This is great! I have a 3 year old who has this playful biting problem, and after this, I was able to get him to respect me. he would barely be able to walk with a halter and lead because he would get too close and bite clothes, but after this he just started respecting and is a much easier horse to handle. Thanks!

I don’t do anything that has to do with horses, but I watched this whole thing.

I love that there’s no hitting or abuse, awesome. I’m gonna try this today

I have been doing this for years without actual taught, now that I know the reasoning behind it, it makes a lot of sense!

I worked with a rescued appy that had been gelded after being labeled too aggressive after he had been used for breeding til he was 10. He was donated to an organization that taught handicapped kids to ride for therapy. They'd been holding nails in their hands when leading him!! I spent about 1 hour in a box stall making him move every time he got nippy after that we were besties. He ended up being my all time favorite horse that I've ever worked with. I could trail ride him bareback with a halter and he became a great lesson horse.

Awesome brilliant explanation in a very short video. Massive thx !

I’ve been working with a 2 year old filly that bites and kicks and this really helped me

I love the Parelli influence here...considering the psychology of the horse. Good job sir and thank YOU for making the world a better place for horses.

would love to see this with a horse that actually bites.

Woww when you were throwing the whip around and your horse was totally relaxed that showed me that you are a good horseman and really the horse doesn’t fear you he respects you. Love it

Having just had a beginning riding class where the very first thing the horse nipped me, this is really great. I was looking for how the person introducing me to horse care would handle being nipped. When they did NOTHING I was really baffled...was this nipping behavior just endured? I knew THAT couldn't be correct. THIS gives me substantial actions to engage the horse so that it can't think about continuing biting yet works toward showing that you as the rider are in control, not the horse. Frankly, after witnessing how the other person did nothing, I thought I might not continue taking the class. If they couldn't stop the horse's bad behavior, how could I? This shows me that to cause the horse to move backward engages the horse's mind so that they're influenced to feel you're the dominent one without abuse. Thank you so much! After all increasing fear in this world, whether fear in the rider or the horse isn't enjoyable for either party. Much better to show who's in control by thoughtful application of behavior modification.

What a fabulous video for all level of trainers...very impressive, a lovely relaxed manner you have and an excellent way of explaining the method and theory of the situation...i have been training horses naturally for 30 plus years and still learn new ways constantly, thank you

I like this guy lol he's making me feel like I can be more confident around horses

Excellent video! Thank you for such straightforward, no bs explanations! Please do more

There was one horse in riding school I'll never forget. His name was Rex. He never bit me but he had a thing about grabbing one of my coat buttons, flattening it but not pulling it off and then lifting his lip like he was laughing at me. And he loved to step on my foot. He wouldn't get off no matter how hard I pushed until I asked politely for him to get off my foot and a light push got him off. I'd say hello to Rex and he's slam me with his nose. I loved that horse. He knew I needed more time to get on him as short as I am and he'd stand and wait. Other people he'd start moving and it took them so long to get on him. When I see videos of horses I think fondly of Rex. If he ever bit anyone he never bit me. But he sure liked to flatten my coat buttons!

This is all nice but... The method should be demonstrated on a horse that actually bites. This arabian isn't doing anything wrong and he doesn't understand why is he getting all this disciplining from the human. And of course he doesn't bite the human after backing up, because he wasn't biting before! But please show a horse that was biting, and then it stops biting after backing up.

This is one of the best equestrian videos on KZfaq. A very sincere thank you for making it!😃

You can tell his horse has great respect for him and is not afraid of these demonstrations. I used a similar technic on a horse that was aggressive when I got him and now use him for demonstrating also. Best horse I ever had.

This is helpful, thank you. I have a yearling filly who has recently been testing boundaries. I've tried a few things (no hitting, ever, though) and will now also try backing her up when she gets nippy. The Arabian in the video is beautiful, btw.

Excellent video, we're dealing with an 8 year old Canadian that the previous owner spoiled. I've been riding for 40 years and this is exactly what needs to be done with our spoiled 1100 lb "boss". I can see through his body language that he thinks he's dominant, thanks for the refresher.

I like this Guy he talks sense. I have been doing exactly what he just demonstrated with my horse. He was biting, I kept attracting his attention to something else while all the time backing him up everytime he tried to bite or wasn't listening to my commands or paying attention to me. Now he is terrific and and improving each day. It only takes a little while each day even a few times a day. Just Small steps .

