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This is several years old, I came across to share. a young Belgian Draft the organization had rescued. I'm 6' and his withers were taller than me. weighted about 2800lbs. He was pretty mental sadly, and fairly dangerous to be around. he had been kept in a tiny yard barely bigger than he was for a long time. he wasn't starved, or intentionally abused, but clearly devastating incompetent negligence in care and housing. He spooked once and sent the trainer to the hospital just by grazing with his head! that big going feral, yeah that's train wreck. But amazing they do come back from that. I lost touch with him, but last I heard he was progressing well.
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he was magnificent. I believe he ended up with a very talented 'horse whisperer' '( that guy is freaking amazing to watch work) but not sure after that, but he was certainly in the best care possible for rehabilitation. Elli was his name and he wanted to be loved, as you can see here, but he was dangerous. any time for what knows what and he'd be right nito "oh god I'm gona die" mode. even though only people in there with were the only ones in danger of that. Really sad to break a horses mind like that, by intent or negligence. But in the hands he was with, he's only 4 here, he will get over that and have a chance at a very long happy life.
indeed. he was a lovie. he wanted 'in' badly, it was he just had to get over his fright response at 'anything'. had to learn that if something scared him, his handler would take care of it, so that his thinking brain wouldn't leave any room for his reacting brain.
and aside from his improper housing, what training he had before was clearly the traditional human predator training methods " do what I tell you to do or I will hurt you" rather than the natural "doing the right thing will be easier, doing the wrong thing will be harder". I have similar issues with my rescue (no where near as intense) but the nervousness and reacting brain starts to come forward when learning new things as they have learn new tasks bring bad things....this is really awful as a natural horse *LOVES* learning new things, look at any foal!...here, I'm tearing up a little...
and aside from his improper housing, what training he had before was clearly the traditional human predator training methods " do what I tell you to do or I will hurt you" rather than the natural "doing the right thing will be easier, doing the wrong thing will be harder". I have similar issues with my rescue (no where near as intense) but the nervousness and reacting brain starts to come forward when learning new things as they have learn new tasks bring bad things....this is really awful as a natural horse *LOVES* learning new things, look at any foal!...here, I'm tearing up a little...
Like the concept of Friesians (other than when the furry black f-ers beat me!) but they have a lot of lost motion in order to get their flash. I sort of like horses that cover ground.
Some are being bred that are more forward, but not really the rule yet. Hence things like the Turbos. Not really convinced that the 25% or so Arab in those really makes a difference, but they are the only ones I've seen in combined driving. I meant to compare their times on marathon but I forgot.
Some are being bred that are more forward, but not really the rule yet. Hence things like the Turbos. Not really convinced that the 25% or so Arab in those really makes a difference, but they are the only ones I've seen in combined driving. I meant to compare their times on marathon but I forgot.
that's great, welcome. not per se. They , and any horse, feels secure in in what they know and how you've introduced it to them. you could train a Thoroughbred or arab to a collar if you so wanted to, and you can train a draft to do eventing ( there are draft horse jumpers out there, it's pretty amazing). draft horses are just best suited to pulling things because of their sheer size. The most important part of ANY activity you do with a horse is your relationship with each other. Love, Language, and Leadership in equal measures. Once you get that you are then on the way to having the horse use its thinking brain all the time rather than its reacting brain.
There are 3 priorities (except for stallions, they have 6 ) Safety, comfort, play. if they accept your leadership they will feel safe, if you make the wrong thing hard and the right thing easier they will satisfy comfort in what you're doing, and then they can have fun and play at what you're doing together.
There are 3 priorities (except for stallions, they have 6 ) Safety, comfort, play. if they accept your leadership they will feel safe, if you make the wrong thing hard and the right thing easier they will satisfy comfort in what you're doing, and then they can have fun and play at what you're doing together.
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