Those cheeky little monkeys are real bridge eaters!!! Lots of fun with the kids. I enjoyed the time with them. Glad to see them all having fun together. Gracey she is just the best. They are all great!!!
Lovely observations of their interactions! Goodness I miss being around horses. My papa has a farm and trained horses. Such a beautiful way to grow up!
Licking the ground for salt deposits. Most horses around me do that when there is ground or sandy like areas. My dads Amish friend and his 6 Belgians do that all the time even though they have 4 salt lick blocks, they still go oh look bare ground time to lick it and the larger rocks around. LOL, Time for some anti cribbing ointment or sauce to put a stop to that making toothpicks out of that bridge.
I wondered about that but I'm skeptical as the sand has been there a long time and salt is reasonably water soluble. As for getting horses to stop eating wood, the best thing to use is wood preservative as it does double duty of deterring the horses and protects the wood and it doesn't wash away like those expensive options you've mentioned.
@@StableHorseTraining That was what I was getting at was to use what ever you deem necessary or like to use not a commercial type, as even with the Amish each and every one of them have what they like to use to deter cribbing. One uses a pine tar and cod liver oil mixture to stop his from tearing down his 165 year old barn, the horses only try once and then never again as the tar causes it to stick to their teeth and they are like how do I get this off and yet not be able to taste it.
I find it interesting that you quote and recommend what the Amish do, that's a rare thing in the horse world to look up to the Amish for how to treat horses. I appreciate the tips of course, all good here :)
At first I thought Wildie ❤ was doing the barrel kicking because the sound inside it might have been interesting to him but, now that I saw him pawing the sand and hitting the barrel like you've mentioned, maybe that's their natural reaction to water, or when they try to get water from somewhere like under the ice, and then he ends up kicking the barrel. It's funny. He got really startled when you told him to move away from the bridge. He even jumped a bit, maybe because Gracie was a little behind him and Luke was next to him, then I guess he realized "oh, it's the human".
Yup, very possible. Somebody else suggested that it's just habit for that reason and he hasn't figured out yet that he doesn't have to do anything for the water.
@@StableHorseTraining I've wondered if it has to do with depth perception. When the water is still he can't tell where it really is to get a drink; when he knocks the barrel the water ripples, now he can tell. Just a thought.
Wilde likes to play the drum, he's a very rhythmic horse. Is his nose and jaw line squarer than the horses or is that just look like that from the camera? I love seeing him coming into his own now. It's so much fun watching them all play, thank you for sharing today. It's funny you got that weather coming in. We do too here in New Hampshire tomorrow night, what they call a nor'easter, heavy winds and rain. I hate wind, it can be so damaging.
I believe so too and the idea that making a larger hole for the water reduces sediment and makes it easier to drink as the water gets deeper. He's just not smart enough to realize that it's a barrel and none of that is possible...
Just a thought about the horses licking the ground in that particular part of the arena. Does rainwater contain salts? I suppose it does, and maybe, because the rainwater tends to run down towards the forest (and a river somewhere, presumably), salts, i.e. minerals, are deposited there at the top. I don't know ...
It's possible as the rocks that are up higher might leach off salt. Now you're making me wonder if sodium chloride is lighter than the other elements in the ground... Good thoughts!
I love it, thank you very much 👍 each one is so adorable😍 Gracie = Gracie 😀I thought the storm was yesterday. So keep our fingers crossed, for the forthcoming one. Unless you know your horse very well and he knows you, it's best to always warn him of your approach.. Mine accepted my coming under his blind spots, you have to. I think horses not liking their face being touched are the ones who had a bad experience from man or never got used to it, the gentle way, learning how human can provide well being and scratches.. And not only nasty bridles, pulling their mouth, pressing their nose or touching their ears
Yes, I remember a commenter that came in just one time and said it's stupid as she's never seen a horse that likes it's face touched and people should never touch a horse's face. I was just astonished at such an opinion, a bit sad for the girl too as she clearly isn't the type of person nor does she hang around anybody that has experienced this. Just amazing and yes very likely due to the unfriendliness of the humans.
@@StableHorseTraining yes, that person most probably was told by a another person to believe this ! It's how errors and fakes spread..or the horses she saw were somewhat traumatised by bad handling of their face.
It is amazing to me what gets passed down and then never again critically thought about in all things in life. There is a saying called "blind as a bat" and that persisted for tens of years. Bats not only aren't blind, but have great eyesight! That's just one of many examples obviously, the horse world is full of it's own too.
