What you do here is fabulous. Horses are big and can frighten grown men. Knowing how to communicate with a horse is primal. But must be taught. Thank you.
Had a cat once who would jump up and hit the light switch. He also would open the door by hanging on the knob and moving it while kicking off the wall to open the door. We thought we were going crazy. The cat and dog were put in the room at night with the door closed and the light out...this same cat would get out of the apartment into the hall. He would jump up and hit the door knocker. He was quite the cat. RIP Cecil
Kathy Wittes My Arabian stallion wasn't getting it when I started liberty training him until he watched intently while I opened the gate latch then opened it himself. I had been attempting to teach him to sidepass through the usual methods and it wasn't working. I demonstrated what I wanted by doing it myself. For the first time he got it 100%. That was last year. He has come a long way since then.
Becky Alexander I have been trying to teach my Arab to count. I have been working 4 a while and he still isnt getting it. Do you have any tips or tricks to help him understand?
I think horses can learn through watching. I teach all my horses a certain way in which they get their treats with verbal commands. One of my horses had never been taught but had the chance to watch me doing this process with another horse and the first time I ever did this with her she was absolutely spot on, just from watching someone else do it.
yes they do. We had a shire foal and one very hot day this summer I sensed something was wrong with him all of a sudden as I was next to him. He still had baby fur. Before it got any worse I grabbed him and another horse that liked water. Filled up a kid pool and let the older horse play in the water in front of the foal making sure he'd watch. Other horse splashed water on herself, playing with her nose and soon enough, the weak foal did the same. 5mins later he was drench and starting running again being himself. He was having a heat stroke.
I think we woefully underestimate equine intelligence and we also use our sliding scale, which is not from the horse's true intelligence process. I bet most of us humans would fail a horse intelligence test if a horse were giving it to us. Equines see and imagine things literally. I think they are among the most literal minded animals on the planet. This is tempered with an outstanding memory. Veterinarians regard horse memory as only second to the elephant. Secondly, if I were to define to someone asking, "What kind of mindset could I expect if I bought a horse for the first time?" I would tell them they are purchasing an animal which is 50% dog mentality and 50% cat temperament. For those reasons alone, it is easy to see why cats and horses get along so well together--and often become friends. Horses are also patient, to a degree--even with us dumb humans. Thirdly, I think horses (and animals in general) have a far finer grasp of voices/sound characteristics. That is, they comprehend voice inflexion, tone, loudness, repetition and rhythm. Also enjoin that with body gestures, posture, and other attributes we humans are . . . basically, pretty "dumb" at getting across and interpreting even with other humans. Let's face it: animals watch us and surveil us at nearly every waking moment. They've learned a lot about us goofy bipeds just by watching. I owned a particularly intelligent horse--at the top of his league--and learned a lot from him over 27 years. He had a very effective all-inertial guidance system which could make complicated judgments and follow through with them.
Y'all would love Alexander Nervzorov. He's a revolutionary horse trainer who worked with veterinarians to show the damage humans do to a horse when working with bits and saddles. While a horse can tolerate riding, in reality, it just goes through the motions for the rider, because the rider is telling it to. After 15 to 20 minutes of riding the horse loses circulation in it's back along with other complications. As for bits, you are hurting the horse every time you yank. Horse's muzzles (like many mammals) are chalk full of nerve endings and very sensitive. Which is probably why working with a horse through coercive means with a bit is see as "most effective" by popular opinion. He's not saying you can't ride a horse, he's just saying for the happiest horse possible keep in minimal and keep their health in mind. After all, riding a horse is for our own pleasure, not theirs. "Just because you can doesn't mean you should." Carylon Resnick (another good trainer).
