The problem of the high set bit was especially interesting... very educational, Steve! Thank you for explaining so clearly and demonstrating the issue with the bit and the solution. I always learn so much watching your videos! You have such a great combination of knowledge and expertise, kindness and humor. You're by far the best horse trainer on TH-cam! Thanks to you and Tanya for sharing these awesome videos!
I just adopted a 20+ year old PercheronX thats 16’3H and he walks right over me at 110# 5’3. He had not been handled other than a trim on his hooves every couple years for over 10 years. The previous farrier said he wasn’t mean, just no respect and you have to be very careful trimming him. He deserved to be adopted into a loving home. I am now trying to work with hm and sure wish I had someone like you to work with. I appreciate your videos, they inspire and teach me! Thank you Steve!
@@Tam-Solo70 Every bad behavior is reinforced every time they get away with it. Watch Steve, large and in charge is dangerous. If you can’t “bump” him back out of your space, you can try adding in aids until he “gets it”, he cannot be allowed into your space unless you choose it, you are alpha. You are using his halter to control his feet, if you need a round pen, get one, and the flag Steve uses, any aid like a lunge whip (used to control space, you don’t hit them with it ever, it’s behind or in front). If you need to “teach” leading and backing you can with a chain show lead, use liked a western curb strap or stud chain, as a training aid, in an enclosed space. His not respecting human space is dangerous. He must not be allowed to push or pull you, or bite or kick you, and he can learn that, but after 20 years, you will need to be an alpha that he can feel that you are alpha. Novices really shouldn’t handle horses with behavior problems, let alone old horses with health problems they might not understand. A complete health exam should be performed, eyesight, hearing, teeth, soundness. I’m surprised they let you adopt him if he is not easy for you to handle on the ground, that in itself is human error.
I've gotten through that with my shire, 17.1h 2150lbs (best weight, still aiming back there after a foal) . Unhandlelable by anyone. Would drag people around, chest bump them out of the way. Could only have hooves done in a cage or she`d crush farriers. Lead mare, extremely dominant and knowledgeable. She still knows how much stronger than a human she is. I worked around that It has to be a 2 fold approch. Make the horse want to be with humans and value them first. Then you can start showing more and more as it values you more and more. Your horse isnt a beginners horse. If you try to go all alpha on it you will get injured. He'll respect you for a while, then see an opportunity and snap. But if you show him the goodness of mankind, he will enjoy humans and tend to be good to them. Plus he'll come right to you when you call him
Kudos for having this lesson even with the major distraction of a nearby whinnying horse! Having watched your videos I've learned that we unwittingly create potentially dangerous situations when we don't set boundaries and reward horses coming into our spaces (uninvited) with affection and treats.
Spent a bit of time in New Zealand recently. Made four Australian Stock saddles over the years for my mates there. No one told me they were riding horses of the type you are handling here. Quarter draught at the very least, and a few roans amongst them. Very mountainous in Kiwi land. They like the big strong horses to get amongst the peaks. As always love what you do. Regards...
I can’t get enough of your training videos! Thank you! I love the information you share when you’re giving the horse soaking(thinking) time. I’ve learn A LOT every time you speak. 👍😁
Brilliant … yes, he was more settled after working with him for that little while. I think he’ll be much improved and a happier boy if she adopts your methods. That bit was really tight on him … good thing she mentioned it, or she could have continued on that way indefinitely. Thanks for sharing! Happy Trails! 🙏🙌✝️❤️🇨🇦
Oh my goodness, he's absolutely STUNNING!! He'll be a good boy when you're finished, and hopefully his owner will follow your recommendations and have a happy relationship with him. ❤
I have the same problem with my big cob .. he actually went over me now I’ve lost all confidence.. due to sending him to a a different rider and I’m absolutely gutted now I have my big boy back a different dangerous horse .. thank u so much for this video means sooo much 🙏🙏
Yes! You gotta keep telling him how good you are, for sure, or he's gonna walk right through you. Its all just great horse psychology. Trouble is you always hand them back, while you have fixed them for you, they haven't forgotten the shenanigans, but have learned not to do it to you. Many don't regress, but some will, if the owner remains fearful.
