Sacking Out and Desensitizing a Horse - Removing Fear Not Creating It

#thinklikeahorse #ItIsNeverTheHorsesFault www.thinklikeahorse.org/
Sacking out a horse is about removing fear and not creating fear. By showing a horse it can get scared, the horse learns that it does not have react instinctively to it's fear. This also teaches you to read your horse so you can understand what your horse does when scared and how it handles fear. www.thinklikeahorse.org

[@shawnmorymcmillion]

I am a 60 old woman who adopted a wild Mustang 2 years ago. Using patience, trust building exercises, and your common-sense, honest, and mindful approach to training my horse, I now have a horse who would follow me into hell! Not that I'd ever ask him to! The women who send 'hate mail', must simply not understand a wise approach to training their horses!

[@HexenkoeniginVonAngmar]

How's he doing? :)

[@georgiee00]

LOL buddy was yanking on MrT (tanner) leadrope hahah "MrT come play!!" "i cant dude im tied up!" "ill fix that!" LOL

[@no1youknow858]

Buddy was trying to get Mr. T in trouble!

[@geniemedford9200]

LOL!!!

[@susehendricks6217]

You just totally enlightened me in a way with the following point: Getting horses used to objects, sounds, etc. is not just about desensitizing them, but mainly about teaching them that I can take away whatever scares them, I am in charge and they can look at me for comfort. Thank you!

[@gelisgiallen4088]

Buddy is such a character. I just love him. Don't change a thing.

[@moosedawg71]

There's that Buddy causing trouble again and messing with Mr. T when he's supposed to be behaving, lol! He's such a stinker!

[@Darkmae]

Love visiting these old videos now to remember Mr T at his best. RIP, good boy.

[@nickynoo5183]

And they haven’t changed! Buddy still tugging on Mr T’s rope being a mischievous git.

[@ninettepage]

Great video, 👍 Thank you so much Rick. I wan't quite ready to see Mr T again in a video. My heart still bleeds for him. Such a proud, powerful, gorgeous Mustang! And of course Buddy was being Buddy at the start of the video and kept yanking Mr T's leadrope behind your back - how can anyone not love Buddy!

[@kathywilliams5732]

Still come back to these now and again. Thanks Rick

[@lynoko]

i love how buddy is being a little butt tugging on Mr.T's face while Rick is talking xD

[@Swimkid1]

There he is - ole Mista T. Simply wonderful horsey. Young Buddy is so cool in this vid eh Rick? Don’t ya just love these two boys. Regards, Dave UK

[@alicewalters7056]

Amazing attention you give your horses. You are a true horse trainer. I agree, don't shake things at horses. (not even lead ropes.) Your horses trust you. Blessings.

[@margaretburckard6684]

I love your attitude towards the horses, building trust.

[@ThinkLikeAHorse]

You will only be better by doing it. Your horse will teach you.

[@ThinkLikeAHorse]

@jetscasa : Make your own video if you know so damn much and stop watching mine. You are obviously one of the "knowitall" horse people I talk about that are too narrow minded to see success when it happens in front of you. If you are so right, why did my horse not pull back? You my dear is a prefect example of another horse person giving stupid advice when you don't know what you are doing.

[@omgequine]

Your videos are my fav. Im starting my first project horse and I trust your videos the most! You're good at explaining yourself. Thanks Rick!

[@rachelames5894]

horses are good teachers who can teach you anything would be useful for you and the horse :)

[@justatiger6268]

0:55 Buddy, getting Mr.T in trouble. As usual.

[@Ullabrittnielsen]

Buddy pulling on mitter T, causing problems :-D

[@lisah7304]

No Bits, No Shoes, Genuine Cowboy gent, Making Horses comfortable

[@Justasam]

@horseawareness I was just on your website reading your advice, and have never heard someone say "learn by just going and doing it" so many times. It really got me past my mind set of searching for one quick answer, or that one solution, or that I could 'read' my way to being a good rider/trainer. Your advice really helped me move on and improve in so many different ways in life! Thank you!!