Jamie Hollaway Jamie Hollaway To be fair, a good chunk of the science he bases his theories on have been debunked several times. Bitless can actually be harsher, as can bareback; a properly fitting saddle evenly distributes weight whereas bareback is more pinpointed. This is why proper saddlefit is so crucial. Bits also do not actually have the nutcracker effect, except for a few select types that are already vastly shunned for being inhumane (such as tom thumbs and cathedral ported mouths), and only under specific conditions in addition to having an anchor point like a curb chain. That is not to say bitless and bareback is a bad thing, it's just a lot more sensitive with a greater risk of doing some pretty significant damage in the wrong hands. Bitless in particular, when it comes to applying pressure on the face as there are hundreds of sensitive nerves that are basically right over bone. The horse's tongue, which is what actually absorbs the mild pressure from the bit, is actually quite adept at it and operates nothing like a human tongue. The equine dental surgeon I spoke to extensively about this very topic has had horses grab her wrist with the middle of their tongues while she was checking their teeth. Of course anything can become abusive in the wrong hands, but that then falls on the person, not the tool itself. My favourite analogy for this is hammers: you can either use them to build a house, or break someone's window. What the tool itself does solely depends on the hands weilding it. It can help, or it can hinder. On that same note, bits are not bad. People who abuse them are. Also by muzzle, I assume you actually mean their mouths? The muzzle is the end of their nose around the nostrils and prehensile upper lip. We don't do anything to that except kiss them 😘 And maybe boop the snoot because they're so cute
Horses smell everything, this is how they learn, test and remember their world. They use smell to communicate everything, all it takes is one sniff of another horse and they know all the details. Have we meet before…are you friend or foe…who’s dominant? Our noses will never have the sensitivity of our horse so trying to communicate or understand their learning methods on this level is probably fruitless.
Not bad - while your "Mathmatical" is misspelled, I would rather see you record everything with that cutie horse near you.. Portable white board is how I see it.. thank you..
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What you do here is fabulous. Horses are big and can frighten grown men. Knowing how to communicate with a horse is primal. But must be taught. Thank you.
Had a cat once who would jump up and hit the light switch. He also would open the door by hanging on the knob and moving it while kicking off the wall to open the door. We thought we were going crazy. The cat and dog were put in the room at night with the door closed and the light out...this same cat would get out of the apartment into the hall. He would jump up and hit the door knocker. He was quite the cat. RIP Cecil
excellent...presented with clarity and insight...your videos are first rate. thank you.
wow thanks for the good class
Amazing. One of your best videos yet. I enjoy when you go deeper into behavioral theory and even make comparisons to other types of animals.
Kathy Wittes My Arabian stallion wasn't getting it when I started liberty training him until he watched intently while I opened the gate latch then opened it himself. I had been attempting to teach him to sidepass through the usual methods and it wasn't working. I demonstrated what I wanted by doing it myself. For the first time he got it 100%. That was last year. He has come a long way since then.
Becky Alexander I have been trying to teach my Arab to count. I have been working 4 a while and he still isnt getting it. Do you have any tips or tricks to help him understand?
I have a gelding that will always push his gate open. I had to put a chain to lock the outside gate.
I think horses can learn through watching. I teach all my horses a certain way in which they get their treats with verbal commands. One of my horses had never been taught but had the chance to watch me doing this process with another horse and the first time I ever did this with her she was absolutely spot on, just from watching someone else do it.
yes they do. We had a shire foal and one very hot day this summer I sensed something was wrong with him all of a sudden as I was next to him. He still had baby fur. Before it got any worse I grabbed him and another horse that liked water. Filled up a kid pool and let the older horse play in the water in front of the foal making sure he'd watch. Other horse splashed water on herself, playing with her nose and soon enough, the weak foal did the same. 5mins later he was drench and starting running again being himself. He was having a heat stroke.
I think we woefully underestimate equine intelligence and we also use our sliding scale, which is not from the horse's true intelligence process. I bet most of us humans would fail a horse intelligence test if a horse were giving it to us. Equines see and imagine things literally. I think they are among the most literal minded animals on the planet. This is tempered with an outstanding memory. Veterinarians regard horse memory as only second to the elephant. Secondly, if I were to define to someone asking, "What kind of mindset could I expect if I bought a horse for the first time?" I would tell them they are purchasing an animal which is 50% dog mentality and 50% cat temperament. For those reasons alone, it is easy to see why cats and horses get along so well together--and often become friends. Horses are also patient, to a degree--even with us dumb humans. Thirdly, I think horses (and animals in general) have a far finer grasp of voices/sound characteristics. That is, they comprehend voice inflexion, tone, loudness, repetition and rhythm. Also enjoin that with body gestures, posture, and other attributes we humans are . . . basically, pretty "dumb" at getting across and interpreting even with other humans. Let's face it: animals watch us and surveil us at nearly every waking moment. They've learned a lot about us goofy bipeds just by watching. I owned a particularly intelligent horse--at the top of his league--and learned a lot from him over 27 years. He had a very effective all-inertial guidance system which could make complicated judgments and follow through with them.
