What to do when a horse wants to walk faster than you

[@heikekeler4080]

OMG! The discussion about Chance being in Warwick‘s Pocket because of Treats is so blown up. The horse is a five yo youngster, calm, regulated and at the same time still interested in his surroundings including the human. The interaction between the two is pure communication.

[@louisegogel7973]

Oh I love this turn and turn again. It’s what I’ve been doing with dogs who pull on their leashes and drag their owners. It’s interesting to see how after ten minutes of walking then turning the second they start to move ahead, that they start paying much closer attention to the one with the leash and staying with their pace. I suppose one could apply this in many different situations, not just with horses and dogs… but adjust how to do it with whatever the circumstances. It even can with children by adjusting your own focus. I love the books How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Fabre and Elaine Mazlish. Congruent human communication. Awesome to see congruent Horse communication here.

[@WarwickSchiller]

yes, works great with dogs too.

[@lisamorrison6274]

I love how Chance is walking “with” his person. He isn’t dragging reluctantly at the the end of the rope.

[@AL-lz1hb]

Look at Mr Super Shiny Coat checking in with his friend Warwick. What are we doing? Where are we going? This way? That way? OK. Did I do good enough for a little treat? He looks to be a lovely chill boy and great model for your video. Defo deserves his Like👍 I remember the old ways, getting chided for not holding my horse up tight. What if...? They demanded to know as my little friend plodded slowly after me. Those were the days of showing who was boss. I like these days, where we teach our horses that we will keep them safe.

[@k.st.2051]

This works with my mule, too. He was an abused rescue, and I clicker trained him. We worked at liberty for the better part of a year, because I couldn't touch him. When I was finally able to "lead" him it was with my closed hand in front of him. It was slow and long, but we bonded like you wouldn't believe. I recently had to find a new farrier, and the new man was incredible. He is a natural horseman, and he worked with my little mule like no one else ever has. I hate tying my mule up because it stresses him, due to his past. I've had him over 15 years, but certain things still trigger him. Most people want him tied to work with him (vet, previous farriers). The new man asked me to just hold him, then eventually he took him, and it was incredible to watch. It was even more amazing because I have usually had to find women to work with him, as he was abused by a man. My previous farrier, a man, worked pretty well with him, but retired. I am thrilled to find this channel. I know I can always learn more, and natural horsemanship has always intrigued me. My little mule has such a sweet, gentle spirit, and it is so sad to see that after all these years he can still be triggered by random things. I used clicker training with him because it allowed him to feel safe. It still does, but I am looking forward to broadening my horizons and continuing to strengthen our bond, which is a lifelong process.

[@JesseP.Watson]

I've a colt coming up to a year old and, since the days are too short and weather too poor to do much else I've just been playing with him, bringing him things to investigate (he's very curious), exploring little bits of wild land bordering our paddocks together and over the past week we've started running together. Today we played for about 15 minutes running around, I messed about 'trotting' around him then running away a little distance then he'd canter or gallop over, he was loving letting off some steam, bucking and kicking as he galloped. After each sprint we'd have a quiet moment, touch noses, no agitation. ...Point being, this video raises a question of context - yes, you don't want to send pointless signals of stress but what about energetic playing? My colt clearly understood that I was just playing with him when I was frolicking around him, I know what he's like stressed and there was none of that. So... what about play - its involves giving 'meaningless' or needless signals yet in context it appears they are understood as such by the horse, they play together after all - part of the reason I'm doing that is to break out of what is otherwise a kind of quiet, docile interaction between us and create a bit of 'pizzaz', a bit of drive as he's very quiet now and can do a good Dobbin impression. 😉 I've noticed a huge shift in the reception he gives me since starting playing in this way rather than either working leading or petting for connection etc. he visits me now when he's bored between grazing sessions and follows me around, we were well bonded before but this playing in this way seems to have really caught his attention and made him want to spend time with me in a much more pro-active way, rather than just quietly accepting me being around. So I'd say, don't be afraid to give meaningless signals if you can confidently communicate to your horse that you're playing. [typo]

[@BrightOne444]

Love seeing you in your herd. You just being YOU, doing what you now naturally do, is so very inspiring. Thank you for your passion, compassion, Heart, and always putting in the “hours”. ♥️

[@JanaRussellNails]

Excellent point and well said. I admit it took me a while to learn this, to go from normal to relaxed with my horses. Thankfully that's been around twenty years or so.