[@Missi_66]

Mr. T was an absolutely beautiful horse. I didn't realize the history of the wild mustangs and how they bred with different horses. Very interesting and thank you for the explanation. BTW was Mr. T bigger than Buddy...cuz he looks bigger in this video but maybe that's his thickness. And one more question: how do they brand with white lettering?? TY in advance 😊

[@MrFrizz-pk1rw]

Great advice, thanks Rick

[@sharmanklinefelter508]

such a beautiful horse

[@JackOllie4]

You remind me of Mr. Rooster in the round pen when you remind us that if the horse is doing what you want, in this case not reacting, then stop. You're done. Don't keep on and on with it thinking more must be better, and risk a horse who'll fight back against the annoyance. When you say you find things to scare your horses, it reminds me of a dog trainer I worked with who said to the class, "You do your dogs no favors by living in very quiet, peaceful homes. They'll be afraid of every noise they hear. Make noise! Drop things! Rattle things!" Yes, she was speaking specifically to the single women who live quiet lives with dogs. But their dogs are basket cases out in the world.

[@flufflewarrior]

I was searching for this topic and I'm soooo glad you made a video about it.

[@HorseCrazy700]

His horses are fine when they are tied because they are good boy's and they are smart enough to know how not to get injured I think all horses are and if you have a negative comment then don't watch it or his channel this is what he call's a barn witch.

[@ThinkLikeAHorse]

lol, that is his buddy and he is more of a pest to this old man, but they are buds and the Mustang keeps buddy in check when he gets to big for his britches.

[@keithtaylor6069]

Another good video!! Thanks

[@NamihaTaiga]

im doing the same sacking out routine on my 6 year old paso fino he'd spooky he's getting really good at desensitizing. hes still weary of other people but i hope after a while he'll become my best friend . thanks for giving me new idea's : )

[@dsigala2]

Tanner has a beautiful body frame! His hind quarters are superb!

[@JohnW-xn8mi]

Buddy was pulling on Mr t rope while u were talking... Lol. That buddy always trying to get poor me t in trouble. Lol

[@lunacruz7638]

So cute, Buddy is trying to untie Mr T in the background! LOL

[@ms.robertasmith7693]

Good video, but the horses were tied not sure thats best the best approach. What would happen if someone copied that with a young horses first time ?? Would it not be safer on a lead line ?

[@ghodalarkiAmeriki]

Ooops, the horse is tied to a board on the fence, instead of a solid post or other safe object. A fence board can break or pull loose, at which time it is still attached to the horse who is now potentially freaking out, running away, and the board is chasing it and beating up its legs. I'm sure Rick's horses are quiet and calm and will trust him to take care of any scary situation, but it's something to be aware of when demonstrating equestrian safety. I love your general philosophy, Rick!

[@stevenbertrand8508]

Great Video... Question... I have a horse that freaks out over spray bottles... this sucks because I can put bug spray on her. How do I go about fixing that... If she even see's me with a bottle she is GONE.

[@ThinkLikeAHorse]

Stop being silly, I have seen pigs and horses together and seen one pig that was to close to a horse that when the pig got scared it would run under the horse for safety and the horse would allow it just fine.

[@spudth]

I have a Cleve Wells Video where he sacks the horse out with a sack! Novel idea. seriously, I think he uses like a feed sack filled with hay or old twine. The cool part is it is a large sack so the horse really gets desensitized. Two weeks ago we had a horse spook at a 4H horse show and a little girl broke her arm. The horse didn't bolt away, just a foot or so. Wish all the 4Hers were required to sack out their horses!

[@ghodalarkiAmeriki]

OOPS! Please disregard my criticism of the tie. Now that the video is farther along, I can see that it's a very solid-looking hitching rack. My computer is v e r y slow to load videos today, so I made the comment after just seeing the initial frames and it wasn't obvious that it's a good, solid hitching rack. Even after posting that comment and while typing this one, the video is still only showing at 2:31. Good advice!

[@abigailboyd72196]

@jetscasa You can obviously see that the horses are tied with a quick release knot (or something along the line of that), and if they did spook they would easily come untied without harming them selves or anybody else. But you can see, these horses will not spook at much. People with sensitive horses should know not to tie the horses anyways. He only tied them for the demonstration.

[@NamihaTaiga]

i love how to work with your horses.... it helps me alot! i love your QH palomino hes so pretty XD

[@sasjamulder6857]

This answered my question regarding your other video where:" Is It Better To Have a Horse Love You & Not Listen or to Have a Horse Listen & Not Love You Now?…" I was still wondering though, that but you removing the pressure (fear that you created), that the horse wont think that by pulling he can make you stop? Meaning to say that when he pulls the pressure will go away.

