I rehomed my 2 horses. I'm 83 and did not want to have something happen to me and have someone else have to worry about how to find them a good home for them. Luckily I had just come upon Steve Young Horsemanship just 8 months prior. I past along my enthusiasm and success I had for and with your training and treatment of horses and was thanked for it as time went on. It also made me feel better about my horses going to another home.
Susan, thanks for your comment about a subject not often talked about. Sounds like you did the absolute best you could for your beloved horses! Blessings! ❤️🐎👍🌟
Agree with you Steve, it is a privilege that horses allow us to do the things we do with them. Because of you, when I bought my 2 year old I noticed that she didn't like me in her other eye. I have worked on this for the past 2 years to the point I'd say she is now balanced....so thank you for sharing this, it has helped us so much.
I don’t even own a horse, but I’m fascinated with all things related to animal behavior, love your videos and have learned so much! Thank you and wishing you all the best in 2024.
Tanya also knows so much about this subject that she knows the right questions to ask. And she makes comments that adds a lot to the lesson. Thanks Steve and Tanya for your wonderful teamwork. ❤❤
Brilliant video. For some reason I've always trained both my horses from both sides, mounting etc. My horse lost his left eye last year and because I've always saddeled and worked from the other side just as much, he is not at all spooked or worried when I'm on his right side where his healthy eye is. His illness happened quick and was horrible and it can happen to any horse. It would have been a nightmare if he wasn't used to me doing everything from both sides. This is so important 😊
A year ago, I would not have been able to answer the question postulated at the beginning, now after a year, and watching every one of SYH's videos on this platform, I could easily see "horse not liking you on the RHS". I am not a horse person per say, as I do not own one, but I do find these animals to be truly fascinating. I was fortunate enough to be able to spend some time, as a young teen, working a couple of summers on my uncle/aunts farm where there were several horses and this is where my fascination started. I also love a good mystery, and how behavioural problems are solved. What Steve, Tanya and the Family do for horses AND people, in such a positive caring manner, is truly inspiring. Thank you for sharing your kindness and knowledge. Wishing you All The Best in 2024.
You two are my equine go to!!! Thankyou so very much! I'm 56 fulltime Grandma raising 4 of my grandchildren. We're currently raising 2 fillies, 1 Azula, a cheaky girl♡ an 18 month Mustang from Twin Peaks herd in North California & a 6 month old Dun/Tobiano QH from South Dakota Ranch. We reside in East Valley Arizona 🌵 🤠 👢 HAPPY 2024 LOVELY FREINDS♡ ....thankyou so much for all you do for us out here in techy' land. Kiss that beautiful Rolex for me❤
What a gorgeous and sweet-natured horse!! And what the other commenter said does make sense that the left-eye habit of the horse is most likely because humans are mostly right-handed.
Hi Steve and Tanya .. I’m from the US and never even had a horse. I had 5 children who are grown now. I was caught by your videos because something you said rang so true to me….. the horse wants the safety and security to know you’re in charge.. then they can relax and not try to nervously or aggressively control things. I thought of my kids when they were young and surprisingly I thought same thing about them! Hahaha.. They knew I was in charge and what was expected of them and kindness is so important. Your videos make so much practical sense to me! Also I love the interaction between You and Tanya..it’s so refreshing to see! Keep up All the good work u2 are doing….There’s a bigger message you bring than just horse training.
FACINATING stuff...will never own a horse in my lifetime but love watching and learning about these beautiful animals. THANK YOU Steve and Tanya...you make my day! 🥰🇨🇦Sharon.
Steve you are wonderful with horses. Keep helping them with your talent. I love watching your videos. You are doing exactly what you should be doing. Great job.
I asked for a horse every birthday and Christmas until eventually giving up.. 73 yrs old now and I get to understand everything I knew I would love about the horse I never had. XXX
I never asked for one, because I never thought I would get one anyway. After our K9 dog died, I got a horse, but things weren't right, so I only had her for about 5 months or so, unfortunately, she was sent off to slaughter, I had no say, it was a different age without internet, and I'm still heart broken about the whole thing after all these years (~32). I'll probably never get the opportunity to have a horse, which just makes me sad. I'll try to make it work out to get riding lessons at some point.
I just learned something amazing today , that horses use two separate parts of their brain 🧠 for each eye ! Wow ! I did not know that ,thanks Steve for sharing this you and your wife are a good team 😊 🐴🤠🫶🏼🇺🇸
I'd just like to say I know people who like horses but don't own or won't be able to own horses who watch your channel and learn about horse safety for the few times they are around horses. Thanks for having good content that isn't only on the subscription side where people can learn. For some people, a ride in a carriage on a vacation might be their only contact with horses. Perhaps its renting a ride while on vacation. Thanks for covering both of those topics.
This lesson is a good way to help everyone, the best horse I ever rode you could get on her right or left side, we road her bare back no bridle, she was a sweetheart, child friendly too. we would call her to the fence climb on and ride her when ever we wanted. we used our feet and hands to guide her. I think when one can do that everyone is happy even the horse. She had to tolerate alot, i was 3 when i started climbing on her with my brother and sister and they were 5 and 6 yrs. Imagine being a horse and 3 little kids wiggling around getting on an off and just standing there allowing it all... lol I think of Red and how amazing she was when i listen to you share your thoughts about horses and how they think.