[@ingridblohm-hyde805]

The philosophy about taking the horses mind away from what he sees that makes him walk faster is brilliant. By turning the horse around it takes the horses mind off of the object that he sees and wants to rush towards. LOVE this concept. Will do this right away with my baby Shire which is always in a hurry and pulling me behind her - NO MORE!!!

[@jupitersecIipse]

I don't get the complaints in the comments about Chance "being nippy". He didn't nip once. He's a young horse that's interested in his surroundings and curious about his handler. He reacts well to every cue given to him, stands still when asked. If he wants to engage with Warwick a little bit with his muzzle what's the big deal? At least he's present and not trailing behind him like a shut-down robot...

[@lacouerfairy]

This is helpful.

[@suzanneswift2319]

this has worked well for my mare, but my gelding still after a few years resorts to bucking and side kicking. He is a "one step at a time" type of training horse. BUT, Warwicks methods are the ONLY ones that have had any POSITIVE impact on him. So for him, if he starts walking faster I cannot turn. he has learned the trick and after two turns will try to bolt into a circle of bucks, rearing and kicking out at me. So instead, if he makes the move to walk faster I drop my energy to the ground to get his attention and breathe out slowly to ask for a slowed walk or maybe even a gentle backwards step or two.

[@lars1480]

I have been using this for many years and it works very Well after 1 or 2 turn around they stop pasning you and stay behind and it’s all done very soft 😊

[@annkatrinhellkvist3736]

I like youre diffrent wiew, on horses. Personaly i dont mind handfeeding, ore to mark a specific behavour..have had horses for over 40 years, without ruin any of them becouse of that.😊 If talking about more advance training with positive reinforcement, one need knowledge to do it properly. Its a modern way of training, that is also sientific proven.

[@kirstyAnne-p9x]

His thoughts are only on you ❤❤

[@firenze5317]

Thankyou, what if I am walking my horse along side a horse in a field and he's excited, whinnying and trying to jog.. will walking on a circle not just wind him up more ?

[@WarwickSchiller]

In that case I'd stop and go through Flow Chart

[@coreyacre6070]

What if your trying to walk a horse such as you are doing and can't get it to respond to you because another is distracting him/her?

[@asun41966]

Just like a dog leash nice and loose yes.... I feel like this is true but in My experience at the barn we board at the Mares will drag you fast if you don't hold them tight!

[@WarwickSchiller]

What do they do if you turn and go the other way like I suggested?

[@asun41966]

@ I haven’t tried that only because the situation is a more narrow aisle in a barn so for instance you’re leading the mare out of her stall down the isle out to the front to the pasture and god help you if you don’t keep up with her lol I do understand the turning in a circle it’s the same method for a canine

[@WarwickSchiller]

@@asun41966 Its not a circle, its 2 180 degree turns, and any barn aisle is wide enough to turn a horse around ion

[@caitlinw8351]

would love to see this on a horse who doesn’t want to walk forward

[@WarwickSchiller]

Tell me about the problem you are having.

[@WendyGersmann]

My pony just walks very slowly so I also walk slower otherwise the leadrope is always tight, how to loosen that up

[@terryst9835]

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[@TPWK216]

If the riding school could teach this fundemental things out ..

[@PONYHEAVEN]

So cool

[@ReformedTryHard]

My QH/Paint gelding is six years old and a pretty good guy but he does have energy. About 100 feet of the path between the round pen and his pasture is very narrow, with a stalliony gelding at the top, and two of Cruz’s favorite mares lower down…one on each side of the narrow trail. This is the primary place he walks a bit too quickly. It’s not horrible, but I’d like to find a way to discourage it; turning around in a circle will not work in that space.

[@sidilicious11]

I learned to cure my mare of rushing past me by calmly stopping and asking her to back up a few steps. I did it over and over until she realized that getting ahead of me was not worth it.

[@shezakillrqueen]

I do the same as the others. I stop and the horse should back up without me moving. Just 1 to 3 steps until he's not in front of me anymore.

[@sshepard5222]

My mare used to be incredibly difficult leading wanting to bolt past at times and always wanting to rush. In tight situations I found the most affective thing I could do to stop her and the quickest way I could do that was to flick the rope Infront in of her face, or swing it. Never hitting her in the face just right up in her face so she had to focus on what was happening not anything else. It'd stop her in her tracks then it gave me time to then ask her to back up. When she backed up, I'd wait until she showed a sign she had processed what I'd asked and relaxed even if it was just her head slightly lowered or a chew and a lick and then began walking again. Now even in tense new situations I haven't had her rush ahead in years.

