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First i would wonder why all of a sudden she doesn't like being brushed. Has she got any discomfort, skin infections, stomach ulcers. If we know there is no pain involved then I would start to reward for relaxation. So only when she isn't nuzzlling your pockets. Have you done any work like this before.

@@myyounghorses thankyou for the reply! i have rewarded with food before and she responds well to this but does get a bit impatient for the food! i really want to start using positive reinfocement with her, because your approach seems much more kind, but i am a bit lost at where to start :(

@elinguelinckx624 you need to start behind a stable door so you can ignore the impatience and wait calmly until she is standing in a neutral posture. If you go into my website conniecolfox.com/ you should be able to book a free call so I can get you started. 💕

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I am sorry you had to experience that

Thats really interesting, I always think they are showing me how clever they are, but I am not sure whether their brain works that way so feeling good for overcoming a challenge sounds more probable

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@myyounghorses I work with mustangs (as a hobby). I train almost exclusively with +R. And there are many skills (such as trailer loading) I teach initially at liberty. Because it’s remarkable how willing, brave and quick learning these wonderful animals are when we recognize their feelings and give them some choice. It’s just so, so refreshing to see professionals utilizing more gentle methods ♥️

@@ostarasloom7205 Over here in the uk the horses aren't as wild as yours can be, i am assuming you are from the US. There are some very unhandled horses but most have seen humans even if its in a negative context. I did have a mare who was 7 and had had a foal and neither had ever been touched. The mare responded really welll. She is now competing at quite a high level. You must be super good at reading them as I expect they won't tolerate to many mistakes. Do you post any of your training?

@ yes, I’m in the US 🙂 The mustangs are interesting, some of the herds have some exposure to people in the wild and some do not. And of course their experiences with humans during the roundups and while in holding affect them as well. So nice to hear of how successful your mare is! It is no surprise though considering she has a fantastic trainer ;) I do think I’m pretty good at reading them. Otherwise I’d think I’d have been quite seriously hurt by now 😆 As far as tolerating mistakes.. I think that kind of depends on the context of the mistake. If a mistake has been made because focus is being put on the wrong things (rushing, trying to get a specific task done at a specific time - no matter what, choosing to ignore the horses feelings, etc).. then I would say yes, you can expect them to react quite negatively. But we can hardly hold that against them! However, when it comes to innocent little slip ups, such as reaching towards them a little too quick when they’re not ready, thinking you broke down a learning task in to small enough pieces when you didn’t, etc. I have actually found them to be remarkably, remarkably forgiving. Sometimes it moves me to tears. No, I don’t post any content. I don’t have much of an interest to. Just prefer to kind of do my own thing over here quietly. 🙂

@@ostarasloom7205 Thats really interesting. I have always done it as a business and the pressures can def slow things down. I am wanting to try and make an income elsewhere so I can train fewer horse better 💕

thanks so much. i will try to do more

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Brilliant Connie, great video, love your training methods

@@SharonJones-ej9bz Thanks so much Sharon

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The horse is looking for a partnership not a chef . if given free will they pair bond for life .🐎

Thanks so much. I haven't done one in a while I must find time

I think I knew he couldn't get rid of me so he was trying to get rid of his stress 💕

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I think you are right he is definitely worse in the stable

What an amazing experience for you both, it seems like fate you met each other, how incredibly heart warming

@myyounghorses wonderful to see your gentle methods. So glad there are horses out there finally learning they can have trusting homes and to see your videos inspiring others 💜

the thing about training with food is that they feel good about the food so you can change their emotions. Training with pressure there is often a negative feeling so you might get to the same result. A horse "behaving" but to me it is how the horse feels about the behaviour. If he feels relaxed and happy then their is no need for him to attack me. I hope that makes sense. Thanks for the comment

Certain horses develop strong expectations to food, and when there is none, you are in hospital then. Pressure, positive reinforcement, countercontitionig, and desensitization are all part of the same toolbox for individual horse training. You can not separate them, or claim that one beats the other every time, more so because in the majority of cases, you should use a combination of them.

@@myyounghorses dude.... if pressure training is a negative experiance then you are doing it wrong, pressure training shouldn't be positive or negative, it should just be as neutral as having a conversation, because ultimately that's what it is, it's a conversation with your horse in their natural language, pressure and release is a huge way horses comunicate, it's how they move as a herd, set boundaries, get to know each other, asking them to do something is no more negative to them then you being asked to do something from your boss, and also it's how you set a boundary for no, by limiting that ability you actually make an extremely toxic relationship with your horse, both parties should have the abilities to say no, no is not negative, it's just healthy comunication for both horses and humans to understand So why are you saying one is better then the other when you don't even know how to do one correctly

@@AnimaTriste you explained it a lot better then I did, thank you

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Thanks so much for the comment. I just love training horses

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Thanks so much for commenting from France. He ended up being a sweet horse x

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You are so kind

Thanks so much for your kind commetn I'm not really very patient, I just know what I am doing is going to work for the horse's long term well being and a quick fix won't.so I just keep at it 💕🐎💕

i use food rewards

So you teach the horse that if you make a noise like a click then reward then the click will equal a reward which they want. So the will learn to increase the behaviour when they hear the click. So if everytime they touched a object you clicked and rewarded they would then increase the times they touch the object because they want more food. There are lots of things you need to be aware of as you don't want a horse that muggs your pockets for food so the first thing i teach is to stand in a neutral posture to recieve the food. I hope that helps

I teach him to come when I call him and then bit by bit I have asked him to move his quarters over rewarding each step until he understands the sequence

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