Zara has come so far with her training! I can also definitely see your confidence with training growing as well. You’ve done such a wonderful job with her! I can’t wait to see where Zara takes you!

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

thank you! I definitely feel more confident. We haven't gotten stuck since I brought her home - I think thats the most confident boosting part! Just being able to be flexible and try different things without fear of ruining her or something. Thanks for noticing!! its bee a journey 🥹

@peterfroese7323

10 ай бұрын

@@GypsyEquestrian you don't have to answer this but I do have one question are you planning on keeping Zara shes a sweet horse with a sure-footed attitude but i also do want to see her more often as well

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

Zara has found her forever home! I'll be talking about that in like 3 weeks so stay tuned!

@peterfroese7323

10 ай бұрын

@@GypsyEquestrian oh wow im so happy!😊 its been a while since gypsy eqestrian im just so glad your back and that Zara has a good home as well😁

Not every horse you train is going to be easy. It makes it all more worth the while when you take the first ride, or pick up the first hoof. Your an amazing horse trainer, and I can tell so much work has gone into Zara in the past couple months. She’s going to be a great horse one day. (She already is!)

Zara is secretly (Not so secret) my favorite one of the bunch… Stole my heart from the first time you showed her to us. Been following for probably more than two years at this point, from the first project horse to now. I love the channel, the horses, the dog, you, and everything you do. I know you can’t keep Zara, but know that during the hardship you are going through with her, I am encouraging both of you and so proud of everything you guys have accomplished ❤🫶🏻💕

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

AWWW Thank you so much!!! I appreciate the love and support!! Yeahhh, She is definitely a special horse!! She might be my favorite too 🥹

@TheRoyalDella12133

10 ай бұрын

@@GypsyEquestrian Aww! 💕

You’re doing so great with her! R+ training is my favorite method. Your marker is so cute lol! I just make a click with my mouth but I love the “de” noise

From seeing spooky Zara to this incredibly responsive and smart horse im sooo proud of you both Love yall

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!! 🫶🏼😭

I didn’t realize how stocky Zara was!! She’s adorable your doing great with training her :)

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

Yes!! She's got a kind of drafty look to her. I loved the feathering around her feet when I first saw her photos!

I love how thoughtful you are! I love using R+ to encourage curiosity, but I do think longterm R- allows them to feel like they control the pressure and their scary surroundings. Obviously, you know best because your hands are in her. I just love NePoPo concepts. Apply pressure, release pressure and mark at the same time. They learn the pressure is the cue, learn how to turn it off (empowering) and gain the reward. This pattern is 100% how we teach picking up feet. Pressure is asking for their foot, then holding. Reward is the release + food. I could nerd out on this forever. This is a dog training system developed by Bart Bellon, but it is applicable across the board. Seriously ,so cool. The more you learn, the more you realize you don’t know.

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

I think I often train with combined reinforcement! Sounds similar to what you’re describing! I think a lot of “+r” falls into -r with a reward to mark behavior. I think it’s hard to be a purist with +r! I think the main thing for me is keeping her as relaxed and under threshold while she learns new behaviors. Have you heard of Lockie with emotional horsemenship? I took his course “when to reward, for what?” And that really opened my mind!!

I’m glad she’s doing better! It’s hard to train some horses They don’t always understand but I love how Your so patient with her

I’m so glad that she has a home with you! I can see that she has bonded with you and that she has learned so much from you.❤❤

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

thank you!! I think she's bonded with me too, but its nice hearing that from someone else

Thank you for all the updates! ❤

She's very much a food and friends gal! I'm SO glad she is home with you, and you are well enough to work with her again! ❤

Wow!! Zara has made so much progress! Can we see a training video with Zinny and an update on how old she is? Also we would love to see a day in the life video, we haven't seen one in a while!!😀

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!! Zini just turned 3! 🙌🏻 she still looks like a baby though! 🤣 yes I Olán do some vlogs soon! ❤️

Im so happy shes doing better, ur so patient. And a really good trainer❤❤ wish you and zara all the best ❤️

Zara is SO beautiful! Her mane has grown out so much 😍 I love seeing how much positive reinforcement can help bring out a horses curiosity, also, I need to learn how to teach that butt targeting! Brilliant!

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

Seriously you have to! It comes in handy soooooooooooo often!!

aw, Im so happy to see Zara doing well again! Good job!!

I love Zara so much! ❤I’m so glad that God has blessed you with her!

@Saebrin_8

10 ай бұрын

Yes! Amen!

@lilyfields3748

10 ай бұрын

Mhm.

