Scared horse 

Not knowing the cattle you did the right thing. Many bulls can be very aggressive.

@@timandersonhorsetraining Oh good. Thanks for the reply. I don't know much about cattle behavior but I'm learning a little bit watching your channel! Need to find some under a controlled situation so my horse won't have another panic episode. Have to say my heart rate went way up just watching the horse look for a way out of your arena!

She was thinking about it. Lol.

It could but that gets to be too many animals in the arena for me to manage by myself at one time.

@@timandersonhorsetraining - I posted too soon. Shortly after you had resolved the issue. Your training successes continue to amaze me! You also inspire me. Tuesday I was able to ride my wife’s horse far better than ever before. Seeing trainer ride him first cemented knowledge that we have a rider problem rather than a horse problem. Not that he is always well behaved (he’s not) but he’s primarily frustrated by excessive confinement and riders who give conflicting instructions and get upset when he does what he’s told rather than what we thing we’re telling him. He is very sensitive to seat, to point he can be ridden by competent rider using halter - so inexperienced riders thinking reins to steer or stop, kick to go - give continuous conflicting direction. I’ve been in situations where people speak different languages and need to communicate - so identify with his frustrations. Yes it’s different, but i think it’s the heart of our problem. He needs a leader, but we cannot be leaders without communication. At same time we want to retain sensitivity. Last thing we want to do is turning him into a slab sided automaton.

This reaction is pretty common for horses that have never seen a cow.

For horses that bad I do the same thing I did in this video except pony them from another horse.

Just experience. I've had many like this before.

Hi Tim. Same question. When my mare looses her mind with cows she doesn’t even know I exist and I worry she’d run right over the top of me even though we practice the leading exercises you show for pushy horses all the time. Any suggestions?

You would have done it different because you did not know what was going to happen. I knew exactly what was going to happen.

The only timetable that matters is the one in the horse's head. This video is a perfect example of a horse that relied on its trust in me to go to the cows and overcome its fear of them. What you are trying to imply in your statement is not even close to what happened in the video.

It was so incredibly obvious that when he got her back on lead, and he was between her and the cows, she was relying on his leadership. So. Obvious. All you have to do is watch the horse's reactions and tension. She went from DEFCON 1 to 3 as soon as Tim had a lead on her.