Hybrid Horsemanship (Truck horse)

Just a horse that came today on a truck to be ridden..

Because of the level of experience needed "Hybrid Horsemanship" techniques are specifically aimed at trainers and not for the average or beginner horse person.

DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!
I am a trained, well respected, professional with 20 plus years of experience and even then sometimes I get my butt hurt. My videos are for entertainment purposes only and are not intended for training nor should be replaced for a professional trainer.
Hybrid Horseman, Paul Williamson or Endospink, will not be responsible for any injuries incurred after viewing his videos or web site and trying this at home. ENDO SAYS: RIDE RESPONSIBLY, WHEN YOU ARE ENJOYING YOUR HORSES, USE PROTECTIVE GEAR!

P.S., Please stop asking, NO, the TAP does not work on your mother-in-law.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• horse
• starting
• riding
• horsemanship
• breaking

[prestonwasntmad]

Having watched your videos over the past couple of days I can honestly say you are the best horseman I have ever seen. I am breaking a filly at the moment she is fine with the roller I have laid across her... no problems. When she gets a saddle on she flips over the girth doesn't even have to be tight and she does it. I have broken TB's for years and never came across one like her..... what advice would you give. She can be fine for 10 mins then she has a mental block and flips.

[endospink]

Once you do the girth up tight enough so the saddle won`t slip, turn her in circles and keep her on the move. You don`t want her to think flipping is a way out so tack up and get her going to keep her mind ticking over otherwise she`ll have time to "lock-on" to the flip. She should come around soom enough.

[eruthwain]

Last point : I know you state at the side of each of your videos that this technique is only meant for trainers & not beginners, but I fear that there are an awful lot of idiots out there who will think 'wow! I can bring a horse down just like that .That will make me look pretty darn good!'. There are plenty of people who will simply see this as an easy way to knock a horse into shape, overpower it rather than try to understand WHY it is misbehaving.(Need more space....)

[endospink]

The sending forward if they start to lay is cloaking and is why people are left in the dark because they never get to see whats really happening. I was also taught if a horse tried to lay down when riding to kick it and push it forward, oneday I decide to see for myself why and let the horse lay down. The result is what you called an "engineered" tool I call the TAP. Make no mistake though, this is no party trick and comes in very handle when needed.

[endospink]

Yes, in the wrong hands it could be abused but horses aren't silly, you'll only get one shot and they just won't put themselves in that position again. You abuse it, you lose it.. (trust)

[ponywonka]

great to see a trainer with enough self-respect to wear proper safety attire - great techniques - well done!

[lakota123max]

great video=) hopefully the owners keep up with what u started that horse with

[eruthwain]

My thought is that this should be emphasised as something which is only used when all else has failed and the animal is in danger of going to the knackers' yard if it can't learn to behave. We humans have a lot to be ashamed of in our treatment of animals.

[eruthwain]

If they try to lie down with gear on just move them quietly forward and they instantly forget what they were trying to do and focus instead on where they're going. The only explanation I can think of is,(and I can only guess from your videos), that you usually work with 'problem' horses......animals that are very scarred mentally and the only way they can be controlled is by this extreme physical overpowering. (I have one more point to make, but need more space....)

[eruthwain]

Thank you for replying. I'm struggling to understand why I have never come up against this before and yet you seem to regard it as commonplace. I really can't relate to: "the girth has sent it claustrophobic".......perhaps over here,(England), we just expect to take a lot longer with training.....do things especially slowly.(To my mind, if it works on every horse than it most definitely IS a trick!)

[endospink]

Also, in 50yrsof working with horses, I know you have seen horse trying to lay down with gear on, it what you did to stop them that has kept you in the dark for this long. Your answer is also easy to find, gear your next yearling or starter up for the first time and slowly make them step back one step at a time then come back to me with an apology.