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Currently have my neighbor at the place i stable at trying to persuade me to put my horse in with hers/so my horse can tell her horse off. Because hers is super buddy sour over mine. I am like no way. Ive also ran it through other horse owner friends and they think its a terrible idea. Never heard of a buddy sour situation getting better by putting them together. On top mine is not a tough mare. Ive said to her i am not having my horse injured for something training will deal with. So i sent her this.
Great info, Ryan. No horse play for me any more. If not so, I wud be a payin customer. I do recognize awesome info when I hear it and see the results! Back in the day this wudda been right up my alley. The slow way is the sure way... was my training motto. I was a pack/herd leader b4 it was cool. Wish I had u, or someone like u, around to help me with my cousin's aunt's crazy animal... Poor beast had more problems. I did not now where to start. Scared me! So I kinda walked away. Do not know what became of it. Never asked. I now realize the aunt was the main issue! Ha! Live n learn...🥴
how can you help with seperation anxiety if youre in a wheelchair and have 0 help? What about on a hack? what if your illness only allows once or twice a week working with your horse? My condition is me.cfs and my horse had a very bad weaning so seperation is scary for her,. cheers loads!
Just a quick thank you. I’ve been a professional trainer,following the ‘natural’ method for over 50 years and enjoy watching your videos. (long before the term was used) Keep up the good work, you’re doing a great job!
What about for a horse that's DBuddy sour/barn sour/one that u can hardly catch without 3 to 4 ppl to corral him? I don't have any fancy barn it's an old tobacco barn 1 stall we took door off stall, n opened both ends of barn they can come in to out both ends as they please But I have one that's SO VERY DANGEROUSLY barn sour/buddy sour, that he's even kicked, reared n pawed at me while taking him out IF I CANT CATCH HIM. this horse was abused so I've not wanted to push to much, he was my husbands little brothers horse who passed away at 20 yrs old so I want to take care of his horse to the best of my ability but safely
Next time Emily takes Ted to a show, it would be helpful to see how she can put this into practice. My horse was 10x worse than Ted. I lost him this year but I want to be prepared if I encounter this issue again. I agree it comes from weaning. Breeders can create a life of misery for the horses and their owners.
Yes! Great idea. I’d love to see this put into a practical situation as well. The theory is solid though. It’s a technique that is used to have a horse look to the handler for direction but when used as a teaching tool with two horses then that just takes it to another level. I also never considered the way any horse has been weaned and how that affects life long behaviour. Now I do. What a revelation to me and I’ve been into horses for a long time. I love how we never stop learning.
Sage is a complete doll! This video is gold. I have a mare that becomes suicidal while separated from my other mare. It reeally is difficult to deal with. Im happy to see that Ive been on the right track! More please!
I laughed out loud at the very last part when he bit her in the butt. Lol. We love all your videos Ryan! “Make the right thing easy and the wrong thing hard”. Kinda works with the kids, too. 😁😆
A horse can get attached to a horse regardless if they’ve never been that way in the past too. My mare has found 3 horses in the 17 years I’ve owned her that she became attached to. Two of those, i could ride her away from but, she’d listen intently and feel she needed to get back when they’d call to her. One was like her Siamese twin where she’d absolutely lose it if she couldn’t be with her. Other horses she could care less.
I've ran across your stuff and love you. I am old but my great granddaughter is up she starting her first baby. I am buying her a membership. Thank you & Emily for sharing you with us.
Right - but when you leave weanlings together and eventually remove the mares, then the "bond" switches from the mare to the buddy the weanlings make among their herd of weanlings. Typically when you wean a group of foals the weanlings will buddy up with another specific weanling. So you have the same problem when it comes to separation, only it is a "buddy sour" situation instead of dealing with splitting up the foal and the mare.
I got a doberman from the spca once that was terrified of chain link fences. He was 2 years old. I walked him closer and closer to a chainlink fence every day for months until I was throwing stuff at the fence behind him until it didn't bother him anymore.
Gosh I’m so glad I found this . I have two horses that have been in a paddock together and stalled next to each other at night and for years have not shown separation issues. I pull one out to ride and have even take one away to clinics with no issue. I had to move barns and they are clinging to each other like a life raft and it’s scary. If I try to take one out to do anything they both scream and the one in paddock gallops around and kicks fence. It’s so stressful. I am going to implement a lot of these techniques. I was considering moving one to a different barn I was so frustrated.
I watched a dozen of your wonderful videos today and I really understood the concept of pressure and relief in this one. I’m actually going to try it on my dog who suffers from separation anxiety 😁Thank you.
