Brutus | the highs, the lows, and where we are now...
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- This is a compilation of videos on Brutus spanning from the last training video I posted on him (Oct 2020) until now (Aug 2021). It is meant to fill in the gaps, provide some commentary on how I felt his training was progressing, and give you a small look into some of the struggles we faced. This horse has challenged me above all others but I haven't lost faith in him. There is a good horse in there waiting to come out. To be continued...
Howdy! My name is Camille and I have a passion for gentling wild mustangs. Wild horses and burros are overpopulated in the western United States, so to keep population numbers from rising, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) periodically gathers wild mustang and offers them for adoption to eligible homes. I train mustangs to make them suitable for domestic lives and to show the world how amazing these underdogs can be. Subscribe to follow along with my mustang journey!
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I was told the feistier the spirit, the better the horse. YOU GOT THIS COWGIRL!!! If anything is good for him, it’s your guidance.
So glad for a Brutus update! This just proves every horse’s time line is different. I’m glad you kept the faith with this one! Can’t wait to see your next update!!!!!
I got a project mare last spring with these kind of issues. She came from a foster home that spoiled her rotten and let her get away with everything. She had learned that if she didn’t want to stand, she’d yank back, break her halter and walk off. Everything new I showed her gave one of two responses. Kick and run or attempt to trample me. On top of that this “kids safe horse” was super tense under saddle and crow hopped all the time. We are good now and have worked through so much. We had one day if just breaking her down and saying “you can’t walk all over us” and she understood. Since that moment she’s become curious instead if shutting down, and patient instead of impatient. We come so far and I’m so proud of her
Great to see his transformation, he looks fantastic! Yes, he’s a slow cooker… but that makes for a mighty tasty stew 🤠
PS: thanks for the shorter video too
I loved this. How kind you are to the horses even when they are naughty. You match their strength with your own but it’s never cruel or domineering. Love! Love! Keep doing good work.
Please don't ever lose your passion for these great horses... I have had 2 mustangs in my life and they were always a great horse and a good friend.
This is amazing to see how far Brutus has come! And I definitely understand some of the things you had to go through with him as I'm going through them with my mare (who is actually from the same HMA as Brutus). Can't wait to see his next update!
At 7:40 all I could think about was, “There she gooeessss, there she goes agaaiinnn” lol
You’re doing such an amazing job with him! He’s gonna make an amazing horse
I know you are, but you be careful Camille. I love your videos and want to see many more. You do amazing work.
Well done Camille! He is beginning to trust you & that is far more valuable that a rapid progression. You knew exactly what he needed, time off to jus the a horse!
Boy was he a different horse both mentally and physically. Great job.
He looks fabulous
I couldn't help but switch your name for hi in the "Brutus was learning everything I was teaching... cause he was definitely like... don't just leave your hand on my rump when you don't need to!!!! In the moment before that, with the kick at the trailer. What a proud horse, so beautiful. I noticed Tuxedo in one of the first videos of yours I watched, I love horses with fire in their hearts and eyes! I will forever talk about Parker, an appy who was just so fast and so perceptive. He was the best. I only got to see him for lessons and I dreamed of buying him and letting him retire in pastures of green and streams... Thank you for living the dream!!! I can see how tough and tiring it is. But so worth it!!! The hard work and sweat and concentration and devotion you put in, I appreciate being able to click a video and watch, I know that takes even more energy. But I love this stuff and have been looking for content like this since I was a kid, so thank you again Camille!! A thousand thanks, you are an inspiration to me
My favorite boy! Life is full of ups and downs. You are on the plateau right now. You have a short burst of progress and then nothing seems to change for a long time. We spend most of the time on the plateau, where you dont improve at all and things stay the same. Learn to love the plateau ♡ go brutus!
This is so amazing I’m such a big fan of you😍
I had a mustang in. He was 16hh, 3 years old, wild, and severely abused. He was similar to this just worse 😅 It was the most challenging horse I’ve worked with but I learned a lot!
Was so glad to see him again…. one of my favorites!!! Big handsome man 🥰
First! You are so amazing Camille!
Really commend your perseverance, patience and wisdom to put on a different timeline.