Beautiful horse unusual markings,very big & heavy horse with a mind of his own but having really good training with Steve so he should learn something not to be so pushy with his owner,🐴💙💙🥰😊
Cool. Neat horse. I just recently learned the distraction exercise. My fidgety horse can literally play this with me for 10 minutes till he starts to keep his focus on me. Great way to get your timing down too. Just an all around helpful exersize.
I was asked by a mum, about to lead her young child, how would I prevent the pony putting his tongue over the bit , I suggested lowering the bit by 2 holes each side. When he returned from his lesson she said he had stopped putting his tongue over, not once did he do it , so it worked a treat for him. Was so pleased the pony was comfortable with that , what I find distressing is most people would put a Flash or grackle noseband on to literally clamp the horses mouth shut, I don't agree with trying to solve a problem for the horse with anouther problem for the horse, stop, and think, what is the horse trying to tell us and why rather than just tying his mouth shut because he opens it, there is always a reason and always an answer, the right answer for the horses welfare. Great demo, lots of learning. Thanks
I’ve noticed over decades that horse people pick up their horse knowledge from others they associate with that don’t really know horses. There is a lot of the knowledge that I took for granted being in a showing 4-H group in the 1960’s. We did book work, were tested, had to demonstrate knowledge and skills and were graded, that we knew how to do everything Steve teaches. Right down to every part of the horse, the tack, the different bits, how to properly fit saddles, all of the ground work, all of the training work, all of the riding work, all of the care, the cleaning. To be able to teach ourselves and our horses, everything to win smooth perfection of Halter, Western Pleasure, Trail, Horsemanship, Jumping, Flying Lead Changes, Perfect smooth gait changes without any noticeable commands (if you’ve ever watched world championship western pleasure classes, everything is just a slight shift of weight change). Basically push button perfection on the ground and under saddle with old fashioned Quarter Horses (like in old westerns). They were not the very odd breeding of today, over muscled prone to locking stifles, tiny heads, small bad feet prone to navicular, and serious sloughing skin disorders. They have done the breed a real inbreeding disservice. I remember when they bred in the “thoroughbred racing quarter” in the late 1960’s that was big trouble. They had already bred out the smart brains, pleasant disposition and good feet of racing stock by then, in the U.S. All linked back to Big Red, Man O’War. Then the 2 main Quarter stallions of that time did the rest to quarter horses. Like the exaggerated perverted Arabians here, are now so dishy they can’t breathe properly.
Dear Steve . No bs . Yes Iim a aussie. And our Mr Hoy has been told he is to old to ride In the Olympics by his doc. He has dedicated his life . And I know if you know your sport and best friend you can create the best . Yes Im a Australian and I can't remember our Australian team out out of the Olympics. 65 isn't to old to ride . We know he is good . He is apart of our Olympics. And 65 isn't to old . I love him so should the rest of us
Lovely heavy weight hunter type, shire coat colour with Clydesdale markings. The owner should have great fun on him ride/drive if she wanted he's got the conformation.I think his nice nature will help the owner iron out any handling kinks in the future with the help from Steve.
I trained and worked horses for years, mostly for other people. Every time a very small or fragile woman approached me to work with her horse it turned out she had a very large, pushy horse like this one. As an average size woman at 5'6", I always wondered what neurosis makes tiny women want those large unruly horses. Best I can come up with is they want to achieve a sense of "huge" control of something massive. And they do not know that to control that massive thing you have to be the brains of the operation BEFORE you can gain control. The women I met with the problem had been convinced by bad books and bad TV and movies, that all that massive creature needs is to share your love and control both on the ground and under tack will be created. Maybe "little-nes" and spending your life feeling overlooked by others makes little women crave "huge" control of a horse that they cannot achieve in their daily "non horse" life. And after a bit the horse becomes just your disrespectful pasture pet. All because the huge horse that stokes your ego never bought into the idea that mutual fantasy love of human for horse and horse for human would take care of all that nasty training stuff. Napoleon Bonapart(sp) had issues with being short and dealt with it by conquering other countries. But the man knew how to have and control horses so they could function as he needed them to. Great video, Steve.
