no chance on doing THIS without a roundpen

well said, He's OK but the lion paw thing is garbage in my opinion

Omg, so true...

My grandmother's horse spent 30 years flatly refusing a halter or bridle. Even when she was badly injured in a field, it took all night in the rain to get a halter on her.. Once tied to a post the vet was called and the horse pulled the fence post out! Years later I had the opportunity and I spent 2 days solid in the barn with her, first halter and then a complete bridle. It's all about meeting the horse at their level then allow for time and trust to build. Within 15 mins of the bridle being worn I was riding this horse bare back around the field (having not been ridden in 5 years). Don't loose heart, you've just got to find the horses starting point and build trust and reinforce it before moving to the next step. Each step to be completed not given up on.

Kazzana No. Absolutely not. Wait until the horse is at least 5 or 6 to ask him to jump. His back may or may not be ready at that point depending on breed but at least his legs will.

I hope that question is a joke isnt it ?

Pastor Shawn I have walked a horse safely and calmly over tarps in a few minutes. As Tom Dorrance would say "you are always teaching your horse something". Monty taught the horse to jump the tarp - he taught the wrong answer before trying to retract and teach the right answer. Monty says he doesn't think that "getting behind the horse with a whip is the right way" but then he has his assistant do just that. Where is the logic? He created anxiety in the horse to create the illusion that he was "training" a well broke horse. Many horses would be very spooky in a cage in a strange arena with a lot of activity. This horse wasn't worried by much of anything except what Monty did.

Oh my. I know this is a very old comment, but just in case someone comes across this and believes you are right: Did you watch the first part of this series? At the very beginning he tried leading and pulling the horse over the tarp, like many people would do. The horse was so scared, it didn't even go near it. In the end of this video the horse doesn't even care about the tarp anymore. How did that happen, when Sir Roberts supposedly "wound the horse up"? Magic? How did he "teach the horse to jump the tarp"? He asked the horse to cross the tarp. The horse choose to cross the tarp by jumping. But it did so only the first two times. I saw the horse walking over the tarp over 20 times. I don't know which video you were watching, but it surely wasn't this one. Sir Roberts didn't "correct" the horse because it wasn't necessary. The horse tried and that's enough for the start. Reward your horse for trying, don't punish it for not being perfect at something straight away. The horse taught itself that walking over the tarp is easier than jumping. So why is this wrong? There is a big difference between whipping your horse, frightening it so much that it flees, or getting a person with a flag behind the horse creating pressure. Putting slight pressure on the horse from behind makes it easier for it to choose the right path - which is over the tarp and into Sir Roberts direction. He never created anxiety, the horse was anxious in the beginning and got better while Sir Roberts was working with it. The horse wasn't scared of the environtment because the audience was very passive while Sir Robert was very active. Of course the horse is focussed on him, he's the herd leader in this case, so the horse follows him because it's safer and easier for it than being alone, and also knows that Sir Roberts is more likely to make it move than the audience that was just sitting there the whole time. Do you expect your horse to stare at a forest, while a lion approaches from the other site? I feel very sorry for your horse when you can't even tell the difference between pressure and abuse, don't know how a horse chooses what to focus on and apparently don't even know to reward a horse for the slightest try.

I don't think it's a far stretch to say that Tom Locke hasn't spent much time around horses.

@@terryrussel523 Or even kids... What a complete ignoramous

I assure you this was 100% genuine, no set up involved.

SjLauz It certain was set up. That horse wasn't in the least bit worried until Monty started thrusting the bag at his legs. You can see that Monty "created" the fear.

Tom Locke Are we looking at the same horse? It's tense beforehand, and if it didn't care, it wouldn't have done anything.

Tom Locke I think I would know. This is my horse.

GoldenLioness100 It's rear leg is cocked, showing relaxation, it is standing still not dancing around. The horse just stood quietly while Monty moved around with the plastic bag in plain view for almost two minutes and did not move until Monty gestured after the horse's legs with it. That is not the right way to approach sacking out a horse. Further I have seen horses spook at plastic bags much further away - it's not the horse who owns the problem.

nameofthepen The first time my feral 6 year old saw a plastic bag I wanted to use it to remove some soured feed in his new home and wasn't even thinking about him or his possible reaction, especially since it was a windy day. He decided it must be for him to play with. His "monsters" are washcloths, fly spray and ropes more than ten feet long. Oh, and humans other than me. He really doesn't like humans much at all.

Yep. Every last one of us. . . .

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ClairAnn Folmer Really pretty!

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When the human global community learns to approach instinct with listening, then wise dialogue and compassion, we will see radical peaceful social transformation, the rescue of the planet, and for the first time, we will deserve to live among our friends the animals. How we treat our own instincts is how we treat everything that lives by instinct, from plants and ecosystems, to birds and fish and reptiles and amphibians, to mammals. We have in us both herd mentality and apex predator instinct groups, so we have the ability to lead with empathy any other kind of creature with which we interact. When God said to subdue the earth, He hadn't invited us to create language yet. So the only definition of that command He could intend is that we subdue the earth as He subdues us: with His love. In our vast self importance, we assumed He thought we had a better definition than the one He uses Himself. We assume we know better than God, and argue with one another about who among us has the best concept, and why, and scorn the wisdom of instinct and the Earth; and our fellow creatures continue to suffer our brutality, and we normalize their terror to our advantage. As Lao Tzu says, the real leader leaves no footprint. When the work is finished, the people say, We did it ourselves. And this beautiful man showed this beautiful horse that he can overcome the shameful wound that was dealt him, and that when he overcame it, he did it himself. And the horse responded the way the whole planetary community does, when animals or people or countries are led that way: with love.

kz Zeman did it ever occur to you that the person coughing is probably sick but found this worth getting out of bed for? Sounds like a bronchitis cough to me. My little brother used to get it about once a year.