Rehabilitating a Fearful Horse

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  • Опубліковано 17 чер 2024
  • Introducing Homer. This little spotted horse belongs to our good friend, Gabby. He's a 6 year old that Pat has nicknamed "Spotted Fever." He had a pretty rough start from what we've been able to observe from his intense fearfulness, reactivity, and anxiety. In this video, Pat is making some headway with the flag. Prior to this, Pat has spent time roping his feet and hanging him and just getting to know him. Homer will be an ongoing student of ours so you can follow his and Gabby's progress. For more information, head over to our website, www.thedisciplinedride.com . Please take a moment to hit the Like button, Subscribe to our channel, and Share with your friends. Thank you for watching!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 54

  • @ltrocha
    @ltrocha День тому +2

    I'm glad you pointed out the "licking and chewing" b.s... Not many people understand it.

  • @bhagmeister
    @bhagmeister 9 днів тому +17

    Pat, this was my eight year old when I first got him nearly two years ago. With much help - very much including yours he has become a fine horse and partner. Thanks

  • @cherylmillard2067
    @cherylmillard2067 9 днів тому +16

    I love your dry humor and sarcasm!!❤

  • @livesoutdoors1708
    @livesoutdoors1708 9 днів тому +9

    I’ve been working on a mare that was beaten a LOT. It’s taken me two years to get her better but she still is reactive to certain hand movements. I’ll never give up though, she’s a fantastic ride in the roughest country.

  • @archeanna1425
    @archeanna1425 9 днів тому +13

    Yes, please, keep us informed. Thank you, Gabby, for letting us watch.

  • @g.w.hampton5525
    @g.w.hampton5525 5 днів тому +1

    Just found your channel. I had horses that I rescued and I had horses that I bought.. right now I'm horseless living in california and I miss it so living vicariously =))

  • @slopsec2358
    @slopsec2358 9 днів тому +9

    I love working horses but don't think I'll ever be able to do it again. I broke my back in a bad accident (not horse related) about four years ago. Now I live vicariously through you and your videos. Thank you so much, I really miss it.

  • @lyndiepanitz4431
    @lyndiepanitz4431 День тому

    That touches me. Yes yes yes the best deal first. God bless you Pat

  • @katec708
    @katec708 9 днів тому +7

    oh he is so cute and so scared... thank you for being so gentle with him

  • @vicki1141
    @vicki1141 9 днів тому +9

    "The tip of his eye is pupils" . Thanks for that connection. I am excited to watch his progress. Thank goodness he is owned by Gabby and being rehabbed with help from 'the best in the west'. Its all 'west' if you circle the planet. 😂 in the right direction .

  • @skipper9400
    @skipper9400 9 днів тому +7

    "Spotted Fever " LOLOL .....yep, very aptly named.....looks to be a real handful.....thanks Pat for being willing to help these horses.....OnWard......

  • @kajinsautumn9833
    @kajinsautumn9833 4 дні тому +1

    My 24 yr. old TWH gelding was terrified of everything when I got him almost 11 yrs. ago. It took us a LONG time to trust each other but he is a different horse now. He still gets spooked once in a while, (4 wheelers are horse eating monsters!) but he spooks in place instead of loosing his mind. I'm not a horse trainer by a LONG shot, just watched a LOT of videos from real horse trainers like you to learn and listen and try! He's a pretty Appy, by the way!

  • @pattimartin7250
    @pattimartin7250 9 днів тому +4

    ooooh Gabby, you just got him the best help he could ever have...

  • @myronschabe
    @myronschabe 5 днів тому +1

    Super cute horse!!!!

  • @JulieAnderocci
    @JulieAnderocci 3 дні тому

    So sad but with time patience and kindness❤❤❤❤

  • @DesireeSzal-zx6gn
    @DesireeSzal-zx6gn 3 дні тому

    Thank you you are helping me tremendously.. I have abused Horse situation. This is the worst encounter I’ve ever had a Horse that is always in flight mode. I have a long road ahead of me, but I’m far from a quitter.
    I appreciate your analogy of Horse behavior.

  • @jordanwhite5470
    @jordanwhite5470 9 днів тому +2

    Love that the horse responded so well to the owner. I also have a horse that most people can't catch, but that same horse will come running to Me if she hears me singing in the pasture :)

  • @liamrooney5314
    @liamrooney5314 9 днів тому +3

    There's enough climatic videos out there, and with plenty of examples of how to create horses like this.

