I'm ready mentally to take on these challenges seeing you do them. I look at it like I'm new to wild horses as the wild horse is new to interacting with humans. You both learn from each other and reward each other. Love your channel.
Nice job! A tip for a very cheap stand: get a car jack, cut a tennis ball to slip it at the top of the car jack (for it to be more confortable for the horse), and ta-da!! I have been using it for years and it works pretty good!
Bravo Nathan! His patience and confidence would have never caused me to think he's not a horse person. I saw what I saw. In my book, Nathan's a horse person now. 😁 Once again, you've really checked all the boxes. Decades ago, I asked a farrier what amounts to preparing a horse for a farrier. No surprise that it's not simply teaching a horse to hold a foot up. That's an important first step and some farriers are happy to take it from there if informed and compensated for training time, but if a horse blows up when the farrier takes a foot between the knees and the nippers go flying half way into the first snip - no bueno and good luck booking him or her in the future if you weren't clear and honest about where they were in farrier prep training. What you were doing was perfect, and not just in terms of training. I don't know if you're aware that filing the front edges similar to what you were doing is a normal part of barefoot trimming, and regardless of the horse breed it's called a "mustang roll." How perfect for a mustang, especially one waiting on a trim! While it's usually one of the last steps after everything else, (frog, bars, length), it's also a good cheat to protect a horse waiting on a trim from toe cracks that bring about the risk of a split up the hoof wall. My most appreciated learning moment is the use of the countdown. Horses don't have much sense of time. As far as they know, anything new and worrisome will go on forever unless they do something to escape it. It's pretty clear that Merlin understands the countdown, that release is coming and reward for his patience follows. Love it! I'm definitely going to start doing this. 👍
I love watching the process! Interesting and intriguing. Merlin gives good feedback. You really could see the difference in Merlin when you added the countdown when Nathan was picking out his hoof. Such a cutie!!
He tolerates a lot! I definitely have a lot of respect for the work they do, and try my best to make the job as easy as I can, still room for improvement though!
I had an internship at a big horse barn, and part of my job was to help the farrier. Lots of the horses were terrified of the farrier from past experiences. Lots of them couldn’t be tied, and so it was my job to hold them still. Luckily I never got any noticeable injuries but they did rough me up.
I learned something watching this..the daily routine - is key to mustang owners; a key aspect of gentling them. I Have owned my AV gelding for 3 years..3 years of sporadic training which has not gotten my mustang properly prepared..not only is he not properly prepared but - I believe this lack of routine is what probably causes many to remain a tad flighty and reactive even after being in domestic situations for periods of time. With domestic horses you can get them prepared and started in about 30 days - or maybe I should say you can be sitting on them and starting their 1st rides at least - but with a mustang they don't trust humans nor have they had a need for a human at any point in their life..I imagine at this moment that gaining their trust is about equal to expecting them to make friends with a mountain lion - yes my mustang will tolerate saddling and ground work and all sorts of things until he doesn't the next moment..and yet it's always something silly like the brush fell out of my hands or he almost touched my hand as I was reaching out to brush him and jumps back - "routine" is more than routine it's the building block for trust - there is a fine line..what can I add what building blocks must come and slowly so that he sees one step at a time will best help him see that he is safe and I am his leader and build his trust in me..I Def have something to focus on now .Good job..Great video..
This is a very well edited and produced video! And very educational while being fun to watch. Also you do a nice job with training humans too! I also work with all my horses' feet to prepare them for a farrier.
Great job adjusting the training to his needs! Hope the trims go/went well! As someone else asked, is there any indication of what cause what looks like scaring on his face? He certainly doesn't seem head shy.
He arrived with those scars, so I"m not sure - it must have been a pretty bad cut at one time! When I first started getting my hands on him, I could feel the scars all over his body, poor thing. They've all since peeled off and smoothed out, except for his face
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I'm a farrier and this is excellent. I wish everyone would think and prepare like you! Nice job!
Thank you! I think Farrier’s aren’t appreciated enough!
Love your count down!
I'm ready mentally to take on these challenges seeing you do them. I look at it like I'm new to wild horses as the wild horse is new to interacting with humans. You both learn from each other and reward each other. Love your channel.
