The biggest plus about your question is that you are aware of this! I do a fun game with my students...hold a small sized cup of water between your 2 hands (and for safety...make sure your horse is used to water spilling on him before you go "all out" with this!). Also, remember to look ahead, breathe,stay centered and do not look down at your hands or the horse's head. Hope this fun exercise will help you! Judy Weinmann

Then maybe he doesn’t want it…if he doesn’t want it and you reward him, it changes nothing

Peggy Hogan, yes, they have hooves, and not paws. They just call it that. And we shouldn't probably call it hoofing, because really, it makes NO sense. Anyway, have a good day/night/evening.

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Sounds like your gelding is herd bound. It's a very common problem, and there are about a million and one different exercises you can try to break him of that. Every trainer it seems has his or her own method. I can't tell if he is herd bound in general, or if it's just to the one mare, but there are a couple ones that come to mind. First one I remember reading from a problem solving book was to have a partner ride the mare or have the mare tied up somewhere with some open area where you can ride, like an arena riding area. Ride your gelding away from her, and stop a ways away from the mare, and give your horse his head. If he walks back over to the mare, trot him or lope him in circles around her or in general put him to work, then ride away and stop him back where you were and give him his head again. The point of the exercise is to get him to associate the other horse with work, and that riding away means rest. It also allows the horse to make his choice, the key is to make him realize that his idea is hard and yours is easy. As your horse responds better to it, start pushing him further out. There was another similar one I remember seeing at a horsemanship clinic, where a herd bound horse was separated, and was brought into an arena. The clinician brought the horse in and got on, and once again, dropped the reins and gave the horse his head. When the horse moved towards the gate he would start to apply pressure, he started out with smacking his hand on his chaps as a audio pressure then moved up into leg pressure until the horse started to think about moving away, then he'd release the pressure to reward the thought. Then he'd do it again, and release. Then once the horse seemed responsive he'd step it up, releasing when the horse turned away, then when the horse moved away from the gate. The herd bound horse the woman brought him he had responding and the horse started thinking about moving away from the gate on his own. I like these because they are more natural horsemanship and really gives the horse a chance to make his own choice. Another one I heard about in a magazine article was used if your riding trails. It was pretty well just a leapfrogging exercise were you start to push your horse ahead, then fall back, and as your horse starts getting used to the separation, to keep opening the distance, working up gradually. But each horse is different and what works for one might not be effective with another. Look up correcting a herd bound horse on google and use your own judgment on what you think would be a good exercise for your horse.

Archie Ray & Lisa Shue it’s awing she just says it diffrent

Thank you! It’s pawing. I could not watch this video because I couldn’t listen to the incorrect pronunciation. Too bad. Sounded interesting

Laura Merritt Well, they're not machines. Just like any pet or child, they will be annoying at times. If you can't stand it, don't have animals or kids.

thats normally to investagate.... some horses will even roll in the water after that, so be careful :-)

could be he wants to roll

I feel the same way. It's a way for them to express their feelings, and rarely needs correction. I found I was correcting to please other people.

Na d'onofrio Yeah, it hasn't caused me or my horse any problems so I am not going to correct it just because other people think it's bad manners or whatever for a horse to do that :)

yeah I would won't to know the reason ? and no I don't always won't. them to paw ever time I ride

My guy definitely does this is a natural instinct associated with food. If he can see us preparing his mix from the paddock, he'll start lightly pawing. I wouldn't call it learned, though, as he doesn't receive his food immediately after he starts this behaviour (by the time we finish mixing, walk to the paddock, and lead him over to his feeding spot). It's just his natural instinct when he spies the food bucket for the first time from the paddock.

I agree but my horse digs up the ground😂😂😂

Terry Galloway Not really. Like it or not, the way you speak has an adverse effect on your audience. Look at anything anywhere in social interaction. If you want to be taken seriously, you have to speak properly. Just the way humans are. Great info in the video, just cringe-worthy speech pattern.

madison barnett I am a new horse owner and my girl paws evertime I tie her up . it is getting worse everyday.

it's just probably her accent.

It could be her microphone too, pawing is a weird word to pronounce anyway. 😄

If you want to nitpick and be technically correct a Horse does NOT have a Paw. Hoofing, fingering might be more correct. But I know what she means.

so next time can take her advise,

Katie Schwarzhoff well I tried her "advice" and all my horse did was throw a kick, pin her ears and try to bite me

Then you obviously have a shitty relationship with your horse and should rethink how to communicate with it.

TheAssassinsDen tried that when I tell her no she just paws harder and harder

then you should not have a horse if you have a shitty relationship and you continue to hit it