Posts Tagged ‘Natural horsemanship’

While trail riding we came across this large tree that looked scary and the horse tried to avoid the tree as we walked by, so we decided to help our horses get over their fear and build our horse’s confidence by showing them and helping them get over the scary log / tree. When I said the praise part about me not doing that was directed to timing. When you stop and praise a horse you lose focus, you confuse the horse and you stop focusing on what you want, so the horse sees that as lack of direction and that tends to create confusion and the horse thinks he is done and then wants to leave and find comfort. I want pressure and good constant direction on a horse so they are clear on what I want and only ONE right answer, stopping and praising messes up that message. BTW (by the way) this was pretty advanced since we were on a steep hill so it was not level ground and the horse was going over down hill to the ground on the other side of the log was a lot further away. This would have been easier if we did this on level ground but, the easy way is not always the best way. It depends? It depends on horse, on rider, past experience of both, confidence of both and other factors. I like a challenge and something that is too easy is not fun. Which is why no plays tic tac toe very much. If you want easy, take lessons from knowitall barn people that will have you riding in circles in an arena where you will safer.. I SAID SAFER NOT SAFE. Safe is relative, some think in a arena with a …

www.thinklikeahorse.org Cleaning a horse’s sheath is needed to keep your horse comfortable and healthy. All male horses need this done at least once or twice a year as general heath care of the horse. This video is only step, make sure and watch Part 2, finding the bean since missing this can cause the horse discomfort and other issues. I also suggest you read my section on my website about this where I have pictures and graphics that help explain this. HERE is the LINK to Sheath Cleaning Two / Finding the Bean: www.youtube.com HERE is LINKS to web site where I have pictures: www.thinklikeahorse.org www.thinklikeahorse.org www.thinklikeahorse.org

www.thinklikeahorse.org – I try and read a question about a trainer that wants help in working with an abused horse. I end up trying to get Buddy out of the picture and talk about some whiners misconceptions of my dangerous bridge crossing and the comments I got. I did this video a while ago and just got around to uploading. The other video I talk about is What I learned from Rick Gore Horsemanship is here: www.youtube.com Although it takes me 40 mins to get it out, this is about telling people to stop making excuses for horse, stop trying to talk to horses and thinking that talking will get you results, stop thinking there is some secret to working with different types of horses. Pressure release, understanding prey vs predator behavior and learning to listen to your horse will get you the best results. The video I talk about the bridge crossing is here: www.youtube.com The saying about looking a gift horse in the mouth goes back to someone giving you a horse, people would check the horse’s teeth to see how old the horse was when a horse was given to them, that was considered rude since the horse was a gift. It would be like asking how much someone paid for something after they gave it to you, that would be rude.

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www.thinklikeahorse.org – Here I talk about the myths and science behind reading wirls (whorl) and swirls on on horses. Watching this video will make you a better horseman and will help you understanding of this complete and detailed study of this phenomena and I tell you the one special super secret that not many will share. Hope you enjoy this detailed look at Whorls on horse’s head. In the video I say I will attached a link to that guy that has been studying swirls for over 30 years. Here is the link you have to click on the video listed on the left after you open link for the video to play. Enjoy. THEY TOOK DOWN THE LINK GUESS THEY FIGURED OUT IS WAS BS. www.statelinetackvideolibrary.com I also talk about my horse history page of my web site so here a link to that page if you want to read up of some of the other things I mention here. www.thinklikeahorse.org -

I have been saying this for years and people have been calling me sexist for pointing out differences. Most will agree that horses are more sensitive than people, so they can tell things that people can only guess. So if horses can tell the differences and women keep insisting they are the same, then the horse must be wrong? NO, the stupid humans are wrong. A couple of quotes from the article is below: “with women showing more sensitivity, warmth and apprehension than men” “In contrast, emotional stability, dominance, rule-consciousness and vigilance are more typically male characteristics” This comment could be said about most all species, yet humans insist on being politically correct and refuse admit that there are differences and I think the horse Knows it. I have said before you must be willing to admit you do not know something in order to start learning new things. But with the current on going bombardment of misinformation about horses, within the established horse world, most get their misinformation confirmed by the majority so they continue to think they are right, so in their mind, there is not need to change what they think they know. And as usual the horse pays. Link to my video on the Warrior Gene: www.youtube.com This article below hits on the inability of people to see themselves as they are, which is why so many horse people think they are right and believe they can’t be wrong: bps-research-digest.blogspot.com Another article below about women being a …

www.thinklikeahorse.org – I got a question about how I tell the difference between a horse injury and how do you know if it is caused by a hoof or by teeth. I go on a side topic of shoes or no shoes on horses and marks and dangers of rear shoes in pasture. This question was from a video I did on Buddy’s back injury that I think was caused by teeth rather than a hoof. Here is link to that video if you want to see the injury: www.youtube.com I talk about the picture of hoof that is shod here is a link to that page, the picture is about half way down the page: www.thinklikeahorse.org Here is link to Newton’s Law of Motion: en.wikipedia.org Here is another link that shows how the hoof works with no shoe and naturally and how that movement helps blood flow: www.thinklikeahorse.org -

www.thinklikeahorse.org – I cover a lot of topics here about fast movement, slow movement, scaring a horse, understanding horse will get scared and not trying to prevent all fear. By understanding that horses are normally fearful and not always trying to prevent it or stop it and making sure it never happens you end up causing what you are trying to prevent. You end up making a horse spooky by always trying to not scare and prevent from ever getting scared. I also talk about messing with other people’s horses and how other people may be training your horse without you knowing. I also cover for the 100th time, DON’T TRUST HORSE SELLER OR HORSE TRADERS. Do your homework, take your time, don’t rush, double and triple check everything you are told otherwise you will end up buy a pregnant mare and asking me for help and I will end up calling you a dummy. I mention why horses yawn, here is link to my website: www.thinklikeahorse.org

www.thinklikeahorse.org – Here I talk about a question I got about putting a horse in pasture that has been always kept in a stall. Like most horse questions the answer is “It depends”. Lots of factors in all horse questions, lots of variables, in this questions some are type of pasture,…

www.thinklikeahorse.org – This is a three part series on dealing with trains while riding horses. The first shows a train that comes by and the horse has a slight reaction. I also tell a funny story about run from a train robbery. The second video deals with a wooden bridge that is high and does not have rails and I talk about working with a horse on new obstacles. And the third one is short where a train comes by, honks it horn and I walk my horse towards the train as it passes to build confidence. I mention a video where Stupid Humans walk their horses onto thin ice and all the horses fall through the ice. Here is a link to that video: www.youtube.com Don’t write me that at least these idiots saved their horses, they should have never put their horse into that danger. Here is link to Part Two: www.youtube.com Here is link to Part Three: www.youtube.com