[@jessica-walt]

Parelli has a lot of good tips on fixing this issue

[@Obsidianoak]

Lol that's what i do with dogs that want to take off. Change direction...

[@betsyarehart5441]

When the horse wants to walk faster than you do, get on him! 😂

[@martineinfrance]

It disturbs me somehow your channel automatically translates into French, as is the case for many other foreign videos.. I presume french people who want to comment will do in their native language if they do not understand or speak English🤔 i don't think it's a good improvement from youtube. Original versions are always better than translations..

[@ddunning6207]

He's thinkin he's gonna look for cookies

[@horsehaircreationsbykaren]

You can have all the correct and energy, but the horse needs to be taught to lead correctly without distracting by change of direction. This is too esoteric.

[@SlimeeBuster]

Pro

[@canhamfarmhorserescue]

I would say it depends. Way too many variables to say what the correct thing to do or not to do is. 😊

[@EvelynTokamp]

Yeah, try teaching grandad how to suck eggs ;)

[@TheOldandslow]

I dont love him being all up in his pocket.

[@kidstuff44555]

Warwick used to be more a stickler for having horses lead behind you, and give the handler space. I've been watching him for a lot of years now. More recently, he has been relaxing his rules, allowing horses more into his personal space, allowing them to nibble and mouth on you, and things like that. I'm not going to judge which approach is "better", it's just interesting how it has changed. Me personally, I like my horses to know I always have a personal bubble they aren't allowed to encroach into

[@TheFreelanceCowboy]

Same here. I make my horses stay behind me. It’s a respect think. And it all trickles up or down for their

[@marh122]

if you know your horse, and the horse is not gradually picking up that, like, more biting or more rude, I dont see a problem, my horse has been like that for 5-6 years, exactly like Chance here, and so many people told me "hey, its not good" but he has been always like that, never bitten anyone, just wants to have a contact so why do I have to deal with that if he is okay and I am okay with that

[@babsa3074]

That video was a good example of WHY you do not give your horse treats!

[@LittlePaso17]

He doesn’t…you see how Chance is simply checking things out and not being pushy about it? Nothing wrong with that. Warwick wants his horses to engage with him. That’s what Chance is doing. Rather him being engaged with him than so fixated on something in the distance that he pays no mind to you.

[@999vektor]

He wants to interact, he is not looking for treats

[@thesalukilife]

I am sorry, but that is bull. You wouldn't work for nothing. Your paycheck is your reward. So why not reward your horse for doing things correctly that you were asking? I always reward my horses for trying and give out treats when they do something extremely correct. Treats are a horse's currency. This whole "giving treats is bribery" is such a copout.

[@epona9166]

@@LittlePaso17 Actually Warwick does do some clicker training with his horses (I can't speak to how often or how many of them), so he does give them treats. That may not be what's going on here with Chance, but he does do treats. It's not hard to keep horses out of your pocket if you make an effort. That's all part of clicker training.

[@persephonemaeve2704]

I love giving my horses treats.

[@dnulsrot]

Ok, that is a horse and always it is about mare or geldingd. But s stallion is also a horse, the puerest horse of them all. How oftenen do you see woke instructions how to handle stallions with more energy and willpower then the halfdead fat backyard horses?

[@terryst9835]

This is a video of Warwick and his stallion. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGOpY4ONqN6ln9U

[@WarwickSchiller]

Here you go kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGOpY4ONqN6ln9U

[@dnulsrot]

@@WarwickSchiller :) almost every horse behaves like that if you feed him. But what it's about is how to control the the horse with little more then a lazy gelding.

[@dnulsrot]

Funny, Ryan Rose put out a video today that shows an other stallion :) Just a yearling but he start to charge and if it not taking care of it will be difficult when it gets older. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4KbYaGvnpmqeZY

[@terryst9835]

@@dnulsrot Ryan's way of working with this horses is very counter to what Warwick would do. Warwick wants to create a connection with the horse, in order to have a willing partner. Ryan's manner is much more dominate and corrective. Too much, in my opinion. I have watched a few of his videos, and he aims his stick/tool/rope at the horses head way too much for my comfort. Every time the young horse moved toward to people to try to engage with them, he was sent away. You CAN protect your own boundaries and still engage with the horse in a meaningful way, in order to create connection, not merely obedience.