  • @jules8299
    @jules8299 5 днів тому +1

    So happy I found you. I have a new horse that has been abused and she is afraid of everything. It wull be a long road for sure.

  • @Isabelle511
    @Isabelle511 9 днів тому +3

    Homer is a looker! Hope ypu can help him and look forward to seeing more videos

  • @k-lo0007
    @k-lo0007 6 днів тому +2

    Great video! Thank you. I learned alot of excellent information.

  • @friendoengus
    @friendoengus 9 днів тому +2

    glad you are helping homer and gabby
    just watching works out some of my kinks too

  • @JulieAnderocci
    @JulieAnderocci 3 дні тому

    Such wisdom cannot come from books😅😅😅😅

  • @jackkrag
    @jackkrag 9 днів тому +4

    Thanks!

  • @PetPrepRadioShow
    @PetPrepRadioShow 9 днів тому +2

    He's stunning! I'm so stoked to watch this! Best to all involved and much love! Thank you Pat! I hope to work with you one day to learn everything I can. First, double hip replacements.

  • @we7438
    @we7438 9 днів тому +1

    This, in my opinion, demonstrates the quality of the methods. Yes you've shown how one can take a horse from hackmore to bridle, achieve a great connection where the horse is pretty much responding to your thoughts, and just make a better companion for your journeys. But, this is where the quality of the methods, and EXPERIENCE using them, shines. Having worked with horses that were not started right or just plain messed up and abused, it is more difficult to bring them back to a healthy relationship than if you are starting from scratch. Bien hecho, amigo.

  • @gabbyoneill6330
    @gabbyoneill6330 9 днів тому

    Pat & Deb = gods.❤❤❤❤ So much love, for you two, Homer & Ronan!

  • @Paul11B2P
    @Paul11B2P 9 днів тому +3

    Thank you for sharing.

  • @kevinbailey1097
    @kevinbailey1097 7 днів тому +2

    Now I would like to ask your opinion on something. Now my current horse was very much like this one when I got him 5 years ago. And maybe just a little bit more than that one. Scared of everything. Now he’s a pretty calm guy now. But there’s a lot of work and a lot of miles between us.
    I don’t need a halter much anymore. Just call him to me, put a little neck string on him and he knows where to be when he’s walking next to me. I try to work a lot on the principle of liberty. Not the dancing to a Disney soundtrack but practical liberty. Will he lead without any contact, stand where I ask without needing a ground tie using a lead rope or rein.
    And he’s become fairly developed. But there is still some of that old anxieties and worries that pop up sometimes. We’re on 2300 acres. Lots of different things pop up. He’s around cattle, and sometimes people different horses and terrain and challenges. But we have a feral hog problem. It’s all been fenced with hog fence, we have hunters and traps. And slowly getting rid of them. But he’s terrified of them. He’ll smell them and knows they are there. Even though they don’t want anything to do with us and are quiet and hiding.
    That’s when the old stuff comes back and he can get away from you if you aren’t quick and shut him down. And sometimes it can be just a little noise that gets him worried. I’ve been told that sometimes you can never truly get rid of those old worries and fears but only minimize them. Which I have. So how do you work with them when you are some miles out with no one around and some of that happens? It’s not like I can just set him up around the hogs that would be the wrong thing. But how do you change their focus back to you and your leadership. I guess that’s the question. It’s how can I change his mind to understand that when he’s with me that he’s ok and we’ll make it through whatever challenges he has? I’m in it for however long as it takes I don’t care about time. I would just like to figure out a way to help him through it and to at some point get over it. Cause the feral hogs will always be around, minimized but they are everywhere around here. And when we come across 30 of them coming down a creek or out of the woods sometimes you just have to hang on for the ride. Cause he’ll spin around and go full speed run. Or you gotta be quick enough to get him shut down but keep him in balance so he won’t go down on you.

  • @rgould4196
    @rgould4196 8 днів тому +1

    Look forward to this!! Thanks! Sounds like my project horse.😊

  • @CarvellFenton
    @CarvellFenton 9 днів тому +1

    Fascinating one! Very interested to see the progression. Thanks for sharing once again, and anti-climatic is lovely ;)

  • @juliecrandall1534
    @juliecrandall1534 9 днів тому +2

    Wish you were my neighbor!