Shes so pretty you got lucky on winning her! Can you do a video on how you teach your horses to lung if you do teach them that!? You've done great! We need more people like you not giving up on horses.

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

I don't do too much lunging with my horses but I have taught them to circle which look similar!

Omg she has made so much progress! Love ur videos keep up the great work 💙💙💙

Awww, from strangers to pals 🤗 I love it. And love her personality!

Aw glad ur both back on track and doing better❤

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

me too!!

It’s absolutely wonderful to see your progress together! I’m glad you invested in your learning more horse training. I love clicker training/positive reinforcement.

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm so happy I went this route of learning! I'm enrolled in 4 other programs right now to continue my learning 😂 i'm hoping to make some big leaps and keep showing up the best I can for the horses in my care

Glad to finally see Zara is home

Congrats for your tremendous progress !

AWWW THE WAY U SAY UR SO PRETTY AND THEN SHE POSES

Very exciting, and so happy for you guys!

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

thank you!!!

5:40, your smile is such a "proud mom moment". So sweet. You can tell you felt accomplished. Great work.

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

Yes!! 😂😂😂i think having someone else validate that it’s “cool” made me feel super proud!!! 😂😊😊

This is amazing!!! You both are doing great and I’m so happy for you!!!❤

Hi Marina, I really like your videos, I think they are really interesting, especially the updates on the Mustangs. Good luck with Zara's training, I look forward to seeing her progress.

I love this! It’s inspiring to see how both of you have grew so so much!

she is so adorable i love her cute lil blaze!!

HOW WONDERFUL ZARA IS HOME AND SEEMS LIKE SHE REMEMBERED ALL THE HARD WORK YOU TWO DID TOGETHER. SHE IS SO BEAUTIFUL!!! AFTER A ROUGH YEAR YOU AND YOUR PONIES ARE ALL TOGETHER AND O SO HAPPY. ZARA NEEDS SOME DESTIN BABY CREAM ON HER NOSE TO PROTECT IT. HELPS ALOT. Susan

Your doing such an amazing job with Zara!

Zara is doing so good! And I’m so glad that the training is going good! Hope the training goes well in the future :D

❤❤❤love your videos and love zara

I can’t express in words how happy I am for you!! I know how hard the last year has been and it great to see how you have kept going. Zara couldn’t have ended up in a better place🩷can’t wait to see how this unfolds.

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! Things seem to be taking a turn 🙌🏻

You should be so proud of yourself for the progress you have made with Zara! You inspire me ❤

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

thank you!! I am really proud of us 🥹

Zara is soooo beautiful! And she has made excellent progress!! I am so glad you are able to work with the horses again. ❤

ZARA is gorgeous! I'm in love

Hi! Zara is beautiful!❤❤❤

She has came a long way from you starting to train her I love to watch your videos oh can you please comment on this I am big fan ❤❤❤❤

I've missed mustang content (especially with Zara) sooooo much! I'm so glad we get to see you two back together!

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

Aww thanks!! I happy to be sharing again!

Ahhh can't wait to watch!!!

One of my horses has similar issues with eyes. Coincidentally, he's a sorrel with a blaze and looks a lot like Zara. If I get behind on brush hogging pastures and he has his face down in tall grass and weeds, that's when the eye issues pop up. If I don't address it when an indicator like a little weeping starts, an infection will follow. Now I just prophylactically treat it with Terramycin Ophthalmic Ointment and all's good - no worsening of symptoms or infections.

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

I need to get that from my vet to have on hand! Because we're coming up on the season that she got it last year. And I definitely don't want it to get bad again! Good idea!

@jimmyyounger618

10 ай бұрын

@@GypsyEquestrian I can't recall if I got it from Tractor Supply, Amazon...? But since I'd been through it with this horse before and it was a pattern, I wanted to skip over the vet asking to take a look and the markup on a little tube. No prescription required and not horribly expensive from retail suppliers. P.S. I have The Essential Hoof Book but I'm anxious to check out the other resources you mentioned. Thanks for your channel!

I love how, even if her training isn’t going exactly as planned, you are making small achievements. Shes an amazing horse and she’ll do great!

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

thank you! Yes slow and steady!

Zara is soooooo Gorgerous!!!!!!!!!

I look forward to seeing how you progress! I have a mustang mare I feel like I haven't made any progress with the last 8 months. Diving into as much horsemanship learning as I can.