@@StableHorseTraining absolutely true, and then it is almost impossible to reverse the believes, in many areas of life. Concerning animals, some have such a bad unjustified reputation, by fear or lack of knowledge and their role in the ecosystems, believing what is said about them through the ages (snakes, crocodiles, spiders, wasps, hornets, brown bears, wolves, apex predators in general..)
Thinking on this I'm also reminded that interpretation of the observation can send knowledge one way or the other. So.. observation over a period of time with critical thinking is the best teacher to test theories made during the subjective thoughts we have of those observations :)
Norma and PFKat, I've noticed that also. It seems fairly typical of feral horses, in US as well as Canada. In past, Arab blood was added to indigenous breeds to add "refinement." I too wonder why his head is larger, squarer? Graeme, do you have any thoughts on this?
It makes you wonder, why anyone would even think of killing any of such beautiful animals as horses? In the time all your horses are in a good place and well cared for. It is a pity the world of horses didnt get the same treatment. (Happy horses). 🐴👍
And being slaughted when injured or enabled to race. Filling the pets' cans industry with horse meat among other other species butchered.. Horse meat is still a delicacy for some human too, unfortunately..
Do you think Mr Wilde has found a way to stir up the water and check for the presence of things he doesn’t want to drink? Or he may just like the sound and the maneuver lol.
Notice how wildie has a more thicker jaw line than the other horses? Is this because of his breed or was he just born that way. However i reallly like him. 👍🐴
If you watch herds of Mustangs and other wild horses, they all seem to have a kind of square jaw, small mouth. The original horses you find in Mongolia, or the ancestor, the Przewalski horse, which was almost extinct and now highly protected in Poland, have similar features..
@@StableHorseTraining yes, you are right because this type of horses who have no mixed breed or very little in their ancestors have these traits and often their mane is straight on the neck a bit like Yoka whose origins are a very old breed imported by the Vickings to Iceland.
I really wanna come and visit baby grace. I've tried to send myself in the mail but your snails 🐌 left me all slimy. Have also tried to dig myself there but you Covered up my hole 🕳. That did take a long time to dig. I think will fly ✈ over this time around. I Better buy a parachuteby. 🤭🤭🤣😂
Samantha Kew, I think you and SA Smythe should team up and write a horse-themed comedy routine! 👏 I remember poor Graeme trying to explain his snail-mail problem! Good Grief. I am seeing some wacky cartoons now, with comments from you both. Better watch the video now, to learn yet more from Stable Horse Training.
So, I've just seen the whole video, they look like a bunch of healthy, very happy horses playing around! This shows so well the distinctive personalities of each horse, along with Graeme's informative and funny commentary. Poor firecracker Gracie, the "Inept Roller!" I remember palomino Peggy, after rolling, would jump and rear up, then gallop away. What a flashy show :)). And the Bay Boys (not so twin-ish now) are so entertaining. During the past dreary covid months, I've really enjoyed watching the continuity of the horses' development, and all the frequent commentators too. Thanks again Graeme, for all the work you put into this!
I wonder if faces are more personal? You get up their noses? I notice some of my friends are comfy with faces, others quickly say that's enough but I can do ears or neck or withers or bum. I wonder as particularly passers by, do we overwhelm them with our foreign human smell? Or is that me being a weird human?
If I want to, yes, I can put my fingers in their noses. The purposes are mainly in the case I have to do anything medically related. I do believe we overwhelm them at times with touch and smell.
To me luke is a leader and that to me would be a good thing. If you think about it even humans need a good leader.And maybe Animals could teach humans a thing or too?👍🐴
Wilde is bulking up nicely. Looks like he is a lighter color, too. He and Luke used to be the same color.
SA Smythe, "bulking up nicely". Love that expression 😁. Maybe I can use it to describe my own covid weight-gain. But yes, Oscar looks great!
Yes, he's really filling in nicely and it's all coming together :)
Just plain fun.
Those cheeky little monkeys are real bridge eaters!!! Lots of fun with the kids. I enjoyed the time with them. Glad to see them all having fun together. Gracey she is just the best. They are all great!!!
Luke and Mr Wildie are perfect team, so happy to see him having fun
they have most certainly become fast friends
Colors are gorgeous. Thank you. So much fun watching the horses.
I like watching the bay-play. 🐴🐴
Lovely observations of their interactions! Goodness I miss being around horses. My papa has a farm and trained horses. Such a beautiful way to grow up!
Thank you!
It's so lovely to watch them play. Thank you for sharing Graeme. I'm always grateful what you bring to us.xx
My pleasure 😊
That was fun watching!!
Licking the ground for salt deposits. Most horses around me do that when there is ground or sandy like areas. My dads Amish friend and his 6 Belgians do that all the time even though they have 4 salt lick blocks, they still go oh look bare ground time to lick it and the larger rocks around. LOL,
Time for some anti cribbing ointment or sauce to put a stop to that making toothpicks out of that bridge.