My dad told me, because I was too young to understand the biology, he said all horses are left eye dominant. Trying to get them to use their right side is like you trying to write with your opposite hand. I did lunge him a lot on the right because he did always seem to startle so much on his right side.
😊so good to have you both back. Rolex is beautiful. Love that he’s so compliant but still interested in everything. Lovely dark, kind eye. I have always led my horses from both sides. To me it made sense and was taught to me when I was learning to be a shepherd. I tended 800 cows and 2000 sheep. It was on hill country, including an actual mountain. You couldn’t always choose where you had to get off or on. So mounting and dismounting was on both sides too. I can totally recommend it. My cow pony was the calmest, best thinking horse I’ve ever known. He was brilliant and I think it was because he never spooked ( except once when he touched an electric fence - he ground tethered and just walked a few paces away while I was helping a ewe) but being calm allowed him to think. about things.
Hi Steve have been a long timer watcher and love your work , I have trained broken in most of all my riding horses , competed in western riding for 25 years and I have a home bred qh shes is an amazing sole broke her in like her mum bare back and halter and then onto tack up riding I use horsemanship method ( no force or spurs ect ) but my 11 year old has started to get lazy and not move off my leg and has got super shut down taken advantage of my method ( she’s very smart and if she can avoid work hard to move forward) I am feeling frustrated as I don’t want to use “force” to make her move forward , I have reset to lunge with flag for respect which has worked but then on her back it’s like we’ll make me !! 🤨would love to see a vlog on lazy shut down clever minded horses what to do 😌Thankyou Sarah x
Every time I watch one of your videos, I leave with new tidbits of powerful knowledge (and a yearning to either be adopted by you two or become, at the very least, your good friend) 😂 Would love to buy you both a beer one day!
What a new concept: two horses in one! What a revelation on how to understand a horse’s behavior and to help horse to not be afraid. I’m not a horse person but I find all these tips fascinating, thank you so much and have a fantastic year helping these beautiful creatures be understood and well treated.
Being right-handed, it does preclude us to grabbing the lead rope with the right hand, putting us on the left side of the horse. Great advice for us to consider the other side to be a different horse, for training purposes! It also trains us to use our left hand for leading, making us more balanced.
I was taught that the reason for us mounting from the left is, more of us are right handed. Also, halters and bridles are made to be put on from the left.
Well explained. As the vision of the horse's two eyes is not overlapping and not connected in the brain, it also can happen that they first easily walk by something new and on the way back they spook because it's in the other eye and the horse may not recognise that it's the same thing they have already seen. Happened to me with a tractor trailer and my Haflinger pony Nico back in 2009. On our way back from a short ride, he wouldn't want to pass by the trailer again, now having it in his left eye. I would probably have been able to just pass by the trailer on the other side, but as I wanted him to see that there's no danger and he was easy to back up, I rode him backwards 360 degrees all around the whole trailer until we stood at the same spot where he hadn't wanted to pass. Then I asked him to move forward and he passed without a problem
what a Gorgeous horse. i didn't know you were getting Rolex back. how wonderful. Steve you are so wise. I recently watched a Neuro- scientist discuss some things about how all brains are "wired" in mammals. Some Olympic athletes are now using this technique you often discuss. If they learn something new or break a record, they want the Athlete to sleep "on" that last successful lesson or goal . Isn't that an amazing analogy regarding your training ;) Im a dog trainer and love to watch you with horses . thank you for taping!
I've noticed the left and right on many horses. But my current one doesnt exhibit that. She`s my first draft horse though. It`s been very refreshing. I go as far as letting her choose a shoulder and she will choose either left or right to be led from
The really interesting thing and something to be aware of is that, even having worked to get the horse used to everything from the right, the first time you put a saddle pad, saddle or rug on from that side, most horses will tip their head to the left and flinch or jump to the right. They're not used to seeing equipment fly over their backs and come down in the left eye! Another tip. Many of us older, stiffer, riders may not be able to mount on the right, but we can still dismount that side, even if it has to be a lazy 'leg over the neck' manoeuvre. 😊
Idle thought...horses are usually led from their left side, and they are more comfortable with you on that side. However, dogs are often led from their right side; I'll have to pay attention while working at the clinic to see if dogs are more comfortable with us on their right side. I might learn something! Happy New Year, folks! 🎉
I lead both side, get up both side and do everything on both side because my horse never seemed to experience the 2 brain mentality to start with. I see that my actions are keeping her balanced.
@@LadybassguitarplayerI have two greyhounds, one walks on the left and the other on the right. I can change sides with them but I have more problems than the dogs 😂 my Rosie always prefered the right side and Tyson left side. I'm sure it's different with dogs than horses
I Loved that you rode in the rope halter! I'm a big believer in that. ☺. Thank you for the wonderful knowledge and education about the right eye, it makes so much sense! I, too, wish I had known that long ago. You have probably helped more horses than you know with your videos. Thank you and Tanya. 🐴🌷
Always wanted a horse, was never able to get one. I’m now 45 years old, and will probably never get one, but I love your videos! Maybe living vicariously through you! Keep up the great work!!❤❤
So very interesting ! I had a horse when I was much younger but I’ll always be a horse lover and love watching & learning from your videos. Thank you !!