I find it very interesting, when you said that so many horses have ligament issues due to tying them up on a rope halter and the consequence of not being able to break loose. I live in Europe and we use rope halters here too, but ONLY for training. we would never ever tie up a horse on a rope halter due to the fact that there is no pre-determined breaking point within the tack - so the breaking point will be within the horse :( we use halters for tying up horses and even when you buy a rope halter in most shops, part of the product description is, to never tie a horse up when it is wearing one, that's what stable halters are for. due to the way they are constructed they will (or should, of course accidents can happen, no matter what) break. I always cringe really hard when I watch American equestrians tying up their horses on a rope halter, as it just does not seem to be a thing over there... we are all socialized differently, that is ok, but that's what I appreciate about the non-existance of borders in the internet. you can exchange ideas and learn so much from people from all over the world. I really appreciate that you are so thoughtful to use an additional tool which helps your horse break loose if it is tied up, even though that does not seem to be a big thing in your environment which shows how much you care about your horses. and congrats to your progress with zara, it's amazing. I am sure she very well knows how much you care about her too 💗

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

That is so interesting that culturally we're so different! I feel like in the non-mustang world many people don't use rope halters! But do when they teach tying. I'm happy to hear that (sounds like) you're more ethical or careful across the sea! The mustang training world can be very rough - and I think there's always an unrealistic timeline because of the 100 day makeovers. I hard tied my first mustang Zurreal and she pulled back constantly.. I thought thats just how you teach them because thats what I saw around me. I feel so bad looking back 😣 I'm just trying to learn from it all and do better as I go!

@simudia

10 ай бұрын

@@GypsyEquestrian thanks a lot for your answer! this is exactly what matters, you are looking back and trying to learn. we all make mistakes, the important thing is, to reflect on what we are doing and try to improve. 🤩 overall, I'd say in theory europe, resp. the eu is a little bit more advanced when it comes to animal rights... we banned testing of cosmetic products on animals, we banned ear cropping / tail ducking on dogs, etc. ages ago.... these examples are great steps forward, and I am happy that we have those laws, but in my opinion, it only works in theory. if someone wants to have a cropped dog, they just cross the border to a non-eu country and let it be done there, which is totally legal. and the recent scandals in very high profile dressage and show jumping stables show, that money oftentimes leads to inhumane training practices over here, in a really gross extense from my pov. in the end, it is important that we as individuals think about our ethics in regards to the animals or pets who we spend our time with. so happy that you are back with your mustang vids, I can really take a lot from it 🥰

Omg Zara’s tail is so long and beautiful I love it!

I’m so happy to see how far you guys have come! I can definitely tell you are more confident! I’m so excited for the next one! I would have been here when it first posted but today was the first day of school 😐. School is the literal worst thing ever. I have no classes with friends and the teachers aren’t nice at all. RIP to me.

Such an inspiring video ❤ keep up the amazing work girl!

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!

She is so pretty ❤❤❤❤

I love how your taking so much time and effort into her training! Keep up the good work.

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! Yes thats the plan! But things are moving much faster now 🙌🏻

Your so close to 1 million 🎉👏

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

One hundred thousand! Not a million! 🤣

She seems happy 🙂

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

I think so too!

That butt target trick is so cool!

Yay Zara first!

hail to the gypsy king baby

🐎

I think it’s funny when she was picking Zara’s foot, Zara was side eyeing u that hole time 💀💀💀

Can you do a day in the life with your mustangs

I bought 3 blocker tie rings because I wanted to love them. Our mare just tests them constantly and pulls away. Would love to hear how you worked with Zara on that.

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

For a horse that knows how to tie and isn't pulling back, but pulling out, you can do an extra wrap or two on the fence to make the resistance a little harder. Have you tried that? You can also practicing standing tied with rewarding her for being there. Or give her a hay net when she's tied to make it more enjoyable. I do both of those things with Zara.

Can u maybe make a skit about”pov the new kid with the new horse😬”

@LRF2021

10 ай бұрын

yees

I love all your horses and I’m glad your getting farther with training her! But I do have a question! So I don’t really get the targeting part of your training, I can see how you use for picking up her feet, and for when she had her allergies but I don’t really get it for the future. Like What’s it going to be for, what are you going to use it for? I get some of it but for the other half it just seems kind of useless. (Sorry if that last part sounded rude but I don’t know how to word it)

@Kytti-not-kitty

10 ай бұрын

it helps to build trust and routine.

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

No worries! Good question! I love to ask the "why" behind things too! So for a mustang teaching them to target their their shoulder, or butt, or knees, eyes etc.. gives them the control to initiate contact versus us always forcing them to be touched. But after that trust is built, targeting is so useful for positioning a horse at the mounting block, or along a fence, or moving them over in the trailer, it helps with teaching the side pass, or body control and body awareness under saddle. You'll see as the series goes on some things that show how useful it is!

