I am seventy years old, and have had two years in my life that were horse free. I was first taught the old way of making the horse do it. Breaking a horse. When my wife and I took over the care of Dad’s retired Standardbreds, I learned what these guys are learning in this program. Teach the horse to trust you, and to be willing to meet you, and follow you. When I was a kid, Dad’s horses would come in from the pasture a feeding time. When I showed Dad a three year old stallion that would come when called from a pasture of Timothy and clover, he did not understand. Every day they get scratched enough to wear my nails crooked. They have given me a place to go where no one judges. You stand in the pasture or barn with horse’s asses all around. Start scratching. Being responsible for the care of an animal, makes these guys important. As I listen to these guys talk, it is clear that they are getting “it”. Guys, I salute you. A salute is also due the people who set this program in motion and found a qualified teacher to keep it rolling.

This would be a better reality show- than those already on tv

I tear up, if not cry every time I watch this. Mr. Helm, you are my hero. And all you inmates...may God continue to bless you and your lives prosper. Your willingness to shoot this video has blessed me and others...You've already started giving back.

I had the pleasure of meeting Randy Helm at a trail ride. He is an amazing human. Thank God for men like him and programs like this.

That is so touching that a hardened heart can be melted by love and care for an animal😌

The bond between rider and horse is just something else❤️ My horse taught me Patience His name was beau Got him back in 2007 He died in 2012 He was amazing

My horse taught me patience, better understanding of situations, caring, kindness. They are smarter than most people think. They are one of Gods' many gifts to us!

These horses fixed the men and the men fixed the horses. That was so sweet. They just learned so much from each other

As a horse owner...there is no words for the bond i have with my horse. This is fantastic to watch...well done all so proud and the guys too well done lol :)

many people with far more experience haven't learned this much about themselves in twice as much time. Ride hard, shoot straight, and tell the truth. Thank you Gentlemen for your efforts

This shows that also none of those men had truly evil intentions because I feel like the horse would feel it. These men and horses have changed for the better. Florence is a hell of a prison filled with all types of people, glad these guys can get this experience.

Searched this up again and am blown away. All things bright and beautiful ... God bless 'em all!

We need these types of programs in every prison across our country. The problem is finding the proper instructors. This gentleman knows horses and men and he's damn good at both.

May Abba continue to bless this program! Well done!

It's not a small thing to find fulfillment as a prisoner. It's amazing!

Best program ever!

So heart-warming. Although dogs are in many ways more bonded to humans, I feel horses teach us more about ourselves. They are more enigmatic and they make us go deeper inside ourselves.

This is a brilliant idea. Well done.

Earning the trust of an animal especially a wild animal is definitely significant. Good job guys!

Wonderful program. Horses are such great teachers for us humans. We really need them here on this planet to help us in so many ways. Great guys and they have a very, very good man to lead them it seems.

What an amazing story! Worthy of sharing widely.

Excellent upload... I wish all the men and all those that had lost hope all the best in a very harsh world. Share the spirit of the majestic horse. Thank you to the prison programme. May this continue as it will benefit so many in the long run. Thank you Randy for making a huge difference and for having the vision to make change happen xx

I love this. Horses do have the power to heal.

What a great thing to create something good for man and animal that makes them both feel loved with no strings attached. They feel the vibrations between each other that makes sense.

Beautiful work training bothe horses and men, with gentle kindness, empathy and understanding... love this approach that work in so many directions...

A lot thoses imates have had nothing steady in their past lives,so are often side tracked into bad ways, Give them something to totally concentrate on,and spiritually connect with that helps them to get a inner calm. The horses can teach them that connection...wild meets wild, equals calm and success..a brilliant programme that needs to spread round for all prisons.

Amazing idea...amazing therapy...then life change for both man and horse. Wow you had me tear up on this. Thank you!

What amazes me is how well your horses move..they are more fluid then most racehorses in training at today's top four Tb racing stables. You guys could teach them a thing or two...nice work.

This is Beautiful, Yeah horses do help a lot with Trust and Patience, I had Anger Management for like 7 years than I stopped and I do go through Depression, And Other things My Horse Helps me a lot he is very Spunky he does Buck and Get nasty but I don't mind cause it's just who he is so I'm gonna let him be that way cause he's stubborn but he is sweet all horses are they all have it in them, My Horse is a 10 year old, 16HH, 1,200Ibs, Quarter Horse, This video helps me better understand his Body language, Thank you!Its a beautiful videos!Thank you so much!

Excellent. .I think all prisons should have this..🐎🏇 🐄🐂🐃🐃🐂 Good therapy.

This is awesome!! I love horses, but now I love them even more for helping those men find much more self confidence than they ever knew before their opportunities with learning in training horses!

Pattern on all this inmates: old school. You don't see "jits" working on this program or trying to learn "how to horses" dedication pays off. Hat off to ADC.

Beautiful. God bless this work. Horses are magestic.

that is an awesome video. I give those inmates a lot of credit for working as hard as they do with the horses. horses can teach a lot.

Yes Yes Yes!! I'm a retired social worker. Kind animal care can introduce unconditional awareness!

this is so inspiring! well done! i just love it. We need purpose in our lives and what a beautiful purpose this is...

absolutely incredible... you are for-filling your God given gift every day!

fantastic I love to hear these guys talk about what this is doing to them as a human soul

Seriously nice film.. hope all ends well for all, WF

Great project !!! Love to see human finding that each one is important to society, learn respect for us and others is a society

keep up the great work gentlemen and thanks to the prison for trying this. i know you don't regret it.

Great program. Wonderful way to train a horse.

Really great video!! You can learn a lot from horses!!

You all are amazing horses and men.

Thanks for sharing and this is a very good program !!!!

