Why We Don't Use Blinders or Blinkers With Our Percheron Cross Working Horses
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Many folks have asked us why we don't use blinkers with our standardbred percheron crosses while working in the woods and around the farm at Rugged Ridge Forest.
This video not only covers why we decided to work the horses like we do, but also demonstrates us backing the horses into a tight and spooky situation, showing how no blinders help horses with their situational awareness as well as keep them from getting spooky! - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Thank you so much for this video, Sir. I'm surprised actually anybody asks about not getting blinders on horses. The blinders are for extremely lazy people who don't care about the animals being comfortable at all. It's actually abuse.
Just watch pics of horses pulling fire engines back in the days. Barely any was blinded, and THOSE horses really had to stay as calm and focused as possible, because human's life partially depended on how them. That's why people actually bothered to take PROPER care of the animals.
Can tell your horses LOVE you!!
Thanks a ton : )
I would say tradition is the reason why they are used. And as always with tradition, if you don't see any reason why to follow it, don't.
It's very good of you to explain it for everybody. You really understand how to work together with your horses.
Take care!
Thanks so much Marianne
I borrowed a friend's horse hitched up without blinders .. worst runaway ever , totally smashed all my equipment ... lucky horse was okay , but had never been driven without blinders before . .so if they're trained with blinders ...........
I heard that blinders were originally used so that the horses couldnt see the whip. Meaning that if you had one slow and one faster horse you could give an aid to the slower horse without making the fast horse even faster
Theres some good reason to that. I am having some challenge having hugo match Hilde (she is 10 and he is 3.5 after all). I speak to them by name and try and direct my line flick to encourage hugo forward while limiting my pressure on Hilde. Its coming along but not perfect yet. Miles and hours! Thanks for the feedback!
I'd say desensitizing horses to the whip just "waving" around without being used to give aid to the particular horse would do the job, as far as I know it's widely practiced just so horses, whatever their role would be, won't get spooked and stay calm. And it doesn't take forever to achieve, so here we go again with human laziness. Not to mention you could theoretically use the whip on the slower horse's side, so it's unlikely the other one would see it.
Love your speaking voice ❤
Thank ya kindly : )
Hi Josh, I just got a Cross Draft from the Amish and he is about 6. I plan is to trail ride him. He is green broke to ride but I notice he does not like when I try to mount him from the mounting block and after watching your video i occurred to me it could be bc my horse is use to wearing blinders. Wondering how I get him use to not wearing them? At this point I am just slowly working him......with the mounting block. Thanks
Miles and hours! It took a while to get my mare to stand well at the block, but repetition and having someone to help you hold her at first is the key. Reward her lovingly when shes perfect and try it again when shes not. Dont repeat the effort once they do it perfectly, just move on with the ride : ) do it every day and one day itll click
I log with my horses and the blinders actually shield their eyes from brush and branches. This video makes no sense logically. I also wear safety glasses when running a chainsaw, it protects my eyes from chips. This same pair of ponies ran away with a toy manure spreader for no reason other than a lack of control on the part of the green teamster. I would not take advice whether philosophical or practical from someone who can't even back a 2 wheeled cart into a shed without 5 minutes of seesawing and frigging around.
Well said!
Never use blinders ..
Amen!