Beautiful to see these amazing horses treated with respect, kindness & patience that they well deserve, my beautiful standardbred i owned for 21 years.
You're welcome! I completely forgot about this day, Bear did so well. Thanks for the compliments and the extra compliments for the camera girl! Much appreciated :)
This is a great video. I am considering buying a Standardbred female 17 y.o. I found her to be quite calm. I agree that the typical cues I have given Quarter Horses... left her confused. She was rescued from a killpen 3 months ago. The current owners were told that she may have pulled a cart. Today, she was extremely attentive and thinking the whole time...she really tried for the answer to my cues even though she didn't know them. She never seemed afraid. My current leased horse is quite afraid of many things yet, and I have soley been working on groundwork since June with her to eliminate as much fear and anxiety as possible. I miss riding and need to know as much as possible about gaited horses. Thank you! This helps a bit.
I have a standardbred that we have adopted a month or so ago. We have been working with him for about 5 months though. He is really anxious when trying to put the saddle on. Any tips for us on how to ease this. He stands still and we can get the saddle on, but I don't like the thought of him hating it, or being scared of the process and us just doing it anyway.
Work on other things. There's a decent chance he struggles a bit with "contact points". This means that things touching him on both sides or just many points is troubling. Get blankets, tarps, pads, ropes etc and start working on things hanging off him a bit. Do your best to go with him if he moves, don't tie him for any of this (no idea what your training regime is so I'm shotgunning it here) and provide lots of reassurance along the way. Make sure to check out if your can wrap things around him like a cinch. Maybe get a bareback pad and start with that. He may be anticipating something, so you'll have to change his mind about any worry in ways that work for him. All horses are different but work on getting his head down for relaxation for things. What are the things you are seeing that lead you to believe he's worried or anxious? Those are clues to that can help take you in a direction. Perhaps back pain? There are all kinds of avenues to take
@@StableHorseTraining I can tell he's nervous because his whole demeanor changes. He brings his head up high and his face is just anxious, worried eyed tight lip. But the things you said makes sense. I will have to find some relaxation things as well. Thank you!
I just got a standard that was a pacer, then (appearantly) a lesson horse that was what seems to be little more than pony rides on a string...now he's spoiled, protesty and trantrumy when asked to do anything he doesn't want to that needs to be worked through.
Sounds like you have of things to learn about horses as your description simply blames the horse all the way through. There will be a time when you learn to communicate well with horses and look back on this time and realize that the solution was never with the horse, it was always going to be with you.
I'm not blaming him at all, what I know works on the other horse I ride doesn't with him and gives mixed cues and confuses him... I'm learning his personality, exploring what he knows just as he's learning me... somethings it's just a a couple inches further up or back on a leg cue is all that's needed, or use of a looser rein... he's smart, quick on the uptake and expressive. He's tell me a lot and each day we both step closer to both mutual understanding and partnership.
Beautiful to see these amazing horses treated with respect, kindness & patience that they well deserve, my beautiful standardbred i owned for 21 years.
Thank you, Graeme, such an easy to understand and simple video. Also, your camera person did a good job as well!
You're welcome! I completely forgot about this day, Bear did so well. Thanks for the compliments and the extra compliments for the camera girl! Much appreciated :)
Aww he looks a sweet gentle horse He was waiting as if to say look just hurry up and get on me will you
Yes, that seems to be a consensus among others that have seen this video. He's very calm and level headed about it all, just a really nice horse.
This is a great video. I am considering buying a Standardbred female 17 y.o. I found her to be quite calm. I agree that the typical cues I have given Quarter Horses... left her confused. She was rescued from a killpen 3 months ago. The current owners were told that she may have pulled a cart. Today, she was extremely attentive and thinking the whole time...she really tried for the answer to my cues even though she didn't know them. She never seemed afraid. My current leased horse is quite afraid of many things yet, and I have soley been working on groundwork since June with her to eliminate as much fear and anxiety as possible. I miss riding and need to know as much as possible about gaited horses. Thank you! This helps a bit.
You're welcome! My pleasure, glad it helped
Great video thank you
Thank you :)
I have a standardbred that we have adopted a month or so ago. We have been working with him for about 5 months though. He is really anxious when trying to put the saddle on. Any tips for us on how to ease this. He stands still and we can get the saddle on, but I don't like the thought of him hating it, or being scared of the process and us just doing it anyway.
Work on other things. There's a decent chance he struggles a bit with "contact points". This means that things touching him on both sides or just many points is troubling. Get blankets, tarps, pads, ropes etc and start working on things hanging off him a bit. Do your best to go with him if he moves, don't tie him for any of this (no idea what your training regime is so I'm shotgunning it here) and provide lots of reassurance along the way. Make sure to check out if your can wrap things around him like a cinch. Maybe get a bareback pad and start with that. He may be anticipating something, so you'll have to change his mind about any worry in ways that work for him. All horses are different but work on getting his head down for relaxation for things. What are the things you are seeing that lead you to believe he's worried or anxious? Those are clues to that can help take you in a direction. Perhaps back pain? There are all kinds of avenues to take
@@StableHorseTraining I can tell he's nervous because his whole demeanor changes. He brings his head up high and his face is just anxious, worried eyed tight lip. But the things you said makes sense. I will have to find some relaxation things as well. Thank you!
@@chasingourdreams6675 you're welcome :)
I just got a standard that was a pacer, then (appearantly) a lesson horse that was what seems to be little more than pony rides on a string...now he's spoiled, protesty and trantrumy when asked to do anything he doesn't want to that needs to be worked through.
Sounds like you have of things to learn about horses as your description simply blames the horse all the way through. There will be a time when you learn to communicate well with horses and look back on this time and realize that the solution was never with the horse, it was always going to be with you.
I'm not blaming him at all, what I know works on the other horse I ride doesn't with him and gives mixed cues and confuses him... I'm learning his personality, exploring what he knows just as he's learning me... somethings it's just a a couple inches further up or back on a leg cue is all that's needed, or use of a looser rein... he's smart, quick on the uptake and expressive. He's tell me a lot and each day we both step closer to both mutual understanding and partnership.
Well, that sounds a heck of a lot better! I hope it goes really well