We laid this horse down.... does it fix it??

This is lovely to see everything done so patiently and quietly ❤

I find it really disrespectful of you to be referring to a "lunge whip" as a stick with string. Lunge whips were in use for training horses long before America was discovered !!! I hear your mate rr using the same detrimental language I believe you can do better. I've never heard English or European riders rubbish western gear and don't like hearing it from you

Wow!

Such a good & clever girl!!😅😅❤❤

She's a beauty!! And she learned to trust you😊! She likes you & is trying to please you😊. What a good girl!! And you Jake are a good trainer😊!

Phenomenal teachings

That was amazing!

The lay down was beautiful ❤
Tina

Very very nice Jake. Really loved how you handled the teaching mounting off the fence

Wow you are amazing!! I love your methods!

I personally just don't agree with tying a horse's leg up like this. I'm glad that you did handle her with utmost kindness and patience during that, though. Loved everything else, and have subscribed. I know I'm going to learn a lot!

Nice to see your kind of training❤

What did I learn, slow and steady wins her trust! Trust is earned, short and sweet ends on a good note. Happy horse= happy human!

Thank you. I like watching your calmness with her and learning.

I get halfway through this video and fall asleep.. recommended for insomniacs 😅 (maybe... I'm not)

Wow, I didn't know about the positive effects of laying a horse down. Very interesting and you're doing a great job with sweet Remy. Thanks for helping her!

love how gentle you were with her

Great discussion about WHY to lay this horse down. Every horse doesn't need it and some it makes worse.

Definitely no absolutes that work with every single horse. That's why they call it training ( horse and rider) ❤

Fixed?

I have really enjoyed this series and watching Remi grow. She seems like she wants to be a good girl and please her handler.

Thank you for all you do for this troubled horse as well as helping give us more tools to help us with our horses.

Suggested trainers using positive reinforcement methods. Jesse Drent, Free Spirit Equestrian, Luke Gingrich, Raleigh Link just to name a few. Ryan you could be so much better, if you would just use positive methods. The time is now to make changes.

I never thought I would see a horse get "laid on the ground" and subject to flooding again. I thought we got past this back in the mid 1980's when John Lyons began his "Round pen reasoning" method and round pens started appearing all over the landscape. We have now progressed to liberty training, using positive reinforcement and less tack, with many using only neck ropes and often bareback too. Look up Luke Gingrich who has never even put a bit in his palomino mare's mouth. I am very saddened to see RR use and promote this antiquated method of flooding a horse to make her submit to him. This is not a method anyone should be promoting.

This horse is looking to BOND with a friend. Shes kinda Clingy, actually, once she gets over her fears.

Is this horses name MEADOW ?

Grate video to watch!
We need more horseman like you, showing that there is no quick fix with horses. They always need time, dedication and effort. If they are lucky enough to find themselves on your ranch they will find understanding as well.
It is beautiful to watch how you show Remmy that you are seeing her slightest try. I swear I can see her replying back and trying her best to please you.
I can only imagine the relief she have to feel.Such a sweetheart.

50+ yrs ago, my brother who was partially disabled due to a terrible accident, was determined to train a couple rank horses he'd picked up. He was very successful using the "lay them down" method. They were more calm & receptive to being handled & worked with afterwards. I think it made his horses realize there was no threat, no need to fight. I have s horse now that is terrifeid of many things, im thinking he might benefit from some laying down sessions too. Thanks for showing this.

All about building trust, very good progress, good luck transferring that to the owner

Beautiful session. Patience and time can undo just about anything.💕

fascinating

Thank you Jake for helping Rene, I have enjoyed each step you have taken with her. I can see how her owner is excited for the future.

Honestly what a great mare. She has so much try in her and she wants to do a good job, she just needs someone to teach her the confidence. I truly love the sensitive ones like her. If you know how to work with them they are some of the smartest, most honest, and hardest trying horses

I would love to know the back-story on this horse. I'm guessing she grew up wild, not in a band of mustangs but also with little or no human handling until they decided to start her. She's clearly a right-brained horse, sensitive and skeptical, that would've done best with a velvet-glove approach. A series of bad experiences with "training" most likely sent her into fight-for-life mode, and her previous owner gave up and decided the only option was to sell her to the killers. That's how she seems to me.

She's super defensive, always on high alert, obvious even when you went in to get her caught and haltered, as well as when you were turning her loose. I expect she'll take a lot of the right kind of handling to sand down the rough edges of what she knows from her past. I don't know that there are many people with the patience to go slow, keep offering the good option and wait for her like you're doing. Really impressive!

The progress this beauty has made in such a short time is absolutely fantastic. She's gorgeous, a beautiful mover, and it's pretty clear that she WANTS to be a good girl.Loved the relaxation she found once she let go and was able to go flat out. I'm so grateful that she found you! -Jeane

This was really cool to see!
I tried to get Soxy to lay down a couple years ago and he was so very not trusting of me yet.
Might have to try again sometime

I love this video, again telling us all the little things you're looking out for. So much progress being made with this challenging mare. Shout out to your video crew ; )

A beautiful, and beguiling session to behold. You’re an absolute horse gentler Jake. She knew she was getting a great deal with and - we can see just how much - from you ❤ The “softness” in the relationship was palpable. So lovely.

Very nice. Big difference already from how that horse was at first. How old is it?

That is a really neat idea you got there, I never really thought about the lay down in that way.

What a quiet and calm equine conversation that was to witness!

Rode 4-H when I was young. Never was super good, but had a lot of fun. Had no mentors. I'm enjoying watching you. You're energy is so low, and the horse becomes so relaxed over the session, that I actually become drowsy myself watching! Amazing manipulation of bodily energy, allowing the horse to share that low intensity space. I've been watching since the first video Ryan Rose did on Remy's eval. What wonderful redemption of this creature!

If time & money were no object, I'd take horses to you. Not many trainers inspire confidence that the horse will get a fair shake. Your consideration of the horse obviously means so much to Remi. And no doubt her owner.

I have learned that the horse obviously trusts you now and you are an incredible trainer! I think you are a very observant / intuitive trainer in regards to knowing what a specific horse needs to heal/learn. Will she have to relearn that level of trust with her owner, or is it more like a general trust of humans that will carry over once she goes back home? I find horse psychology very interesting and a combination of reading books and watching videos like this is very helpful!

Bin messing w/ horses for 30 years! You are one of the best I’ve seen great work! I’ll dam sure keep watching!!!

Nicely explained, Jake.

You have the patience of Job. She's doing so much better letting you go to her left side (when you're looking at her) and just overall. The catch was way quicker. I know the goal is to get her where anyone can ride her, but do you think she'll ever get there or will each person that rides her have to go through this whole process to gain her trust?

LOVE your work!!
I believe 99% of problem horses all stem from behavioral/training issues. That being said, I am wondering about a medical issue with her. I knew a trainer with a mare with similar issues. The mare would make progress and then inexplicably revert. The horse was put down as being too unpredictable and dangerous. The trainer paid for a full necropsy. It turned out that she had problems with her ovaries (I don't remember if cysts or tumors.) In a mare this unconfident, her get out of Dodge should be a canter. Her reluctance to do so gives me pause. Just food for thought here.
Once again, I love what you are doing with her and the careful thought into what would be most helpful for this horse.

Amazing! So happy to see this lovely horse make positive steps. I need constantly to remind myself to be more slow calm and patient with my own (quite challenging) horse. Thank you.