Thank you! I've been saddling from the right for years due to having a hand injury which makes that easier. BUT, this had a lot of good advice on other things I can do to help keep him balanced!!
I have all this fascinating knowledge about horses that I have learnt from you over the months but sadly I never see a horse. Maybe one day I will see one and will enjoy the experience more because of you. I watch the royal guards on horseback and see the public (regardless of the warning signs) go right up close to the side of horsed for a selfie thinking either side of the horse will be OK. Often it is not and they get a shock. People should not interfere with working animals especially when they are told not to.
Did Steve knot the left-side halter “backwards” with the end pointing forward? It’s a symptom of the discombobulation he mentioned as result of working “left-handed” . Left-side horse handling developed because of right-handed folk, ya? To become ambidextrous will benefit our own coordination and balance as well as the horse psychology. (My own laughable efforts to draw and to write script left-handed served to improve dramatically the later performance of my right hand.) I really appreciate your videos. Happy trails from California!
Steve and Tanya, thank you so much for this brilliant video. Training to put the halter and tack on from the left is such a great way to break the mold of spookiness on the left. Love the way Steve shows you how to do it step by step, explaining how it's awkward at first. I like what Steve has to say about not needing to mount on the left (his knee), and to just spend time there stroking, encouraging, and taking in the sunshine, and giving love. What a beautiful way to help balance the horse. Happy New Year, dear horse communicators, and Happy Trails.
Great reminder, thank to you both for your continued devotion. Glad you seem to be enjoying having Rolex back right down to the little chuckle when he stopped. You make an excellent point re: 2 horses in 1 in their natural unhandled state they are 2 horses & people being creatures of habit also handle them a lot more on one side, so you have the good twin and the skittish twin LOL until people desensitize them on both sides. Decades ago I did some Competitive Trail Riding on: Appys, QHs, Quarabs & Arabs in Canada and a few in the States. Working on both sides was something we did because you never knew when you'd have to dismount nor in which terrain, so Tanya made an excellent point you need to get them used to it before being able to safely get on/off either side, lead either side and even (occasionally in really rough steep terrain) have them moving ahead of you uphill while you are following while gripping their tail! You couldn't be out in the middle of nowhere and try these things just willy nilly. But I hadn't thought about that in ages! So thanks again for the reminder. psst Can't help it decades of daily visual inspections I think Rolex might have a bit of a peanut. One more reason I prefer mares. 😝
Thank you both for bringing us more insight on our horses. I remember you discussing this in one of your videos and I'm working with my filly on this. My mature horses are fine when I work with them on both sides.
Most sensible advice ever given. Thank you for sharing what should be done by any trainer that starts a horse and even breeders should start with foals from the very first day if possible. Happy new year to you. Looking forward to more of your videos this year. 🐎❤🐴
Thank you Steve for such an informative insight. I have thought for a long time that everyone involved with horses should learn to do things on the right hand side, as you mentioned Doing everything on the left hand side of your horses, stems from tradition (historically). From when soldiers / cavalry had their weapons attached to their left hand side e.g swords. They are then out of the way when mounting the horse. Riding schools, the BHS and other equine institutions should encourage us the to do things on both sides of the horse. Thank you for all you do to improve the lives of horses and their owners.
Interesting about the reason one side was trained with people! Possible for the swords the be on their backs or be able to be shifted to either side, I would say.
Knocked the nail on the head. My big guy lovely sweet quiet horse. Easy to back so I thought..but. Tendency to buck and explode in trot and canter . Just tested him.. wow only on the right reign. I haven't ridden him in over 4 years as we couldn't figure it out . After seeing the right eye problem today. He will be ridden this year. If I can I will make a video or two for u. If you are interested. He is really visually in panick on his right side. Now I know it's normal. We will fix it. Ty again. Oh those of u who haven't opted for the members only you are missing out. It's not expensive and has really helped boost my confidence and experience. To get info that Steve is sharing for such a small monthly price is truly amazing
Love this video. I actually do most of my stuff from the right side of the horse. I even lead from both sides, mount from both sides. Tack up from both sides. Horses have 2 brains. Hence the 2 Rolex. As far as rope halters this is what I was demonstrated, close your eyes, lift both arms and have a friend (spouse, Partner) put the rope halter on 1 arm and the Nylon Halter on the other. Which one would you want to wear for hours on end??? Also why has everything been done on the right hand side??? Think about when horses were the only source of transportation, and then the wars hit? What were soldiers wearing?? Swords, with them being mainly right handed what side was the sword on??? The left, which makes mounting the horse from the right side easier. And then it just stuck. Steve hope this helps explains and answer some of those questions. Steve you tied the halter wrong.
💝🌟 So interesting and helpful to think of one horse as two individuals… Horse R with a right eye and horse L with a left eye, yet they are the same being… Horse RL. So really it’s simple to solve, with time and patience? Work on both sides of the horse, maybe do each activity with horse on both sides, so you and they become ambidextrous, or as Steve says, balanced.
