Ground training - catching
Natural connection – catching – body language for catching a mare in the arena
And this time a video about catching a mare. After she was for about two weeks in the stall.. I managed to catch her based on the technique of catching in a small stall
Catching an untrained mare and foal for catching, in a round pen
A professional mistake is to put an untrained mare with her filly in a round pen, since the first and essential condition in basic training @ is — the catching… It is so much easier to catch a mare with or without a foal in a square or rectangular stall.. therefore I built such a stall within minutes from three panels. True, I have already caught and led this mare in the past, and the catching process took a long time and was especially difficult mainly because of the filly… therefore it seems that the solution I found is worth the effort. Thanks to Sheli who filmed.
First catching of a nursing foal
Hello everyone, now it’s foaling season and this time about catching a one-month-old foal..
This case is easy, but there are cases in which the foal “throws himself” at the stall walls.. and there is no way to get close to him..In such difficult cases, you must build a small stall for the foal next to the mother, and instead of trying to bring the foal to us (like in the video), – we approach him.. and this – slowly, a little, and many times until it becomes easy for us to put the halter on..
For those who find time, there is the imprinting process – imprinting, in which from the moment of birth we approach, touch, put on a halter, – and the foal accepts us and the halter as part of the relationship system with his mother, – and everything later becomes much easier..
Remember, horses learn from their experience to flee from pressure.
And thanks to the fear of pressure – they survived until today.
A foal’s curiosity toward a person with a halter coming to put it on his head – is minimal, compared to the urge to flee from pressure – and save his life.
The most dangerous thing after putting on the halter and the first attempts at leading is to get into the pattern that works for us with older horses (methods of regular pressure and release) – remember that here the pressure must be measured,
because the young foal is very driven by the instinct of fear (flight).
The pressure doses must be proportional to the foal’s size and his ability to understand.
The leading – always at the beginning with
“un-tracking” – proportional pulling to the side and not forward.. and preferably always in the direction of the mother.
In a case of struggle, and the foal walking backward, you must hold without force, without fighting, and let him go backward, – until the foal bumps into something behind him, and then continue the process, this in order to prevent him from rearing up and falling backward during our pull.
Thanks to Maayan Atias for the filming.
Heart-warming, until minute 2:09 – suddenly I see her focusing her gaze behind me, and within a second I understood… enjoy.
Catching an unbacked horse in a large arena
Catching a young unbacked horse in a large arena.
Notice when I behave like a predator and push the horse, and when I approach with soft, friendly body language until the full catching is completed.This is what I call: Natural Connection on the ground.
Thanks to Daniela who filmed.
Demonstration of the beginning of catching a frightened filly in the round pen
Beginning to teach leading toward me as a technique for easier future catching of a frightened mare
The second video about the wild mare describes the process of creating her first leading toward me in order to solve her problem of running away from me.
It is an economic failure known in advance to take such a mare for training. According to the amount of work, one should have taken 10 times the money…Enjoy.
Continuation of Work on Catching a Frightened Mare in the Round Pen
Catching a mare in a square stall with a classic halter and a rope halter
Hey guys, I decided to film short professional videos (5 minutes) about horsemanship on the ground and under saddle, and about future communication in riding, the natural connection…
For serious questions — I will respond here.For lessons, workshops (at your place or mine…)
Catching a horse in a square stall
Second video, catching in a small stall,
For lessons, workshops, demonstrations on advanced communication on the ground and in riding — the natural connection at your place or mine,
call me, Uri Peleg 050-6914939
Catching a wary horse in a large stall
And this time catching in a large stall, in a riding arena, I will be happy to answer professional questions here as well,
for lessons and workshops at my place or yours 050-6914939
Thanks to Maayan Atias who filmed me..
First catching of an untrained mare in a square stall
Second video, catching in a small stall,
For lessons, workshops, demonstrations on advanced communication on the ground and in riding — the natural connection at your place or mine,call me, Uri Peleg 050-6914939
Catching with fitting a classic halter and a rope halter for an experienced mare
Hey guys, I decided to film short professional videos (5 minutes) about horsemanship on the ground and under saddle, and about future communication in riding, the natural connection…
For serious questions — I will respond here.For lessons, workshops (at your place or mine…)
Two videos about catching two different mares in a large natural pasture
And this time about catching in the pasture.
But before that, remember the previous video
that demonstrates a response test to pressure association.
This will be the method in the future for determining the “intelligence” of the horse we choose for advanced training, no matter the field.
I taught this to a horsewoman from the U.S.
who chose horses for me for a trip I took about two years ago, and I managed to teach a horse with a very fast response to pressure association — advanced codes in body-language riding (the natural connection) in only 9 days…
And now to catching in the pasture.. (about 250 dunams of pasture)
There are quite a few methods.
I choose the method I demonstrate, since it is better and has brought me faster results than any other method.
I have already caught these horses in the past, but in the pasture they keep running away..
- It is always advisable to try to catch near a fence or even build a movable fence and place it in some kind of funnel..
- If you are catching right in the field, it is always advisable to try to reach the area of the desired horse by focusing on a calm horse near it and then try to catch the desired horse.
- With a lasso there are problems in places where you cannot throw, and even if you succeed, there is always a danger that the horse will “run off with you and with the lasso”…
- It is always advisable to reach the area of the desired horse from the direction of the horse’s natural movement and pull..
Let’s assume the area where the horses receive supplements is north of the herd, and it is likely that the herd will run north if we come from the south, therefore we will approach this herd from the north.
Thanks to Maayan Atias for the filming.
