I absolutely love watching Steve set up a vocabulary with a horse and then the light switches on and true communication begins. Just beautiful!

STEVE GETS THE HORSE DOING WHAT HE DOESN'T WANT TO DO, WITHOUT A HUGE AMOUNT OF STRESS ON THE HORSE. LOVE YA STEVE TONYA CHARLOTTE ALL YOUR BUNCH

I’m sorry but I find it a bit funny that you can handle huge horses. Get respect from them. But this little bird after 40 years still won’t give in to you. Lol😂 I’m so excited you guys are coming to North Carolina. May is great. The humidity is still manageable then. His last video has a flyer at the end with all the information you’ll need.

@lilmee3037

4 ай бұрын

That parrot that keeps you humble. Everyone has that "parrot" somewhere in their lives. Hopefully.

@margies5906

4 ай бұрын

With parrots you have to understand their nature. It's so kind of Steve to continue to let Tanya have that bird that has picked her.... great job on that horse again! Well done

@tracyjohnson5023

4 ай бұрын

Do we know where in NC yet?

@robinrutherfordcost4748

4 ай бұрын

​@@tracyjohnson5023check out his foxtrotter horse video - am sure it will be close to that area as they are the people making sure it's an annual event. Hope that helps.

@hatewaiting

4 ай бұрын

@@tracyjohnson5023 Yadkinville

Wow. He was a big beautiful hard-headed boy. You rock Steve !

It's so amazing how easy and smooth Steve makes everything look when working with big and difficult horses. Just beautiful.

….omgoodness Steve the way you stood your ground when this magnificent young giant moved to mow you down… you showed such great courage mental strength and true leadership, that , after a second test of your calibre, this beautiful young horse allowed himself to put his trust and faith in you… well done!! You have given this lovely young boy a language with which to communicate with the human world. Just a joy to watch and an honour to have discovered you on this journey together. Bless you .

@Psylaine64

4 ай бұрын

he has the confidence to block because he did that ground work ..over and over till the point he KNEW that horse had respect for him and that the horse knew he also was respected by Steve ..

I swear that horse recognized Steve and thought, oh I know what I have to do, it seems so seamless, yet I know it is not, and the owner did a great job of loading him at the end. Well done even in miserable wet weather.

What interesting coloring this horse has. Quite beautiful. it's always so satisfying to see the horse respond to Steve willingly after a bit of ground work. His skill is remarkable.

I almost can't watch these trailer loading videos anymore due to the regret I experience over the mistakes I made with my boy back in the day! If there was one thing I could go back and do over, that would have to be it. Steve is doing such a huge service to anyone willing to learn from his methodology! Also, not that I ever doubted him, but in recent videos Steve shared, showing first Darcy moving Chevy and then Chevy moving both Jimmy and Rolex, the importance of establishing control of your horse's feet became crystal clear!!

I have found that rain can help also if it is bad enough. I was once caught at a horse event during a flash flood, thunder clump. Quite a few owners had spent much time that morning loading difficult horses. We got back from riding and the rain was so bad (and painful) that every single horse raced onto the floats the second the ramp was down. They were willing to suffer the deafening sound of the rain on the roof of each float (trailer) rather than stand outside in the rain and flooding water. After that all those horses were consistently much easier for their owners to load. None of the horses in question were stabled horses, they all lived outdoors all year long. You did a good job with this lad. I hope more people take your "woah" suggestions to heart. Children and dogs are the same. Say what you mean.

@ljo0605

4 ай бұрын

Yeah it was like he just wanted to get out of the rain so went onto the trailer! Steve's groundwork helped loads too of course. He makes it look so easy :)

@piaogilvie8463

4 ай бұрын

Good real life story🙂 Thank you

@OnceUponaTimeline

3 ай бұрын

Haha start the next loading session a hail storm!

You’re braver than me Steve, I’m not a bird person and you wouldn’t get me sitting in a room with a bird out of a cage, never mind sitting with my back to it ! 😅 Beautiful horse 😍

It's a good job he didn't rush out because she was standing in the way 😮

That horse is absolutely beautiful!

Omigosh! The RAIN!! and not a peep out of Tanya. Good sport! ❤

That is a big horse to load into a relatively small trailer.

Hi Max ! This was a great video.! It tickled me when you asked that beautiful horrse to stop and he stopped and automatically took a step back and relaxed. Then he kept doing every time. I thought 💭🤔, this horse wants to obey and is looking for leadership. Great job 👍👏 Steve as always.!❤🎉 I tell everyone about you here in the Florida panhandle USA. 👋 Hi Tanya. God bless you and your family and keep you safe.

@TakeTheRide

4 ай бұрын

Steve needs a cowboy hat for when it's raining.