I appreciate all that you’ve said and done here. I’m not clear on what my expectations should be though. You pointed out the need to do this often using different techniques, and indicated you’ve practiced these with Ted. And yet Ted shows anxiety to the degree he might jump out of the pen. I guess my question is, does this EVER really get better? Mine is like your wife described. He will connect to brand new stall mates at a camp… no problem riding, no problem leaving…just when others leave. He’s actually really good at home when left behind. Just terrible at a new environment with new animals.
Ryan Rose is a Caesar Milan in the horse world. I am a canine lover, nature lover, lover of all mammals. It is great to see a human who has years of experience reading horses at their level. You are a godsend to horses.
I can't say I like yours, or your wife's horse best. They are both gorgeous! I have always loved those grey ones, but I also love hers, with the cow spots ! They are both so stinkin' cute ! And they are in beautiful physical condition. As far as their hooves, they. look.......mah-velous !!! They are so darn cute I can't hardly take it. Their legs and feet are so healthy and so darn cute !!!
My Paso Fino mare was extremely herd bound. Then her pasture mate died and she's been a single horse since. Now she's fabulous out on the trails by herself, but gets super anxious when I ride with my friends and their horses. It must be the flip side of this coin? I'm a patron, are there more videos addressing this on your patron account? I'm flipping back and forth between patron and RUclips, soaking in your fabulous content!
Great video!!! I used to ride my horse into the pasture and trot around to make being by horse alot of work for my mule. Then I'd go out and rest. Further and further. Then I had to grab a little stick to ward of the mule from getting to close while in the pen and the mule went and grabbed a 6 foot long branch in his mouth like a dog and chased us around . Haaaa. Mules are incredible! Ended up working great though. Further away the bigger the break they both got. Then I could make a big loop out of sight....come back and check mule and hed be relaxed eating hay .
My mare will not stand in the cross-ties when she is by herself, she constantly is looking for her friends. Same for riding her on her own. She always needs a buddy. I look forward to trying your suggestions!
This is a great video. I just purchased a Half-Arabian mare who is in the process of being transferred cross country. I have received word from the haulers that she appears to be suffering from some mild separation anxiety (whinnying and pacing in the trailer a little), so I want to put some of these methods to use when she arrives in a few days to hopefully recognize it and nip it in the bud before it becomes a huge issue as I have plans to show her in dressage and sport horse classes. I have paid for membership and may have more specific questions once she arrives. I will share this video link with my trainer (if you do not mind) so we both will be on the same page working with her.
Very interesting and informative. Makes sense. I wish I'd known this when I was younger, about 65 years ago, but that wasn't the way horses were trained, then.
I've got a pair at our equine therapy group that I am going to use your technique tomorrow after their therapy session. Her boy friend whinnys and front kicks his stall if she goes out to work.
We have 3 at the stable I ride, in a v odd co-dependant relationship! 2 mares, 1 gelding - he's on the end. When any of the 3 are taken for a lesson, the other 2 lose it (pacing, neighing, circling, no kicking) and are fine when their neighbour comes back. Funny thing w the mares, who are beside each other, when both in their stalls they don't even seem to like each other - pinning ears / snapping teeth when both at shared wall 🙄
9:45 am pacific time: Your gifted with awesome skills at speaking with horses with pressure, it’s almost it’s own form of sign language. I ride weekly but don’t own my own horse. My coach referred your videos to me and I’m learning a great deal. Your lessons have helped me tremendously. I ride horses from time to time for my job as a finance guy working with cattle producers. Thanks
Oh my goodness 😢 when I was a teenager I fell in love with a mare who's pasture partner was in his late 20's and was sold for god knows what...The mare was so sad and needy, I began spending time with her, I took her for walks and spent time with her every day..I loved her so much. The mare was eventually bred as she was about 7 so I hoped her baby revitalized her
This is the best most informative video. I really appreciate it 🙏 I've retaken on an ottb been off the track for 4 years but only been hacked out. Has serious separation anxiety and I found out the hard way tonight, got kicked twice in the back, missed his signals my own fault but I'm putting to use everything you've talked about. So big thank you 🙏
Awesome video! Thank you! I didn't think there was much to do about this issue. I take responsibility for not weaning my gelding properly! Wish I could do it over. He is super buddy sour when I remove his sister from the yard even with a buddy gelding with him. Thankfully, he does well when I bring him out to work or ride him. I've done some of the tying up alone but not consistently. That will be my biggest hurdle. I think I can make some of these ideas work for him though. I feel so bad for him when I ride her down the rode and I hear him "crying" for her. I hope I can make these work to help with his stress.