4 type, when horse mistakes your hands for food.

I hope the readers understand the the level 4 correction of hitting the rope IS a physical correction. Hitting the rope pulls the rope, the horse feels it. Physical corrections ARE needed in training, regardless if they are sugar coated by hitting the rope. I typically only need sound of the whip pop. But some people believe ANY physical correction is "violent" or "cruel". No. They are necessary, and to be used by trained people, with a plan and purpose. Know the difference between physical correction and abuse. Stop lumping the two together. Good video btw.

I have a 2 1/2 year old friesian percheron cross. I had issues a couple wks ago over him pushing by me to get in his stall for his hay. I brought him immediately out and backed him up big time down the barn isle and he got it..he respected me he waited. It really works. You don't have to beat your horse to get respect. I also longe him like when he wouldn't give me his ft to clean and he changed his attitude.

I have been a loss to stop my horse from biting and this has been helping me a lot. 😁😁

This is so helpful! I’ve been tapping my horse on her nose and I can’t believe the progress she made in such i short amount of time

Thank you. I have an aggressive yearling, and this demonstration makes me feel like I can have the confidence to correct it.

Wow. Great video. Love the way you handle that horse.

Everything is about understandin the horses natural behaviours. So many people want to ride like professionals, but don't want to really learn about the basics. Thats sad and unfair 😑 I Like the way you explain all that stuff ❤

Thank you wonderful video, explained v well.

Good video. I’ll work on this situation tomorrow.

I work on a farm in Kentucky I have two Mares that attempted to bite me when I'm grooming them down. This looks good I'm going to try it out when I do it again today.

Great Great job i learned alot from your video. Thanks

Wow very good I've got a Shetland pony and he always nippled on me when I wanted to get him out of the box and after 2 days he stopped that thanks😊

Beautiful Boy 🦄 very helpful thank you for posting 🙌🏼

Thank you! You have really helped me a lot !!!

I'll have to use this for my boy Wick. He is around 20 and was owned by an abusive family. I've gotten him so quiet these past few months but the biting is still there if I'm trying to ground mount or if im moving him from a place he was grazing. But he has gone from kicking, rearing, charging, biting and pushing to just every now and again nips. He is a lot better spookiness now. I just ponied him next to my SxS RZR that is very loud and bright and has lots of things to spook at but he was so trusting that we walked for about a half mile yesterday and he was chill the whole time

My horse is 18 and just recently started biting me playfully, but constantly. Can’t wait to try this!

This is a great easy to understand video. Would you suggest this for a cinch you horse or know that is sour about being tacked up?

Thank you 🙏❤🐴 so much I have one that gets pushy I'll work with your ideas

I have dealt with defense biting more than I care to count because I used to be a rescuer. Every time they have bit, they bite then run. Never was out of wanting to be mean. They was just scared. They never stayed and attacked. The most fearful horses I received was from the Amish. I always tried to teach my space and to keep butt away from me as 1st steps. I miss having land to use for rescue. I unfortunately had to move to the city. People, please work the tools and whips around them a little at a time. Don't immediately go out and whip the ground next to your horse. I am a big believer in knowing how to train a horse before owning one. I also had several horses gave up to me or dumped in a park because the horse was smarter than it's owner.

Could hear what you are saying better without the music.

My horse is a 12 year old connemara. He likes to bite other horses that are near him, chase them and pin his ears back when they go past him, he also bites when there is feed around. I don't what it means?

Fantastic! Thank you! 🎄🥂

Great video!

Fantastic tips! Much obliged

Very nice! I liked this a lot, I agree 100. I always get so upset when I see recommendations to smack the horse. The worse I saw was hold a needle in between your fingers and poke them with needle when they go to bite. I will be sharing this video!

This trainer makes total sense to me! Wonderful!

I cannot wait to try this tomorrow with our horse. My horse has been nipping now BITING at me ALL WEEK! Can’t wait to see if this works!

Thank you. Very helpfull

Excellent discussion and video of these concepts. Only a few horse people understand these concepts and know how to put them into practice like you do. Well done. What is the type of lead line that you are using? Is it sail line?