I wondered about that but I'm skeptical as the sand has been there a long time and salt is reasonably water soluble. As for getting horses to stop eating wood, the best thing to use is wood preservative as it does double duty of deterring the horses and protects the wood and it doesn't wash away like those expensive options you've mentioned.
@@StableHorseTraining That was what I was getting at was to use what ever you deem necessary or like to use not a commercial type, as even with the Amish each and every one of them have what they like to use to deter cribbing. One uses a pine tar and cod liver oil mixture to stop his from tearing down his 165 year old barn, the horses only try once and then never again as the tar causes it to stick to their teeth and they are like how do I get this off and yet not be able to taste it.
I find it interesting that you quote and recommend what the Amish do, that's a rare thing in the horse world to look up to the Amish for how to treat horses. I appreciate the tips of course, all good here :)
At first I thought Wildie ❤ was doing the barrel kicking because the sound inside it might have been interesting to him but, now that I saw him pawing the sand and hitting the barrel like you've mentioned, maybe that's their natural reaction to water, or when they try to get water from somewhere like under the ice, and then he ends up kicking the barrel. It's funny.
He got really startled when you told him to move away from the bridge. He even jumped a bit, maybe because Gracie was a little behind him and Luke was next to him, then I guess he realized "oh, it's the human".
Yup, very possible. Somebody else suggested that it's just habit for that reason and he hasn't figured out yet that he doesn't have to do anything for the water.
@@StableHorseTraining I've wondered if it has to do with depth perception. When the water is still he can't tell where it really is to get a drink; when he knocks the barrel the water ripples, now he can tell. Just a thought.
I think it is easier to see where the surface of the water is if you pound the container with your hoof.
"Pound the container with your hoof." 🤣 I must try that too, sometime. What a way with words you have! :))
It's possible
Wilde likes to play the drum, he's a very rhythmic horse. Is his nose and jaw line squarer than the horses or is that just look like that from the camera? I love seeing him coming into his own now. It's so much fun watching them all play, thank you for sharing today. It's funny you got that weather coming in. We do too here in New Hampshire tomorrow night, what they call a nor'easter, heavy winds and rain. I hate wind, it can be so damaging.
Yup, just need to break out the guitar and get some vocals in here
Oscar probably had to dig in water holes and break ice drinking out on the land in his wild days.Might explain the pawing.
I believe so too and the idea that making a larger hole for the water reduces sediment and makes it easier to drink as the water gets deeper. He's just not smart enough to realize that it's a barrel and none of that is possible...
Just a thought about the horses licking the ground in that particular part of the arena. Does rainwater contain salts? I suppose it does, and maybe, because the rainwater tends to run down towards the forest (and a river somewhere, presumably), salts, i.e. minerals, are deposited there at the top. I don't know ...
It's possible as the rocks that are up higher might leach off salt. Now you're making me wonder if sodium chloride is lighter than the other elements in the ground... Good thoughts!
I love it, thank you very much 👍 each one is so adorable😍 Gracie = Gracie 😀I thought the storm was yesterday. So keep our fingers crossed, for the forthcoming one. Unless you know your horse very well and he knows you, it's best to always warn him of your approach.. Mine accepted my coming under his blind spots, you have to. I think horses not liking their face being touched are the ones who had a bad experience from man or never got used to it, the gentle way, learning how human can provide well being and scratches.. And not only nasty bridles, pulling their mouth, pressing their nose or touching their ears
Yes, I remember a commenter that came in just one time and said it's stupid as she's never seen a horse that likes it's face touched and people should never touch a horse's face. I was just astonished at such an opinion, a bit sad for the girl too as she clearly isn't the type of person nor does she hang around anybody that has experienced this. Just amazing and yes very likely due to the unfriendliness of the humans.
@@StableHorseTraining yes, that person most probably was told by a another person to believe this ! It's how errors and fakes spread..or the horses she saw were somewhat traumatised by bad handling of their face.
It is amazing to me what gets passed down and then never again critically thought about in all things in life. There is a saying called "blind as a bat" and that persisted for tens of years. Bats not only aren't blind, but have great eyesight! That's just one of many examples obviously, the horse world is full of it's own too.
@@StableHorseTraining absolutely true, and then it is almost impossible to reverse the believes, in many areas of life. Concerning animals, some have such a bad unjustified reputation, by fear or lack of knowledge and their role in the ecosystems, believing what is said about them through the ages (snakes, crocodiles, spiders, wasps, hornets, brown bears, wolves, apex predators in general..)