@tammyspurdle9208

4 ай бұрын

Thank you Steve and Tanya for another great video. ❤

Nice to see Max again, him sat there watching Steve like a hawk 😂 brilliant

Steve's microphone sounded really good! Thanks for sharing this great video!

Kudos with the big horse! Massive change…. Your relationship with Max cracks me up😂😂😂😂

Another miracle fix! I don't have a horse, I haven't ridden for 1,000 years & peobably won't ride again or even own a horse---but I learn so much from these videos & I enjoy knowing how horses think, which is what you are always so clear in both explanation & demonstration!

Once again, you made this looks so easy, and you are right that is one big beautiful boy

I was given a horse that wood not load. So I road him home needed to get him out before the snow. He looked at me like I was crazy after I road him around 15 miles and it was starting to snow sideways . It was well after dark by the time I got home and boy was he serprised when we got there and he realized his friend I took 2 days before was already there. I started early in the morning and rode the hole way none stop.

ABSOLUTELY LOVELY! Such a good boy and yes you too Steve!

Years of watching and still can't get enough of your wisdom. Great job 👍

Great video on how to communicate with a horse. Even though the world has changed, horses haven't. They still think and act as they have for thousands of years. Good job teaching, Steve! Also the audio is SO improved so thanks for that!

@SocialShires

4 ай бұрын

no horses did change. The same principal applies but I bet they are way more intelligent than they were from working around us. Especially drafts who never get wild blood and thus always in presence and working with humans.

@OnceUponaTimeline

4 ай бұрын

That horse seems like a fast learner and not very spooky either which also helps. He's just kinda pushy so she'll need to keep on top of not letting him barge through. If she can do that, I think she'll be very happy with him. It seems like Steve gets two general types of horses with these trailer issues. Some of them are just terrified of the trailer and it takes a lot of patience and a lot of nagging to get them to brave it and they'll be shaking and near panic when they do go in the first time. They may respect their owners greatly but the fear rules them. Then there's horses like this that just would rather not and just don't feel the need to obey their owner, they consider the efforts to make them go in as just an optional request. Those ones just need some feet moving and respect of handler and then it does not take them long to go in to the trailer, they were not that scared to start with so they can overcome their fear pretty fast. Once they go in and see the chow, they adapt fast and it it's pretty easy from there.

@SocialShires

4 ай бұрын

@@OnceUponaTimeline absolutely right. That has no fears. He just didnt feel like it. From what I`ve seen with the shire breed is they dont feel like helping you and obey you UNLESS you are a trusted friend. They are thinking horses and can manipulate you as well. That's something I had to learn really quick with my shire. But oh boy do they learn fast !! How I got mine to trust me wasnt through moving feets and etc. No commands. I showed her I was very good at meeting her needs for scritches and good at pulling hay out of a net for her. Stupid it seems , but with her past, she needed a different pace, a kind owner willing to help her instead of spewing commands evevytimes. It worked. Now it's very hard to figure out what she knows and doenst know. She learns things first try so I have no clues. Those big horses are a joy. People just need to get over their fears of a 6ft tall horse and then they'll see WHY owners rave about them. There is no horse I`d rather have, even with unlimited funds.

@OnceUponaTimeline

4 ай бұрын

Every horse is diff in what it needs. Some are gentle and a gentle request is the way with very mild adversive 'punishments' like just back them up or make them do some spins if they are naughty but you still be overall gentle. Others are pushy and you have to be a bit more pushy . But the big training rule for dogs IMO also is valid for horses, you just do enough to get them to respond but don't be more harsh than that, any more than just what you need and it causes more problems than it solves. @@SocialShires

@SocialShires

4 ай бұрын

@@OnceUponaTimeline I disagree with gentle with gentle, pushy with pushy. A dog is a LOT simpler than a horse.

Body language and positive reinforcement! ❤

Well done! Have a great visit 🇺🇸

Always enjoy seeing you help another horse and owner. Great job filming Tanya. Hope you did not get too soaked!

From a nightmare to a dream horse in one session. Fabulous horse.

Steve speaks any horse dialect flawlessly…..pony, mini, heavy horse, quarter, mare, stallion…no problem, he speaks it all. Apparently he’s rubbish trying to speak parrot! Maybe in another 40 years he’ll show some improvement! 😊. Lovely to watch this young horse work so hard to learn something new and important….how to trust and load safely. Beautiful progress, congratulations. ❤

Love those gentle giants

Would be nice to see this huge young horse grown up! Great Job!

Thanks for another video!

Tanya, Just a note, not everyone has Facebook so not everyone has messenger. I didn't see your email address on the flyer, If it is there then I apologize. If it isn't there and you want to read to more people than you might consider adding your email address.