Yea, seen that. My foster sister „shared“ a hardly trained stallion with the older smallish woman. My foster sister was at least gutsy and somewhat fit, so she could handle him much better. The only thing is, perhaps the other dream was to sit on top of such an magnificent beast and look down on the rest of the world. I think you can train a tall horse being small, but you need to be „mean“ and move the feet, and horses are specialists in reading body language.
Groundwork. That’s what it comes down to and that’s what people seem to not want to do or don’t know how. I’m glad he’s wonderful horse to ride. But that doesn’t matter if he’s knocked flat and stepped on you on the way to the riding corral or whatever. A friend of mine has had several horses over the years and he refuses to ride any horse for the first month that he has it. He works solely on groundwork. Saves a lot of trouble later on.
A lot of people do lessons that only teach you how to ride and then go straight out and buy a horse so have gotten zero experience in ground work, teaching manners and horse behaviour. I used to hate learning all the ground work with my trainer growing up but my good I'm grateful for it now.
Cruel? Steve has learned from the absolute best, most knowledgeable horsemen in the industry. He is anything but cruel. Ridiculous, uneducated comment…
Don't think so, just a typical heavy draft neck i see on mares and geldings. Stallions crest is much more pronounced and it goes fallen when they're cut after it develops. I don't see any flopping on this horse. Doesn't need to have been a Stallion to be pushy. Growing up with people not teaching it to respect people's spaces from a foal is enough to end up with this behaviour. See plenty of it with pictures all over social media having foals laying ontop of people with 'isn't this soo cute' . No, no it isn't just raising it too be dangerous and end up at the knackers yard when it eventually injuries someone
steve turned his garage into a big make shift stall for nita and baby and is keeping watch on her, any minute now we could have a new baby in the world.
Could it have something to do with the name change? I noticed I am not subscribed to Steve Young Horseman ship edits and tutorials, although I was subscribed to Steve Young horsemanship.
Marty Roberts Join-Up is called for! The horse will learn to completely relax and feel safe! Its his insecurity that makes him want to be a bully and probably testosterone thrown in as well.
Only if she stays in charge. This horse needs a leader. He read her gentleness as giving way to him. So it gave him the impression that he was Man of the House.
That horse is indeed beautiful. Thank you for your work, ❤
The problem of the high set bit was especially interesting... very educational, Steve! Thank you for explaining so clearly and demonstrating the issue with the bit and the solution. I always learn so much watching your videos! You have such a great combination of knowledge and expertise, kindness and humor. You're by far the best horse trainer on TH-cam! Thanks to you and Tanya for sharing these awesome videos!
I agree 100%
Yep!👍👍❤️
Steve, your skills with horses is amazing. Keep helping them. 😊
He is gorgeous!!
He is stunning, my absolute dream horse 😍 I love cobs and cobby breeds ☺️ This video is AMAZING thank you Steve, so educational!
I just adopted a 20+ year old PercheronX thats 16’3H and he walks right over me at 110# 5’3. He had not been handled other than a trim on his hooves every couple years for over 10 years. The previous farrier said he wasn’t mean, just no respect and you have to be very careful trimming him. He deserved to be adopted into a loving home. I am now trying to work with hm and sure wish I had someone like you to work with. I appreciate your videos, they inspire and teach me! Thank you Steve!
@@Tam-Solo70 Every bad behavior is reinforced every time they get away with it. Watch Steve, large and in charge is dangerous. If you can’t “bump” him back out of your space, you can try adding in aids until he “gets it”, he cannot be allowed into your space unless you choose it, you are alpha. You are using his halter to control his feet, if you need a round pen, get one, and the flag Steve uses, any aid like a lunge whip (used to control space, you don’t hit them with it ever, it’s behind or in front). If you need to “teach” leading and backing you can with a chain show lead, use liked a western curb strap or stud chain, as a training aid, in an enclosed space. His not respecting human space is dangerous. He must not be allowed to push or pull you, or bite or kick you, and he can learn that, but after 20 years, you will need to be an alpha that he can feel that you are alpha. Novices really shouldn’t handle horses with behavior problems, let alone old horses with health problems they might not understand. A complete health exam should be performed, eyesight, hearing, teeth, soundness. I’m surprised they let you adopt him if he is not easy for you to handle on the ground, that in itself is human error.
