www.nmhorse.com provides horse training videos that cover all aspects of horsemanship, from starting your horse to catching, leading, groundwork, round pen training, to riding and trailer loading. In this video, Eric Bravo demonstrates the Jesse Beery technique of laying a horse down.
Your “training” is just a force for the horse.. please!!!
isnt cliking of the tounge meant 2 b assosiated (sorry im not a good speller) with movement not laying down? and that horse is soo quiet!
i am not that positive about this performance. he is not very gentle to the horse..
urm, theres not much natural about this method to me, it looks a little forced, and im sure that if i did thid with my pony he would panic when i pulled on his leg…
good :p
I agree. This horse is being forced. I don’t like this method.
i’ve taughten my horse to lay down on command, and the first time she did it, her reaction quite plainly meant “HELL NO!” but once she got down and i reassured her, she was quck to learn that it wasn’t so bad.
this horse actually didn’t put up much of a fight at all, although it might have been safer if he had used a light snaffle bit, but other than that, impressive!
it’s a really good technique to use if you has a horse that doesn’t really trust you, although it’s scary at first.
It wasn’t forceful; if this really was the first time this horse lied down, it must have been well prepared for it. I saw no fear, just a little hesitant.
Either this horse already had a good trust in the man, or the horse has been mentally broken down before ad has just given up. But that is something we can’t see in just this clip.
Holding the leg with a rope like that or in the hand has the only differense that you can stand without breaking your back, and maybe the rope is a tad harder to fight (more narrow pressure point), but the horse didn’t even try that. The halter cue was strong and simple, necessary for a first time so that the horse isn’t unsure of what you ask. If however, the horse was mentaly broken down and has just given up, it would be horrible. But that happens to NH trained horses too when you go too far.
I love how at the start the horse is just standing there by the truck as if someone partially unloaded him and left to do something.. lol
I didnt think this was abusive at all, this method is used all the time and horses are either well prepared for the ropes and pressure or not. I felt like this horse responded well to it Good job!!!
it wasn’t forceful, the horse was just cnfused, it just took him a minute to figure it out. if the horse felt like he was being forced, he would’ve put up a real fight, and he never would’ve let his owner sit on top of him if he didn’t trust him or stand on his back. mine are the same way, they know to move off pressure, but when i ask them something new they try a few different things, as soon as they start to do what i ask i stop & let them think about it b4 asking again
and i can guarantee you that this horse can be lead forward, sideways, and backwards by any of his legs and even his tail…. and clicking can be used for whatever you want, in this case it was encouragement, letting the horse know had the right idea
so you just pull up their leg and pull their head to the opposite side? &what if my horse lays down when i pick up that leg to clean out her hoof?
Doesnt it hurt horse if you stand on their back?
@calagasxx then sounds to me like your pony needs more training.
@coxfarms hmm yer i suppose, i mean he only got supreme junior dressage champion last year…i guess i better get training :L
@calagasxx it doesnt matter what the hell he done last year, if he would panic if you tried this then he is lacking in either trust or desencitising. a truly well rounded horse would trust you and be tollerent of you doing anything you want with it. i have high power barrel horses that my 11 yearold can laydown and crawl all over, they are mentaly well rounded
@coxfarms well now I come to think of it i guess he would be the only horse in the world who wouldnt enjoy having a rope tied round his leg that is pulled on untill he falls over…[though they happen to call it 'laying down' in this particular video]
I recently worked with a horse who turned sour. I hadn’t ever layed a horse down before, but I tried it with her. It worked wonders! She was hesitant at first, but once she started to trust me she layed right down. It teaches tons of respect for their handler. We saw a huge difference in her afterwards.
Would you just pick up his leg after you stop using the rope to get him to lay, or what?
thank you sooo much i have been trying to find a video so i could learn how to teach my arab he is so smart and i learns tricks so easily but all these videos do is show you how their horses lay down not teach you how to teach them. thank you this is perfect !!!
that would be a good training technic *sorry spelling* for people that have hard time getting on a horses back. I have seen horses bow down so the rider can easily get on. I want to train my 4 yr old quarter horse gelding this trick.
@xxkasforeverxx I would like to also because I show bareback and I can’t just jump on lol
@horselover1773 yah that would be difficult to try get on bareback with out stools. Especially when your on trail or any area where there is no stools or anything to get on a horses back. so training the horse to go down like that would be easier on the riders that can’t get on easily from the ground.