Nice job! A tip for a very cheap stand: get a car jack, cut a tennis ball to slip it at the top of the car jack (for it to be more confortable for the horse), and ta-da!!
I have been using it for years and it works pretty good!
Great idea!! Thank you! Probably a heck of a lot cheaper too!
@@TheProjectEquestrian exactly! You're looking at $30 at most :)
Yes! you can get one at Harbor Freight and they're adjustable. Actually a jack stand, not a jack.
Bravo Nathan! His patience and confidence would have never caused me to think he's not a horse person. I saw what I saw. In my book, Nathan's a horse person now. 😁
Once again, you've really checked all the boxes. Decades ago, I asked a farrier what amounts to preparing a horse for a farrier. No surprise that it's not simply teaching a horse to hold a foot up. That's an important first step and some farriers are happy to take it from there if informed and compensated for training time, but if a horse blows up when the farrier takes a foot between the knees and the nippers go flying half way into the first snip - no bueno and good luck booking him or her in the future if you weren't clear and honest about where they were in farrier prep training.
What you were doing was perfect, and not just in terms of training. I don't know if you're aware that filing the front edges similar to what you were doing is a normal part of barefoot trimming, and regardless of the horse breed it's called a "mustang roll." How perfect for a mustang, especially one waiting on a trim! While it's usually one of the last steps after everything else, (frog, bars, length), it's also a good cheat to protect a horse waiting on a trim from toe cracks that bring about the risk of a split up the hoof wall.
My most appreciated learning moment is the use of the countdown. Horses don't have much sense of time. As far as they know, anything new and worrisome will go on forever unless they do something to escape it. It's pretty clear that Merlin understands the countdown, that release is coming and reward for his patience follows. Love it! I'm definitely going to start doing this. 👍
I love watching the process! Interesting and intriguing. Merlin gives good feedback. You really could see the difference in Merlin when you added the countdown when Nathan was picking out his hoof. Such a cutie!!
Wasn’t it fascinating? I too was intrigued!
I bet your farrier absolutely loves you! Amazing job!
He tolerates a lot! I definitely have a lot of respect for the work they do, and try my best to make the job as easy as I can, still room for improvement though!
Amazing job!
I had an internship at a big horse barn, and part of my job was to help the farrier. Lots of the horses were terrified of the farrier from past experiences. Lots of them couldn’t be tied, and so it was my job to hold them still. Luckily I never got any noticeable injuries but they did rough me up.
Yikes! I feel like a lot of horses struggle in that area- I’m sure you’ve had some experiences!!😅😅
I learned something watching this..the daily routine - is key to mustang owners; a key aspect of gentling them. I Have owned my AV gelding for 3 years..3 years of sporadic training which has not gotten my mustang properly prepared..not only is he not properly prepared but - I believe this lack of routine is what probably causes many to remain a tad flighty and reactive even after being in domestic situations for periods of time. With domestic horses you can get them prepared and started in about 30 days - or maybe I should say you can be sitting on them and starting their 1st rides at least - but with a mustang they don't trust humans nor have they had a need for a human at any point in their life..I imagine at this moment that gaining their trust is about equal to expecting them to make friends with a mountain lion - yes my mustang will tolerate saddling and ground work and all sorts of things until he doesn't the next moment..and yet it's always something silly like the brush fell out of my hands or he almost touched my hand as I was reaching out to brush him and jumps back - "routine" is more than routine it's the building block for trust - there is a fine line..what can I add what building blocks must come and slowly so that he sees one step at a time will best help him see that he is safe and I am his leader and build his trust in me..I Def have something to focus on now .Good job..Great video..
I love Merlin. If I was in the position to adopt him, I sure would.
Haha He’s a sweet boy!
This is a very well edited and produced video! And very educational while being fun to watch. Also you do a nice job with training humans too! I also work with all my horses' feet to prepare them for a farrier.
Thank you Nancy!
Sweet and simple 😍
Great job adjusting the training to his needs! Hope the trims go/went well!
As someone else asked, is there any indication of what cause what looks like scaring on his face?
He certainly doesn't seem head shy.
He arrived with those scars, so I"m not sure - it must have been a pretty bad cut at one time! When I first started getting my hands on him, I could feel the scars all over his body, poor thing. They've all since peeled off and smoothed out, except for his face