I have a 6 month old colt I weaned at 4 months as his dam was getting rebred. He didn't hardly notice as he had his yearling buddy to hang with. I was shocked last week when I tied him to pull blood and hair samples for dna tests.... he stood amazing without issues (minus flies pestering him). Next year, I should have about 8 foals to wean together. I definitely believe in having buddies to wean with.
Thank you, I will start with my mare. She gets extremely anxious, many triggers but separation is the hardest to deal with. Good to find your helpful techniques in this video.
I have seen this anxiety in a Horse before. Gradually we were able to slowly ease it with separations from Being in same pasture to to Being in separate pastures where they could see each other. To finally she become Confident
Hi Ryan, I no longer have horses but. I have to say I love your videos for instruction on how to handle people. Setting boundaries. Teaching people how to treat me. It so common for life skills. Awesome training and teaching. Keep it up.
My horse had the bad weaning experience you spoke on, the breeder put him into a trailer and sent him across the country. Unfortunately he severely injured himself in the trailer and now has bad separation anxiety and fear of being alone. I’m looking forward to trying these tips, thank you for the video!
Thank you both!! This video is a huge help. I have a 12 year old mare and her 4year old daughter. The baby is fine to take out. She's the most curious, "what is that?! Go see!!", most self confident horse I've ever owned. Her mother goes ballistic as soon as we're out of sight. Any suggestions for doing these exercises with only 1 person? I'm usually alone, so I can't consistently take Witch away and stay with Lucy to correct her behavior at the same time. And Lucy isn't ridable, she had an accident as a 4 year old and her right hind leg doesn't work quite right ever since, so the tail chasing isn't a possibility for me, even if I could find a second rider.
This is awesome, thanks! I have a 19 year old gelding who is way worse than Ted and absolutely freaks out and won’t calm down. I’m hoping to get past this or get better with separation anxiety but it’s been very overwhelming. I going to try doing this consistently and we’ll see what happens!
It would have been nice to see 2 horses that are really hooked on each other. I have 2 that bonded extremely tight in the last year. It is going to be a problem for The Rocky Mountain Horse to separate from my Big Red. We have had to deal with it over the summer. Mine cryed, my daughters threw a fit! We will keep trying.
I wish to have a coach like Ryan Rose to guide me train my horses though I'm told I did a very good job to have trained my Wild, (FREE) horse, but tuning her to the level Ryan has his horses would be fantastic.
I like your video it help me with my and I broke my horse with your videos it help me with my horse and I can ride her and my horse is so good Nannette
I have a 2 year old mustang filly who gets separation anxiety, she has bonded to my 5 year old mare, when left alone but she does well with me or the stable owner when we are there with her. This will hopefully help. I like to put her in the round pen and work with my mare in the indoor arena. Even inside the barn I can hear her.
U can build self confidence...yes...the perspective you tell here is correct ....but..under certain circumstances...in the end horses need their own kind...as in the passing of the owner...single horse left behind need the company of other horses...the family is not always interested in keeping daddy's old horse
That is mild compared to what I have seen. Three OTTBs were so bonded you couldn't even have a fence between them. You had to stuff all three in the same stall. They were seldom more that ten ft away from each other. Separate stalls on the opposite side of the isle would make them freak out. I've never seen such an extreme. Never did cure the one (he was so bad he couldn't be ridden away from the others). He did improve, but those three...wow. FYI they were not related or raised in the same place. Never seen anything like it.
Love the video, any advice for some “games” to use that don’t require circling while under saddle to solve this ? Working with a horse that has some lameness issues so circling isn’t ideal. Will definitely try the backing up method on the ground.
For many years I weaned the foals in a different way. I had 5 mares and foals, a week or two before I weaned them I would turn a mare, Madam, I had out with them all. Of course the mares were protective of their foals but Madam would take no notice. Within an hour she would have all the foals alongside her. Feed time all the foals would be eating with her, not their dams. One actual weaning I would have the mares in one paddock and foals and Madam in the adjoining. No trauma ever.
Thank you for your video. I have an 11 year old arab mare who is very spirited; however, is very herd bound. Unfortunately, I have no way of moving my round pen to an area where she can see the other horses(especially her boyfriend), and I need to take her to the pen for training and one on one lovin' time:) My question is that she normally never had a problem and looked forward to her work and play time but now, when we approach the gate, it is freak out time. I do NOT want her associating pen time as a negative but cannot caudle and allow her to remain with the herd because SHE said so. I have tried to lead a bit further away daily and once again, stubborn arab mare. You would think doing this daily would build the repetition she needs to submit but she digs her heels in. Once we get to the pen, she sweats, snorts, and paces roads in the mud. Advice?????