Great advice

Very good tip for horses who bite. Desentise is a key with all horses Thank you very much for the lesson. 😁👌🏻 I 'll try with a thoroughbred mare (5 years old) who was a race horse and bites rather often. Not myself, strangely. We have a kind of bond, since we met. I put off her halter one day she put it till an eye, eating crazy with a too short rope. That was the moment she could have bitten me badly but she was so grateful I made her rid of it! We started to really meet. She loved my caresses. Now she loves my apples too.. Not the same thing. She 's older, one year later. Unfortunately I fell two times when riding her. I used to be a good rider in my young years. Now my balance is not very good. Bad knees. She was never guilty, some riders fear her. I do not understand. Some are silly jealous, girls riders !!! 😅😅 Anyway the last time I saw her, she was unhappy with me, standing in front of her with another rider. She nipped me, not very strongly. I showed her my finger saying NO. She stepped back. All went ok. Later I was again in her stall to say good bye and she did not looked at me, only eating. I took this as a proof of confidence, that she knew it was me. I caressed her neck tenderly and she did not stopped eating too. I most of the time speak to her with a soft voice. She 's a stressed, nervous horse and I don't know what happened to her during her race horse career... I fear she was hurt mentally and physically unfortunately. I love her a lot but with health issues I can not go horse riding or simply go walking at the moment. I cross fingers that it will go better soon.🤞🏻😉🐎💓

I think this is one of the best training videos I have seen. My only issue is that excessive backing can lead to rearing. Maybe less backing and more hip and feet moving. Backing is very foreign to a horse.

Nice. Thanks. What about horses biting before your even halter them? How do u halter them?

Best video on this problem

U solved my problem 😃. Thanks a lot.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS ADVISE, I’m going to try it from now on. I have a rude 4 year old stallion :)

That is a very good natured horse haha! Thank you for this video

I recently bought a wonderful 9 month old pinto lusitano stallion! He's a gorgeous baby and has an amazing character, but he's awfully mouthy... (In a playful manner) I'm looking forward to trying out this method soon! Let's see how it goes :")

I have an Andalusian (actually Azteca) gelding, who is very dominant with people (broke my toe when I was leading him, because he gets so close), and was very mouthy. We had him to one trainer who quit on us. He said he never rode him, because he was unpredictable--but the horse hated him, because he slapped him every time he tried to bite. The second trainer worked on him for a whole month just to get him to stop "biting," (doesn't bite hard--he's very mouthy). This is the first time I have seen the dominance issue addressed as the primary motivation and the cure prescribed. My son usually works with him after I broke my toe, but I will get the steel toed boots out and try this once the snow melts!

Excellent

Awesome explanation!

Thank you So much!

great video

Very nice !... I will try this !

Thank you!

How do you put a halter on such horse? Thanks!!

Amazing trainer and horse 🤩

Great stuff here.

Thanks for the college I'm trying to handle a Stud/Stallion and I'm trying to get to listen to me so he doesn't get too nippy this is a good example. 🙏🐴🏆👏

Thank you.

The problem is, I lease my horse, so I don't see her on a regular basis (I see her twice a week) and I'm not in contact with the other leaser or the schooling students that ride her, what should I do?

Awesome looking boy! The horse is pretty, too!

Thank you for good videos. I have a very sweet and calm 1 year old, he does not bite me, but he bites the children and other people. How do I fix that? Do I need to teach my 7-year old daughter to do this work with him? And some other people too, so he learns it. Or is there another way? I'm thinking, maybe he eventually grow out of it if I do nothing, but I do not like this behaviour, and I could get to be a habit.

Please make more videos!!!

Excessive backing can lead to rearing...so maybe not so much backing and more feet and hip moving. Not a fan of rope wiggling" No need to do that when backing the horse. "Rope wiggling" whatever you call it, irritates the horse....you would get the same effect by just walking in on him with the whip. But, nice video. One of the better videos. You got right to the point. Really helpful. Thank you.

I share Equine Reiki with a five-years-old, male rescue horse who bites. It is a continuous problem. I need this horse to stand calmly while I share this Reiki. I am here to learn. I will share this with his owner. Thank you.

