Continuing to teach my Percheron Toby to shake hands. We started with a rope around his left foot. Now we’ve progressed to using a wand to tap the outside of his leg to ask him to shake hands. Finally, we’ve worked our way up to asking for a SHAKE of hands with no rope or wand, just extending my right hand forward and saying SHAKE. One safety consideration here is that the horse may offer to shake even when you don’t ask during the session. Toby is trying to please here and he also wants his carrot. A good safety note is to watch out for this “unsolicited” trick! Read more at www.igallopon.com. I Gallop On Horse + Woman = Energy The Horse and Rider Blog
hehehe! @2:34 …”Where are those carrots woman?!?”
@gypsyjumper hahahahaahahah thats so cute
@Khamomil lol guarenteeed you dont have a horse, hence why you’re saying this.
@TheAngelAspro
Why; no, I don’t own a horse and I have a lot of company. I just think she’s abusing her horse’s love and trust. It’s not in horses’ nature to obey like poodles. Her treatment of the horse is disrespectful and shows she has no concept of the essential dignity of this animal. She’s teaching him to beg and be a whore. She should be satisfied that he is a good horse for riding and make no other demands as a reward.
NICE HORSE;;;;
OMG, that’s sooo cute!!!!
@Khamomil I dont see the problem, the horse doesnt really care about dignity as long as hes getting a treat, and if he was embarrassed about it he wouldnt do it obviously, its a harmless trick thats supposed to be fun
I think this is great! What a sweetie.
Also, for those who think this is “demeaning” or the animal is being taught to “whore” itself: horses are social, domesticated animals much like dogs. Horses follow the band leader or in the case of human socialized animals, their trainer or owner. Animals are rather pragmatic. An animal wouldn’t do something it didn’t want to if the positive reinforcement weren’t acceptable to them.
Looks like you have some great fun with him, he’s absolutley gorgeous! Great trick
A friend of mine has a pair of Black Percheron brothers and their names are Dandy and Toby.
Beautiful horse and what a great and patient job of training him. You two make a great team!
My favorite horse. I’m currently in a large animal veterinary class and this is one of three horses I had assigned to do a report on. I love ‘em cause their just do huge and awesome looking.
awesome
lmao i got a horse that dus this but i say leg when we want him 2 shake lmao
@Khamomil stfu.
the horse looks happy enough. i’m sure he doesn’t really care about anything as long as he gets a carrot
bloody hell, as soon as you log onto youtube you think you’re an expert!
Absolutely love this video!!!
you can also just pick the foot up and say shake and they will catch on i tap mine on her chest or say “say hellow” and she shakes
He’s a gorgeous animal. Looks like a real sweet pea.
hes gorgeous!! i love it how u run around n hes like ‘come back with my carrots!’ :L my next door neighbour has a 16.2hh percheron who i ride n hes fab. percherons r beautiful horses
How tall is he?And when did Percherons stop growing?
gorgeous horse xx so cute
Beautiful horse! Obviously U have a great relationship with him, but IMHO (& I’m sure plenty of ppl won’t agree) is that this is a bad trick 2 teach a horse. We enjoy teaching our horses 2 do cute stuff like bowing & dancing, but we never teach them 2 strike out, especially 4 a treat. He will get into a habit of raising his foot if he thinks he can get a carrot from U (as U proved in the video), catching U off guard, resulting in injury. There are safer tricks 2 teach, better 4 U and horse.
@Showannas My thought exactly, but it’s her life. I used to sleep next to mine and everyone thought I was crazy for doing that. I am not the most experienced horseman but I personally find this breed to be the most loyal and exclusive to their owner. You will never catch me lying down anywhere near an Arabian. Either way I gotta say that is the biggest horse I have ever seen anyone shake hands with.
Kewl vid =)
he is gorrrrregousss!!!!!!
@FledglingAnimator Hey, I have a beautiful Arabian gelding, and he’s the sweetest thing ever. He’s just as calm and loyal as this horse up in the video. Not all Arabians are stupid and wild. It’s the people that let them get away with everything and don’t work on de-spooking their Arabians that give them a bad name. My horse is the most loyal horse I’ve ever owned, and he’s my first Arabian too. Not all Arabians are crazy. Just saying.
@TheCowgirl001 Haha, stupid and wild. Well I never said they were crazy, but I certainly thought it. There are exceptions to every rule and hopefully you got yourself one of the stolid ones. I was just trying to think of the breed that was most opposite of Perch.
I appreciate the selling points of an Arabian like anyone else. They certainly are one of a kind. Every one I ever dealt with was a character. Either way I guess you gotta talk for your horse cuz they can’t do it themselves.