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I've gotten through that with my shire, 17.1h 2150lbs (best weight, still aiming back there after a foal) . Unhandlelable by anyone. Would drag people around, chest bump them out of the way. Could only have hooves done in a cage or she`d crush farriers. Lead mare, extremely dominant and knowledgeable. She still knows how much stronger than a human she is. I worked around that
It has to be a 2 fold approch. Make the horse want to be with humans and value them first. Then you can start showing more and more as it values you more and more.
Your horse isnt a beginners horse. If you try to go all alpha on it you will get injured. He'll respect you for a while, then see an opportunity and snap.
But if you show him the goodness of mankind, he will enjoy humans and tend to be good to them. Plus he'll come right to you when you call him
Kudos for having this lesson even with the major distraction of a nearby whinnying horse! Having watched your videos I've learned that we unwittingly create potentially dangerous situations when we don't set boundaries and reward horses coming into our spaces (uninvited) with affection and treats.
He’s got a lot to say about this one on one business!!
I love it. He’s definitely “engaged”his way!❤❤
Spent a bit of time in New Zealand recently. Made four Australian Stock saddles over the years for my mates there. No one told me they were riding horses of the type you are handling here. Quarter draught at the very least, and a few roans amongst them. Very mountainous in Kiwi land. They like the big strong horses to get amongst the peaks. As always love what you do. Regards...
He's absolutely beautiful!❤
What a thick beauty of a horse. Wonderful to see him learning. Hope to see updates on him with his owner. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Steve! ❤️🇨🇦
I can’t get enough of your training videos! Thank you! I love the information you share when you’re giving the horse soaking(thinking) time. I’ve learn A LOT every time you speak. 👍😁
What a gorgeous horse. And what a great job once again.
Besides being a great trainer, you’re fun & funny.
Brilliant … yes, he was more settled after working with him for that little while.
I think he’ll be much improved and a happier boy if she adopts your methods. That bit was really tight on him … good thing she mentioned it, or she could have continued on that way indefinitely.
Thanks for sharing!
Happy Trails! 🙏🙌✝️❤️🇨🇦
❤
You do make your videos very entertaining love your comments love from Australia ❤❤❤
Great video, thanks Steve!🇨🇦🥰Sharon.
He looks like a half bred Clydesdale with his build and lovely Polygenic Sabino colour and markings.
I like his build and the color. Hope he works out well for his owner. Thank you for sharing.🐴
Oh my goodness, he's absolutely STUNNING!! He'll be a good boy when you're finished, and hopefully his owner will follow your recommendations and have a happy relationship with him. ❤
Thank you Steve, another informative and entertaining video, always learn something. ❤
He is gorgeous 😊
I have the same problem with my big cob .. he actually went over me now I’ve lost all confidence.. due to sending him to a a different rider and I’m absolutely gutted now I have my big boy back a different dangerous horse .. thank u so much for this video means sooo much 🙏🙏
He is an absolutely beautiful horse. ❤😍
Yes! You gotta keep telling him how good you are, for sure, or he's gonna walk right through you. Its all just great horse psychology. Trouble is you always hand them back, while you have fixed them for you, they haven't forgotten the shenanigans, but have learned not to do it to you. Many don't regress, but some will, if the owner remains fearful.
Your so good at your ability to show how it is really the person that needs to be trained.
Lovely horse❤
Another beautiful boy.
Beautiful horse unusual markings,very big & heavy horse with a mind of his own but having really good training with Steve so he should learn something not to be so pushy with his owner,🐴💙💙🥰😊
Beautiful horse! 🐎
What a splendid horse that is!
Cool. Neat horse.
I just recently learned the distraction exercise. My fidgety horse can literally play this with me for 10 minutes till he starts to keep his focus on me. Great way to get your timing down too. Just an all around helpful exersize.
I was asked by a mum, about to lead her young child,
how would I prevent the
pony putting his tongue over the bit , I suggested lowering the bit by 2 holes each side.
When he returned from his lesson she said he had stopped putting his tongue over, not once did he do it , so it worked a treat for him.
