phantom rearing on command

Phantom, a friesian sport horse, rearing on command from the saddle.

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Pets & Animals

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• horse
• friesian
• rearing

[westerncowgurl4eva]

okay not to be rude or anything but its not really good to teach your horse to do that. iif anything happend and somone got on him and accidently made him rear and if they couldnt stay on then well they could get injured.... again not trying to be rude but just saying...

[merlinfluff]

Hi, sometimes you need to have meet and know the horse before understanding what is dangerous or not. When we first got this horse at 2 he was unhandlable and reared all the time (loves aerial play), we put a command to this as a way to control it. Very quickly he started only doing it on special signals and voice command. He also lays downs, bow and so on. The command is not one you could do accidently and he has been taught at all times to stay out of your space no matter what you do.

[merlinfluff]

Even if you walk into his rear he will spin 180 and avoid you. So yes for most horses this could be dangerous but for him it was a could communication and play tool. I'd welcome anyone to come and see in person, then you'd understand the personality behind him. We do a large amount of horse training, treking eventing and draft work. We would never consider teaching this to other is the herd and would not recommend other teaching this unless you had a lot of experience and horse to fit rearing

[merlinfluff]

He's a bit of a natural but we taught him on the ground first, waving and pointing up with carrot sticks on either side of his head. At that point he reared so we feed him apples, now you just say a command and up he goes.

[Kropek1337]

Wow..;)

Nice..;)

[merlinfluff]

Thanks :) He's only a 3 ear old so doing really well!

[susanspice]

*going* 

[susanspice]

Glorfinniel: Thanks. I have corrected and retrained 12 "problem" horses and countless "normal" ones. Coincidentally she is number 13.  She was going to be shot, and is really something to handle. She is learning, and right now the spanish walk.

Either I am goint to fix her or she is going to kill me. Time wil tell. LOL Susan

[Glorfinniel]

@susanspice When I got my horse when he was 5 yrs old, he would rear to misbehave too. I decided to put a cue to it and made the vice into a "behavior," and he stopped doing it to misbehave. Thanks to his rearing talent, we did some movie work and performed at shows. He's now 26 years old and still only rears when I ask him. Now of course, this reverse-psychology method may not work for all horses and could be dangerous if done incorrectly, but done correctly solves a dangerous behavior.

[susanspice]

I know it's been awhile, since the comment. But if you have never worked a problem horse who would rather be on two than four legs, you don't have any business saying anything. I have a rescue, who likes to rear so much, I have also taught her to do it from a cue. I do not worry because no beginner will ever ride this horse. She is and always will be a horse for experienced people.

[robynqq555]

Can i use this in a video?

I will put your name in ;)

[gryphonkeen]

Cool! he's a cutie. I taught my boy rear, sp walk, and bow, and we're working on piaffe and passage. He also has... issues, and tricks seem to focus him and get his brain back in the game

[westerncowgurl4eva]

o ok! i guess thats beter than i thought. its actually pretty cool to think of it like that. lol we got our horses to lie down bow say no , yes and go on a box and shake and sit and fetch my fav lol! it takes quite a while to do! but its so awsome lol!