Please let people know you are NOT working horses then just tying them to that fence for up to 4 hrs without an offer/source of water! Love your videos but that thought disturbed me. Some might take what they see literally & not provide that BASIC need. It’s also part of understanding “the patience post” is not to be a place of “punishment” but relief!! Control freaks, & not good TRAINERS, punish! Yes, while horses CAN go without for various periods & we can all teach for more folks to understand & provide simple BASIC NEEDS. I deeply admire & respect your thoughts, training & sharing all this thru videos. Impossible to cover everything in one video & just don’t like that some people would point to this & use excuse to then tie the horse up & walk away for HOURS! It’s NOT a place of relief & none should be expected to stand unobserved happily & quietly in thirst, in the hot sun, being eaten by bugs…! Suggest possible video on correct tie training then also dealing with ones that already have bad & dangerous habits & don’t tie well. 🙏Thanks for all you are doing!
Yes. I have witnessed a lot of poll injuries from tying. If there is something startling (fire engine, gun shots, whatever), and horse spooks and pulls back, it can cause injuries that are not immediately seen. Later, as with foals when they grow older, there is a problem with their polls and pain in their heads, necks and faces. People will not know why their horse cannot bend or do things despite years of training. It was actually a poll injury due to a tying issue. Tying is a convenience for humans, but can be a danger to the horse. It is something most people/trainers don't discuss. I saw a yearling get her head lead rope wrapped around her head and almost strangled herself. It was imperative to be close enough to untie her as fast as possible. I would hate to know what would have happened to her if I had not been there. Curious if other people have troubles.
Love that you explain concept behind your method. Do you have any tips for those of us home alone with 2 buddy sour horses? I had gotten my 2 new horses good with riding away from barn when I had my third lead horse senior, but when he went to the rainbow bridge, they reverted back to being buddy sour and the one being ridden away became horrible. I regularly trailer them out and they each get left behind alone with no anxiety issues, which makes this even more puzzling. I've been leaving, returning, leaving, returning multiple times and only when they willingly leave and ride quietly do I cut ride short and let them return home for real. It has improved it, but the one out gets anxious again when sees barn. Sadly my trails meander around my farm not away, am I just doomed to fight this always?
Really helpful tips Ryan, thank you, I will definitely be trying them. Any advice please... when I load my horse into the trailer after a show she becomes anxious, pawing alot and neighing. What can I do about this?
My issue is the pony is 16 and born and raised here. Same pasture and pasture mates. I can take and ride her in the arena but she screams the whole time and I battle keeping her focused on me. I haven't ridden her out either in a few years because I'm concerned she might bolt me home
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Currently have my neighbor at the place i stable at trying to persuade me to put my horse in with hers/so my horse can tell her horse off. Because hers is super buddy sour over mine. I am like no way. Ive also ran it through other horse owner friends and they think its a terrible idea. Never heard of a buddy sour situation getting better by putting them together. On top mine is not a tough mare. Ive said to her i am not having my horse injured for something training will deal with. So i sent her this.
Great info, Ryan. No horse play for me any more. If not so, I wud be a payin customer. I do recognize awesome info when I hear it and see the results! Back in the day this wudda been right up my alley. The slow way is the sure way... was my training motto. I was a pack/herd leader b4 it was cool. Wish I had u, or someone like u, around to help me with my cousin's aunt's crazy animal... Poor beast had more problems. I did not now where to start. Scared me! So I kinda walked away. Do not know what became of it. Never asked. I now realize the aunt was the main issue! Ha! Live n learn...🥴
how can you help with seperation anxiety if youre in a wheelchair and have 0 help? What about on a hack? what if your illness only allows once or twice a week working with your horse? My condition is me.cfs and my horse had a very bad weaning so seperation is scary for her,. cheers loads!
Just a quick thank you. I’ve been a professional trainer,following the ‘natural’ method for over 50 years and enjoy watching your videos. (long before the term was used)
Keep up the good work, you’re doing a great job!
What about for a horse that's DBuddy sour/barn sour/one that u can hardly catch without 3 to 4 ppl to corral him? I don't have any fancy barn it's an old tobacco barn 1 stall we took door off stall, n opened both ends of barn they can come in to out both ends as they please But I have one that's SO VERY DANGEROUSLY barn sour/buddy sour, that he's even kicked, reared n pawed at me while taking him out IF I CANT CATCH HIM. this horse was abused so I've not wanted to push to much, he was my husbands little brothers horse who passed away at 20 yrs old so I want to take care of his horse to the best of my ability but safely
"She gets fat by looking at hay"...I've never related more to a horse in my life 😂
I really appreciate that you are showing us that even your horses have issues. I love your stuff you explain so simply. Thank you for teaching us.