I'm currently working with an unbalanced horse, but I've noticed that she prefers me on the other side of her & will turn her head so that she can see me from her right eye & not her left, so that's quite unusual! It must be her evil twin keeping an eye on me lol 🤣
Thanks for this video. I never knew about the left eye-right eye factor before your videos. Rolex is beautiful to watch. Wondering why they didn't want him anymore.
Oh Rolex is fab horse beautiful colour. You are a brilliant teacher,as you probably know I don’t have my own horse but I take in all you say. Really enjoyed the video.
Rolex is a beautiful horse so well mannered he’s beautiful. I’m glad he is in your hands again well Steve u explained that so well I never that about horses eyes that was so fasanating
Guess that's why the do everything from both sides training came from. I wonder if horses were always left eye dominant or have they evolved that way over thousands of years because a large percentage of humans are right handed? Back in the sword days, it was carried on the left side for a right handed draw. Much easier to swing the leg over the horse without sword on that side, which is where left side mount came from. Historically, in many cultures, being left handed was a sign of the devil or evil. Thus, even lefties were forced to write and fight with their right hand. Something to ponder on these cold nights
Hi Steve I smiled when you accidentally said “dead hide of an hanimal “……… we must hail from the same area .Putting a H on the word after, is me 😂 eg…hear hole ….instead of ear hole 😂😂😂 keep up the amazing work 👌
I've started to incorporate more stuff from the right side. Saddling, getting on and off.... I am awkward and clumsy but it's very very slowly getting better. I've always led from both sides so that's sth. :-)
thanks steve and tanya , so interesting and very relevant to me having just bought a very lightly handled 8 month old colt a few weeks ago, he was very much not wanting me on that right side , but i have made a point of doing more on that side and hes now doing really well, your video will certainly make me even more conscious and understanding now of working on that side with everything and hopefully it will help get him off to a great start in life , thanks again love you guys!
Not enough work on the right!! Always work evenly!!! Happy New Year, Steve and Tan!!! Your friend the Retired Paramedic and a very tired Horse Trainer, on baby watch duty for foal number 5, last one of the year for me!!, in Ontario, Canada, Jenn 💖 🇨🇦
Steve, thank you for not training your horses into that ridiculously low headset on Western horses that I started to see right after I no longer had horses.
As they say knowledge is power! It takes a life time to partly know life……let along another living creature! But I wished I had UA-cam in my youth! But thank you for showing so much on here!
When you go down the blocked side, go slowly and do not use a stick or flag. It takes time for a horse to adjust to your presence. You are entering his "home" and needs to be done slowly and respectfully.
I wish I’d known you when I was young, but at least I’m able to learn and maybe pass it on before my time is up. You’ve taught me a lot about patience and how to get my horse to do what I need while not ever being unkind. You were the first trainer I found on the internet that did not preach running a horse around in a round pen to gain respect. Thank God because it just felt wrong to me to do that. Thank you for all of your help and guidance. I love you guys!
I rehomed my 2 horses. I'm 83 and did not want to have something happen to me and have someone else have to worry about how to find them a good home for them. Luckily I had just come upon Steve Young Horsemanship just 8 months prior. I past along my enthusiasm and success I had for and with your training and treatment of horses and was thanked for it as time went on. It also made me feel better about my horses going to another home.
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Susan, thanks for your comment about a subject not often talked about. Sounds like you did the absolute best you could for your
beloved horses! Blessings! ❤️🐎👍🌟
Rolex sure does step out in his trot , absolutely beautiful
Agree with you Steve, it is a privilege that horses allow us to do the things we do with them. Because of you, when I bought my 2 year old I noticed that she didn't like me in her other eye. I have worked on this for the past 2 years to the point I'd say she is now balanced....so thank you for sharing this, it has helped us so much.
I don’t even own a horse, but I’m fascinated with all things related to animal behavior, love your videos and have learned so much! Thank you and wishing you all the best in 2024.
Tanya also knows so much about this subject that she knows the right questions to ask. And she makes comments that adds a lot to the lesson. Thanks Steve and Tanya for your wonderful teamwork. ❤❤
You are so right. Tanya has a lot to contribute.
Wow, what a lesson this was! Never realize about the eyes! You are a great teacher!
What a stunner he is! He obviously loves Steve so much and is so wanting to please.
You mentioned it would take beyond a lifetime to become a great horseman. Thank you for helping us get there a little sooner!
If I lived to be 150 I wouldn't know much. There is SOOOOO much to know.
I always told students, the more you learn, the more you realize you don’t know. That it is a lifetime journey is the best part of it.
Exactly. Learning tends to teach you how much more there is to learn. @@wolfmare50
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That was such an interesting lesson! What a perfect horse Rolex is, he's gorgeous x
Brilliant video. For some reason I've always trained both my horses from both sides, mounting etc. My horse lost his left eye last year and because I've always saddeled and worked from the other side just as much, he is not at all spooked or worried when I'm on his right side where his healthy eye is. His illness happened quick and was horrible and it can happen to any horse. It would have been a nightmare if he wasn't used to me doing everything from both sides. This is so important 😊
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A year ago, I would not have been able to answer the question postulated at the beginning, now after a year, and watching every one of SYH's videos on this platform, I could easily see "horse not liking you on the RHS".