@TakeTheRide

4 ай бұрын

Or yeah make up a new email address, one for private one for public.

@rennaehanson9996

4 ай бұрын

@@TakeTheRide Yes, exactly.

@Rescueluv

4 ай бұрын

Go to about all details including email there. To find about just read all the introduction and it will come up

Hauling that big animal & trailer with that station wagon? 😬😬

@deedeesc1078

4 ай бұрын

@user-mb1hg4qu9f - Not sure of the exact model, but an Audi Q8 can tow 7,700 lbs😊😊.

@user-mb1hg4qu9f

4 ай бұрын

@@deedeesc1078 brakes??

@deedeesc1078

4 ай бұрын

@@user-mb1hg4qu9f Hauling a horse trailer without its own braking system, puts every person in the hauling vehicle, nearby vehicles and the horses in the trailer, in a dangerous and deadly situation, AKA, jack knifing. By law, in the EU and US, horse trailers over a specific G.V.W. are required to have brakes. I’m inclined to believe the UK has similar laws. In general, horse trailers manufactured in the past 40+/- years were built with a braking system. Historically, dual axle trailers have a braking system. Livestock trailers are a horse of a different color.

@user-mb1hg4qu9f

4 ай бұрын

@@deedeesc1078 read the owners manual; if it recommends against hauling a heavy load like this, don't do it. If the O.M. doesn't say one way or another, don't haul this load with it. Use something heavier; over preparing in this case could save your life.

YOUARE LIKE A HORSE WISPER MEANING SOME ONE BLESS AT HELPING HORSES UNDERSTAND == GREAT WORK🥰🥰🥰🥰

Handsome gentle giant ❤ Great work, steve xx

I blink slowly at my bird and don't look at her straight on and she is softening.

Max giving you the mean eye.....LOL!!

Love you Steve and Tanya. You make your training look so easy as you work your miracles with all horses and helping them through their various problems and terrors, Steve ❤😊❤

Coming from a western world, absolutely Whoa definitely means stop your feet. And yes always back or turn before making any forward motion. And don’t forget to stand full stop after backing. Let them think before taking your next step

What a lovely lad.

wow he's BIG, beautiful :) well done!

10:45 just watch: So funny! The big guy starts trotting and forgets Steve has his rope…it’s like: Oh! You’re still there! Ok.

You grey is doing "big bird" behind you. Lol ❤ Does he speak much?

Do they actually pull that huge horse in the trailer with that car or was that just used to back it there?

@mhaventv8656

3 ай бұрын

If indeed that is true, poor car!

So good to see you again Steve 😊 and Tanya as well. Hope all is well with you both. Another great video, loved watching it, I think your amazing working with horses. Love and Blessings to you both ❤ ✝️ Jennifer 🫶

Your demo will be at capacity, for sure.

He is a really good horse, just abit worried about what to do with the trailer, leadership rewards in a bucket great job as always steve

I always love seeing Max!

Great video what gorgeous horse ❤😊

Holy cow where you nervous, hes so big and at the start of floating i was bloody nervous for you!

Steve you are brilliant, my man!!!

What a beautiful horse. He just needed a bit of Steve's magic. Too bad the magic wouldn’t work on Max😂.

Thanks for everything we keep learning because of you and your family. Very helpful and I'm certain horses all over the world are glad of it.

I love your new microphones !!! Sounds great!!!

Wonderful! x LindyLu from Oz Australia. Come here some time please.

Love your parrot and great video thanks❤

What a beauty, and eager to learn ❤

Beautiful horse, great result.

Beautiful, just beautiful !!

Hi Steve hi Tanya Wow yet another fantastic video of your wonderful skills thank you so much for sharing 👌 I can’t wait for may I think it will be a great event and I would love to attend and make a holiday of it 🙏 I’m going to message Tanya for all the information and some advice ❤

Awesome news, safe travels.

Do you know of Cannon Hall Farm in Cawthorne, Barnsley as they now breed Shire horses and have quite a few now?

Great video, thank you Steve and Tanya ❤

Max is out to get you...behind your back 😆

YES "whoa" should always be carved in stone

Gorgeous horse and Bravo for doing all of that brilliant work in the pouring rain! Love your videos so much.

Love your videos.

Steve & Tanya another wonderful video I learned a great deal! Benevolent blessings 🍀

Good to see good old Max. He seems to like the camera. Very entertaining! I worry that the older you become the larger the livestock! I've got to admit don't quite get this mania for heavy horses for non draft work, but I realize that in this new world they might just become extinct otherwise . I am under the impression that the English breed of Suffolk Punch horse is becoming extremely close to disappearing.

Love it! Another wonderful video!