Was so pleased the pony was comfortable with that , what I find distressing is most people would put a Flash or grackle noseband on to literally clamp the horses mouth shut, I don't agree with trying to solve a problem for the horse
with anouther problem for the horse, stop, and think, what is the horse trying to tell us and why rather than just tying his mouth shut because he opens it, there is always a reason and always an answer, the right answer for the horses welfare.
Great demo, lots of learning.
Thanks
I’ve noticed over decades that horse people pick up their horse knowledge from others they associate with that don’t really know horses. There is a lot of the knowledge that I took for granted being in a showing 4-H group in the 1960’s. We did book work, were tested, had to demonstrate knowledge and skills and were graded, that we knew how to do everything Steve teaches. Right down to every part of the horse, the tack, the different bits, how to properly fit saddles, all of the ground work, all of the training work, all of the riding work, all of the care, the cleaning. To be able to teach ourselves and our horses, everything to win smooth perfection of Halter, Western Pleasure, Trail, Horsemanship, Jumping, Flying Lead Changes, Perfect smooth gait changes without any noticeable commands (if you’ve ever watched world championship western pleasure classes, everything is just a slight shift of weight change). Basically push button perfection on the ground and under saddle with old fashioned Quarter Horses (like in old westerns). They were not the very odd breeding of today, over muscled prone to locking stifles, tiny heads, small bad feet prone to navicular, and serious sloughing skin disorders. They have done the breed a real inbreeding disservice. I remember when they bred in the “thoroughbred racing quarter” in the late 1960’s that was big trouble. They had already bred out the smart brains, pleasant disposition and good feet of racing stock by then, in the U.S. All linked back to Big Red, Man O’War. Then the 2 main Quarter stallions of that time did the rest to quarter horses. Like the exaggerated perverted Arabians here, are now so dishy they can’t breathe properly.
Dear Steve . No bs . Yes Iim a aussie. And our Mr Hoy has been told he is to old to ride In the Olympics by his doc. He has dedicated his life . And I know if you know your sport and best friend you can create the best . Yes Im a Australian and I can't remember our Australian team out out of the Olympics. 65 isn't to old to ride
. We know he is good . He is apart of our Olympics. And 65 isn't to old . I love him so should the rest of us
My God he is Gorgeous!!!
yes, i noticed too how high the bit is, you taught me that Mr. Steve.
18.50 horse is saying ' it's ok mum I've got this' ❤
Great video. very informative. ❤
Thank you for this video! Very informative.
which breed is that horse? I've never seen a horse like this before. So beautyful
I'm wondering what that horse weighs? He is so sturdy and a beautiful horse.
Lovely heavy weight hunter type, shire coat colour with Clydesdale markings. The owner should have great fun on him ride/drive if she wanted he's got the conformation.I think his nice nature will help the owner iron out any handling kinks in the future with the help from Steve.
Tanyia ,give poor steve a back scratch 😂😂😂😂
happy birthday! ❤
I trained and worked horses for years, mostly for other people. Every time a very small or fragile woman approached me to work with her horse it turned out she had a very large, pushy horse like this one. As an average size woman at 5'6", I always wondered what neurosis makes tiny women want those large unruly horses. Best I can come up with is they want to achieve a sense of "huge" control of something massive. And they do not know that to control that massive thing you have to be the brains of the operation BEFORE you can gain control. The women I met with the problem had been convinced by bad books and bad TV and movies, that all that massive creature needs is to share your love and control both on the ground and under tack will be created. Maybe "little-nes" and spending your life feeling overlooked by others makes little women crave "huge" control of a horse that they cannot achieve in their daily "non horse" life. And after a bit the horse becomes just your disrespectful pasture pet. All because the huge horse that stokes your ego never bought into the idea that mutual fantasy love of human for horse and horse for human would take care of all that nasty training stuff. Napoleon Bonapart(sp) had issues with being short and dealt with it by conquering other countries. But the man knew how to have and control horses so they could function as he needed them to. Great video, Steve.
Yea, seen that. My foster sister „shared“ a hardly trained stallion with the older smallish woman. My foster sister was at least gutsy and somewhat fit, so she could handle him much better.