Very enjoyable.
Observation is the best teacher
agreed!
Thinking on this I'm also reminded that interpretation of the observation can send knowledge one way or the other. So.. observation over a period of time with critical thinking is the best teacher to test theories made during the subjective thoughts we have of those observations :)
@@StableHorseTraining Well said...yes, it’s a forever learning process but so much fun! Especially observing your gang!
Norma and PFKat, I've noticed that also. It seems fairly typical of feral horses, in US as well as Canada. In past, Arab blood was added to indigenous breeds to add "refinement." I too wonder why his head is larger, squarer? Graeme, do you have any thoughts on this?
Hard to say. I'm going to guess breed and there are theories that stallions that are gelded a bit later (he was 4) get a larger jaw.
It makes you wonder, why anyone would even think of killing any of such beautiful animals as horses? In the time all your horses are in a good place and well cared for. It is a pity the world of horses didnt get the same treatment. (Happy horses). 🐴👍
And being slaughted when injured or enabled to race. Filling the pets' cans industry with horse meat among other other species butchered.. Horse meat is still a delicacy for some human too, unfortunately..
Thank you very much Norma :) I try my best!
😂🤣😂🤣 this video made my week…thank you 😃
You’re welcome 😊
Thank you.
You're welcome!
Do you think Mr Wilde has found a way to stir up the water and check for the presence of things he doesn’t want to drink? Or he may just like the sound and the maneuver lol.
I'm thinking it's just habit to make a deeper hole in the ground to clear the sediment.
Wow the Wildy looks like he's putting on the pounds 🤗 not to say he's fat but has filled out sense you got him.
He's got some new muscle in there for sure!
Notice how wildie has a more thicker jaw line than the other horses? Is this because of his breed or was he just born that way. However i reallly like him. 👍🐴
If you watch herds of Mustangs and other wild horses, they all seem to have a kind of square jaw, small mouth. The original horses you find in Mongolia, or the ancestor, the Przewalski horse, which was almost extinct and now highly protected in Poland, have similar features..
Yes, I think it's a breed thing and possibly due to being gelded a bit later (that's a theory that is out there but I'm unsure if it's proven).
@@StableHorseTraining yes, you are right because this type of horses who have no mixed breed or very little in their ancestors have these traits and often their mane is straight on the neck a bit like Yoka whose origins are a very old breed imported by the Vickings to Iceland.
@@martineinfrance well thank you Martine in france for that information. Norma in Australia. 🐴🎓😊
I really wanna come and visit baby grace. I've tried to send myself in the mail but your snails 🐌 left me all slimy. Have also tried to dig myself there but you Covered up my hole 🕳. That did take a long time to dig. I think will fly ✈ over this time around. I Better buy a parachuteby. 🤭🤭🤣😂
Samantha Kew, I think you and SA Smythe should team up and write a horse-themed comedy routine! 👏
I remember poor Graeme trying to explain his snail-mail problem!
Good Grief. I am seeing some wacky cartoons now, with comments from you both. Better watch the video now, to learn yet more from Stable Horse Training.
@@aileen694 yes the snails in the mailbox 📬 Add lease they are not spiders 🕷
So, I've just seen the whole video, they look like a bunch of healthy, very happy horses playing around!
This shows so well the distinctive personalities of each horse, along with Graeme's informative and funny commentary. Poor firecracker Gracie, the "Inept Roller!"
I remember palomino Peggy, after rolling, would jump and rear up, then gallop away. What a flashy show :)). And the Bay Boys (not so twin-ish now) are so entertaining. During the past dreary covid months, I've really enjoyed watching the continuity of the horses' development, and all the frequent commentators too.
Thanks again Graeme, for all the work you put into this!
I'll watch the sky!
I wonder if faces are more personal? You get up their noses? I notice some of my friends are comfy with faces, others quickly say that's enough but I can do ears or neck or withers or bum. I wonder as particularly passers by, do we overwhelm them with our foreign human smell? Or is that me being a weird human?
If I want to, yes, I can put my fingers in their noses. The purposes are mainly in the case I have to do anything medically related. I do believe we overwhelm them at times with touch and smell.
To me luke is a leader and that to me would be a good thing. If you think about it even humans need a good leader.And maybe Animals could teach humans a thing or too?👍🐴
Well, that was the point of this video actually :) Horses making the BEST teachers
Is there water for them to drink in there?
This is an old video but it's my stance on making sure there is fresh water in turnout areas: ruclips.net/video/eVkmd6GBCro/видео.html
How much is a fart worth?
Ha! 100 bucks
@@StableHorseTraining thanks for sharing the videos & teach the non- horse ppl abt these beautiful animals.