Sounds like you need a bird of your own. Any of the larger raptores will do.😊

I really enjoyed this video. I really don’t know why I started watching your videos because I don’t have horses, nor have I ever had them but I find it very interesting how you help horses overcome their fears. That trailer looks a little small for a horse this size. I don’t think he will be able to fit as an adult.

I really enjoy watching your videos. I’ve never commented I don’t think but I’m always so impressed with your calmness and the results. I’m not surprised that the results but I am very impressed. I know that’s not why you do it. You do it for the love of the horse. And the care of the owner. Thank you Steve for another good video. And that was a beautiful big boy. Your wife is precious to always videoing you and so kind. God bless and will see you someday. Love from Texas. Take care

😳He misses your feet by NANOMETERS at least a couple times! A time to have the instinct to definitely move your feet! Glad you were able to still get him blocked! Whew!

Hey Steve, it's a pity you can't make your idea Max's idea NOT to bite you..!!🤣🤣🤣

What a beautiful horse! Great job Steve 👏

Awwww Max! Cutie pie happy you’ve got mummy Tanya to love on you…

Really helpfull! Thank you verry much!!

Great new sound. Well done.

Oh wow! Fantastic - wenn ich think what damage one of those hoofs could do on your dainty little feet against his, makes me cringe 👏🏼 well done - he is quite beautiful! Nothing like a bit of discipline from the beginning!

I really love your videos. I wish I still had horses. I wish I knew then what I have learned from your videos. You are the best. Thank you for sharing with us!❤

2:25 I am sure you will have noticed, playing it back, that touching your ear, drew the 🐦's attention to your ear!

Love this!

Well done Steve. You did wonders with the young horse

Absolutely great! Respect!

Scary how he moves side towards you to avoid getting on the ramp. But looks like u still stay safe where you stand and so quickly correct him. One little bump from him and can knock you around. Wow.

Well done :) Beautiful big boy

Amazing calm transformation to trailer a large horse.

Brill video as always 🎉❤

Brilliant … you make it look so easy. I’m sure we just saw a bit of the groundwork but he certainly caught on to it quickly enough. He’s a gorgeous boy but there’s definitely no fooling around with him … someone could get seriously hurt. So Max has it out for ya does he?!? Maybe he’s jealous? I noticed he was gone when we got to the end of the VLOG. He must trust you to a point though because I remember shortly after you got him back he took off for a day or two in the wild … and it was you who had to retrieve the naughty boy, from way up in that tree. Does he boss the cat around too? Anyhow loved the lesson today … again, you can’t stress it enough that the groundwork has to be done and one has to stand their ground! Got it! Oh and to make our idea their idea! 😊 Happy Trails! 🙏🙌❤️🍎🐴🥕🐎🍏🇨🇦

Steve...you are simply awesome! It's like, in a very short time, you have the most giant horses giving in to your every command. It's just magical! My big ole Belgian mix was a teddy bear. But he was a stinker whenever it came to being loaded onto the trailer. Sometimes, I would just stand there, put my hand on my side and say "Really Blaze? Are you gonna be difficult today?" Honestly, he would just decide to be a good boy, and walk right in. I mean, come on...he knew there was a bag of hay hanging in there...just like always! Lol I truly enjoy your videos so much! I could watch you all day! 🩷 Suzy

@SocialShires

4 ай бұрын

They understand a lot more than we think. The drafts seems more thoughful and calculating. I`ve had heated negociations with mine, never thought that was possible. Ive had a day where I got on and she wouldnt listen. (bareback, no halter). She would do whatever, turn around, one step, nonsense. Then I said the word I established to give her control, so she can decide on her own. She brought me all the way to a broken fence, then a big puddle that wasnt there last time I was with her, and to a new area where the fence was moved. Once that was done, she went straight to where I wanted earlier and followed my clues.

brilliant!!!!!!!

Great job again Steve. Thank you.

Wonderful work

That little car is going to pull all that?

Great video.

many previous owners couldnt handle my mare without a whip. shire, 17.1h and the lead mare. Got in the paddock without a whip to protect myself. She charged but I was able to stop her, cutting her drive line 10-15 times before she stopped. I had never seen a horse so stubborn. It's like something clicked in her. She liked me. I've then started visiting her and simply being nice and calm, help her relieve itches and etc. She did protect me as a ressource, being shes the high horse but it didnt translate into her not respecting me. I think no whip always meant she was in charge of humans, and could have been the first time someone stood to her without the association of a whip. What do you people think?

Interesting arena - what is the ground material ? Despite all the rain, the material took it so well. Here is the USA, sand is the most common material, but that material looks interesting. I would like to research it. Thank you!!! Benevolent blessings 🍀