@relisathedruid When he tilts his head, that is actually a different trick I call "cookie face". If he is struggling to do a trick or is not sure which one I want, he will often go through several. "Cookie face" is one he invented himself -- something he would do if he knew I had a treat for him but hadn't asked him anything. I put a "cue" to it by saying "cookie face" every time he did it, and pretty soon, I could say the cue and he would tilt his head.
This is adorable. when I first got my mare it took one day for her to figure out the feed shed, so whenever I go in there she starts freaking out and neighing so 6 months she now knows how to "say please" for food ^.^ We only started the real training at the beginning of may. Now my gelding has learnt from her that a neigh=food so he is neiging when he sees me and when I get his bucket of oats. its to cute when they get into "I can neigh loud so I get more food" war xD
@blkgryphon Wow! He doesn't look that old! Still young at 15 though. He sure looks like an amazing horse. He looks like he has such a great attitude! You are very lucky!
@Tmobol95 He wasn't 15 in that video -- that was a few years ago. He's starting to get some white hairs in his coat, particularly around the forehead. His father, who was also a black morgan, almost looked like a roan when he was in his 20s, so I think the greying hairs is genetic. Gryphon is a great horse to work with in many ways, but also very challenging to ride, as he is EXTREMELY sensitive, worries easily, and is ironically also very dominant. Scaredy-cat/bossy = not easy!
@blkgryphon Oh wow! I never would have guessed his personality like that. He seems like a very mellow horse in your videos of him. Well, regardless, he sure is a beauty!
We had a mare at our barn who developed a superstitious behavior. A couple of times she happened to urinate while we were feeding so she ended up getting her hay right after she had peed. She ended up associating the behavior of urinating with being fed even though they had no relation to each other. Now she pees whenever she hears the tractor with the hay driving down the aisle.
Hi Lola26. What you are mentioning is one of the methods I use to train -- reward something the animal is doing anyway, and put a cue to it, and voila -- you have a "trick"! My friend taught her horse to pee and poop on cue, which is actually very useful. She can get him to go before he gets in her trailer (much less to clean) and if she ever needs a urine sample for the vet, she can get one easily. I haven't done that one yet, but I have taught Gryphon to take a drink on cue -- also useful.
@randomblond92 Gryphon is a Morgan. Kind of hard to tell what he looks like in this video, but if you look at some of the others, you can see him better and can tell more what breed he is. He is actually a very "typey" Morgan -- used to be the "poster boy" for the Canadian Morgan Horse Association.
But horses can't yawn :] The reason they can't is because horses can't breathe through their mouths, which makes it impossible to yawn.
They actually stretch their jaws by opening their mouths and moving it around, which is why a horse would do it before and after putting on the bit, because its impossible to stretch their jaws while the bit is in his mouth.
Thus, people have referred to their stretching jaws as yawning, because it looks so much alike :]
When a horse yawns it stretches its jaw. Not actually yawning. Google it if you want.. I know my facts. (:
Cribbing, or wind sucking, is when the horse swallows air through its mouth, causing all the air to end up in the stomach, but it never goes into the lungs.
Yes, they eat through their mouths, their food goes to their stomach, obviously their food doesn't go to the lungs.
"Cribbing, or wind sucking, is when the horse swallows air through its mouth, causing all the air to end up in the stomach, but it never goes into the lungs." See, their food goes to their stomach, exactly where it should, but if a horse were to suck in air through their mouths, (Cribbing/wind sucking) It would go to their stomach, NOT their lungs.
Yes, horses swallow FOOD through their mouths. The food goes to the stomach, where it should be. Now if a horse were to "breathe" through their mouths, the air would go to the STOMACH. Which is dangerous&very unhealthy! The horses oxygen is taken in through the nostrils, which leads to the lungs, NOT the stomach.
Also, See all those horses working hard? Their nostrils are flaring to take in air, you DON'T see them opening their mouths for air, or panting like a dog, now do you?
Jeah, thanks, i knew that horses don't open their moths when their breathing^^
I also know how a horse "works" but I just didn't know that it is just impossible for them to breath trough their mouths^^ I meant with swallowing, that they, when they eat, they get something into the wrong... uhm.. pipe? xD I was just wondering, because when I was little, all the older people told me not to give a horse an small apple, cause it could get it into the air pipe and can't brathe anymore
Ah I see what you're saying now, they might of ment that the apple could get caught in the food pipe/getting lodged or stuck, causing them to cough/choke. &No worries, I understood you perfectly well you have great english :) And no problem glad I could share the facts! (:
@Matzettatze less space again^^ sry if my english is not as well as it should be, I'm from Austria and sometimes some words just wont get into my mind^^
Equine behaviorists say that yawning is a response to a stress trigger -- usually after the trigger has been removed. That makes it very interesting that your horse yawns when you put the bit IN. Mine used to yawn when I took it OUT, so that's how I taught him to yawn on cue. You could teach yours by giving him a distict cue (like you yawning), then go to put the bit in, then when he yawns, say "good boy!" and give him a treat.