I am not a horse person per say, as I do not own one, but I do find these animals to be truly fascinating. I was fortunate enough to be able to spend some time, as a young teen, working a couple of summers on my uncle/aunts farm where there were several horses and this is where my fascination started. I also love a good mystery, and how behavioural problems are solved.
What Steve, Tanya and the Family do for horses AND people, in such a positive caring manner, is truly inspiring.
Thank you for sharing your kindness and knowledge.
Wishing you All The Best in 2024.
You two are my equine go to!!! Thankyou so very much! I'm 56 fulltime Grandma raising 4 of my grandchildren. We're currently raising 2 fillies, 1 Azula, a cheaky girl♡ an 18 month Mustang from Twin Peaks herd in North California & a 6 month old Dun/Tobiano QH from South Dakota Ranch. We reside in East Valley Arizona 🌵 🤠 👢 HAPPY 2024 LOVELY FREINDS♡
....thankyou so much for all you do for us out here in techy' land.
Kiss that beautiful Rolex for me❤
What a gorgeous and sweet-natured horse!! And what the other commenter said does make sense that the left-eye habit of the horse is most likely because humans are mostly right-handed.
Hi Steve and Tanya .. I’m from the US and never even had a horse. I had 5 children who are grown now. I was caught by your videos because something you said rang so true to me….. the horse wants the safety and security to know you’re in charge.. then they can relax and not try to nervously or aggressively control things.
I thought of my kids when they were young and surprisingly I thought same thing about them! Hahaha.. They knew I was in charge and what was expected of them and kindness is so important. Your videos make so much practical sense to me! Also I love the interaction between You and Tanya..it’s so refreshing to see! Keep up All the good work u2 are doing….There’s a bigger message you bring than just horse training.
FACINATING stuff...will never own a horse in my lifetime but love watching and learning about these beautiful animals. THANK YOU Steve and Tanya...you make my day! 🥰🇨🇦Sharon.
Steve you are wonderful with horses. Keep helping them with your talent. I love watching your videos. You are doing exactly what you should be doing. Great job.
I asked for a horse every birthday and Christmas until eventually giving up.. 73 yrs old now and I get to understand everything I knew I would love about the horse I never had. XXX
I never asked for one, because I never thought I would get one anyway. After our K9 dog died, I got a horse, but things weren't right, so I only had her for about 5 months or so, unfortunately, she was sent off to slaughter, I had no say, it was a different age without internet, and I'm still heart broken about the whole thing after all these years (~32). I'll probably never get the opportunity to have a horse, which just makes me sad.
I'll try to make it work out to get riding lessons at some point.
I just learned something amazing today , that horses use two separate parts of their brain 🧠 for each eye ! Wow ! I did not know that ,thanks Steve for sharing this you and your wife are a good team 😊
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I'd just like to say I know people who like horses but don't own or won't be able to own horses who watch your channel and learn about horse safety for the few times they are around horses. Thanks for having good content that isn't only on the subscription side where people can learn. For some people, a ride in a carriage on a vacation might be their only contact with horses. Perhaps its renting a ride while on vacation. Thanks for covering both of those topics.
Hi Steve & Tanya!! Thank you!! 😊❤️
Love the idea of swapping the rope halter round 👍
This lesson is a good way to help everyone, the best horse I ever rode you could get on her right or left side, we road her bare back no bridle, she was a sweetheart, child friendly too. we would call her to the fence climb on and ride her when ever we wanted. we used our feet and hands to guide her. I think when one can do that everyone is happy even the horse. She had to tolerate alot, i was 3 when i started climbing on her with my brother and sister and they were 5 and 6 yrs. Imagine being a horse and 3 little kids wiggling around getting on an off and just standing there allowing it all... lol I think of Red and how amazing she was when i listen to you share your thoughts about horses and how they think.
What a beautiful memory you have shared. I could envision the whole experience. Just simply lovely!!!!
@@keng8156 thank you. I owe my love of horses to her. Best friend i ever had.
Rolex is an absolute stunner! in his attitude and exterior but mainly his attitude I love! Great Job!
My dad told me, because I was too young to understand the biology, he said all horses are left eye dominant. Trying to get them to use their right side is like you trying to write with your opposite hand. I did lunge him a lot on the right because he did always seem to startle so much on his right side.
I wonder if there's any reason to do everything on the left side - aren't we creating this one-sidedness?
😊so good to have you both back. Rolex is beautiful. Love that he’s so compliant but still interested in everything. Lovely dark, kind eye. I have always led my horses from both sides. To me it made sense and was taught to me when I was learning to be a shepherd. I tended 800 cows and 2000 sheep. It was on hill country, including an actual mountain. You couldn’t always choose where you had to get off or on. So mounting and dismounting was on both sides too. I can totally recommend it. My cow pony was the calmest, best thinking horse I’ve ever known. He was brilliant and I think it was because he never spooked ( except once when he touched an electric fence - he ground tethered and just walked a few paces away while I was helping a ewe) but being calm allowed him to think. about things.
