Horses Saying "Yes" and "No" - How to Read Your Horse's Emotions
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- Опубліковано 4 вер 2024
- Listening to your horse means being able to read what he's saying through his body language. Horses express fear, joy, confidence, anxiety, confusion and frustration through movements and actions - when you watch for these behavioural signs and respond to them, you start to open up the conversation between you and your horse.
Even though we're talking about 'behaviour', you can see that it's really about 'emotions'. How your horse feels causes his behaviour so emotions and behaviour are inseparable.
When we're looking into the topic of choice and making sure that our horses can safely tell us when they're struggling with something, it comes down to observing your horse's behaviour to figure out how he's feeling about it and then responding appropriately. This gives horses a voice in their training and is key to a fair, safe and trusting relationship.
This video looks into HOW horses express different ways of saying 'yes' (that they're happy with something) or 'no' (that they're unhappy with something).
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Excellent examples
Perfect! This is what I am dealing with with my horse! My horse is free in my round pen and we are making progress! Previously he had to be tied up to put the saddle on. He would just block with his head when I approached with the saddle. No aggression, just blocking! So pleased I have resumed clicker training.
Absolutely LOVE this video!!!! Awesome job, wonderful examples!💕🤗
You're training methods are awesome! Also I subbed
Thanks and thanks :-D Glad you're enjoying the videos!
Great video . Can't help but notice the zorse was much more relaxed without the restraint of wearing a halter and lead . Using the voluntarily stationing behavior while introducing the saddle makes such a difference. I feel the stationary target of the cone (or whatever you choose like a mat) really puts them in their happy place where they know reinforcement will happen 🤠🐎💞
Yes absolutely.The goal is always to have horses who feel just as calm, relaxed and willing with or without the headcollar, but they often have a preference one way at the start depending on their previous experiences. I think that Zulu (the zorse) had a lot of experience of being held and forced in his past, so without the headcollar he felt more able to leave, which gave him more confidence to start with. And, yes, I agree - the target/object/exercise definitely gives them loads of confidence, too, and often becomes their favourite thing to do!
I like your video.💗💗💗👍👍👍
That is really good
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it :-)
My TB would throw his alarm clock out the window rather than get up. He also hated work of any description.
This could be the answer for training my difficult filly, but I’m slightly confused. What do you do if your horse says no to -for example - coming to the mounting block? Do you let riding go for the day? Or do you encourage the horse to say yes? How do you get from a no to a yes with something important? I need my filly to say yes sometimes. She’s quite negative as yet.
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Is that a part zebra? Not good.
Judith, yes he is part zebra. This zebra x arab was rescued by this owner. He'd had a very tough life before this (well, you can see how unhappy he was in the clips 🙁) . Thank goodness he ended up in this fantastic home for life. He's now very happy, settled in the herd and adores his humans! You can see more of his training here: ua-cam.com/video/mY9OCcMyvaQ/v-deo.html