Introduce Spurs and reward the correct response
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- Опубліковано 19 тра 2022
- I introduce riding with spurs and work through her responses and reward the correct response
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I would never have thought that putting a "cowhorse" out to pasture with cows could be injurious to the cattle! Wow! PLEASE CONSIDER DOING A SERIES OF VIDEOS ON 'HORSE TYPES', INCLUDING BLOODLINES (IMPORTANT!) OF VARIOUS BREEDS, TEMPERMENTS, HABITS, ETC. THIS WOULD BE SO BENEFICIAL TO THOSE OF US TRYING TO CHOOSE A HORSE THAT'S TRULY SUITABLE FOR US. I know you mention various aspects throughout your videos, but a series would be mo' betta, in that it would give us newbies a 'map' of what's most likely a good match, and what to avoid. Ex. I've heard you refer to 'hot' lines. What and who are those bloodlines? I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY OTHER TRAINER REALLY DO SUCH A SERIES. Just a 5 minute video, once per week would do the trick. As the one lady did in a more recent video (May/June 2024, horse with the 4 misaligned hooves), I cannot conceive of buying a nice horse and NOT having you ride it to determine if it's as represented and filling holes in training. Thank you so much!
She adjusted well.
I'm sure once you start working her, you might get a little push back until she understands what you are asking.
Thanks for sharing, positive first experience..take care
I am posting videos about 2 weeks after they are recorded. Today this horse is at 6 weeks and doing very nice.
I have two cow breed horses ones an ex- cutting horse and the other is an ex- Reiner as sweet as they can be , but both do have fight in them and both which are mares by the way, will even pin there ears at the ranch dogs and chase them. My ex-cutter chased a heron out of the pasture with her ears pinned love my cow horses they are great horses once they realize who’s boss, also love your channel I watch every video 🤠
Thank you.
The behavioural profile you are describing is just like some of the hard working typs of dogs, sounds really interesting
I can see how that would be very similar.
I watched a young woman on here that said the same thing aboutFlight or Flight but she also added Freeze. In my limited experience I’ve found that to be true but that I can help direct it into one of the the other choices. I think the horse is looking for the right answer but doesn’t know what that is. I’d like to hear your thoughts on it, and were you right about what I’m working with…
Thanks for the free information, it is appreciated.
I do see some horses that freeze but that is much less common. I trained police horses for 15 years and the response we wanted from them was to freeze so that is the response that I rewarded. All horses learn from the release of pressure. When they find the answer that the handler or rider is looking for and the person releases that pressure then the horse learns what what the right answer is for the pressure being applied.
So interesting about the "fight" in the cowhorse, and putting it to use. So relevant to keep her selfesteem while demanding softness and directing. When in training do you normally start moving their hindquarters? And why? I ask because I thought disengagement was a safety matter, but I have been hesistant about it with my young horse because I worry that some youngsters harm their joints in the backfeet if I don't take some care in this.
Honest question. Why are spurs better than no spurs?
Good question. Spurs are an extension of your heel. If you ask your horse to move off your leg and he does it then great, but if he doesn't do it, then you have the spur as a tool to add more pressure to get the desired response. Just like if you are lunging your horse, and you point with the lead and smooch. If the horse moves out then great but if he doesn't move out then you use a lunge whip to get the desired response. Spurs should be used in the same way. In this video I am getting the horse accustomed to spurs just like you would get a horse accustomed to a lunge whip.
What does that mean, exactly? “Cow bred”
Also - why is she swishing her tail so much? Just because she’s mad? Lol