Hi Steve have been a long timer watcher and love your work , I have trained broken in most of all my riding horses , competed in western riding for 25 years and I have a home bred qh shes is an amazing sole broke her in like her mum bare back and halter and then onto tack up riding I use horsemanship method ( no force or spurs ect ) but my 11 year old has started to get lazy and not move off my leg and has got super shut down taken advantage of my method ( she’s very smart and if she can avoid work hard to move forward) I am feeling frustrated as I don’t want to use “force” to make her move forward , I have reset to lunge with flag for respect which has worked but then on her back it’s like we’ll make me !! 🤨would love to see a vlog on lazy shut down clever minded horses what to do 😌Thankyou Sarah x
Every time I watch one of your videos, I leave with new tidbits of powerful knowledge (and a yearning to either be adopted by you two or become, at the very least, your good friend) 😂 Would love to buy you both a beer one day!
Brilliant horse man.
What a new concept: two horses in one! What a revelation on how to understand a horse’s behavior and to help horse to not be afraid. I’m not a horse person but I find all these tips fascinating, thank you so much and have a fantastic year helping these beautiful creatures be understood and well treated.
Being right-handed, it does preclude us to grabbing the lead rope with the right hand, putting us on the left side of the horse. Great advice for us to consider the other side to be a different horse, for training purposes! It also trains us to use our left hand for leading, making us more balanced.
Very good insight, another reason we sometimes automatically work from the left.
Lovely to hear more from Tanya! x
I agree and i always wonder if Tanya rides out with steve and charlotte?
@@elinorcj5875No, I don’t believe she does ride very much, however, she’s extremely instrumental in the running of this channel!
Beautiful horse! Great explanation and tip Steve.
I was taught that the reason for us mounting from the left is, more of us are right handed. Also, halters and bridles are made to be put on from the left.
Thank you so much!!!
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Well explained.
As the vision of the horse's two eyes is not overlapping and not connected in the brain, it also can happen that they first easily walk by something new and on the way back they spook because it's in the other eye and the horse may not recognise that it's the same thing they have already seen. Happened to me with a tractor trailer and my Haflinger pony Nico back in 2009. On our way back from a short ride, he wouldn't want to pass by the trailer again, now having it in his left eye. I would probably have been able to just pass by the trailer on the other side, but as I wanted him to see that there's no danger and he was easy to back up, I rode him backwards 360 degrees all around the whole trailer until we stood at the same spot where he hadn't wanted to pass. Then I asked him to move forward and he passed without a problem
Lovely to see you. Smashing lesson. I love Rolex. Thank you. X😊
what a Gorgeous horse. i didn't know you were getting Rolex back. how wonderful.
Steve you are so wise. I recently watched a Neuro- scientist discuss some things about how all brains are "wired" in mammals. Some Olympic athletes are now using this technique you often discuss.
If they learn something new or break a record, they want the Athlete to sleep "on" that last successful lesson or goal . Isn't that an amazing analogy regarding your training ;)
Im a dog trainer and love to watch you with horses . thank you for taping!
I’m so glad you addressed this! I also have periodically flipped my rope halter around, also mount and lead from the offside.
I've noticed the left and right on many horses. But my current one doesnt exhibit that. She`s my first draft horse though. It`s been very refreshing. I go as far as letting her choose a shoulder and she will choose either left or right to be led from
The really interesting thing and something to be aware of is that, even having worked to get the horse used to everything from the right, the first time you put a saddle pad, saddle or rug on from that side, most horses will tip their head to the left and flinch or jump to the right.
They're not used to seeing equipment fly over their backs and come down in the left eye!
Another tip. Many of us older, stiffer, riders may not be able to mount on the right, but we can still dismount that side, even if it has to be a lazy 'leg over the neck' manoeuvre. 😊
Idle thought...horses are usually led from their left side, and they are more comfortable with you on that side.
However, dogs are often led from their right side; I'll have to pay attention while working at the clinic to see if dogs are more comfortable with us on their right side. I might learn something!
Happy New Year, folks! 🎉
Good thought! I trained my two dogs to be one dog on the right and one dog on the left. The seem equally happy on either side of me. 🙂
I lead both side, get up both side and do everything on both side because my horse never seemed to experience the 2 brain mentality to start with. I see that my actions are keeping her balanced.
I trained my dogs to do both sides. Good point though!😮😊
@@LadybassguitarplayerI have two greyhounds, one walks on the left and the other on the right. I can change sides with them but I have more problems than the dogs 😂 my Rosie always prefered the right side and Tyson left side. I'm sure it's different with dogs than horses
My dog is all around me 🐾 not by mistake, letting her be dog, her herding instinct getting an outlet.
I said it once and I’ll say it again…Rolex is one beautiful horse!!😊
Hi Steve. It’s bloomin cold here in Brum. Sun was out today tho so nice for the horses. So glad I found your channel. Keep doin what your doin ❤
Love hanging out with you. Thanks for your insights and helpful facts and advice ❤😊❤
Thank you so much Steve and Tanya! I learned a lot about how to move forward with horses. Happy Trails!
Very consistent. Thank you.
He moves so well. Looks very comfortable at the trot and he is beautiful! Thank you for sharing.🐴
I Loved that you rode in the rope halter! I'm a big believer in that. ☺. Thank you for the wonderful knowledge and education about the right eye, it makes so much sense! I, too, wish I had known that long ago. You have probably helped more horses than you know with your videos. Thank you and Tanya. 🐴🌷
Thank you Tanya
Brilliant, thank you. Rolex is such a beautiful boy.