The only thing is, perhaps the other dream was to sit on top of such an magnificent beast and look down on the rest of the world. I think you can train a tall horse being small, but you need to be „mean“ and move the feet, and horses are specialists in reading body language.
What a cracking horse. Such a change in him but I’m guessing it’s not this years recording as the carpet isn’t down?
Groundwork. That’s what it comes down to and that’s what people seem to not want to do or don’t know how. I’m glad he’s wonderful horse to ride. But that doesn’t matter if he’s knocked flat and stepped on you on the way to the riding corral or whatever. A friend of mine has had several horses over the years and he refuses to ride any horse for the first month that he has it. He works solely on groundwork. Saves a lot of trouble later on.
A lot of people do lessons that only teach you how to ride and then go straight out and buy a horse so have gotten zero experience in ground work, teaching manners and horse behaviour.
I used to hate learning all the ground work with my trainer growing up but my good I'm grateful for it now.
Beautiful horse, looks a lot like my blue roan TWH Flash.
Definately cannot have a horse disrespecting personal space.
Brilliant work as usual ❤you could do with teaching some of the kids that are little swines 😂😂😂
Ovely! Thanks!
Cruel? Steve has learned from the absolute best, most knowledgeable horsemen in the industry. He is anything but cruel. Ridiculous, uneducated comment…
Lovely horse but something wrong with the fronthooves? Too long?
I agree. Feet too forward.
So disappointed with so many ads. They disrupt the flow of such great videos.
That neck leads me to think he may have been cut late and ran as a Stallion for a while. Giving him a pushy attitude.
Don't think so, just a typical heavy draft neck i see on mares and geldings. Stallions crest is much more pronounced and it goes fallen when they're cut after it develops. I don't see any flopping on this horse.
Doesn't need to have been a Stallion to be pushy. Growing up with people not teaching it to respect people's spaces from a foal is enough to end up with this behaviour. See plenty of it with pictures all over social media having foals laying ontop of people with 'isn't this soo cute' . No, no it isn't just raising it too be dangerous and end up at the knackers yard when it eventually injuries someone
I keep wondering how Nita is. ❓Has she given birth ❓
Same here
I haven’t heard anything yet
steve turned his garage into a big make shift stall for nita and baby and is keeping watch on her, any minute now we could have a new baby in the world.
@@pam-x2k thank you.😊
I’m still on pins and needles!
If he gets lighter with the bit, could he loose that thick nose band?
Great video. Just wondering where all your subscribers have gone? I noticed I had been unsubscribed for some reason 🤷♀️
Oh yes, I looked just now and saw I had been unsubscribed too! What’s with that?
Thank you for pointing it out!
Could it have something to do with the name change? I noticed I am not subscribed to Steve Young Horseman ship edits and tutorials, although I was subscribed to Steve Young horsemanship.
@@EnglishJoanInOregon I just noticed I’m not subscribed on another channel I was too! It might be across the board, weirdly.
I've learned more watching Heartland the Canadian TV series.
When you ask the horse to have his full attention on you, and his head is forward, are you looking at him or his feet in this instance?
It is NOT a horse problem. The owner does understand horses. She needs to learn something.
trying to guess his breeding, am thinking maybe Clydie/quarterhorse.....
He is very long in the barrel. Clydie cross and here in Australia we'd simply label him a "clumper". Usually great to ride.
Had to make him pay attention. Not an easy task. Every horse is not as smart as some.
Beautiful horse. I could see the concentration problem. He very badly wanted to show off and interact with the audience.
amazing
Marty Roberts Join-Up is called for!
The horse will learn to completely relax and feel safe! Its his insecurity that makes him want to be a bully and probably testosterone thrown in as well.
He does stuff for you but will he do it for his owner ???
Only if she stays in charge. This horse needs a leader. He read her gentleness as giving way to him. So it gave him the impression that he was Man of the House.
The horse should be in the audience watching the owner be trained. Horse way to fat!
Yanking... *sigh*
Charlatan and he knows it.
???
Don't like this man and think he is cruel.
Who??
Brilliant work as usual ❤you could do with teaching some of the kids that are little swines 😂😂😂