Next time Emily takes Ted to a show, it would be helpful to see how she can put this into practice. My horse was 10x worse than Ted. I lost him this year but I want to be prepared if I encounter this issue again. I agree it comes from weaning. Breeders can create a life of misery for the horses and their owners.
Breeders are who create horses for you to ride! Just buy from a breeder who weans the way you like. Or breed your own horse
Yes! Great idea. I’d love to see this put into a practical situation as well. The theory is solid though. It’s a technique that is used to have a horse look to the handler for direction but when used as a teaching tool with two horses then that just takes it to another level. I also never considered the way any horse has been weaned and how that affects life long behaviour. Now I do. What a revelation to me and I’ve been into horses for a long time. I love how we never stop learning.
two beautiful, well cared for, and cared about horses.. thank you for this video. I don't have a horse anymore, but still love them
Thank You. Is there a video you recommend on weaning babies properly?
That was amazing! Loved it when Sage nipped the other horse's haunches. "Get away from me! I don't want to be anywhere near you!" 😄😄
Sage is a complete doll!
This video is gold. I have a mare that becomes suicidal while separated from my other mare. It reeally is difficult to deal with. Im happy to see that Ive been on the right track!
More please!
I laughed out loud at the very last part when he bit her in the butt. Lol. We love all your videos Ryan! “Make the right thing easy and the wrong thing hard”. Kinda works with the kids, too. 😁😆
A horse can get attached to a horse regardless if they’ve never been that way in the past too. My mare has found 3 horses in the 17 years I’ve owned her that she became attached to. Two of those, i could ride her away from but, she’d listen intently and feel she needed to get back when they’d call to her. One was like her Siamese twin where she’d absolutely lose it if she couldn’t be with her. Other horses she could care less.
I've ran across your stuff and love you. I am old but my great granddaughter is up she starting her first baby. I am buying her a membership. Thank you & Emily for sharing you with us.
I love your method, there's logic behind it and easy to understand
Thank you
Right - but when you leave weanlings together and eventually remove the mares, then the "bond" switches from the mare to the buddy the weanlings make among their herd of weanlings. Typically when you wean a group of foals the weanlings will buddy up with another specific weanling. So you have the same problem when it comes to separation, only it is a "buddy sour" situation instead of dealing with splitting up the foal and the mare.
I got a doberman from the spca once that was terrified of chain link fences. He was 2 years old. I walked him closer and closer to a chainlink fence every day for months until I was throwing stuff at the fence behind him until it didn't bother him anymore.
Gosh I’m so glad I found this . I have two horses that have been in a paddock together and stalled next to each other at night and for years have not shown separation issues. I pull one out to ride and have even take one away to clinics with no issue. I had to move barns and they are clinging to each other like a life raft and it’s scary. If I try to take one out to do anything they both scream and the one in paddock gallops around and kicks fence. It’s so stressful. I am going to implement a lot of these techniques. I was considering moving one to a different barn I was so frustrated.
No one is going to mention how slim Ryan looks? It's fantastic whatever he's doing. Keep it up Ryan.
WOW!
THIS should be REQUIRED viewing for ANYONE That has issues with their horses! BRAVO....
I just love your teachings....🥰🥰
I watched a dozen of your wonderful videos today and I really understood the concept of pressure and relief in this one. I’m actually going to try it on my dog who suffers from separation anxiety 😁Thank you.
I appreciate all that you’ve said and done here. I’m not clear on what my expectations should be though. You pointed out the need to do this often using different techniques, and indicated you’ve practiced these with Ted. And yet Ted shows anxiety to the degree he might jump out of the pen. I guess my question is, does this EVER really get better? Mine is like your wife described. He will connect to brand new stall mates at a camp… no problem riding, no problem leaving…just when others leave. He’s actually really good at home when left behind. Just terrible at a new environment with new animals.
😆😆😆 "when your horse is dancing around" and club lights lololol. I will remember No dancing! 😂😂😂
Ryan Rose is a Caesar Milan in the horse world. I am a canine lover, nature lover, lover of all mammals. It is great to see a human who has years of experience reading horses at their level. You are a godsend to horses.
I can't say I like yours, or your wife's horse best. They are both gorgeous! I have always loved those grey ones, but I also love hers, with the cow spots ! They are both so stinkin' cute ! And they are in beautiful physical condition. As far as their hooves, they. look.......mah-velous !!! They are so darn cute I can't hardly take it. Their legs and feet are so healthy and so darn cute !!!
