That’s a great tip. I have to feed three horses in the paddock. I put the feed in a wheel barrel and take a lunge whip. If any horse goes to walk towards me, I swing the whip. A bit tricky, but it works. After a period of time, they would just pick their bucket and go and wait near it. I keep my bubble until I put the feed in and I walk away and go to the next one. Should have filmed, as I thought I was really clever sorting them 😅 The down side, I have been kicked in the knee by a food aggressive horse, so understand why you should be pedantic about it.

@BasicHorseTraining

9 ай бұрын

Sounds like you have them all sorted. Good job 😁

Great video , a life saver ! A “hangry” horse is a horse that’s going to hurt somebody, to be sold on or put down.

@BasicHorseTraining

9 ай бұрын

🙌.

Thank you for this advice. Some horses need assertive management. As a none horse person, my wife’s horse attempted to “double barrel” me. Figured I’d barely evaded death. Only reason I was out of range was because in rotation he’d bumped me off balance - running away. Barely catching my balance, looked over my shoulder to see one hoof within a foot of my head. For me that was last straw with this horse. Unless I can find a good trainer willing to work with me to be safe on the ground I won’t even feed him any more.

With my baby I gave him a small about of feed to help him grow. I put a corner feeder in one of my outside shelters. I taught my baby to stand outside the shelter until I put the feed in the corner bucket. He had to stand quietly outside the shelter until I told him he could go into the shelter to eat. I do the same with my dogs. Being pushy with me is not allowed.

@cattymajiv

9 ай бұрын

A lot of people think that spoiling kids and animals is kindness, but they are dead wrong! Firmness and reasonable limits are the kindest things of all. And the teaching of self discipline! A person or animal who can use self discipline, on their own and when it's needed, will be SO MUCH HAPPIER than someone who can't!

I am training a Mustang since 4 weeks. She got pushy with me initially about food. I completely stopped any hand feeding and since then she stopped her food related issues. So no hand treats for us. Everything goes on the ground.

My first horse was a mare, and she was also food aggressive. Luckily, I never got attacked or bit, but definitely a few times where she tried to. Since I taught my dogs to sit and wait before eating, I thought that teaching my mare to back away and wait would be a good idea. So before I would go in with the wheel barrel, I would go in with my whip and push her to the opposite side of the stall and wait. Then I'd go in with the wheel barrel, whip in hand. Everything time she got close, I would wave the whip in front of her, and luckily, she was already good with backup. I know being in a small space with a food aggressive horse is never a good idea but it worked out. I still do that, and she stays against the wall until I'm done and give her a certain whistle to go and eat. I also taught her to fist bumb, so before I release her, she gives me a fist bumb, and then she can go after the whistle. I taught this to my other horses even tho they aren't food aggressive its just good to show boundaries:)

You are awesome Josie! There are people on youtube who are animal activists and would like to say this is cruel to have a whip or a rope. This is great you being so assertive. Love it.

@cattymajiv

9 ай бұрын

The only ones who say that are the 1s who completely misunderstand what they are for. In fact a dressage whip or lunge whip would be pretty pathetic for whipping anything. I doubt you could hurt anyone or anything with it if you tried!

@maggsm3392

9 ай бұрын

Of course, that's who I was aiming my comment at. @@cattymajiv

I love your videos and the way you teach. And also that you every now and then show how things actually might look like when training a horse. Really useful and helpful!

Does your horse get Hangry? 😆 Would you know what to do if he did? Let me know below 👇

@goldenyearsacres9163

3 ай бұрын

My neice recently brought a yearling she acquired from the barn where she previously boarded her horse. The mare died before her weanling was a month old. She was bottlefed & had no concept of personal space. When I bring hay out to paddock she has rushed in towards me. I avoided contact by sticking my elbow up so she ran into my elbow instead of my body. I plan to try your method with her. Will this cause her to have fear of lunge whip? I don't want to make her a fearful, flighty horse before she is even ready to be started. I put her in with my horses to help her learn from them. My lead horse is an awesome lead horse. He has already pushed her off when she moved in to his space too quickly. I also saw him defend her when my top mare tried to bite her. So I'm hoping he will help her learn what she would have learned from her mother had she lived.

Thanks for sharing Jossie, so many accidents can be prevented if people take the time and follow those tips you gave.

Sound advice, many thanks

Love that session!

Good afternoon,, Good video , ( NSW )

@BasicHorseTraining

9 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊 from SA

Great advice. OTTBs are so bad for hangry business, and in South Africa most of our mounts are OTTB. We normally stable them, but one can definitely push a horse to the back of the stable while food is being placed down for them. This was fascinatingly good.

@BasicHorseTraining

9 ай бұрын

I’m so glad you liked it. Thank you so much for letting me know. 😊

Love this topic! Thank you love your vids!!

I find this video to be interesting as horse owners WE MUST PAY ATTENTION to every “start” of ANY poor behavior and correcting it as soon as it arises. This keeps us safe and the horse from becoming a dangerous to be around! Ty for sharing ❤

Great video Josie!!