I love this series! I have an 11-yo mustang (in my profile pix) and a "baby" mustang who is 5 and on the journey toward saddling and riding. He's very sensitive so we've been taking our time and using a combination of R+ and pressure/release/rest. Are you in WA? I thought I saw Friday Harbor printed on one of your shirts.

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

I lived on SJI for 3 years! But now I'm in texas!

@CorrinaCreates

10 ай бұрын

@@GypsyEquestrian I’m in Snohomish County ☺️

Yay! I am so happy for you! And proud! You seem so much more confident! So does Zara! I need to know about the Chestnut and the other horse I forgot her name! You are doing so good with her! I hope you have her for a long time!

are you going to keep zara and zinni? or are you going to sell them once they’re fully done with training?

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

Zara has found her forever home - I'll be sharing that in like 3 weeks!

That treat pouch looks awesome! Where did you get it from?

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

its called "the trainers pouch" !

@emma_and_a_horse

10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! @@GypsyEquestrian

Who wants her to hot 100k 👇

Do you know what round up she was caught in?

What coat color is zinfandel?

I really think you should keep her. I had a mustang that I kept till her passing. She had been trained, resold ( to a good owner). Trained, resold again, bed, resold again and again, until finally the day I found her emaciated and covered in rain rot. She was in her mid 20s when I got her, and was quick to get back to health. She was an incredible trail horse, then I retired her from riding and she had a peaceful death ( I mean as peaceful as any horse death can be). I'm just saying as someone who has owned senior and physically, emotionally problematic horses by choice, please PLEASE, everyone, don't sell your horses unless you absolutely have to. The children's book "black beauty' is absolutely a true description of a horse who passed through life from owner to owner. Except it usually doesn't end that well.

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

Yes that is my fear! But I will only to the bestest of homes! She actually has found her forever home, but that'll come out in like 3 weeks so stay tuned!

@1HorseOpenSlay

10 ай бұрын

@@GypsyEquestrian wonderful 🌞 You always do the best for your horses. ( And your comedy is beyond hillarious!)

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

thank you!!!

Hiii

How tall is Zara?

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

I haven't tapped her but I think 14.3 or 15hh!

@Mxtchamxchi

10 ай бұрын

@@GypsyEquestrian thanks! She’s really pretty btw, also when you start her under saddle do you plan on starting with English or western?

hi Marina, why do you marks all of your horses?

@Diamondking599

10 ай бұрын

She doesn’t, they are wild mustangs that are tagged when they are captured

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

Yeah the BLM brands them when they capture them.

@user-bz3gj3jq7o

10 ай бұрын

@@GypsyEquestrian Oh i understand

How old is zara and how tall and when you filmed 🎥 kazi was like mummmmm why you make her go away 😅😅😅😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

She is 7! I think she's 15hh but not totally sure!

@stacepelham8071

10 ай бұрын

@@GypsyEquestriantank you for response

need more comedy, maybe english riders at a rodeo be like. sorry i dont want to rush you. i love your videos so much.

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

Once I get y'all up to date on the mustangs I'll put out some more comedy! But I have like 200 comedy videos you can binge in the meantime

she has my name

I’ll take her

Hi

Isn’t it pretty dangerous to tie the lead rope around you when working with her feet and such? It wouldn’t be good if Zara got spooked and took off and you get dragged and couldn’t release yourself.

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

You are right that would be really dangerous, but it is not tied on me. If you look at it it's looped over my belt so if she pulled away it would just come off 🙌🏻

@annegulbransen3961

10 ай бұрын

@@GypsyEquestrian oh ok I see that now. I also didn't want other people not seeing that correctly and think its ok to tie themself to a horse.

So I want to comment saying.. love your content and you sharing your journey, and good on you for taking the time to train yourself with books, dvd, research, etc.

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

do you have an instagram? message me on there! @gypsyequestrian!

First

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇

Why by 18nth lol

Like second or third!!🎉

@Diamondking599

10 ай бұрын

No

@windyandpandoria23

10 ай бұрын

K I can’t see the comments when I first got on and I was the 4th like so I was someone around there

@windyandpandoria23

10 ай бұрын

So I’m 5th

Z+k sorry idk if her name starts with a k or a c

@GypsyEquestrian

10 ай бұрын

you're right its K! Kazi

4th❤

@Diamondking599

10 ай бұрын

No

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@Diamondking599

10 ай бұрын

No