My Paso Fino mare was extremely herd bound. Then her pasture mate died and she's been a single horse since. Now she's fabulous out on the trails by herself, but gets super anxious when I ride with my friends and their horses. It must be the flip side of this coin? I'm a patron, are there more videos addressing this on your patron account? I'm flipping back and forth between patron and RUclips, soaking in your fabulous content!
Great video!!! I used to ride my horse into the pasture and trot around to make being by horse alot of work for my mule. Then I'd go out and rest. Further and further. Then I had to grab a little stick to ward of the mule from getting to close while in the pen and the mule went and grabbed a 6 foot long branch in his mouth like a dog and chased us around . Haaaa. Mules are incredible! Ended up working great though. Further away the bigger the break they both got. Then I could make a big loop out of sight....come back and check mule and hed be relaxed eating hay .
My mare will not stand in the cross-ties when she is by herself, she constantly is looking for her friends. Same for riding her on her own. She always needs a buddy. I look forward to trying your suggestions!
An INCREDIBLY useful video! Thanks so much to both of you
This is a great video. I just purchased a Half-Arabian mare who is in the process of being transferred cross country. I have received word from the haulers that she appears to be suffering from some mild separation anxiety (whinnying and pacing in the trailer a little), so I want to put some of these methods to use when she arrives in a few days to hopefully recognize it and nip it in the bud before it becomes a huge issue as I have plans to show her in dressage and sport horse classes.
I have paid for membership and may have more specific questions once she arrives. I will share this video link with my trainer (if you do not mind) so we both will be on the same page working with her.
Very interesting and informative. Makes sense. I wish I'd known this when I was younger, about 65 years ago, but that wasn't the way horses were trained, then.
I've got a pair at our equine therapy group that I am going to use your technique tomorrow after their therapy session.
Her boy friend whinnys and front kicks his stall if she goes out to work.
We have 3 at the stable I ride, in a v odd co-dependant relationship! 2 mares, 1 gelding - he's on the end. When any of the 3 are taken for a lesson, the other 2 lose it (pacing, neighing, circling, no kicking) and are fine when their neighbour comes back. Funny thing w the mares, who are beside each other, when both in their stalls they don't even seem to like each other - pinning ears / snapping teeth when both at shared wall 🙄
9:45 am pacific time: Your gifted with awesome skills at speaking with horses with pressure, it’s almost it’s own form of sign language. I ride weekly but don’t own my own horse. My coach referred your videos to me and I’m learning a great deal. Your lessons have helped me tremendously. I ride horses from time to time for my job as a finance guy working with cattle producers. Thanks
Oh my goodness 😢 when I was a teenager I fell in love with a mare who's pasture partner was in his late 20's and was sold for god knows what...The mare was so sad and needy, I began spending time with her, I took her for walks and spent time with her every day..I loved her so much. The mare was eventually bred as she was about 7 so I hoped her baby revitalized her
My boy was separated in the good way you mentioned. However, it is still having separation anxiety issues. Hoping I can work through it with him.
This is the best most informative video. I really appreciate it 🙏 I've retaken on an ottb been off the track for 4 years but only been hacked out. Has serious separation anxiety and I found out the hard way tonight, got kicked twice in the back, missed his signals my own fault but I'm putting to use everything you've talked about. So big thank you 🙏
The yield captions are helpful. 👍 Took me a few early videos to understand the yields.
Awesome video! Thank you! I didn't think there was much to do about this issue. I take responsibility for not weaning my gelding properly! Wish I could do it over. He is super buddy sour when I remove his sister from the yard even with a buddy gelding with him. Thankfully, he does well when I bring him out to work or ride him. I've done some of the tying up alone but not consistently. That will be my biggest hurdle. I think I can make some of these ideas work for him though. I feel so bad for him when I ride her down the rode and I hear him "crying" for her. I hope I can make these work to help with his stress.
I have a 6 month old colt I weaned at 4 months as his dam was getting rebred. He didn't hardly notice as he had his yearling buddy to hang with. I was shocked last week when I tied him to pull blood and hair samples for dna tests.... he stood amazing without issues (minus flies pestering him). Next year, I should have about 8 foals to wean together. I definitely believe in having buddies to wean with.
Thank you, I will start with my mare. She gets extremely anxious, many triggers but separation is the hardest to deal with. Good to find your helpful techniques in this video.