He would tend to yawn after I took his bit out, so I just started asking him to do it when I knew he would, using a "yawn" from myself as a cue. Then when he did it, I gave him a treat and said he was a good boy. Didn't take him long to make the connection. Capitalizing on things they do naturally is a great way to train all animals.
Thank you very much. Gryphon is indeed an amazing and very sweet boy, though I do believe that horses are much smarter in general than many people realize.
Aaaaw he its a really a cutie <3 he was cute when he tilted with head ^^
relisathedruid 1 month ago
@relisathedruid When he tilts his head, that is actually a different trick I call "cookie face". If he is struggling to do a trick or is not sure which one I want, he will often go through several. "Cookie face" is one he invented himself -- something he would do if he knew I had a treat for him but hadn't asked him anything. I put a "cue" to it by saying "cookie face" every time he did it, and pretty soon, I could say the cue and he would tilt his head.
blkgryphon 1 month ago
AWWWWWWWWWWW thats soooo cool that u tought him to yawn!!!
hotty496 5 months ago
This is adorable. when I first got my mare it took one day for her to figure out the feed shed, so whenever I go in there she starts freaking out and neighing so 6 months she now knows how to "say please" for food ^.^ We only started the real training at the beginning of may. Now my gelding has learnt from her that a neigh=food so he is neiging when he sees me and when I get his bucket of oats. its to cute when they get into "I can neigh loud so I get more food" war xD
CodysTuffLilLena 9 months ago
OMG! He's terrible cute :D <33333
Nickolina98 10 months ago
THAT IS THE CUTEST HORSE I HAVE EVER SEEN!
Tmobol95 1 year ago 8
@Tmobol95 Thank you! He is a very special boy. Can't believe he's going to be 15 soon...my baby!
blkgryphon 1 year ago
@blkgryphon Wow! He doesn't look that old! Still young at 15 though. He sure looks like an amazing horse. He looks like he has such a great attitude! You are very lucky!
Tmobol95 1 year ago
@Tmobol95 He wasn't 15 in that video -- that was a few years ago. He's starting to get some white hairs in his coat, particularly around the forehead. His father, who was also a black morgan, almost looked like a roan when he was in his 20s, so I think the greying hairs is genetic. Gryphon is a great horse to work with in many ways, but also very challenging to ride, as he is EXTREMELY sensitive, worries easily, and is ironically also very dominant. Scaredy-cat/bossy = not easy!
blkgryphon 1 year ago
@blkgryphon Oh wow! I never would have guessed his personality like that. He seems like a very mellow horse in your videos of him. Well, regardless, he sure is a beauty!
Tmobol95 1 year ago
AWW1!
Turtluver4u 1 year ago
We had a mare at our barn who developed a superstitious behavior. A couple of times she happened to urinate while we were feeding so she ended up getting her hay right after she had peed. She ended up associating the behavior of urinating with being fed even though they had no relation to each other. Now she pees whenever she hears the tractor with the hay driving down the aisle.
lola26granola 1 year ago
Hi Lola26. What you are mentioning is one of the methods I use to train -- reward something the animal is doing anyway, and put a cue to it, and voila -- you have a "trick"! My friend taught her horse to pee and poop on cue, which is actually very useful. She can get him to go before he gets in her trailer (much less to clean) and if she ever needs a urine sample for the vet, she can get one easily. I haven't done that one yet, but I have taught Gryphon to take a drink on cue -- also useful.
blkgryphon 1 year ago 2
Hes Really Really Cute!
Congratulations!
horseluver169 1 year ago
aww bless
8LOU4 1 year ago
lol if my horse yawns I'll be like "Do it again!" then she'll do it and I keep saying "do it again " she'll do it a few more times :3
HorsegurlofWA 1 year ago
Haha how cute ^_^ Is he a percheron?
randomblond92 1 year ago
@randomblond92 Gryphon is a Morgan. Kind of hard to tell what he looks like in this video, but if you look at some of the others, you can see him better and can tell more what breed he is. He is actually a very "typey" Morgan -- used to be the "poster boy" for the Canadian Morgan Horse Association.
blkgryphon 1 year ago
@blkgryphon Yes I see that now. Sorry for the mistake. He is very beautiful.
randomblond92 1 year ago
awesome name for a horse, hes gorgeous!!
