Introducing Canter with a horse prone to painc and bolt.

[salywalshable]

You're not giving your pony a big enough circle to canter comfortably. He's not balanced enough to canter on that small a circle. If you don't want to put him on a longer rope, try walking around in a circle to help make his circle bigger.

[desertduty]

@salywalshable Thank you for your advice, but you do not know this horse, so you really can't make a responsible comment.

[iJumphorseys]

Very well done.

xoxox

[ElaineLighten]

I never thought about clicker training with horses, what a good idea

[taytoization]

kool voice activated horse NICE

[EmpigandPurple]

ignore everone you know your pony and you've obvs done well with him, he's very sweet well done :)

[desertduty]

@EmpigandPurple Thank you, I do ignore the jackasses who think they know it all. They obviously know NOTHING about clicker training! But "experts" like them don't even want to learn an alternative to the domination training.

[scooby9234]

That circle you are longing him on is WAAAAAAYYY to small!!!!!! You are going to severly injure his legs and joints. It would be much easyier on him if you used a longer longe line. And also you probably shouldn't be stopping him everytime he canters after 2-3 strides to give him a treat because he will start stopping without being asked and expect a treat......which I think he is already doing.

[QHorseG]

@scooby9234 The circle is not that small when your training a horse to stop bolting. The smaller circle won't let him get his legs under him enough to do that. The smaller the circle the more control you have on the horse, also it won't hurt his legs or joints. If the pony was old, young or had arthritis then a small circle would not be the best option. She's doing clicker training and he only stops when she clicks.

Just giving my opinion

[hidenseeker424]

Good for you for sticking with a panicky pony! My only advice: is there any way to section off the arena so that you could give him a bit bigger circle off a lunge line, so that it wouldn't be quite so dangerous if he panicked and bolted? My horse worked through a lot of his bolting issues by my talking him down while he was being worked in a roundpen. It often works better to let a horse have his panic moment, and then let him work down from it himself, rather than tamping down on it.

[MsBarnBum]

In addition to scaring the, doing high speed gaits on a small circle is bad for their legs.

[lottijh]

increase the circle ! he will panic if he is on a tight cirlse! they are flight animals and run from things that scare them so try making it bigger to not scare him

[TheBrainLick]

prone to panic....what do you mean by that. What does he do? cry if you ask him to move out?

[desertduty]

@TheBrainLick are you a jackass or what?

[TiNi19971]

ohh this pony is so sweet =)

[horseangel1000]

Cute pony

[silver1010090]

GORGEOUS horse!!! :D

[xXfillyfoalXx]

I love your attitude towards this pony! Though I do agree with people below, the circle could be larger. Also, isnt it not going to be hard to get the pony out of the habit of stopping after picking up canter.

[georgiaroxx96]

if you lengthen the lunge line letting him have a bigger circle, he will transition to a canter far more easily. He is probably scared he's going to un balance and fall or something because in a tight circle you have to lean inwards.

But good job with the voice commands, he really listens to you :)

[jjclimb69]

Some youngers will panic or bolt when canter is introduced - it's not really that unusual!

[eh0214827]

Such a beautiful horse! His build reminds me of a little of a Jutland.

[winddy]

what kind of pony is this?

[fionamonne]

i agree, the circle is miles to small....also, his head is facing away from you? that will allow for morer resistance from him......and more leaverage against you if he does decide to pull away in a panic...you should be half halting him every couple of strides to encourage him to bring his head in towards you a little relative to the rein he is on....whether on the left or right rein...same rules apply to lunge work

[ashleighkyla]

super cute.

the circle you are lunging on is quite small. This is likely to increase the panic and make them go faster because they have trouble turning so tight and also loose footing and try to escape that by running faster, which makes it worse. so maybe a bigger circle.

[Justasam]

I'm a clicker trainer too! I have the same problem with my horse, some days when cantering she will buck or stomp or bolt, and I know it sn't pain. I did what you did in this video and it lessened it a bit, but she still has her days :( I got to say though, you are lunging your horse on a tiny circle, that makes my girl panic sometimes (but all horses are different of course) it would be helpful for clicking though... hmm lol

[happyhunter1]

Its no wonder hes just rushing and falling on his forhand, the circle you are asking him to canter on is tiny! If hes not done it before then your asking alot of him to expect him to canter on such a tight circle

[AmbitiousGirl1994]

thats so cute, :)

[callierocks6]

good, but i wouldn't give him a treat EVERYTIME he canters for like a stride or two because then he'll always expect a treat.

[foxdemon23112]

@callierocks6 true, but with a horse prone to panic, every little step is a big milestone! i think she did a fantastic job overall! if she continues to train him like this, each time cantering more and more, he'll be do great in no time!

[chelandbear]

aww love the way you change the rein that reali gd you just show him xx :)

[shaneybaby1990]

is that a highland? hes beautiful!:) bet he comes back a mess after a gallop in a field:P

[vigneault67]

What a cutie of a horse!

Would you mind explaining to me how clicker training works? I've seen advretisements for it but never really understood so...?

[tillynbella]

same here

[Horthaful]

hes cute!

[KKhorse11]

that's great! What breed is this cutie?