I have seen this anxiety in a Horse before. Gradually we were able to slowly ease it with separations from Being in same pasture to to Being in separate pastures where they could see each other. To finally she become Confident
Hi Ryan,
I no longer have horses but. I have to say I love your videos for instruction on how to handle people. Setting boundaries. Teaching people how to treat me. It so common for life skills.
Awesome training and teaching. Keep it up.
My horse had the bad weaning experience you spoke on, the breeder put him into a trailer and sent him across the country. Unfortunately he severely injured himself in the trailer and now has bad separation anxiety and fear of being alone. I’m looking forward to trying these tips, thank you for the video!
My mare was 8 months old when she was weaned, was trailered with other farm weanlings that she knew so I don’t think her issue is that
Thank you both!! This video is a huge help. I have a 12 year old mare and her 4year old daughter. The baby is fine to take out. She's the most curious, "what is that?! Go see!!", most self confident horse I've ever owned. Her mother goes ballistic as soon as we're out of sight. Any suggestions for doing these exercises with only 1 person? I'm usually alone, so I can't consistently take Witch away and stay with Lucy to correct her behavior at the same time. And Lucy isn't ridable, she had an accident as a 4 year old and her right hind leg doesn't work quite right ever since, so the tail chasing isn't a possibility for me, even if I could find a second rider.
This is awesome, thanks! I have a 19 year old gelding who is way worse than Ted and absolutely freaks out and won’t calm down. I’m hoping to get past this or get better with separation anxiety but it’s been very overwhelming. I going to try doing this consistently and we’ll see what happens!
I found this incredibly helpful. I just got a 5 yr old MFT that definitely has separation anxiety. I’m excited to begin the process! Thanks you Ryan!!
Sage is like get away from me, you’re making me have to work. 🙂
It would have been nice to see 2 horses that are really hooked on each other. I have 2 that bonded extremely tight in the last year. It is going to be a problem for The Rocky Mountain Horse to separate from my Big Red. We have had to deal with it over the summer. Mine cryed, my daughters threw a fit! We will keep trying.
I wish to have a coach like Ryan Rose to guide me train my horses though I'm told I did a very good job to have trained my Wild, (FREE) horse, but tuning her to the level Ryan has his horses would be fantastic.
Super helpful, thanks Ryan & Emily!! Loved this one, and definitely one I needed!
I can’t believe the size of your horse trailers!
Great video! Keep up the good work 💯
I like your video it help me with my and I broke my horse with your videos it help me with my horse and I can ride her and my horse is so good Nannette
On a different note, he has enormous ears! He's gorgeous, don't get me wrong.
I am sooooo very grateful for your videos! Thank you! They have helped me so much with my horses and playdates.. please keep them coming!
awesome, We have 2 that are really stuck on being together.
We'll try all of these.
hopefully help them
Awesome demo Ryan! Super helpful. I appreciate all you share with us!
Love your videos. Greetings from rural Norway.
Great session Ryan! Tfs 👍
Thank you. Good info. As far as bareback? That was awesome!
I have a 2 year old mustang filly who gets separation anxiety, she has bonded to my 5 year old mare, when left alone but she does well with me or the stable owner when we are there with her. This will hopefully help. I like to put her in the round pen and work with my mare in the indoor arena. Even inside the barn I can hear her.
U can build self confidence...yes...the perspective you tell here is correct ....but..under certain circumstances...in the end horses need their own kind...as in the passing of the owner...single horse left behind need the company of other horses...the family is not always interested in keeping daddy's old horse
Thanks for the tips! Could you make a video about helping horses with "needle shyness"?
Excellent training video. Great ideas. Thanks to both of you.
Thank you! My horses need this too.
I like that riding game, I'll have to try that
Cool 😎 thanks Ryan
Thank you Ryan
Thank you going to try some of this for my bad boys
These videos are faaaaantastic! Glad to be part of the patreon😃
A great video🎉🎉🎉.
Great lesson!
That is mild compared to what I have seen. Three OTTBs were so bonded you couldn't even have a fence between them. You had to stuff all three in the same stall. They were seldom more that ten ft away from each other. Separate stalls on the opposite side of the isle would make them freak out. I've never seen such an extreme. Never did cure the one (he was so bad he couldn't be ridden away from the others). He did improve, but those three...wow. FYI they were not related or raised in the same place. Never seen anything like it.
Great job explaining what to do . 😊
Yes is a gorgeous horse!
👍👍 good thinking.
Thanks
Would love to see more on the bucking horse that put the trainer in hospital
Shout-out to Emily for riding that large boy bareback like a champ! 😅
He is so cute .
Sage is beautiful!
