Pressure & Release Horse Training Techniques, Part II: Debunking Common Practices
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
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Today's video is all about debunking an extremely popular and common training practice in horsemanship. The trainer in this video is also applying pressure and release to desensitize the horse. In either case, the way he is going about it is called flooding or over-facing a horse. While both hide behind the “kinder” and more commonly used language of “pressure and release” the truth is this technique is used to break the horse down.
In this video, the trainer is not using the technique aggressively, or excessively enough, to purposely break the horse - that would be Clinton Anderson. However, he is not intelligent enough to appreciate the horse’s level of sensitivity or intelligence. In the end, there is a better approach to helping an overly sensitive horse like the one he is handling, an approach that considers the horse and works with the horse rather than against.
Horses are also very smart and learn quickly - and only when they are open and not shut down and scared. Had he used a different approach he could have been helping the horse learn not to fear the pressure rather than learn how to stop the pressure.
What I mean, and I explain in this video, is the horse is being a horse. When horse’s feel threatened, scared, they naturally go into self-preservation mode. This one chose flight and freeze. Pulling away, running away, from the scary thing, which is a lot of big movement from the man, is natural for a horse that is scared and so is stopping.
See, when the horse stopped, he was trying the more passive self-preservation mode of freezing. While the man thinks he is teaching the horse to stop reacting though his release of pressure, or movement, the horse is teaching the person to stop scaring him. How do I know this? For many reasons with the most important one being the fact that the horse is still tense, bracing and scared at the stop.
It does not matter what discipline you chose; I have seen this technique applied to thousands of horses. And, I have had to re-start each of those horses because in the end, this technique does not work.
What works is helping the reactive horse not fear the scary thing, whether its big movement, pressure, tarps, etc. This can only happen when the horse is calm, relaxed, soft eyed and able to continue doing the work while the scary thing is present.
It's a quick fix to a much deeper problem and without the necessary building blocks in your training program, it will not change a reactive horse. I explain in detail why this trainer's application of pressure and release does not work. I also show you my approach to using pressure and release so you can see the vast differences between us, and which approach worked best for the horse.
In the end, I’m not saying the use of pressure and release is wrong. It’s how you use it that will either break or make the learning for the horse.
These are the areas I consider when I need to change a horse's behavior:
1. Consider the horse's perspective first so we have a better understanding of how to work best with that horse
2. Develop a bond so the horse feels safe when learning - stays connected and open
3. Teach the horse to think during the process
4. Slow down and stop often so they can relax enough to learn
This is how you develop a trusting and a confident learner in your horse. And, this is how you stay safe.
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That guy is not a trainer, he's a bully. It was hard to watch. THANK YOU for having the courage to expose people like this.
Yes you are right Kathy.No empathy or understanding at all. Bully.
I agree with Caroline 100 percent .
So many horse trainers are clueless and down right abusive . I have followed Caroline for Many years along with Klaus Ferdinand Hempling and greatly appreciate how they work with horses. I have 50 years experience with horses . Thanks Caroline... kudos to you .
Thank you so much for sharing this wisdom! I started with natural horsemanship in the late 1990s and the point was compassion and empathy for the horse. Sadly, too many trainers have jumped on the bandwagon and traumatized countless innocent horses. Including my most recent rescue from a kill pen. A beautiful, sensible quarter horse gelding with obvious nh training yet terrified of being beaten and chased. He's coming along so fast, but was put thru so much trauma before rescue, and almost lost his life because of misguided humans warping and abusing the method of natural horsemanship, for ego and profit 😢
You’re a gift to horses and horse people. I live in “the Cowboy capital of the world” and am surrounded by people who handle their horses like this. It’s beyond frustrating. And then they wonder why their horse bucks them off. I’m guilty of making mistakes but when something doesn’t feel right, and you start looking for ways that feel better for the horse and you, you’ll never see things the same ever again. Thank you so much for putting so much good content out here for us.
Hi JustHorseGirl and Welcome! So great to hear how well my method works for you, thank you!
Common sense. ..with any animals let alone horses. Connection is so overlooked and/or undervalued.
Thank you Caroline You have been so helpful with my horse Duke! we are doing great because of your method! I am now working with my younger horse Red who I feel was badly teated and what they call cowboy broke. He does not want to come to humans and or be caught and gets all tight and runs away when someone comes close with a halter. He is getting better now having taking time with him to trust humans again that they are not just going to flood him and he has to freeze because he doesnt know what they are going to do next to scare him.
Thank you thank you thank you. I am so grateful for your teachings. I hear everything you are saying. 🙏🙏
I couldn't agree more
I enjoy the way she talks. Would have been an excellent teacher in school.
Love your method, been watching and learning. Off-topic, love the color in your room. What is the color name? Thank you
Yes I don’t like Clint’s way either. I’m in Australia will you ever do a clinic down under or can I come over and do a coarse with you ? I’m a Caroline too 😊
Hi Caroline the more I watch your videos the more i like your way of dealing with horses. I live in a farm and I own two female horses that are around 15 years old. I never spent a lot of time with them because I’m completing my college degree. Now with covid I had some time to spend at home and I wanted to try to ride them. Of course I spent a lot of time trying with the basics and it’s exactly how you are saying. There are a lot of video out there that shows wrong and more importantly dangerous ways to train an horse. The more time I spend with my animals and the more I realize what does work and what does not. Maybe it’s just that I am affine to your kind of training, I don’t know. I would really like to contact you in some way to ask for advices and have a more specific approach to my horses’ personalities. Best regards, Michele
Hi Michele and Welcome! Please email me Caroline@taoofhorsemanship.com
Yay! 20k subscribers! 🥳🎉🐴💕💕
Thankyou, my girl tends to have full body shake when she's done with processing, even when ridden, and I need to wait for it so I know she's happy and ok with things 😅
The horse must learn to respect you, yes! But go on the horse like a cracy preditor and scare the shit out of them to feel strong an a real man..... it sucks!!
I have tried to see he's videos but i cant see them til the end, so furious i get!!
Like your videos and the way you train horses👌
Sorry about my english, from a Swedish girl.
Big differemce between someone whos there for the Horse and somone whos all about Ego.the minute we walk into a Horses field we apply pressure.being aware of oneself is soo important
You are so rigth 👍😊
This video is 🔥🔥🔥
I've seen his videos before, it's hard to watch him and it makes me sick to watch how he treats horses.
Hi Debbie and Welcome!! It was very hard for me to watch too.
This is why we need to change the way people think with Caroline leading the way!!
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Sabrina