so yeah so cutting a horse you can
always kind of start with the face
they're pretty good Luke here he's so
taller I mean if I wanted to I could
just give him a new key
yeah like I said like a little brother
you always wanted and for the next trick
you'd be like a grandma on start
pinching your cheeks look at the little
cute horse but seriously
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anyway talking today about petting a
horse at a very specific request I
thought sure let's talk about petting
horses our guys are usually pretty good
when it comes to to touching them or
petting Nomar or doing anything it says
look he is by far our gentlest and most
tolerant or patient trusting while she
is our most skittish yeah okay she moves
away so I'm afraid or worried horse will
be a little more dangerous to be around
than one that isn't because they'll kind
of tolerate just about anything when it
comes to petting a horse you really have
to think of your safety first if you're
petting a horse that you don't know you
want to be really careful you don't want
to approach them quickly you don't want
to approach them from behind a lot of
people do say you know don't walk behind
a horse don't get behind them because
they'll kick you with their back legs or
something like that but you know not all
horses are kickers like that in fact you
know this guy here yeah he doesn't
really care so you know I could kind of
goof around back here and not really
worry you're not going to kick me but
that doesn't say that other horses
wouldn't but I don't think we know would
either I think she's pretty [ __ ] too
dirty maybe I wouldn't hug her so close
but but in general you know pretty
gentle creatures that said though it's
not like they have never kicked out or
never sort of reacted in a fearful way
that they felt like they needed to
defend themselves so again when you are
approaching a horse you're going to do
it kind of slowly if you're going to
come up and just say hey how's it going
and you'll read their body language
these guys don't seem to be having any
problems whatsoever just eating but out
it may be a field where there are other
horses around and they're talking and
there there may be avoiding another
horse maybe they need to be able to get
away then then you have to be a little
bit more careful so when it comes to
petting them really there's not much to
it you can pet their head gently I mean
some people some people are kind of
rough with their pets and they'll that
really kind of get in there and really
bug them and stuff but as you can see
he's not not a big fan of if I really
kind of get in there he'll he'll avoid
that so you really don't want to try to
beat to me just be as gentle as you can
something like that horses really like
it when you rub them along their Withers
and hear their neck and their withers in
here just soft it's not not a lot to it
another area to sort of be careful is in
here in the stifle you know he's a
little touchy here still but you get
used to it see his tail moving that's
another good indicator that a horse is
unhappy they might move their tail a bit
see I'll bug them he'll move his tail so
I'll just had a nice lean here and just
say okay always along the back it's kind
of a nice spot for them he's awfully
dirty I should probably brush him but
but the front of the head and the nose
you know some horses getting nervous if
you pat them on the top of the head but
he really knows he wasn't nervous Nellie
and show you what a nervous Nellie looks
like those look like that but again
along the withers our horse likes a good
butt scrubbing scratching but again you
want to be careful
you're always thinking of your safety
read the horse's body language see ears
like this it's not it's not a desirable
Asay ears like that
oh hang on come on they're only got one
hand anyways if their ears are forward
like that that's a good thing that's not
a good thing
ears back not cool
here's forward that it's cooler so try
it with Luke see what he has to say how
much so anyways yeah when you're
approaching horses you want to be
careful you want to be kind you want to
be watching their body petting them it's
just a gentle process there's nothing
nothing that you do that you wouldn't
maybe want done to yourself
hard-hitting and stuff not really just
you know gentle sort of touches the tips
of your fingers are really effective you
know you just kind of come along and
just gently touch them so I don't know
hopefully that helps you know if you're
looking for some kind of ideas of how to
touch a horse or what things I think
about again it's just it's just a matter
of being nice letting them know you're
not there to hurt them you're not there
to cause them any trouble you just want
to be nice to them so I'll show you one
more horse actually and how he reacts to
some pets as well so we'll go over that
way school yeah okay so this guy here is
our youngest and
let's see if they'll come over I usually
try to shoo him under this corner
because he is a little pushy and stuff
try to get out get back to where he
wants to be but with any luck I can draw
him back this way leaving a weight on me
okay let's go to him say hey buddy
how about some pets so here you might
approach a horse you know out in the
open somewhere and you might just watch
three years you know watch the years
watch you're no thief there they're
interested
let's go to the years forward so that's
good now he's left so I'm not really
going to pressure him too much this
horse to me seems anxious so petting a
horse like this they might be thinking
something other than what you're
interested in which is just a pet though
so again I'll approach him on his
forehead because he looked at me now
wait petting a horse requires their
attention at first so I'll wait till
he's sort of come this way a little bit
maybe he'll turn there now I'll pet him
on the forehead I'll put him on the nose
gently and at this point I could
probably get up to his neck rub them
along here there's lovely locks and all
the withers now he's still pretty
interested because Luke's gone off into
our or actually both of them were going
off into their pasture area forests so
he's going to leave so he let him leave
there's no use hassling a horse it
doesn't want to be pet he's not
interested in it it's not where he finds
comfort so keeping that in mind horses
getting pet generally aren't in a
comfortable place it's a precious thing
to them and the unless they're really
really used to it like little you give
them a new key and you know it doesn't
even care but yeah so maybe that's the
basics on petting a horse
keep your safety in mind keep your space
don't approach them from the rear try to
approach them from the front
wait for them to look at you we today
you have their attention they don't have
their ears back we have their ears
forward you're always singing of safety
here always thinking about whether or
not that horse is comfortable or not and
whether or not he's paying attention or
he's got something else on his mind his
father and I'm like this guy where he'd
like to be with his buddies but he can't
so come here and we'll cut him off
we'll try one more time he's probably
going to leave yeah hey left and that's
okay so don't don't chase down a horse's
leaving you the best thing to do really
let them come to you and and it will
keep you a little bit safer because
you're not putting any pressure on them
that they're saying hey I don't want it
they're prey animals and predators so
that also sort of takes effect but no
that's the basics of petting a horse
hopefully that helps thanks for watching