I raised my current horse since he was a yearling and I always did training from both sides. He prefers me getting on from the right actually.
Great video! 3 kings day here! Hope you had a lovely Christmas and wishing you all a wonderful & even more successful 2024! 🥰
Always wanted a horse, was never able to get one. I’m now 45 years old, and will probably never get one, but I love your videos! Maybe living vicariously through you! Keep up the great work!!❤❤
So very interesting ! I had a horse when I was much younger but I’ll always be a horse lover and love watching & learning from your videos. Thank you !!
Thank you! I've been saddling from the right for years due to having a hand injury which makes that easier. BUT, this had a lot of good advice on other things I can do to help keep him balanced!!
This video was just excellent and so informative.
I have all this fascinating knowledge about horses that I have learnt from you over the months but sadly I never see a horse. Maybe one day I will see one and will enjoy the experience more because of you. I watch the royal guards on horseback and see the public (regardless of the warning signs) go right up close to the side of horsed for a selfie thinking either side of the horse will be OK. Often it is not and they get a shock. People should not interfere with working animals especially when they are told not to.
Thank you Steve and Tonya. Please give us updates on Mr Biggs, the rescued horse, thanks.
So informative and clear explanation regarding this subject, thank you Steve and Tanya for all you do to help horses and owners. God bless you.
We miss your weekly videos. Glad you are doing so well but we do miss you.
Did Steve knot the left-side halter “backwards” with the end pointing forward? It’s a symptom of the discombobulation he mentioned as result of working “left-handed” .
Left-side horse handling developed because of right-handed folk, ya?
To become ambidextrous will benefit our own coordination and balance as well as the horse psychology.
(My own laughable efforts to draw and to write script left-handed served to improve dramatically the later performance of my right hand.)
I really appreciate your videos. Happy trails from California!
Steve and Tanya, thank you so much for this brilliant video. Training to put the halter and tack on from the left is such a great way to break the mold of spookiness on the left. Love the way Steve shows you how to do it step by step, explaining how it's awkward at first. I like what Steve has to say about not needing to mount on the left (his knee), and to just spend time there stroking, encouraging, and taking in the sunshine, and giving love. What a beautiful way to help balance the horse. Happy New Year, dear horse communicators, and Happy Trails.
I'm pretty sure you mean the right side... We normally saddle and mount from the left side.
@@calista1280 right on, a bit dyslexic here🤠
Left hand side was for the battle ground! your weapon is in the right hand it's easier to mount from the left
Great reminder, thank to you both for your continued devotion.
Glad you seem to be enjoying having Rolex back right down to the little chuckle when he stopped.
You make an excellent point re: 2 horses in 1 in their natural unhandled state they are 2 horses & people being creatures of habit also handle them a lot more on one side, so you have the good twin and the skittish twin LOL until people desensitize them on both sides.
Decades ago I did some Competitive Trail Riding on: Appys, QHs, Quarabs & Arabs in Canada and a few in the States. Working on both sides was something we did because you never knew when you'd have to dismount nor in which terrain, so Tanya made an excellent point you need to get them used to it before being able to safely get on/off either side, lead either side and even (occasionally in really rough steep terrain) have them moving ahead of you uphill while you are following while gripping their tail! You couldn't be out in the middle of nowhere and try these things just willy nilly. But I hadn't thought about that in ages! So thanks again for the reminder.
psst Can't help it decades of daily visual inspections I think Rolex might have a bit of a peanut. One more reason I prefer mares. 😝
Was heißt das: Rolex hat etwas von einer Erdnuss?
I'd love to have a horse exactly like this. He's beautiful and smart .😍❤
He’s a beautiful horse! Recently found you on UA-cam…own no horses and never will but I love to watch them!
Happy new year to you both and your family!🥰🏴
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Your jacket!
Looks great!
Thank you for this.
Thank you both for bringing us more insight on our horses. I remember you discussing this in one of your videos and I'm working with my filly on this. My mature horses are fine when I work with them on both sides.
Most sensible advice ever given. Thank you for sharing what should be done by any trainer that starts a horse and even breeders should start with foals from the very first day if possible.
Happy new year to you. Looking forward to more of your videos this year. 🐎❤🐴
Excellent Presentation! Thank You.
Thank you Steve for such an informative insight. I have thought for a long time that everyone involved with horses should learn to do things on the right hand side, as you mentioned Doing everything on the left hand side of your horses, stems from tradition (historically). From when soldiers / cavalry had their weapons attached to their left hand side e.g swords. They are then out of the way when mounting the horse. Riding schools, the BHS and other equine institutions should encourage
us the to do things on both sides of the horse. Thank you for all you do to improve the lives of horses and their owners.
Interesting about the reason one side was trained with people! Possible for the swords the be on their backs or be able to be shifted to either side, I would say.
Knocked the nail on the head. My big guy lovely sweet quiet horse. Easy to back so I thought..but. Tendency to buck and explode in trot and canter . Just tested him.. wow only on the right reign. I haven't ridden him in over 4 years as we couldn't figure it out . After seeing the right eye problem today. He will be ridden this year. If I can I will make a video or two for u. If you are interested. He is really visually in panick on his right side. Now I know it's normal. We will fix it. Ty again. Oh those of u who haven't opted for the members only you are missing out. It's not expensive and has really helped boost my confidence and experience. To get info that Steve is sharing for such a small monthly price is truly amazing
If I had a horse, I would do the membership.
Love this video. I actually do most of my stuff from the right side of the horse. I even lead from both sides, mount from both sides. Tack up from both sides. Horses have 2 brains. Hence the 2 Rolex. As far as rope halters this is what I was demonstrated, close your eyes, lift both arms and have a friend (spouse, Partner) put the rope halter on 1 arm and the Nylon Halter on the other. Which one would you want to wear for hours on end??? Also why has everything been done on the right hand side??? Think about when horses were the only source of transportation, and then the wars hit? What were soldiers wearing?? Swords, with them being mainly right handed what side was the sword on??? The left, which makes mounting the horse from the right side easier. And then it just stuck.
Steve hope this helps explains and answer some of those questions. Steve you tied the halter wrong.
Stunning horse ❤ thanks for the great information
Thank you Steve for another amazing video
Thanks for sharing!
Clear explaining (even to me) and nice people (and horse).
💝🌟 So interesting and helpful to think of one horse as two individuals… Horse R with a right eye and horse L with a left eye, yet they are the same being… Horse RL.
So really it’s simple to solve, with time and patience? Work on both sides of the horse, maybe do each activity with horse on both sides, so you and they become ambidextrous, or as Steve says, balanced.
I'm currently working with an unbalanced horse, but I've noticed that she prefers me on the other side of her & will turn her head so that she can see me from her right eye & not her left, so that's quite unusual! It must be her evil twin keeping an eye on me lol 🤣
Great video. A question .Are horses less stressed on the road in Europe where cars drive on the right and pass horses on their left side?
Well thats a good question lol, never thought of that
I have always wondered how horses accept blinders when they are driven in harness since so much of their vision is eliminated.
Look forward to hearing about handsome Rolex. ❤ He still remembers his training.
Thanks for this video. I never knew about the left eye-right eye factor before your videos. Rolex is beautiful to watch. Wondering why they didn't want him anymore.
Oh Rolex is fab horse beautiful colour. You are a brilliant teacher,as you probably know I don’t have my own horse but I take in all you say. Really enjoyed the video.
Rolex is a beautiful horse so well mannered he’s beautiful. I’m glad he is in your hands again well Steve u explained that so well I never that about horses eyes that was so fasanating
Guess that's why the do everything from both sides training came from.
I wonder if horses were always left eye dominant or have they evolved that way over thousands of years because a large percentage of humans are right handed?
Back in the sword days, it was carried on the left side for a right handed draw. Much easier to swing the leg over the horse without sword on that side, which is where left side mount came from.
Historically, in many cultures, being left handed was a sign of the devil or evil. Thus, even lefties were forced to write and fight with their right hand.
Something to ponder on these cold nights
Hi Steve I smiled when you accidentally said “dead hide of an hanimal “……… we must hail from the same area .Putting a H on the word after, is me 😂 eg…hear hole ….instead of ear hole 😂😂😂 keep up the amazing work 👌
Thank you Tania and Steve for this tip video. Rolex is a gentleman and incredibly handsome. Good job guys.
Handsome boy ❤ Happy New Year✨Thank you for the this post a world of information.
I have missed you guys!! Merry Christmas and happy new year 🎆
I've started to incorporate more stuff from the right side. Saddling, getting on and off.... I am awkward and clumsy but it's very very slowly getting better. I've always led from both sides so that's sth. :-)
thanks steve and tanya , so interesting and very relevant to me having just bought a very lightly handled 8 month old colt a few weeks ago, he was very much not wanting me on that right side , but i have made a point of doing more on that side and hes now doing really well, your video will certainly make me even more conscious and understanding now of working on that side with everything and hopefully it will help get him off to a great start in life , thanks again love you guys!
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Not enough work on the right!! Always work evenly!!! Happy New Year, Steve and Tan!!! Your friend the Retired Paramedic and a very tired Horse Trainer, on baby watch duty for foal number 5, last one of the year for me!!, in Ontario, Canada, Jenn 💖 🇨🇦
Steve, thank you for not training your horses into that ridiculously low headset on Western horses that I started to see right after I no longer had horses.
Great video!
A real eye👀opener!!❤
What a beauty that Rolex is!
Such manners!!❤
As they say knowledge is power! It takes a life time to partly know life……let along another living creature! But I wished I had UA-cam in my youth! But thank you for showing so much on here!
When you go down the blocked side, go slowly and do not use a stick or flag. It takes time for a horse to adjust to your presence. You are entering his "home" and needs to be done slowly and respectfully.
Rolex is stunning!
This is a great starter video.
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I wish I’d known you when I was young, but at least I’m able to learn and maybe pass it on before my time is up. You’ve taught me a lot about patience and how to get my horse to do what I need while not ever being unkind. You were the first trainer I found on the internet that did not preach running a horse around in a round pen to gain respect. Thank God because it just felt wrong to me to do that. Thank you for all of your help and guidance. I love you guys!