Y'all would love Alexander Nervzorov. He's a revolutionary horse trainer who worked with veterinarians to show the damage humans do to a horse when working with bits and saddles. While a horse can tolerate riding, in reality, it just goes through the motions for the rider, because the rider is telling it to. After 15 to 20 minutes of riding the horse loses circulation in it's back along with other complications.
As for bits, you are hurting the horse every time you yank. Horse's muzzles (like many mammals) are chalk full of nerve endings and very sensitive. Which is probably why working with a horse through coercive means with a bit is see as "most effective" by popular opinion.
He's not saying you can't ride a horse, he's just saying for the happiest horse possible keep in minimal and keep their health in mind. After all, riding a horse is for our own pleasure, not theirs.
"Just because you can doesn't mean you should." Carylon Resnick (another good trainer).
Jamie Hollaway Jamie Hollaway To be fair, a good chunk of the science he bases his theories on have been debunked several times. Bitless can actually be harsher, as can bareback; a properly fitting saddle evenly distributes weight whereas bareback is more pinpointed. This is why proper saddlefit is so crucial. Bits also do not actually have the nutcracker effect, except for a few select types that are already vastly shunned for being inhumane (such as tom thumbs and cathedral ported mouths), and only under specific conditions in addition to having an anchor point like a curb chain. That is not to say bitless and bareback is a bad thing, it's just a lot more sensitive with a greater risk of doing some pretty significant damage in the wrong hands. Bitless in particular, when it comes to applying pressure on the face as there are hundreds of sensitive nerves that are basically right over bone. The horse's tongue, which is what actually absorbs the mild pressure from the bit, is actually quite adept at it and operates nothing like a human tongue. The equine dental surgeon I spoke to extensively about this very topic has had horses grab her wrist with the middle of their tongues while she was checking their teeth.
Of course anything can become abusive in the wrong hands, but that then falls on the person, not the tool itself. My favourite analogy for this is hammers: you can either use them to build a house, or break someone's window. What the tool itself does solely depends on the hands weilding it. It can help, or it can hinder. On that same note, bits are not bad. People who abuse them are.
Also by muzzle, I assume you actually mean their mouths? The muzzle is the end of their nose around the nostrils and prehensile upper lip. We don't do anything to that except kiss them 😘 And maybe boop the snoot because they're so cute
@@katdeans3951 Yep, the horse´s muzzle is probably my favourite part of the entire universe...
ur incredible!
I don’t have a Horse. But I’m going watch this video as I love horses 🐴
God gives us all these gifts at different levels, thus we’re each unique individuals.
This is a great video, I learnt a lot, but it is bugging me SO hard how you spelt mathematical instead of mathematical!
Icecream5572 at first I didn't understand your comment haha it's "mathmatical" :')
Artsy Poodle it’s mathematical
Think about it mathe matical, do we really say that?
Xout 59 Yes, and it’s the correct spelling.
Thats because she excels in creativity ,than memory LOL . but she has a brilliant speaking voice so she's pretty good socially too ...
Amazaaaaazing 😍😍😍😍🇧🇭🇧🇭🇧🇭
Horses smell everything, this is how they learn, test and remember their world. They use
smell to communicate everything, all it takes is one sniff of another horse and they know all the details. Have we meet before…are you friend or foe…who’s dominant? Our noses will never have the sensitivity of our horse so trying to communicate or understand their learning methods on this level is probably fruitless.
Not bad - while your "Mathmatical" is misspelled, I would rather see you record everything with that cutie horse near you.. Portable white board is how I see it.. thank you..
good info, but the classroom is not what i think of when gaining horse knowledge and communication. just my personal choice.
Yes but math really doesnt show intellegance as math is all human made symbols thats it
So horses are like toddlers?
Damn I'm early
mary nowak same
Wasnt she just repeating the same thing over and over in the first 2 minutes?
ugh if folks dont know this then they have no reason to hav ean nimal...