Trigger Stacking and "What to do with a Crazy Horse".

Omg you described my horse to a T. He could have been the one in the video. Thanks

Good. I wait for love from you 💝💖

Funny how this is true with people as well as animals, should be mandatory watching in school, let alone everyone whos got the stubbed toe

I love the G'day mate! also these r so helpful!

Thank you so much for all the rabbits...🐇🐇🐇 helping us to understand!
Let' s always be aware! 😊🐴

Whoa...I never knew it had a name...

Rabbits and trigger stacking is one of the most useful concepts in understanding horses that I've ever heard. But how do you help your horse let go of the worry? If you're out on the trail and rabbits keep popping up and you just keep going, obviously it's going to build up. So what do you do? Periodically stop and let the horse stand and relax and look around and maybe eat some grass? Stop and talk to your riding buddy for a few minutes? Distract the horse by doing a few of the horse's favorite clicker behaviors? Breathe, for sure!

Warwick you might be interested to know that Jesse Berry described this Cup of Worry principle in the late 1800s in a correspondence course he taught. He was an interesting character. I post this just as a curious historical fact.

Have you made a video about cribbing/wind sucking? I can’t seem to find that much useful information about how to help these horses. Especially when they do it in open areas with nothing to bite/chew on. I’m guessing it’s a stress coping mechanism, but it’s hard to get these horses to relax.

A marriage counsellor as well as a darn good horseman! Who knew? Great video, again. Thanks.

And so when my mare spots traffic on the main road that's a good couple of mile away when we're out hacking and her muscles go solid and she can't walk calmly her trigger limit has just hit the jackpot 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ And I'm guessing those triggers could have started to build all the way back to when I went to fetch her from the field, through saddling, getting on, leaving the yard... God its taken years for the penny to drop on this for me, but thanks to you Warwick (or should that be Maurcecio according to the CC 😂) I finally get it!

Still the best man👍🏼

What kind of work or excercise was done in between the recordings of day 1 and 2? What would I have to do to get my horse to learn to relax like the horse in the video at day 2?

Face Rags are awful. How long will it take to realise they don't do a thing for a terrible plague where 99.6% of us survive and the average age of death is 82. Let's get back to humanity and normality. Cover any mammals nose and mouth and watch how they react.

"The Last Straw" is another name for it. LOL

Super video, as usual. 👏👏👏 This lesson fishtails perfectly with your video about how to prevent an accident ( which I wish I could find again). I believe you said it takes 7 things that are different or changed to create the path to an accident. Sadly, I can say - it's true.

Good points, your little story at the beginning did hit close to home😉

I wish I had a horse. Maybe in my next life🤠

I watched this morning before working with my mare. She was completely with me on the ground. Her saddle fits and has no pain per recent vet exam. Today apparently was a 4 rabbit day. We did lots of standing and letting her look before going to work. The wind, the dogs, the neighbors kids whistling with the wind all add up to 4 additional rabbits. We finished on a great note with a soft swinging trot and total concentration on what we were doing. Love the Rabbit analogy.

I have found, with my sweet, smart Morab, That he fakes spooks! To get out of work! Cleaver is he! Once I tell him, quick it! he breathes and says, Aw, shucks! You got my number Mom. But, Mom, I was hoping I had your number!!! To get of out of work! 😅 Just my take of 22 years with my sweet, Morab boy. Nickname for my beloved Morab is, Denice the menace, 😀😅💕👍🏻👌🐴🙈 our family loves and appreciates you so much! Thank you , War for helping us to break it down and teach us how a horse interoperates, information, from engaged human beings! Thank you again,! 👍🏻😎💕

Please excuse poor spelling, Our Family Loves You, 😎👍🏻💕

Thank you thank you thank you! I have had a pretty shitty day started with failing my drivers test and down it went, at the end of the day is when I work with my horses and I definitely brought that frustration and anger when I was working with them and I was not as patient or forgiving as I should have been. I was still upset until I watched this video and you reminded me to let it go. I will go into tomorrow much happier. Thank you! Your videos are truly the best.

My husband just declared "one rabbit's worth of worry" his new favorite unit of measurement 😆

I’m so happy I found Warwick’s channel. Recently worked with a horse that was a biter in a playful way. I just messed with his face when he came over and by the end he was licking and chewing. The time he spent trying to bite got shorter and I think one more session with him will help. I was honestly feeling hopeless with dealing with this horse but I’m glad we have professionals like this to help

Sounds like 2020...

That's funny, but true

Great....

Hi

Just gotta luv ya Warwick! Thanks for helping all us "Beings". :)

Warwick Schiller giving me amazing horse handling advice along with marriage advice. 😂
Completely agree!!

Not rambling, very helpful! Can relate with the marriage analogy. I like the bringing
of valid psychology and science into the training. It brings everything into a more complete
picture and understanding. Cheers! ❣️🍀

i had a horse great horse but he would go spaz over nothing like he blacked out then bolt flat out the only way to stop him ram him in to a fence then he would wake up and it would be like nothing happened

As Popeye used to say, "I've had all I can stands and I can't stands no more!"

So, I gotta know, what is in your arena at home? It's so white and looks like a pristine beach, so pretty.

This is amazing! I know that humans suffer from "trigger stacking" but never knew horses did. Warwick I have a QH gelding that you started/trained many years ago. Unfortunately in 2015 he lost an eye. He will be 22. Thank you.

"It's got nothing to do with me." I like this presentation of the horse's mind. Also, maybe, "Warwick can be counted on to handle it if it's a problem," too?

The last rabbit gave new information to the horse! I guess maybe that there is a snake ahead!!!

Ver helpful clarification. Thank you.

12 rabbit limit. i love it! makes total sense too.

Thank you for bringing the science in. I train dogs professionally and in dog training, we use these terms for our clients. I have my own horses and have been looking for a teacher that uses the same methods and terms I know from dog training, you have helped me bridge the gap, as so far all I found with other trainers was the excessive use of force or dominance method which seems to miss the finer points in the horse's natural tendencies towards flight. I'm very happy to find your channel! Thank you.

Do you have any solutions for this
i have a mare that’s really buddy sour, and when i go away she’s fine but it’s walking back she’ll blow up and rear and for me to get her to stop i have to get off and walk her to our destination and even when i’m walking out of the ally she’ll start rearing up and i can’t find anything wrong
if you have a solution pls let me know

My horse at 5 decided that 3 screaming kids, a four wheeler, and a blowing “for sale” all at once was 13 rabbits.

This is great!
Thank you🐴🐴🐴

tooooo much talking ....people do have to think for themselves a bit and use their own instincts so just point out the basics. Yikes !! please remember that people don't ALL have to overthink thngs in order to to take action.
Constructive criticism never hurts anyone unless your blocking something.

This is very interesting and of course, so relevant. I wish you had elaborated more on getting the horse to “let go and relax the rabbit worry” in this clip. I am sure you have covered it many times, and will search through your large education library here to find it. Possibly, if you have time and are willing, maybe you could post a link to a relevant teaching video you have done in the credits of this one so folks can learn how to assist their horse in letting go of their “rabbits”. Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us all! You are a true horseman in my opinion!

so how do you get the horse to let go of the one rabbit worth of worry?

Titles like crazy horse only means how stupid or ignorant humans are plus that word never applies to normal actual behavior.
So homo saipians only we are capable of crazy : D

Quit calling your horse crazy. That is step one. The horse is trying to stay safe. Horses are prey animals and MUST react to danger to stay safe. It is natural. Humans have more brain power than horses do, please use it humans! Don’t put them in dangerous situations and then call them crazy for trying to defend themselves.