This guy would make me point to some of Warwick Schiller's videos on freeze response and "Horses that changed the way I look at things"...also what comes to mind is trying to identify what "horsenality" 'Parelli classification system' and subsequent strategies...I really do like that system for giving you some direction especially when you have a puzzle on your hands...Brutus is a bit hard to read I would say...is he a right brained introvert perhaps?
Yeah, sometimes some horses are a real puzzle but also at the same time a gift cause they are gonna force you to learn an awful lot you otherwise wouldn't have to so this is a really education video series here, because folks are also seeing the sides of horse training that really stretch and challenge you.
Boy he is looking great even just physically different now.
Best to you both!!
Wow this update is amazing! So glad you were patient with him 🧡
I love how you always have spectators/lookee Loos in the background😆
Awsome! I have a similar story with my mare. She was so spooky and still is in some areas but she tried to kick out at people too by her rear end. She was super guarded for like months but would trust me to go through the motions with her :) she eventually came around that mustang corner for me but we have struggled a little with other people. Mainly because I lack experienced horse friends to help me.
So exc3 to see Brutus improving so much! I loved him when you first picked him out.
Camille I love watching your devotion & love for these Mustangs, please pay less attention to the naysayer’s as they show up everywhere!!
Awesome Camile! He is almost at that point where he wants to be the one who gets ridden. Great job!
Oh my, he's huge and scary when he spooks
Hi 😄😄 Hallo 😄😄 babe you can help me I'm excited join for horseyarad plz 😄
Your videos and knowledge and guidance are going to help me heal my relationship with horses. Thank you so much for sharing.
Great work!!!
I’ve been waiting for this one!!
Cammile!! You did a great job changing your routine to figure out the problem❤
I watch this and am so grateful for my pony!
Every horse is different....it took a lot of work and thinking on your part to get Brutus to realize he was not being hurt! Good job!
Your amazing Camille!💕
Awesome progress!
Awesome!
So encouraging to see the progress!! I was wondering if a more positive name may change the energy around/ within him? Since Brutus mostly stands for traitor and backstabber...There is some beautiful research on the power of words by Dr Emoto, who captured the reaction of water/ ice crystals after being exposed to positive and negative words (also featured in the film "What the Bleep do we know")
Along these lines re name change this is an amazingly beautiful video regarding a black leopard and animal communication definitely think you would like it: ruclips.net/video/gvwHHMEDdT0/видео.html
Truely wonderful. It’s an amazing journey
Well done you xox
nice
La suite...la suite..... 😁
What an amazing spirited mustang! love the update. Are you still keeping him as your own?
He can not move! The tie is way too short. Give him some relief. He is really swishing his tail he will not. have a pleasant experience.
Hi hi hi this is awsome
As a horse physiotherapist, seeing you hard tie with a rope halter (or tie him with it in general) absolutely killed me. It can do so much damage, even if he just sits back like he did later in the video. Unless in an absolute emergency, hard tying in general shouldn't be done, the preventable damage is just higher than the positive of a horse knowing it. Even in a normal halter, damage can be detrimental. The damage isnt neccessarily noticable from the outside, but there can still be hardened muscles, nerve damage, luxation or irritated/damaged tendons.
So if you can't hard tie, how would you teach a horse to tie? You can't let them break away if they set back because then they'll learn that's the answer and that's how they can get away. There comes a point where they do have to stand and realize that there is pressure when they back up.
