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Horse Behavior and Training

Horse runs at me during join up

By:

nikker8

Date:

2011-Feb-04 at 01:32AM

I was recently doing join up and the first few sessions were going great. I admit I am very novice. One day I went to send her away with the long line and she came right at me on a run. What did I do wrong and what can I do?

Joey 2011-Feb-04 at 12:14PM

hija semms thet you have the same proplom then me you have done already the join up your Horse is already joint up with you!!!! try to do at first the fix up my Horse follows me right away with out the youn up because she knows that she can trust me when, your horse gose right up to you take pressure off and walk away dont look in the eyes in this stage!!! hope this will help you
cheers Joey

Kit 2011-Feb-07 at 02:05AM

I had a mare with the same problem. She was terified of round penning because looking her in the eye and throwing the long line at her was way to much pressure for her, she's supper sensitive. In any case she had learned that if she was in the center no one whould chase her and frighten her so she started inviting her self in.

If your horse is coming in without being invited or charging in I would sugest you ask her to stay out until you ask her to come in and then ask her to do it respectfully or she has to go back out.

If your horse is sensitive like mine you may also not want to use the long line unless she dives in on you, and send her off more quietly cause she may just not need that much pressure to get her going.

FYI sensitive horses are the best and the worst at the same time. They will do anything you think of and they are super solid as long as you are. but don't think about what you don't want them to do, cause they will do it thinking that's what you want.

Horse addict (From the good old USA) 2011-Feb-07 at 08:24AM

keep practicing join-up!

Kit 2011-Feb-08 at 12:56AM

Nikker8,

Watch the first video in the spooky Kadina chronicles I think that will help you the most. Pay attention to his gestures. they are much smaller and Monty is much quieter and more mellow and doesn't alow her to come in except when she is being respectful and quiet.

nikker8 2011-Feb-10 at 06:26PM

Thanks for the comments and suggestions!

Rudi - Pratteln, Switzerland 2011-Feb-14 at 09:19PM

Dear Nikker
You should be able to decide when the horse should come to you. That is the goal. There is something wrong in your communication with the horse. Maybe the horse has learned that looking in the eyes means coming to the trainer, which is not the natural way but they can learn it. Another remark I have written already several times in this forum: I am convinced that you can't learn the body language only from books and videos without a trainer.

Kit 2011-Feb-15 at 03:09AM

I agree with Rudi! There is no Replacing a GOOD trainer.

Rudi - Pratteln, Switzerland 2013-Feb-03 at 01:31PM

I had now a similar experience with a two year old horse the owners asked me to work with. She had been separated from her mother the day before. There was no way to get a good correlation to the horse. She continued to look for her mother. She was so distracted that learning was almost impossible. I stopped the training.
Rudi