Solving Behavior Issues - On the Ground and Under Saddle -
Horses respond and change their behavior on a positive when we correct our horse through exercises that improves our partnership with our horse and improves our horse’s performance on the ground and under saddle. Using punishment changes our horse’s behavior on a negative breaking and destroying the bond and partnership we have or had with our partner. In these video’s Mike will show you how to solve several different types of behavior issues with horses using exercise that will improve your horse’s partnership and performance.
Release of Liability
Mike Hughes’s horse training techniques are not responsible for any injuries or death to horse owners, other people, or horses. Horses are very large animals and can be very dangerous. The horse training techniques used in these videos are done by a professional trainer. When performing any of these horse training techniques you are doing so at your own risk. If you feel unsafe performing any of these horse training techniques please consult a professional horse trainer.
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Barn and Buddy Sour Horses (Part 1, Saddle exercise)*
Working with a barn sour horse can be the ultimate test of patience; a test that can drain even the best of horse trainers. In this video I will teach you step by step on how to solve this issue with your horse
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Solving Barn Sour Behavior (Part 2, Saddle Exercise)*
Working with a barn sour horse can be the ultimate test of patience; a test that can drain even the best of horse trainers. In this video I will teach you step by step how to solve this issue
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Cure Your Barn Sour Horses (Part 3, Saddle Exercises)*
Working a buddy-sour horse through his anxiety requires the use of reverse psychology. If you have a buddy-sour horse, he's convinced that being with the other horses is the best place in the world, and why wouldn't he be? At the barn or in the pasture with other horses, he gets to eat, sleep, an...
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Aggressive horse behavior, Mike Hughes, Demo, Essex England (Ground Exercises)*
Aggressive Horse Behavior with Mike Hughes (Part 1) Demo at Equifest, Essex England
a. This was a demo done in Essex England at a horse fair with a horse that has been very aggressive towards people. At the end of this video you can see the changes in the horse by performing these horse training... -
Aggressive Horse Issue, Mike Hughes, Essex England (Ground Exercises)*
Aggressive Horse Behavior with Mike Hughes (Part 2) Demo at Equifest, Essex England
a. This is another video at the same horse fair in England Essex on correcting aggressive horse behavior. Aggressive horse behavior can be very dangerous to everyone around the horse with this behavior. -
Building Confidence in the spooky horse (Ground Exercise)*
Spooky horses can be a danger to themselves and to others around them but with a bit of thought and a few simple exercises we can teach a horse to become confident and more rational about what’s going on around him.
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Hard To Bridle Horses (Ground Exercise)*
A horse that is hard to bridle can be a nightmare. The horse may throw his head all the way up and stay there confident that you cannot reach. I have also had horses shove me, spin away in a box stall and even rear. One horse was so reluctant that she ran backwards. In this video I will show you ...
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Solving The Root Causes Of Horse Bucking (Ground and Saddle Exercises)*
In this video I am going to talk about and go over the different reasons for horse bucking and how to correct them starting first from the ground then under saddle
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Teaching The Nervous Horse To Accept The Fly Mask
Teaching the nervous horse how to accept the fly mask, I have already done two video with this mare on building confidence with the kill pen rescues horse and building a strong bond with the kill pen rescue horse. In this video I will go over how to teach her to accept the fly mask
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Building A Bond with the Kill Pen Rescue Horse (Ground Exercise)*
This is Part 2 to building confidence and a strong bond with the kill pen rescue horse. I am going to show you step by step how to go about gaining the trust and confidence with the rescue horse.
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Bolting Pony Part 3 (Ground Exercise)*
In this video I will go over advance exercises that you can do with your horse if he try's bolting while your leading or ground driving him
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Food Aggressive Horses (Part 1 and 2 Ground Exercise)*
In this video I will go over on how to solve ear pinning and food aggressive horses with easy step by step methods to solve this dangerous problem
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Building Confidence with the Resuce Horse (Ground Exercise)*
Rescue Horses
a. As sad as it may be there is always a reason why horses end up at a rescue and most of the time it is because of abuse or a problem the horse has and people have given up on the horse. Horse Rescues take these horses on and find new homes for them with people who are willing to... -
Head Shyness (Part 1, Ground Exercises)*
Head and Ear Shyness (Part 1)
a. Head and ear shyness is a fear of something on or above the horses head and ears. This habit is frustrating when we are trying to work around our horses head and ears. With these exercises your horse will over-come their fears and become calm and relaxed with yo... -
Head Shyness (Part 2, Ground Exercises)*
Head and Ear Shyness (Part 2)
a. Head and Ear shyness Part 2 goes in to more detail when it comes to haltering, bridling, and handling your horses head and ears. With these exercises your horse will become easy to halter and bridle without the shyness. This video is a clip from back to the basi... -
Trailer Loading (Part 1)
Trailer Loading (Part 1)
a. Trailer loading problems are annoying and can be dangerous to our horses health and our safety. There could be an emergency where we need to rush our horse to the vet and need him to get in the trailer, It can also be dangerous to us being in such a close space with... -
Trailer Loading (Part 2)
Trailer Loading (Part 2)
a. Part to continues on with teaching your horse how to load and unload from the trailer in a safe calm manner
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Pulling back while Tied (Part 2, Ground Exercises)*
Pulling back while tied part 2
a. The second part of pulling back while tied goes into teaching your horse to follow the pressure so when they do start to pull back they feel the pressure on the halter and give into that pressure as they come forward, As you will see in this video the horse is ... -
The Aggression Stops Here (Ground Exercises)*
The Aggression Stops Here
a. Horse are not aggressive by nature but is something they learned. Aggressive horse are like 1,200 pound attack dogs coming at you and often starts with nipping, ear pinning, kicking, etc. The problem is a danger to everyone around your horse and many people have bee... -
Ear Pinning (Ground Exercises)*
Ear Pinning – Act of Aggression –
a. Ear pinning is an act of aggression. When a horse pins their ears at you there is nothing good going through their mind. They are telling they don’t like what you are doing and they are going to bite, kick, strike, etc. you. Take care of this problem before... -
Hard To Catch Horses (Ground Exercises)*
Hard to Catch Horses
a. Hard to Catch Horses are very frustrating when you want to ride but you can’t catch your horse. When a horse runs from us it is not the nose we are seeing, but the butt end of the horse as he/she runs from us saying catch me if you can. Learn in the video how to teach yo... -
Body Shyness (Ground Exercise) *
Body Shyness
a. Body shyness is a fear the horse has of being touched on the body with your hand or tools/aids. In this video I will show you how to help your horse overcome this fear by using these exercises.
b. Approach and retreat. Sacking your horses out with your hands, desensitizing your ... -
The Buck Stops Here (Part 1, Ground and Saddles Exercises)*
The Buck Stops Here (Part 4)
a. The Buck Stops Here, In this video you learn how to recognize a buck coming and then learn how to correct the horse before the bucking gets out of control.
b. Change of direction, Lunging with the bit, Change of direction with the saddle on, bit work, flexing, dis... -
My Horse Bucked Me Off, Now What? (Part 1, Saddle Exercise)*
In this video we will start off by peeling back the layers, Listening to our horse and finding the root cause of his bucking issue. I already know the horse is not in pain and the horse is not spooky. In the video I will go over the root cause of the issue and how to solve the bucking issue