@@Polopony20. I didnt mean horses arent supposed to be tied or not learn to be tied at all. With all the youngsters or rescues I worked with or those from the owners that i visited I basically do it like this: Tying isnt a first priority for me. I work on handling, desensitization, halter leading and giving into pressure. I want them to learn to give to pressure without resistance or panic on every spot of the body and in the halter at hand, before I even ATTEMPT tying. Then for the tying itself: I start by standing at the pole/ring I'm tying them to and put the rope around/through and dont tie it yet, I hold the end up the rope in my hand. Then, holding onto the rope and having some slack, I gently ask the horse to back up or move away till the slack is gone. Once it's gone, I hold pressure with the rope and the horse should give into the pressure and take a step forward. I keep practicing until I'm fully confident that the horse understands that if the pressure comes, he yields and doesnt panic. Then I start introducing proper tying with a break away (either a small string from a piece of balling twine or a breakaway ring, I dont like the panic snaps bc they dont always work). Whenever I train tying, its after they have worked and finished cooldown, tying them immediately after work isnt good for them bc higher blood pressure and faster breathing should calm down first and the muscles can stretch that way beforehand) and ALWAYS in a normal stable halter or leather halter. Even my old dead broke horses never get tied with rope halters, if they spook I would rather have them break away and run off on my fenced in area than break their neck or pole or damage it otherwise. I hope that makes sense, it's a bit hard to explain over text! Also! I dont work with youngsters on tying until they're at least 2-3, if I'm handling beforehand it's always just in hand or with ground tying. The reason is, is bc the growth plates of the atlas (first neck vertebrae) are the last growth plate to finish forming into bone, compared to the others. It usually finishes developing at 8, but its usually fine to start tying at 2-3, under that age the pole is still too unstable.
@@Polopony20. oh jesus, sorry that the explanation turned out so long!
The hard tie is fine u never had a horse keep breaking free, that can be extremely dangerous in itself, a child owner had her arm broken then sold her to a dealer who couldn't sell her and i took the mare, then i hard tied her and she never broke free again.
@@ngc4486diane @ngc4486diane ... I spent thousands of hours over a couple of years studying the anatomy of horses, being an intern at an orthopedic horse clinic and a vet and work with horses with neck issues from throwing themselves in the halter almost daily. Hard tying is NOT okay. The pole is extremely sensitive, there are spinal nerves exiting close by, the muscles and joints are especially important in this area for riding. The atlas and axis connection is through tiny bones that easily snap, I had multiple horses being put down for it while working for a vet. If you have a horse that constantly breaks free, you got other priorities than tying, something in the groundwork wasnt properly done, luxation in pole or neck were potentially hurting, etc. I work with horses that get rescued from extreme abusive cases and had a lot of dangerous horses with tying issues. It was always an issue with something else, not just the tying, which fixed itself after the other work. I only had one horse who just wouldnt get comfy with tying even after trainings, check ups, therapy and neck scans, welp then you find an alternative. Trained ground tying, used positive reinforcement and practiced tying him next to his pasture buddy in the beginning, boom tying fixed. I studied it for years and have a degree in it, im not gonna have a discussion with you knowing I'm right, if you dont have an equal or higher degree in the same field.
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Aww, I was just thinking about Brutus yesterday! He has made so much progress!!!!! And I've had those moments before, where you just let the horse be a horse. and for me whenever I come back to them, they make progress easier! Just one question, will you keep Brutus? Or is he going to a new home? (ps, where is Julius at? He was making so much progress last year!!)
Brutus will be available when the time is ready. Julius was adopted by my friend and he is doing amazing!
@@CamillesMustangs Thanks for the updates on Brutus and Julius.
Pretty trot
I saw when you were talking about walking behind him everytime you tied him when her freaked he went to kick at a fly on his stomach and you reacted it might've spooken him more. Judging by what I saw.
i rewatched that part, he did bring his foot up to his belly but that foot came down fast
Yeah u had to watch this video back a couple times to figure out what actually happened. He brought his leg up to his belly but then h kicked out sideways and actually made contact with my thigh. I was definitely right to jump away although that is what caused him to set back
What ever happened to Brutus? I've been looking for any other updates on him. Thanks
Looking good. Curious why he's tied so high. His elevated head seems like an uncomfortable position for him. I doubt he can reach his shoulders to chase flies
Horses should always be tied at or above either level. Especially horses that are learning how to tie. If he were to rear up he could catch his foot in the leadrope and her hurt if it wasn’t tied high enough
*wither level
He looks like he has a lot of thoroughbred in him…look at those withers!
I have a horse just like this only she doesn't have the dominance behaviors. I would love to find a home for her if anyone is interested..
Is he a Devils Garden?
Brutus looks like he's been enjoying himself tied up to that tree
This is not meant as a negative comment but he looks shutdown to me not like he is enjoying himself. Though horses have to learn patience like the rest of us....