Really appreciate the comment concerning a troubled horse needing help shifting to positive mood state. This really rang a bell for me. We have a 10 yr old gelding that I have spent over 5 yrs rehabilitating after sending him to a trainer when he would have benefitted from a much needed rest from stressful training. It was an honest mistake, but I have been paying very heavily for it these last five years. He is now much more well adjusted, but has back problems diagnosed as kissing spine in the lumbar area. I recognize it starts conformationally, but I do theorize his emotions kept him so tight, while he tried to comply with training that he compressed his spine. L1 and L2 are overlapping, and he has continual discomfort.
This is absolutely a wonderful, insightful, and well spoken description of horse's behavior and emotions!!! I am an equine body therapist for the past 35 years with all types of horses and I have discovered many of these things and have changed my interactions with my clients horses over the years with great results. Unfortunately, with my own P.R.E. gelding with an unintentional bad early foal experience, I have not had a successful inroad to him and his stressed personality. I believe watching this gives me a better understanding for yet another go at breaking through with him. He is now 13 and it has been a 12 year project!!! Thank you!
Thank you both for this excellent video. Both my mares were taken away from mothers at 6 months, & Zadie (Friesian) was imported straight away from Holland, & until I bought her, aged nearly 10 had done very little. She has made me consider 'training' more than any other horse I've owned. In the past I rarely bought anything much over 3 years old. She is now 17 & we still have our moments, she is always on 'guard duty' & we spend a long time looking around & touching & smelling things. We have done a lot of obstacle training which she is happy & confident with & now really enjoys just riding out. I would recommend that everyone should watch this session. There is always something new to learn in all your conversations together.
Chapters 12 - 14 in my book What Horses Really Want are devoted to Investigative Behavior, how it works, and how we can encourage it. Chapters 15 - 17 on Confidence Building and Freedom are also relevant. My website also has several articles and blogs on the topic, and my blog titled "Chats with Jec" lists 2 chats on Investigative Behavior.
❤probably the best pod yet, thank you.
Really appreciate the comment concerning a troubled horse needing help shifting to positive mood state. This really rang a bell for me. We have a 10 yr old gelding that I have spent over 5 yrs rehabilitating after sending him to a trainer when he would have benefitted from a much needed rest from stressful training. It was an honest mistake, but I have been paying very heavily for it these last five years. He is now much more well adjusted, but has back problems diagnosed as kissing spine in the lumbar area. I recognize it starts conformationally, but I do theorize his emotions kept him so tight, while he tried to comply with training that he compressed his spine. L1 and L2 are overlapping, and he has continual discomfort.
This is absolutely a wonderful, insightful, and well spoken description of horse's behavior and emotions!!! I am an equine body therapist for the past 35 years with all types of horses and I have discovered many of these things and have changed my interactions with my clients horses over the years with great results. Unfortunately, with my own P.R.E. gelding with an unintentional bad early foal experience, I have not had a successful inroad to him and his stressed personality. I believe watching this gives me a better understanding for yet another go at breaking through with him. He is now 13 and it has been a 12 year project!!! Thank you!
Thank you both for this excellent video. Both my mares were taken away from mothers at 6 months, & Zadie (Friesian) was imported straight away from Holland, & until I bought her, aged nearly 10 had done very little. She has made me consider 'training' more than any other horse I've owned. In the past I rarely bought anything much over 3 years old. She is now 17 & we still have our moments, she is always on 'guard duty' & we spend a long time looking around & touching & smelling things. We have done a lot of obstacle training which she is happy & confident with & now really enjoys just riding out.
I would recommend that everyone should watch this session. There is always something new to learn in all your conversations together.
Question: Please give some ideas for taking a horse with negative emotion to an inquisitive state. Thank you.
Chapters 12 - 14 in my book What Horses Really Want are devoted to Investigative Behavior, how it works, and how we can encourage it. Chapters 15 - 17 on Confidence Building and Freedom are also relevant. My website also has several articles and blogs on the topic, and my blog titled "Chats with Jec" lists 2 chats on Investigative Behavior.