This is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen

Released from the program and none of them have returned... That's amazing

Truly inspirational

ZERO have returned !!! WOW ! That says something and many other states with 70-75% return SHOULD take notice ??? But do they ??? I think it’s amazing !!! ❤️🐴

"Soft training" works best with most animals. I can't tell you how many dog owners I've seen who have owned dogs all their lives and yet still have no CLUE how to read dog's body language. Pay attention, listen to their feedback. Be kind, soft and patient with all animals. They will reciprocate.

Thank you Randy Helm. I taught very aggressive and violent 7-8 year old boys and intuitively came to the conclusion that their behavior was adapted to the community in which they lived. An aggressive male was more likely to be successful in his community... not that I agreed or liked their behavior, but I had an understanding of where it came from. Their behavior was not, in my opinion, the result of some deep psychological issue, simply culture and conditioning.

Dude this is COOL and touching

Wonderful! What a great process!

Beautiful. I love this!

Outstanding!!! Well Done!!

I found you guys through suggested videos just now. First off, You got some great shots and very informative! I recently started working on my own KZfaq channel, so I’ve definitely been doing my research, great work over all! Please keep it up, I just subscribed & am look forward to seeing what else you put out! Thanks again!

Beautiful. Thank you and God bless. 💝🙏💝

So wonderful

I think it's a great video !!

how touching , how beautiful and isn't the bottom line that these inmates (like everybody else) need to feel that they matter, that they are capable, that they need relation, connection, trust, love. We humans have the potential for peace and justice! Just give us a chance!!!!! How would society look like if the values were cherished, spread widely?

an inspiring example.. love wins

I love this!! 😩💙

Beautiful!

LOVE OF SELF! LOVE OF HORSES!

4:13, horsey photobomb. . . Horse hears the guys voice break and knows his pain.

This is brilliant.

AMAZING! Godbless from New Zealand 👍

cool very cool for the horses and for the men

Too beautiful.

Fabulous, what more can I say?

This was a good ass video💯💯

To be able to learn the skills and how to gentle a wild animal is life Long they can do anything now

The outside of a horse is good for the inside of man. This is good for these men to see they can do something else beside the crimes they did to get there. It will give them a way to make a living in the horse world.

Great

Beautiful guys keep up the good work and love God and his creation

I recently adopted a yearling who I named Star...she is such a love, we have a ways to go, but we will make it through.....

I really can't understand why more prisons don't do rehabilitation like this or other types, instead of just punishing people. How do you expect someone to change for the better if you treat them like scum. Crime in general would go down if released prisoners were shown a better way and didn't commit new crimes.

A horses stable was set up next to a big estate in Brixton South London UK. Young children after school and in holiday time have been encouraged to turn away from the heavy gang culture that estate life brings with free riding lessons and taught how to care and look after these horses .. This is now being explored for other big estates in other U.K. cities. The children have benefited greatly, they have been able to focus on care and love of fellow beings instead of carrying knives ready to inflict big harm ....

Ive seen violent trainers being cruel to gentle domestic horses...and these men have comitted crimes, they are frown upon society, but they are gentle with wild horses, this is...amazing

Randy Helm...God bless you.....this is rehab!!!! character NOT skill

Humans have the capacity for change, we're all shades of grey with varying degrees of good and bad.

my horse stopped me from killing myself. and now I lost him. Its like im just empty now

one of my favorite things to do is ask people if they could be any animal in the world what would they be I've always chosen the horse

This is wonderful; I love that it gives these men a new perspective on life and relationships. However, that one man that thinks he can "Make a living" at horse training when he gets out most likely needs many more years of experience.

i would do something bad just to come here xD

Omg did spirit get caught again

I loved this video and the thing about the horses is that you cannot force it to love you or trust you and if you are a wrong one that horse animal will see it from a mile away and you won't get near him and if you do he'll kick you but you go to that horse with an open heart and an honest agenda and respecting him and caring about what he wants then that horse is going to pay you back tenfold and he's going to love you back and thats the really special part because like I said you cannot force it if an horse tells you someone is a ood man or woman then you can trust that to be true........not like humans they usually lying sacks of shit...lol...but the horse he gives honesty no matter what...

I rid my English so it's just not my style must I love the premise of the video!

Let's simplify this: It's familiarity. I was raised with horses. They have to become familiar with you and what you do to them.

What a great idea. Here in Australia we cull our wild horse population either by shooting them, sometimes by helicopter which must be absolutely terrifying or we allow wild brumbies to starve in our national parks. Meanwhile our prison population grows with little hope of finding a purpose better than what they have known and becoming more and more disconnected from humanity and their own feelings. A program like this one could absolutely be of benefit to horses,inmates and ultimately the wider community.

Randy helm is my grandpa

No horseman likes humiliation in his thoughts, And yet very few would know anything about the matter

i want to go to that prison

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Not all wild horses get to a place that can care for them... they go up for auction and anyone can buy them ..... for any use...

Locked up for self defense. That's where we're at as a society...

No, 60,000 horses are not more than the range will support. We are taught repeatedly to say there's not enough forage for the horses on the range, but that's not true. It's an issue of the cattle that are being added to the range, and the figures that are quoted, are figured according to the high number of cattle they want to add. "The BLM's claims of wild horse overpopulation are grossly exaggerated and designed to dupe the public into accepting the continued costly, cruel and unsustainable roundup, removal and stockpiling program," said Suzanne Roy, executive director of the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign. "We don't have an excess wild horse problem, we have a federal mismanagement problem."

Horses don't hold a grudge. Hahahahahahahahhahahahaahhahahahaahahahhahahaahahahahaaa Never met my mare lol

Damn are these black man in to William ( Bill ) Picket? I wonder if they might know who he is? It might just surprise them.

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