Amazing! I'll definantley try this method! :D sorry for my bad English! :P

Hey i just acquired two thouroghbreed mares and they really dont like the lead and brush i noticed you talked about de sanitizing them to your tools what would be the best way in doing so also really like the video and your methods definitely going to attempt this with the younger mare to stop the nibbling thank you!!!

And what I should do if my horse started to bite only in her stall? I have an unexperienced horse for 6 months now, she was never aggressive towards me, she let me touch her anywhere, but lately she tried to kick my friend and she bit me when I tried to clean her feet in the stall ( I cleaned 2 right legs and moved to another side to clean her left front, she bit me in my elbow when I asked her to pick up her left front foot). She never did that before when I cleaned her in the stall, she is never aggressive during training, on the pasture, in the roundpen etc. I did clean her feet in all those places before to get her used to me doing it in a different circumstances and she never showed any aggression towards me so I don't think this is a defense reaction. When she bit me my reaction was to rise my hands and make her back up, was that correct? then I took a lead rope, took her out of her stall and finished cleaning her feet in a more open space - she did not try to bit me again there. How am I supposed to get her feet moving in the stall? It wouldn't be an instant reaction if I have to take her outside so I don't know if she will connect the work that she had to do with the fact that she bit me a few minutes earlier.

My problem is that horse #1 taught horse #2 to bite - only other horses never humans. Horse number #1 passed away an now horse #2 is biting horse #3. They used to be good friends. Horse #3 is old and tries to kick but can’t do it. Other than separate paddocks or a muzzle what can I do?

I don't know if my horse is biting with a playful mode... when i ride her then she would stop and try to bite my legs... i do not know how hard she bites because when she comes to bite, i dodge... because i am scared that she will bite me ...

I have a 10 year old mare and when I put the saddle on she trys to bit me. I will try this out thanks

This is great thank you I'm going to try it! Unfortunately I've done many exercises to make an aggressive horse I'm working with to move back even with a crop or flag but she tries to run me over even if she gets tapped with the crop or flag she'll try to push in my space and kick. So I make her feet move she just won't back

I love this video but I'm leasing a horse she gets used for trail rides with different people but she tries to bite me when I go to put the bridal or halter on and I have to have my sister hold the reins tight when. I get on bc she bites me

I needed this, I was told to hit their mouth to stop them but it has not worked at all.

I have a Welch pony that I'm teaching my four year old daughter to ride. She is a sweetheart with no bucks or spooks and if I'm out there I don't even need a lead rope, she just follows me around. But when I just stand there and my daughter tries to get her going on her own,( kick/tap her side) the horse turns and tries to bite her. How would I break her of that?

How do you stop a horse from biting if they are in the crossties and you can't back them up??

Can’t wait to try this on my mustang who has recently started biting while being groomed.

That's very interesting . I'd like to have an opinion on how you conside the type of byting of a horse like mine that tent to bite you when you are near on inside his box expecially if you passing by with food or something that he consider to contain food.

Lmao. I don't regret seeing this video with this guy in it. xD

Thanks, this is really helpful! Although I'm wondering, I've just recently engaged a "half pension" horse, so he's not mine, he's a gelding but still thinks he's a stallion in some ways. Bit me bad the first session when grooming, but a horse doesn't do things for no reason. Under the saddle he's almost too slow, but with ground work he tends to walk through me (not only me by the way) He tends to try to come "up" unto me during ground work also, he's an 11 y o gelding, is it something to still unlearn for him? NB he's in good condition, no abuse, no undernourishment, he's a happy horse living with a mare outdoors in pasture half day etc. so that's not it.

Great! Thank you! What can you tell me about my horse that is starting to pin his ears? He did this before he tried to bite me...

I have a stud colt who has started biting, I have tried the moving his feet method in the last couple days, but he has started rearing at that, any recommendations on how to help with the biting and rearing?

I'm good with your philosophy, but how did you get the halter on in the first place? Some won't allow that.

Could you please do a video with horses who threaten to kick a lot?? I have a kill pen mare and she is nippy and threatens to kick. I back her up when she faces me but she is very fast.

Nice 🐎

It does stop the biting but it will not build a real honest friendship, imagine if this was the case with another human? They would respond but no room for building a true bond, horses are way smarter than what we think, it's a sacred amazing animal and it should be treated as such!! Not trying to be just negative but just offering an opportunity for even better ways to deal with horses! May the horse be with you!!

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