Tribute to Max, my horse and best friend

Max's first youtube video.

Max was born in 1998 at a PMU farm in Alberta, Canada. He is half percheron horse, and half paint horse, and is 16.3 hands high. I bought him as a 3 year old in 2001 and he was untouched and scared of both humans and other horses because he had been nearly killed by a stallion and mares when he was a weanling. Max is incredibly smart (taught himself to open door handles, gates etc) and has been the most challenging horse I've ever had the pleasure to work with. He is very skeptical about anything new and it takes him a long time to trust anyone. Max has had some dressage training and he was excellent at it, but he hated it and after only a couple of months decided he wouldn't do it any more. I've done everything else using natural horsemanship methods and he loves that. He loves to play!

Max has been mostly semi-retired since he was 4 years old because he hurt himself out in the pasture and tore the ligaments off the bones in both front legs when he slipped on the ice. This resulted in him having a condition called "ringbone" which is basically arthritis in both front legs. He was only given a 50/50 chance to ever be sound even to walk around the field, and my vets recommended that I put him down but Max has a fighting spirit. He has defied the odds and is currently almost 13 years old, in no pain, and is perfectly sound for light work. I started teaching him groundwork because I could not ride him while he was healing from his injuries and he liked it so much that we continue to take it to new levels.

This video and his first video were filmed when he was 8 years old, and I had put approximately 5000 hours into his training. I hope you enjoy them!

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Pets & Animals

[Pinkitoes53]

how long did it take for you guys to be able to do all of this?

[charcoalangel]

@Pinkitoes53 Well in total it took 5 years but Max was untouched when I bought him as a 3 year old and came with baggage from being nearly killed by a stallion. I was the only person he would let touch him. He wouldn't let anyone else within 10 feet. To teach a "regular" horse this stuff would take a lot less time. Probably a year or so if you were consistent with it.

[dogluver3983]

You have a beautiful horse!! Also can you make more videos of max? Thanks I also subscribed !

[charcoalangel]

@dogluver3983 I'm going to try to get another one up this summer. It's hard to find the time but I have an idea I'm working on for another video. Thanks for the comment!

[NateDog2040]

It's amazing how much Max conects with you.

[charcoalangel]

@NateDog2040 Thanks :) 

[nat9810]

and how to come up to the mounting block omg wow thats amazing please inbox me !!

[nat9810]

how did you get his to circle him around you !!! i cant evan get my horse to hold my horse in a circle in a round yard !

[siarrahbabey14]

Amazing and talented horse!

[meaghanandkenzie]

That hors rid trained really good

[IMMMMMKEWLLLIO]

Your a great person :)

[BreyerInsane]

That stallion is a beauty! I also have quite a bond with my horse Inferno.

[hulacowgirl98]

AMAZING