Help with bad horse behavior. Ground work exercises for disrespectful pushy or young horses.

In this video I am showing you some ground work exercises to work with a disrespectful behavior, pushy or young horse to build a good work ethic and respect. Every horse should know these exercises.

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[dianemanson]

You are right about leading him a little behind you. Less horse issues when you are the leader. Pretty horse who definitely needs alot of training. Can tell he's young but he'll learn.

[malindaryan]

I like your method of ask, tell, demand and that you make sure the horse isn’t afraid of the wip both in the beginning of the session and again at the end.

[kidstuff]

Good advice, and that palomino looks like he's going to be a great horse

[mingram]

As always, excellent information! Thank you for your time putting these videos together!

[amyhaffey]

Love that baby! He is very sweet.

Question, how do you not get dizzy? 😵

[hardluk]

I see someone else has the same question I have, and that is how do you not get dizzy? I find that if I can fixate on a point beyond the horse that is immobile it helps, but my attention is not on the horse at that point. If I move in a circle with the horse and kind of chase it, that’s better than if I stand in one spot and try to focus on the horse. Probably second nature to you, but definitely an interest for us amateurs.

[miroslavzima]

For me, ground work was pretty much vital. My horses have their own head and can be really, really hard to persuade they should do otherwise. Both are mares, so they can be very moody. Or are over-energized so they need to "let the steam out". Usually I just let them run wild - they are doing it by themself, so I don´t have to do anything at all. Galloping, bucking bronco, you can name it.
And after they calm themself (or tire up a bit), then I start the main work - until this point it would be futile and would be unnecesarily anoying for both me and them.
Of course, when I see the "mare day" is extremely bad, I just let them be. I know them well and they are unbelievably stubborn and are able to invent thousand and one idea, how to throw me off the rails. Otherwise they are looking for working, so I do something right. And yes, they are hucul horses, which are quite (in)famous for their antics. I just love them :D

[wayneking]

So, the horse I recently acquired is a 21 yr old mare paint and comes from a good home and is well trained. The women who owned the horse had some health issues and no longer was going to be able to take proper care of the 2 horses she owned. The horse rescue where I volunteer at is where I got the horse. If I understood correctly, did you say that this ground work would be beneficial to a horse like I have as well?
2nd - I had the same question as Barbara Witt, "Was the "back up" vocalized because you use it as a cue, or was that for our benefit?" I usually just say "back" I also use "easy" with the reins when the horse starts to trot when we're walking. Often the horse wants to trot so I'm guessing I should trot the horse more often.

[nathaniellopez]

What is the difference between an engaged and an unengaged hip?

[szamanwlkp]

Young horse bump in to you by head. What to do?

[barbarawitt]

Was the "back up" vocalized because you use it as a cue, or was that for our benefit?

[Alex-horsman]

I have spooky horse in a new environment for him, big cars, tractors, traffic, some strange sounds for him, he never heard before. How to calm him down? It is 2 weeks horse is in new invironment, becoming better, but still unpredictable.

[imogenbacon]

I got a 10 ish yr old mare I’ve had her about year, she’s spent most of her life with a young girl who she constantly put it over and scared the daylights out of so she’s developed bad habits over the years. She often threatens to rear, strike, kick or bite when you’re in the paddock with her and is nasty under saddle and on the lunge. I’ve begun to take her back to basics and teach her manners again. Anyone got any tips?

[sarahmartin]

What does it mean on him being solf on the right side of his face and harder on the left side and what causes it

[epona]

I like the way you move around when you're circling a horse. It has always bugged me that Pat Parelli models the behavior of standing still and not even facing the horse when he's circling. He just switches hands w the rope behind his back as the horse moves. The idea that you should do the standing equivalent of sitting on your ass while the horse is doing all at the work just bothers me. You may think that's also fine. JMO. And nothing against Parelli as a horseman, certainly.

I also want to mention it's very helpful that you clarify your training goals (and your reasoning) in any videos where they differ from much of what's on YT. Disengaging the HQ is a huge one, because it is taught almost universally it seems. One rein stop -- same. Those things are important for us non-expert pleasure-only riders, where safety is paramount and performance is not. You are the only trainer I watch currently who is actively training performance horses, as opposed to humans, and it's a different world.

[houstonbrown]

Mine bites nothing works to fix problems, also won't longe for me,

[fennabel]

You should use a really disrespectful horse. This is unbelievable with a loveley sweet horse.