  • @ingridfuchs5598
    @ingridfuchs5598 9 днів тому +1

    Thank you so much, Sir. I am working with a very, very explosive mare. Cleating her hyper hormone issues plus following your experienced inspirations.
    If you have some experience with dagerous mares ( hormone issues) I would love to get your advice.
    Regards to all of you from the north east of Germany.😊

  • @user-lc4lw6hv9x
    @user-lc4lw6hv9x 7 днів тому +1

    Great video how can I help my 7 years gelding to get over being watchy. He is constantly looking for danger

  • @l.d.b.r5141
    @l.d.b.r5141 9 днів тому +3

    Thank you

  • @Waterfindsaway
    @Waterfindsaway 9 днів тому +3

    Just to clarify misunderstandings, did you actually tie the horses head to its tail?

  • @sirronmitt
    @sirronmitt 9 днів тому +1

    Another excellent video. So glad you pointed out about the licking, I hear that so often. Also enjoyed the joke about the chewing and drooling. In another video you talked about working them or exposing them until you saw a change. Today, I did not recognize the change you were looking for, unless you were comparing it to the behavior of the previous day. So my question is why did you end todays session when the horse was still rather braced, without lowering his head?

    • @gabbyoneill6330
      @gabbyoneill6330 8 днів тому +1

      He was so much changed from the day before- he couldn’t stand still just 10 hours earlier- so he made it just by not running away.

  • @jackkrag
    @jackkrag 9 днів тому +1

    thanks good ppl.. those look like Brets boots

  • @camhunting8200
    @camhunting8200 9 днів тому +1

    That's funny I live in vernal utah and have a wild horse in the same boat lol 😂

  • @ltrocha
    @ltrocha День тому +1

    Few people understand just how dangerous this horse is. If the average horse owner tried this, it would be a short time to the hospital emergency room.

  • @robertcarazo8839
    @robertcarazo8839 9 днів тому +1

    👍🐴

  • @sheknits1
    @sheknits1 9 днів тому +2

    Hi Pat, you mention that you don’t talk to your horses, why?

    • @p4radigm989
      @p4radigm989 9 днів тому +2

      probably because it's mostly just blablabla to horses. He talks body language to them instead.
      Personally I did talk to my horse, but realizing he may at best get the tone of it, maybe calm him down. Most people who talk to horses really overdo it. While riding, my only verbals are tong smacking to go faster and whoah to slow down. My horse knew the sound of my boots on the pavement tho, that was cool, he started to whinny when he heard my steps outside the barn (not for other people walking by).

  • @JulieAnderocci
    @JulieAnderocci 3 дні тому

    The long haul😅😅😅😅😅😅

  • @Taocat1
    @Taocat1 9 днів тому +1

    Pat, what's the purpose of hanging a horse? I've used it before, but I want to make sure I understand it. I've got a 5 year old monster of a paint who I still can't get on. Every time I throw a blanket or saddle on him, his head goes straight up. He never relaxes. I've saddled and unsaddled him a thousand times and he still does it, even after untracking him and doing ground work with him. I could use advice about that, too.

    • @johnhill1363
      @johnhill1363 7 днів тому

      Patience.

    • @kimberlynads
      @kimberlynads 7 днів тому +2

      He said why- he can choose to stand and relax or only walk a small circle where he has to cross hind footfall over the other hind foot, (which disengages the motor, engages the left brain- my explanation).

  • @JulieAnderocci
    @JulieAnderocci 3 дні тому

    Morehouse clinics😅😅😅😊

  • @spedoclctr
    @spedoclctr 9 днів тому

    No sound

    • @PatnDebPuckett
      @PatnDebPuckett  9 днів тому +4

      I have sound. Maybe you have a slow internet connection in which case you can go back to the start of the video and the sound will have caught up.

  • @billartamenko1940
    @billartamenko1940 6 днів тому

    Pat are are you seems like your short of breath

  • @nancyroberts9776
    @nancyroberts9776 8 днів тому

    Ugh.

  • @joelhamilton6720
    @joelhamilton6720 9 днів тому +1

    Thank you