Thank you both this was very helpful
Beautiful horses ❤.
Awesome video.
Very interesting strategy... thank you very much.
Super helpful tips.
Great advice.
Great video!!!!
Love the video, any advice for some “games” to use that don’t require circling while under saddle to solve this ? Working with a horse that has some lameness issues so circling isn’t ideal. Will definitely try the backing up method on the ground.
What a great video! Thank you!
For many years I weaned the foals in a different way. I had 5 mares and foals, a week or two before I weaned them I would turn a mare, Madam, I had out with them all. Of course the mares were protective of their foals but Madam would take no notice. Within an hour she would have all the foals alongside her. Feed time all the foals would be eating with her, not their dams.
One actual weaning I would have the mares in one paddock and foals and Madam in the adjoining. No trauma ever.
Great ideas…thanks Ryan.
I like this video my horse has this Nannette
I will definitely be using this asap. Thanks for the video 😁
Thank you for your video. I have an 11 year old arab mare who is very spirited; however, is very herd bound. Unfortunately, I have no way of moving my round pen to an area where she can see the other horses(especially her boyfriend), and I need to take her to the pen for training and one on one lovin' time:) My question is that she normally never had a problem and looked forward to her work and play time but now, when we approach the gate, it is freak out time. I do NOT want her associating pen time as a negative but cannot caudle and allow her to remain with the herd because SHE said so. I have tried to lead a bit further away daily and once again, stubborn arab mare. You would think doing this daily would build the repetition she needs to submit but she digs her heels in. Once we get to the pen, she sweats, snorts, and paces roads in the mud. Advice?????
Can you please make a video on starting your horse bridless?
Have some on my patreon page
Well done guys
Please let people know you are NOT working horses then just tying them to that fence for up to 4 hrs without an offer/source of water! Love your videos but that thought disturbed me. Some might take what they see literally & not provide that BASIC need. It’s also part of understanding “the patience post” is not to be a place of “punishment” but relief!! Control freaks, & not good TRAINERS, punish! Yes, while horses CAN go without for various periods & we can all teach for more folks to understand & provide simple BASIC NEEDS.
I deeply admire & respect your thoughts, training & sharing all this thru videos. Impossible to cover everything in one video & just don’t like that some people would point to this & use excuse to then tie the horse up & walk away for HOURS! It’s NOT a place of relief & none should be expected to stand unobserved happily & quietly in thirst, in the hot sun, being eaten by bugs…!
Suggest possible video on correct tie training then also dealing with ones that already have bad & dangerous habits & don’t tie well. 🙏Thanks for all you are doing!
Yes. I have witnessed a lot of poll injuries from tying. If there is something startling (fire engine, gun shots, whatever), and horse spooks and pulls back, it can cause injuries that are not immediately seen. Later, as with foals when they grow older, there is a problem with their polls and pain in their heads, necks and faces. People will not know why their horse cannot bend or do things despite years of training. It was actually a poll injury due to a tying issue. Tying is a convenience for humans, but can be a danger to the horse. It is something most people/trainers don't discuss. I saw a yearling get her head lead rope wrapped around her head and almost strangled herself. It was imperative to be close enough to untie her as fast as possible. I would hate to know what would have happened to her if I had not been there. Curious if other people have troubles.
Relax!! Take a breath!
I think we can trust the man to properly care for his animals!!
What's the best way to tie them up? How to tie them properly?
Love that you explain concept behind your method. Do you have any tips for those of us home alone with 2 buddy sour horses? I had gotten my 2 new horses good with riding away from barn when I had my third lead horse senior, but when he went to the rainbow bridge, they reverted back to being buddy sour and the one being ridden away became horrible. I regularly trailer them out and they each get left behind alone with no anxiety issues, which makes this even more puzzling. I've been leaving, returning, leaving, returning multiple times and only when they willingly leave and ride quietly do I cut ride short and let them return home for real. It has improved it, but the one out gets anxious again when sees barn. Sadly my trails meander around my farm not away, am I just doomed to fight this always?
Good info
Great video thanks
Really helpful tips Ryan, thank you, I will definitely be trying them. Any advice please... when I load my horse into the trailer after a show she becomes anxious, pawing alot and neighing. What can I do about this?
My issue is the pony is 16 and born and raised here. Same pasture and pasture mates. I can take and ride her in the arena but she screams the whole time and I battle keeping her focused on me. I haven't ridden her out either in a few years because I'm concerned she might bolt me home
So fun!
my horse is crazy after this one horse if they meet he would almost walk over me and yell so traveling knowing that horse will be there is horrible