would just like to figure out a way to help him through it and to at some point get over it. Cause the feral hogs will always be around, minimized but they are everywhere around here. And when we come across 30 of them coming down a creek or out of the woods sometimes you just have to hang on for the ride. Cause he’ll spin around and go full speed run. Or you gotta be quick enough to get him shut down but keep him in balance so he won’t go down on you.

Great video! Thank you. I learned alot of excellent information.

Wish you were my neighbor!

Thank you so much, Sir. I am working with a very, very explosive mare. Cleating her hyper hormone issues plus following your experienced inspirations. If you have some experience with dagerous mares ( hormone issues) I would love to get your advice. Regards to all of you from the north east of Germany.😊

The long haul😅😅😅😅😅😅

Fascinating one! Very interested to see the progression. Thanks for sharing once again, and anti-climatic is lovely ;)

Love that you are called BS..on licking and chewing..and especially Rescue..by getting a dog, cat, horse, chicken..from unknown backgrounds..I am still saving heroes for people that knowing risk their lives..in events they are not especially trained for or expected..like it is not their jobs..

Super cute horse!!!!

Thanks!

So happy I found you. I have a new horse that has been abused and she is afraid of everything. It will be a long road for sure.

I never had a horse but bought a one and gave to a friend to keep . I started watching your videos first time this weekend and amazed how much I learnt . It is so wonderful subject. I really appreciated what you are sharing to the world . God bless you !!!

Pat are are you seems like your short of breath

No sound

Ugh.