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@@westcoastpolo8886 Thank you!

Put him in the trailer alone and go for a long drive, stop for lunch, and then go back home. Repeat.

@@PatnDebPuckett yeah, wish that worked. Even though he doesn't injure himself, he makes ulcers, and so far, I haven't found a way to manage that consequence of using the repetitive trailering outings approach. He is a late cut OTTB, I have not known a horse that has no bottom like this one. But no doubt you have, I guess.

We don't use hobbles like that. We hobble our horses so they will stand perfectly still for short periods of time when there isn't a place to tie a horse up. People who allow horses to graze in hobbles have longer hobbles. They also are generally in small groups so they want to stay together. The hobbles just slow the group of horses down a bit. This isn't a permanent solution and is generally only used in situations like pack trips. Your long term solution is to build a corral. In the interim, you could high line her.

You haven’t watched horses interact with each other. And you didn’t watch the previous video that includes the back story on this horse. Had you done that you would know that this horse was owned by a woman who had a great deal of fear. The horse learned to come in to her aggressively. Not in a respectful manner. You judged a situation without knowing anything about it. Our horses are quite consistently able to stay with us in stressful situations and they count on us to be fair leaders who they feel secure with.

@@PatnDebPuckettI have seen the previous video, which comment you deleted. Nobody force you to publish videos. If so, you will meet people, which have another meaning and experience. That's the game. The horse has been made mad by the former owner. I can't repeat, what I said: Fist fix a trustful relationship with respect to each other. The approach of the trainer is the way people did early in the 20. century. Lack of respect, not knowing the needs and the language of a horse, acting with violence, mental and physical punishment (for what?) and fear of loss of control. We know it better today and we achieve our results much quicker. You will have again and again fall-backs or you have a horse mentally dead.

I didn’t delete your comment. Perhaps it didn’t appear in the Top Comments any longer. One more thing, we are well aware of differing views and opinions. We’ve been at this awhile. What we do encourage is dialogue and open mindedness in an effort to learn and understand. What works for one person in their situation might not work in another.

@@PatnDebPuckettI have the experience of having started over 50 wild colts. I know of what I am telling you. You don’t need a lasso and to fix a leg in a round pen. It’s the most frightening situation for a flight animal. The horse is not dangerous. He would like to have a partner and a future friend some time. That’s what he is looking for. Give him a chance.

This is a very old and common way that horsemen in the west gentle their horses. A horse can decide with each leg whether or not to go with you. A horse’s brain is also divided between right and left because they are prey animals. Dealing with each side of a horse and each individual leg is the way to build a solid foundation. If you will observe the difference in the horse’s demeanor from the beginning of the video to the end of the video you should be able to see the change. This particular horse was started years ago and has since been standing in a corral with no firthet education. So this is a different situation than if we were starting a young horse for the first time. Just because you don’t understand something or have never seen it doesn’t make it stupid. That’s not the way we interact on this channel. If you want to know something or are confused about it, just ask.

So far we don’t like you or your attitude, Lynn

@@imagineifyouwereaworm I'm not one of the 'we." I like you, Lynn. I think I understand your questioning of this method. I question it, too. Deb helped me to understand it. It's still not what I would choose, to cause a horse that much stress (even if in the end, Blue apparently figures out he's best off submitting to Pat and his actions).