I need this trainer......

[aspenlucas]

Ok I have a few horses I think could really use this training program. Though it makes my head spin some of the things they think of to do, can you imagine if every horse in your barn could do these things?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_UmRfu0OgU

[Cindyg]

That was an awesome video (got more interesting around 5 minutes). I truly wish my horse could do all that. But I'm convinced that not so much the trainer as the horse's innate personality. I'll shop for that kind of calm on my next horse.

[War Admiral]

Fun vid. They've got some inventive obstacles, 'tis true, but honestly there's not a thing there that I would not expect my TB, HRH Avery, to do -- apart from jumping on/off the truck and walking on top of the railroad tie thing, which, while great exercises (esp. the latter), would be physically impossible for him, so it's my job to know NOT to ask!

My greenie with 90 days on him is already being asked to do quite a lot of this type of thing. It builds confidence between horse and rider.

And anyone who thinks this type of despooking isn't an important part of any competitive horse's training clearly was NOT watching the Low Junior/AOs go at Syracuse! :lol::lol::lol:

I'd offer my services, but I'm an amateur so I only train my own, sorry!

[billiebob]

Damn! That's like Backyard Circus Pony! How's that for bombproof?

But did that girl really clean her horse's feet by brushing them with her palm?!?!?!? How unhygienic for both horse and human. Yuck!

[kateh]

I personally liked 9:50- two riders on horses holding a tarp that an ATV then drives through lol

[zooksuitriot]

Between the 8:00 and 8:39 time when they are throwing the bags and jugs at her. The rider reaches into the pommel bags pulls out a piled high handful of grain, and the horse turns around and GULPS it down..
Yummm Sweet Feed with a Shank Tom Thumb... Maybe thats the only reason she is such a doll for everything..... she is waiting for the cupcake at the end of the tunnel LOL

[Katy9532]

But did that girl really clean her horse's feet by brushing them with her palm?!?!?!? How unhygienic for both horse and human. Yuck!

I thought that too!!!!

But really who needs a horse trailer when you can walk your horse into the bed of your truck?

[enjoytheride]

LOL, I saw the feet thing and realized she'd forgot a hoofpick for the video and was doing the best she could to show the horse picked up its feet!

[ellemayo]

I noticed the horse getting fed from the saddle bag around 4:30, 5:30, and 8:15.

Maybe that's how they trained him to do it? I guess people train dogs with treats... wouldn't be the way I would train my horse though. It does seem that the horse has a naturally calm demeanor.

The horses I grew up with would do a bunch of that stuff, just because we acted like such idiots around them and they were used to the unexpected :lol:

[Ambrey]

Damn! That's like Backyard Circus Pony! How's that for bombproof?

But did that girl really clean her horse's feet by brushing them with her palm?!?!?!? How unhygienic for both horse and human. Yuck!

Being a human around horse feet is never hygenic, but I was thinking she was just demonstrating how good she is with her feet.

I noticed they cut out the bit where they tightened the girth all the way ;)

[Ambrey]

I noticed the horse getting fed from the saddle bag around 4:30, 5:30, and 8:15.

Maybe that's how they trained him to do it? I guess people train dogs with treats... wouldn't be the way I would train my horse though. It does seem that the horse has a naturally calm demeanor.

The horses I grew up with would do a bunch of that stuff, just because we acted like such idiots around them and they were used to the unexpected :lol:

We looked at one horse whose owner uses clicker training for this type of thing. I kind of meant to try it, but never did ;)

[ChocoMare]

Miss Ella obviously inherited that great Percheron brain, not just looks :winkgrin:

[katie16]

If you go to their website it says that until a year ago, their sole job was training horses for mounted patrol, search and rescue, and therapy. I am sure that some, if not all, of the obstacles that they teach them to deal with are "reality" based for these type of jobs. I guess now they just decided there is probably a market for a trail/pleasuere horse with much of the same training.

I think many of these tasks would be good for any horse. But mine would definitely leap over the box of crushed cans rather than step in it!

For those that mentioned the horse seemed to naturally had a calm demenor, I would expect so. Don't most people ususally try to select horses with the disposition and conformation to do the task you desire, regardless of what discipline it is?

[Lori B]

What a cute and bombproof horse. Dang.

[philosoraptor]

What a nice horse & a nice video. Good job, seller!

But did that girl really clean her horse's feet by brushing them with her palm?!?!?!? How unhygienic for both horse and human. Yuck!

She is showing how the horse feet and stands quietly, even when he feels rubbing or tapping on the hoof. I believe it was just done for demonstration.

[Little Valkyrie]

I am sure that some, if not all, of the obstacles that they teach them to deal with are "reality" based for these type of jobs. I guess now they just decided there is probably a market for a trail/pleasuere horse with much of the same training.

Yep, my horse is an ex-police horse. The barrels that the horse was pushing are used to train them to push crowds (my horse was terrified at the training center- apparently they put him in a round pen with one and he jumped the 5ft fence-he's a moderately athletic clyde/TB....:lol:) BUT, he was the best field hunter and staff horse on the face of the planet. I wish more horses were started out this way!

[Alagirl]

I loff her!

If I was in the market to buy, she'd be it, even if she is a draftx! :lol::lol::lol:

[aspenlucas]

I think many of these tasks would be good for any horse. But mine would definitely leap over the box of crushed cans rather than step in it!


I really think I'm going to incorporate some of that stuff in my training. I have a few horses, one being my two year old Cleveland Bay Sporthorse that I know that would just make her a solid citizen, but where to start! :) Really it does look fun and neat. I just wonder where to start. I went to a flag hunt and one obstacle was a kiddy pool with sand in it, just a little sand, mostly blue plastic bottom and we had to walk through it out in the middle of a wheat field. I was surprised both my boys did it! One is a perch/welsh cross and the other a Morgan/Paint. The things we did that day.....

[Sakura]

Wow! My neighbor is a mounted cop... he would LOVE her for his job!!!

[War Admiral]

You start with simple stuff and work your way up. ;)

A tarp, a piece of plywood, ground poles.

A nice safe object with which to introduce climbing onto and off of stuff is a pile of stall mats - you can tailor the size to the horse/pony in question, and while it is "squishy", they still have good footing whether they are BF or shod.

[Bugs-n-Frodo]

Frodo would be like, "NOPE, you do it mommy, I insist! No dignified horse such as myself should be asked to walk through a tarp or even hold one and allow one of those dirty ATV's to drive through it." :lol:

Ummm, I would not classify Frodo as bomb proof. Shoot, he's not even cat or bird proof. He's sacred of cats and birds taking off in flight startle him more times than not. :lol: :rolleyes: :lol: