The most CHALLENGING horse Tristan got in for training?: TRT Podcast - Episode 3

[@GloPony]

Give me wild horses any day! They've certainly taught me plenty so far. Treating horses as individuals is the most valuable advice you can ever give anyone. Relationships with horses are the same as any other relationship in that no two are the same. It's so nice to see prominent trainers embracing this!

[@Froby2378]

My 9 year old mustang has taught me the most so far. He was gelded a month before I brought him home.

[@sidilicious11]

All that experience is so valuable! Many of us have only a handful of horses in our lives at most. My latest has been the most challenging and I’ve learned the most with him. I’m training him at a glacial pace because of my lack of experience. I need him to be more safe than not for an aging person to handle and ride(me). What tips I pick up from talented trainers like you, Tristan, have been a godsend for my horse and my safety.

[@freddiebiscuit9703]

Sidilicious Good luck, go at your own pace the pair of you and the rewards will be worth every bit of the effort you put in :)

[@sidilicious11]

@@freddiebiscuit9703 thank you for the encouragement!

[@YVM3311]

Great story and thought provoking of old standards in training. So much to evolve in the world of horse human relationships. I particularly love a couple of horse whispers out there and their ability to communicate with them without words, and hardly any tools. My life with horses changed completely when i started doing ground work free lunge, stopped focusing on things i wanted to do with them, and started focusing on simply understanding them, observing them, and building a relationship with them, and have fun with them.

[@Maine931]

As usual, hugely insightful podcast.... Treating horses as individuals has gotten me very far with horses! I am not a skilled "horseman' or rider but just having a natural affinity for treating horses as individuals cannot be underestimated. Working in stables, it can get a bit like an assembly line and people can tend to stop looking at the horses individually and all kinds of behaviors can manifest.

[@studiogirl1967]

How many issues in barn-bound horses are created by not being allowed to be turned out with other horses? I wonder about this quite often.

[@kidstuff44555]

I think its a lot to do with how they were weaned. If they're just taken away from their mum at 4 or 6 months and kept alone in a stall, that's very traumatic and I think causes life long insecurities. If they are weaned gradually from their mums at 8 or 9 months, and then kept with other horses, I think they are less likely to develop anxieties about being alone when they're older

[@studiogirl1967]

@@kidstuff44555 I think you have a super valid point. I’ve found that horses who weren’t allowed to be horses when young suffer more issues later on.

[@YVM3311]

So i recall Frederic Pignon on an interview one time talking about one of his white horses.. i watch him a lot. His horsemanship / relationship with horses is phenomenal.. his brother jean Francois as well.. . Anyway.. this white horse was his most challenging .. took him years to figure him out. But when they bonded, and connected, he became the star of the show. On the subject, i find it fascinating to watch his horses on shows doing all kinds of movements and watch their bodies.. how they freely choose to balance themselves, how much they round their necks and in what movements, when they lift their heads, when they lower them… and how all of that relates naturally to horse biomechanics, as well as state of mind … a Never ending learning process. ❤ 🐴

[@alicjakistowska6637]

the most beautiful words I've ever heard. Moving

[@tracycameron5099]

So enthralled!!! Thank you!

[@christinafragis7224]

Thanks for sharing your experiences and thoughts

[@freddiebiscuit9703]

Simone How nice to hear what you say with which I 100% agree. Your view is entirely mine in that they are like people, all different and some will like you and others may not and you have to work to build the relationship if you want it to blossom. I hate all these self-appointed gurus that think one size fits all and off they go with their various sticks and gadgets to set about some poor unsuspecting horse.

[@daniellekemp8719]

Love this!! We’d all love to have one fix fits all but it never does. Thank you x

[@cherylhockey6179]

I have a QUESTION - ways you train a horse with learned behaviour (of subsequently found out he had foot history and had to be sedated to poultice) of not wishing to have front foot picked up and if picked up, then strikes out. Only purchased recently, been lied to severely by agent re horse purchased.

[@CalmfulASMR]

Incredibly insightful!

[@moniquesmith5501]

A better question would be...which horse did you learn the most from?

[@marquesjones5277]

I rescued a 4 year old stallion I had gelded. I love your methods and have built a level of trust and respect. The issue I have is he will not take the saddle. The moment you begin to lift it he runs. I can put a pad on him. What suggestions do you have?

[@vindheimar2631]

So true about the icelandic horses.... 🥰

[@sarahanderson3897]

Sometimes the least humanised horses are easier than horses that have been confused, shut down or betrayed by humans

[@melodyblanchard2017]

agree

[@cordywitt6400]

#support 🎉

[@Galemor1]

Great answer tho..

[@christywandover71]

My Dad died at 78 and he said until the day he died, “if you are not learning something new everyday, then you are doing something wrong.”