Why Hobble a Horse?

[@nikolasversteeg]

I just learned about what hobbling is from reading the rangers apprentice series - specifically book 7 Erak's Ransom. Cool video to learn about it!

[@dawnmichelle4403]

Beautiful horses! 😍💕

[@Saartje05]

That's illegal here.

[@sshepard5222]

I absolutely love everything you have to teach

[@bigbigrat]

What a great way to break your horses leg! This is cruel and unnecessary, you should try to learn how to actually train horses before advocating for awful contraptions like this

[@c.gutbrod472]

maybe you could also try to use them yourself in between (adapted to humans of corse: for the patience ..) so sad..

[@jadehyde3975]

do you train horses for the public? I have an appy that doesn't respect me on the ground and very little in the saddle

[@BarJLHorseTraining]

Yes contact me at 17803007507, or email [e-mail]

[@jadehyde3975]

@@BarJLHorseTraining texted you thanks!

[@christina-mz1lp]

Do some round pen work

[@Savedbygrace363]

This is great! When I took my very busy spookish mare to this wonderful horse trainer he used hobbles on my horse. It was uncomfortable at first but within minutes she quickly learned to stay still! She was calm and soft and was a totally different horse. I’m sorry for some of the negative comments, but after seeing how successful this technique is in horse training, I’m a firm believer in hobbles. My horse was not harm. They quickly learned what to do and it actually works in calming a horse! This is a wonderful training tool.

[@Equines_and_Animals]

Hobbles are lazy, teach your horse recall and yielding to leg pressure to have the same effect. A real trainer would not just shove more equipment on your horse, it’s not a solution, it’s a bandaid to cover up the gaps in training.

[@jessicadyck]

Horses are prey animals. This is a dangerous technique. The horses brain doesn’t understand this the way humans would. A horse will go into shutdown which looks like “calm”.

[@katiedenski681]

I think this is stupid and cruel and see no effectiveness in this at all.

[@Arzeena1990]

Me too. Why on earth would anyone do this?

[@bigbigrat]

Not to mention dangerous, and it doesn't teach the horse anything!

[@abbynau]

​@bigbigrat there is a lot of usefulness to this. When horses get their feet caught in something, they're less likely to panic and hurt themselves if they've been hobbled. A friends horse broke his leg getting his foot stuck in a track and not remaining calm

[@suzannestone798]

it is amazing to watch you work with these animals. Your patience is inspiring

[@jessicadyck]

What patience? He hobbles the horse and stands back to watch.

[@suzannestone798]

@@jessicadyck you obviously haven't seen his other videos. really? this is what you do with you time? Go find a hobby Karen

[@113-r8b]

Do you have any tips for keeping a horse stand still when mounting or a barn sour/buddy sour horse he stands just fine tied up and hobbled but when tacking him up or mounting he just won’t stand still

[@BarJLHorseTraining]

Are use lateral flexion a lot for getting on and keeping them to hold still. I am currently filming a Horsetraining series that will cover that in it. Stay tuned for updates on that

[@113-r8b]

@@BarJLHorseTraining okay I will thanks

[@sshepard5222]

How long do you suggest leaving them on the first time for a sensitive mare

[@BarJLHorseTraining]

Often I will leave them on for 20 minutes or so. Just make sure that you’re somewhere you can keep an eye on them. It doesn’t hurt to turn them loose in the round pen and just watch them once they have a feel for it the first time. Once we quit videoing with that Darkbay colt in this film he actually got quite busy minded being away from the other horses and I ended up just leaving him in the round pen for an hour or so with the hobbles on, I had an intern close by working on some other projects so she could keep an eye on him.

[@sshepard5222]

@@BarJLHorseTraining thanks so much for this! Your expertise and approach is always so great to hear.

[@AmberSwag]

This isn't training, this is a quick fix because you are to lazy to learn the horse to stand stil. Imagine tying up your child's legs because they want to wonder around.

[@Equines_and_Animals]

Exactly, just a way to restrain a horse instead of working through their problems and teaching recall. If someone tied up a dogs legs because they weren’t coming when called and they were too lazy to train him, people would be outraged.

[@blabbergasted-nx9hu]

But horses aren't children ya know. They not animals.

[@Equines_and_Animals]

@@blabbergasted-nx9hu I compared them to dogs, not children.

[@heatherk2662]

I like that you aren't yanking the horse's face when she didn't want to stand, Patience is key. You should also note that hobbles should only really be used for grazing in your yard, moutains and such. My horse came from people that thought it was smart to 3 way hobble him in a bucking shoot while putting on tack for the first time as a colt. (This was to speed up progress since he was very scidish and didn't want to stand.) He was actually going to the meat market before coming to our yard because no one could get anywhere near him with tack after what they did. It took 1 solid year of round pen work just to get him to stand while tacking and not be jumping away from or on my dad. 10 years later and he still doesn't trust people with his feet, and on average freezes up when I tack him, as if the saddle bout to kill him. He sometimes even blows up if something like a cat dares to make a quick sudden move.

[@kelvinfoster1808]

At some avenues you have to hobble when they are back at the float , when your not working them .

[@leslieleslie5849]

Just found your channel! I enjoy your way of explaining. Are hobbles safe to use in a stall. I have a john mule that when i take his buddies away to ride he paces the stall and pushes on the stall doors. 😢 He is Belgium draft mule .. strong

[@margaretporkolab7166]

What kind of hobble would you use for a kicker in a field plus a chaser.

[@BarJLHorseTraining]

Kicking in the field is a tough one because when a horse is loose in their own environment we lose that ability to correct a situation. I don’t know if hobbles would fix that.

[@margaretporkolab7166]

@@BarJLHorseTraining thank you

[@salvatore3915]

Make video with jasper 🙌🙌

[@robinnicolson6522]

Seems a bit risky n dangerous like broken bones

[@daconodad474]

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