[@ThinkLikeAHorse]

@Snaillady40 No never tired it, but I will get some tomorrow.. :)

[@MySongIsLove22]

Great tips

[@NamihaTaiga]

@horseawareness people believe what they want :) no worries im sure they'll realize one day why we do what we do, lol i love your video's and the palomino is so pretty. thanks!! trot safe bud

[@ThinkLikeAHorse]

hehe, good narration.. :)

[@cassiekraft8109]

0:53 Buddy bein naughty haha! By the way, any reason you always work them together? When I work my horses, especially in join ups, it's usually alone. I never do join-ups with 2 horses because my neighbors big, shoed gelding was running with their arabian mare, got excited, and kicked her leg. It broke and they had to put her down, I was there and I'd never wanna see that happen again so I don't run the risk D:

[@iJaayyyxD]

@jetscase - @horseawareness - Jets, If you listened to rick, he said, he taught his horses to know that when they are with him, they are safe.. So weather he has them tied up or not, They know that they are safe, so there is no need for them to even think about rearing/getting hurt, They were comfortable around him, did you see either of them attempt to move, they Stayed calm, and secure, Like rick said, if you know that, why are you watching his videos? Get off his channel, Or grow up atleast.

[@paulinavolcanogirl5304]

👍

[@ThexMinE]

great job, but a little bit difficult for normal people......

[@jackulator2]

don't you mean 'psych' out the horse -- or are you actually saying 'pscyh' but it sounds like 'sack' because of your accent? I loved the video though - very interesting indeed -- I did get a kick out of the 'you always want to find new things to scare your horse' hahaha

[@TuesdayFive]

LOL how about that palamino trying to un-tie his bay buddy :D LOL

[@justatiger6268]

Did you forget to mention not to have your horse tied when you're sacking him out?

[@ThinkLikeAHorse]

That is wrong so teach you wrong info on your channel not mine

[@justatiger6268]

Think Like A Horse Oh no! :( I wasn't telling od being rhetorical, I was truly asking. I remembered you saying in another video you wouldn't have a horse tied while doing this, but here you do for the purposes of recording a video. I guess I remembered wrong cuz I'm a dummy. I love your channel, your wisdom and what you do for horses. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

[@suzanneswift2319]

I caught that too, and was surprised, but I think maybe because his goal was to NOT freak the horse out, the horse shouldn't have a reason to get overly excited if the sacking out is done correctly. To an extent, I think having the horse tied FORCES a person to really think and evaluate how the horse is responding to their actions. However, I did have a horse that snapped his leadrope when he saw a dirtbike far across the street driving around. Consequently, this showed me that he should not be tied until he's more sacked out.

[@JosephaGuillaume]

Tying horses with rope halter?! You should not do that under any situation! Especially not when you do this!

[@ThinkLikeAHorse]

Oh my another internet expert... giving advice, who would thought

[@JosephaGuillaume]

Think Like A Horse over 35 years with horses, a grandfather working at the cavalry (first lesson, never ty a horse when you work him and never ty on halters that can not break!), 20 years of rehabilitating horses with physical and mental problems and running an instructor school, book published in 2 languages... yes, I would point out the dangers of doing this for the novices reading here, in the hope they will not try to copy you, with a huge risk their horses will hang themselves. But I guess we do things different in Europe. Good luck and good day.

[@ThinkLikeAHorse]

Then you should know a properly prepared horse can do things that another horse cannot - making blanket statements like that snows inexperience and passes on bad and incorrect info

[@JosephaGuillaume]

Think Like A Horse a horse is a horse. No matter what, always there can be a situation that causes a horse to spook. You can not control everything, say for instance a sudden lightning strike nearby etc. And even if your horses would never spook (for argument sake, again, novices will copy you. Apart from that, A horse should never be tied by the bit or with a halter that can not break. We teach our toddlers as much. Text book material in Europe. But our horse culture is just much older. Showing lack of experience, funny you should mention that. I do hope non of your viewers will find out the hard way, with horses paying the price, what can happen when a horse can not break free. Good day to you Sir.

[@destinationaddictionsamsar7894]

@@JosephaGuillaume 😂 your kidding right?

[@beckybobo5]

watching your newest videos I now understand why you niknamed buddy "hollywood"! Always try to be the clown of the show! :o))