Nightchild09 1 year ago
he's pretty ^^
SliferNorth 2 years ago
Don't know if you already know this,
But horses can't yawn :] The reason they can't is because horses can't breathe through their mouths, which makes it impossible to yawn.
They actually stretch their jaws by opening their mouths and moving it around, which is why a horse would do it before and after putting on the bit, because its impossible to stretch their jaws while the bit is in his mouth.
Thus, people have referred to their stretching jaws as yawning, because it looks so much alike :]
Duke9Rocks99 2 years ago
@Duke9Rocks99
Sorry, but horses can breathe through thier mouths as well. How else could they cough?
Some horses also swallow something, and thats of course dangerous.
Thier airway ends, as like ours, in the throat.
And if you listen to a yawning horse, you'll hear the air getting in.
Matzettatze 2 years ago
@Matzettatze
No, no they do not xD
They can cough, but they cannot breathe.
When a horse yawns it stretches its jaw. Not actually yawning. Google it if you want.. I know my facts. (:
Cribbing, or wind sucking, is when the horse swallows air through its mouth, causing all the air to end up in the stomach, but it never goes into the lungs.
Duke9Rocks99 2 years ago
@Duke9Rocks99
Okay, then I've got wrong informations^^
But how can they swallow something? Never seen a horse eating trought its nose :S
Matzettatze 1 year ago
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@Matzettatze
Yes, they eat through their mouths, their food goes to their stomach, obviously their food doesn't go to the lungs.
"Cribbing, or wind sucking, is when the horse swallows air through its mouth, causing all the air to end up in the stomach, but it never goes into the lungs." See, their food goes to their stomach, exactly where it should, but if a horse were to suck in air through their mouths, (Cribbing/wind sucking) It would go to their stomach, NOT their lungs.
Get it?
Duke9Rocks99 1 year ago
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Duke9Rocks99 1 year ago
@Matzettatze
Yes, horses swallow FOOD through their mouths. The food goes to the stomach, where it should be. Now if a horse were to "breathe" through their mouths, the air would go to the STOMACH. Which is dangerous&very unhealthy! The horses oxygen is taken in through the nostrils, which leads to the lungs, NOT the stomach.
Also, See all those horses working hard? Their nostrils are flaring to take in air, you DON'T see them opening their mouths for air, or panting like a dog, now do you?
Duke9Rocks99 1 year ago
@Duke9Rocks99
Jeah, thanks, i knew that horses don't open their moths when their breathing^^
I also know how a horse "works" but I just didn't know that it is just impossible for them to breath trough their mouths^^ I meant with swallowing, that they, when they eat, they get something into the wrong... uhm.. pipe? xD I was just wondering, because when I was little, all the older people told me not to give a horse an small apple, cause it could get it into the air pipe and can't brathe anymore
Matzettatze 1 year ago
@Matzettatze
Ah I see what you're saying now, they might of ment that the apple could get caught in the food pipe/getting lodged or stuck, causing them to cough/choke. &No worries, I understood you perfectly well you have great english :) And no problem glad I could share the facts! (:
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lola26granola 1 year ago
@Matzettatze less space again^^ sry if my english is not as well as it should be, I'm from Austria and sometimes some words just wont get into my mind^^
Anyway, thank you for telling me the truth ;)
Matzettatze 1 year ago
Thats a beautiful horse, and reading the comments below its intresting the way you taught him.
HevahhOx 3 years ago
lol it made me yawn!
skittlesrox2 3 years ago
cute lil horse!!!aww =3
ahverypro 3 years ago
lol my horse always yawns TWICE everytime i put his bit in, everysingle time he HAS 2 yawn twice lol its so funny watching him yawn
avrillavigneroxx123 3 years ago
Equine behaviorists say that yawning is a response to a stress trigger -- usually after the trigger has been removed. That makes it very interesting that your horse yawns when you put the bit IN. Mine used to yawn when I took it OUT, so that's how I taught him to yawn on cue. You could teach yours by giving him a distict cue (like you yawning), then go to put the bit in, then when he yawns, say "good boy!" and give him a treat.
blkgryphon 3 years ago
He's such a beautiful horse!
Kevannah24 3 years ago
Thats is the best ever. How you teach him tht??
hell1423 4 years ago
He would tend to yawn after I took his bit out, so I just started asking him to do it when I knew he would, using a "yawn" from myself as a cue. Then when he did it, I gave him a treat and said he was a good boy. Didn't take him long to make the connection. Capitalizing on things they do naturally is a great way to train all animals.
blkgryphon 4 years ago
He is adorable!!
Tweeduimer 4 years ago
Thank you very much. Gryphon is indeed an amazing and very sweet boy, though I do believe that horses are much smarter in general than many people realize.
blkgryphon 4 years ago
yeh and they learn fast too!
reigoskeiter 3 years ago