@BasicHorseTraining

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!!🥰

Thanks Josie that was great

@BasicHorseTraining

9 ай бұрын

You are welcome 😊

Such a helpful video. Thank you!

Hmm….So the YT sensation that is Rebel, has a spicy alter ego?!😂

@BasicHorseTraining

9 ай бұрын

😂😂😂. Yes he can be a little 💩 🤣

@KingsMom831

9 ай бұрын

@@BasicHorseTraining Lol 😂

Brilliant.

Love your videos ! ... So how would one get the same bubble of space when feeding pellets to a food aggressive horse in a 10x10 stall ? I see people at the barn just let her get away with the bad aggressive behaviour, she is 3 and rears and pushes them to get her food. I would like to get this corrected as she is a nice horse but I see this is a HUGE issue. when I was grooming her one day in the cross ties she saw the food cart, reared up broke one tie fell to the ground, smashed the pooper scoop and cut her face on it requiring stitches.

@katemaree5826

9 ай бұрын

Personally, I would keep pressure on until horse moved right to the back of stall and stood there before feeding. Then I would put feed just inside to the side.

@cattymajiv

9 ай бұрын

YUP. And the OP is right. Even if the horse is perfect in every other way, that is a huge problem! Everyone's saftety is affected, including the horses!

@cakedesigner

9 ай бұрын

@@cattymajiv I agree, but it's not my barn so I'm trying to help with basic horse training issues. I don't want anyone including the horses to be hurt.

The other day my horse kicked me. This was a first for him. I was quite shocked. And hurt. He's suddenly become quite nappy. I'll discuss with my trimmer who knows him well in a weeks time. It really upset me more than it should of done.

Very helpful Thank you 🙏

@BasicHorseTraining

9 ай бұрын

I’m glad you found it helpful. Thank you for commenting 🙏🏻

Thank you for this video! I do not have a horse myself, but this information is very helpful anyway!🐎🌷

@BasicHorseTraining

9 ай бұрын

I’m glad you found it helpful. 😀

Josie can you talk about hand grazing ? I have a horse I hand graze due to his turnout not having grazing grass. I will take him out for 15-20 min and hand graze then put him back, but not sure if I am perpetuating bad behavior. He has a tendency to be pushy and definitely food aggressive. He is not aggressive while being grazed, so far at least

Amazing and great tip Josie! Is it recommendable to do the same (the not touching with they have their food) even with not aggressive horses right? Greetings from Argentina

@BasicHorseTraining

9 ай бұрын

Hello 😊. Yes always leave my horses alone to eat their food.

Please can you share how to deal with a horse that is aggressive to other horses during feeding & grooming time. He will give me space, but run and bite the other horses and cause chaos. They live out, same paddock. Just feeding time is hectic. Thanks for your very informative videos

@jordanwhite5470

Күн бұрын

We bring our horse in from the pasture and put them on ties (to trees). They each eat their bucket of food, and then are returned to the pasture. So, have feeding place and regular pasture be different places.

Could something similar be used to train a horse to stop charging at you/other horses while you're catching a different horse? e.g. I want to catch horse A, but horse B is lingering near the gate and isn't happy about not being the first one to be caught and decides to charge at us/other horses

My 13 year old gelding was starved most of his life so when it’s feeding time he is understandably enthusiastic. I walk him to his stall in the evening sometimes and he’ll power walk to the point where I half halt him all the way down the hill and today I even had him back up because I was slipping on the ice. I also had him on the cross ties before I put him in his stall and he would paw and was obviously agitated he wasn’t in his stall eating. I’m not quite sure how to train him out of this. He’s well fed now and has filled out nicely but he still acts like he’s starving. Any suggestions? I love your videos by the way. He’s my first horse and your videos have been so helpful.

@goldenyearsacres9163

3 ай бұрын

@jenpecka6420 Oh dear girl, when I read you are taking your horse downhill while he was being pushy, it made me cringe. You are in a very dangerous situation doing that. It could alter your life forever if he decides to charge past you. Never think you can out power a horse. Never stand in front of a horse while on a lead with your back to him either. I made that dreadful " newbie" mistake & was knocked over by a 1800 lb percheron who spooked at a sudden gust of wind blowing tree limbs which made a noise. I ended up tumbling from the force of her bumping into me with one shoulder as she fled. My neck made awful cracking noises as I tumbled in a somersault & has hurt ever since. This lady is giving some good advice. You mentioned slippery ice. What happens if you slip? You will instinctively grab hold of the lead rope tighter to steady yourself which will likely spook your horse,& as you slip & fall, you may get trampled. You could be severely injured & Never fully recovered. Your horse could be viewed as dangerous, though it was human error, then be put down if you are unable to advocate for the animal. So both of you could suffer irreparable damage. Be careful. Horses can be loyal & amicable, but they are unpredictable animals when in flight mode. Anticipate the bad & work to eliminate the unnecessary risks.