Catching Hard to Catch Hurt Horse - Driveline - Pressure & Release - Ric...

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Here I have a volunteer try to catch a hard to catch horse that is hurt and in pain and does not want to be caught. I discuss pressure & release, using the driveline, stopping a horse's feet, controlling a horse's direction, making the wrong thing difficult and the right thing easy.

At the beginning of this Hollie said I already know I can't catch him he won't let me within 10 feet of him in the pasture.

Remember: If you think you can or think you can't - You are probably right.

This horse is a Mustang that is not people friendly and tends to avoid people. So normally he does not like to be caught, but he test everyone that tries and makes sure the person knows what they are doing and after he is convinced of that, he allows you to catch him. But now that he is hurt, has a bad abscess and is being doctored and caused pain every day, he does not like to be caught even more. And this behavior is very normal and predictable. Every time I catch him I doctor him and it causes discomfort, so he is NOT being mean or disrespectful, he is being a horse and that is all he knows how to be.

I cover his injury in this 3 part series:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5mPBmQShwY