I started with the focus and bend today. She picked it up pretty good but I noticed that her ‘look’ is outwards when she continues the walk. I think she is longed a lot (it is not my own horse). It fits in the behavior that she is blocking me out when she can. I don’t know if I should make the leadrope shorter and grab her attention with the…

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Hello Warwick,

I have a horse that I treated for ulcers last summer and have been working through your groundwork starting with CCTCOF, SSAP, and FAB since March. My horse was very nippy and couldn’t seem to get over this issue. I had him scoped and found that he has ulcers still. He has almost completed his treatment course. I have started…

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I also need to cancel sub I click on my name and it just gives me my profile and membership all access monthly I dont see how to unsubscribe Thanks

Thanks, Warwick!

Hi Warwick,

I’m going back and watching earlier Groundwork Pathway videos again with fresh eyes now that I’ve been doing your program for about 5 months, and I have a couple questions.

1.) When approaching and haltering a horse that is eating, do you have any additional suggestions? My mare is currently in a stall with a run and has…

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Hi Warwick,

She is standing on the opposite end of her corral eating her hay. I’m on the other side opening the gate to the pasture and she turns around and bolts out the second she hears the latch.

hi Warwick- my horse has had an on again/off again relationship with trailering with it being more off than on. But there have been a few good periods. I realize now he has seperation anxiety which doesn’t appear until he is alone in the ring for a period of time (he grazes for 30 minutes and then goes crazy) or when he’s asked to trail…

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Hi!! I have a couple questions regarding some things with my 2 horses.

1. One of my horses despises his ears being handled. Do you recommend doing something like CAT-H with my hands to solve this?

2. Also doing FAB with one of my horses, he tends to walk then pick up a trot when I send him out. Hes very sensitive and smart, infact all I have to…

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Hi Rachel

I think that what he’s doing and the separation anxiety are similar, he seems to be more comforatble being clingy with you, and when the clinginess is not available he has a bit of a meltdwon. Perfectly normal for a clingy horse. I don’t think anything is going wrong, you are just working through the process.

Hi, Warwick. I am a professional with decades of experience. For context, two years ago, I moved all three of my personal horses to a boarding facility so I could have access to an indoor arena over the winter, and all three of them, even the 25 yo well-traveled retired show horse, became extremely buddy-bound to each other and very…

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Hi Kayla

This is probably more about what happens before what happened happened?

Is she standing at the gate when you open it?

If so, heres a video for you

https://videos.warwickschiller.com/content/whats-your-problem-pushy-at-gate/

Hi Warwick,

I have a horse that every time I open the gate to the pasture, she bolts out. I don’t halter her before opening it as the gate is attached to her corral. Do you have a video on how to stop this? I was looking through the library and just wasn’t seeing it.

Hi Gena

When you “tried to speak to someone” did you do that by emailing us? I want to make sure we are getting our emails.

In order to unsubscribe, go to the upper right hand corner of your dashboard and you will see your name. Click on the drop down arrow and a menu will drop down, and under “manage account” there will besomething that…

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Hi Tina

Im interested in how she got in there without the halter coming off. A lot of times problems don’t just show up,but are created. I’m glad you are trying to get the halter off.

You didnt mention what you’ve done with her so far for her to “Make nose contact”. Can you tell me what you’ve been doing.

“At first it was subtle, but he started to pin his ears and bite at the flag, rather than moving away from it.”

Im guessing (because its the most common cause) is that your body language was incongruent when doing this. The reason I think that is the response was subtle to stat with. It’s all about where you are looking, where your hips…

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If she has energy following other horses, she has energy.

Just start at the start, and go through the steps

Hi Warwick, the next three sessions went much better and I was beginning to think we’d cracked it but today he reverted to indicating that he really didn’t want to know – walking away when I was arcing towards him. I stopped when I got a reasonable response, went away and did some chores for about 15 minutes and then went back to see if we…

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I have an unhandled 5 mo old newly weaned filly. She was supposed to be able to be handled, but she is not. She has a halter on her and in a small pen. The halter needs to come off before she can be safe. She makes nose contact but doesn’t allow any further access. It’s only been 3 days, each day is slightly better than previous one. I don’t…

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Thank you for your response. It is my understanding that many Icelandic trainers and breeders use a “Map of Mind” framework for evaluating horses, and “lazy” is a quality relating to willingness to work which translates to ease of working with the horse. The visual for this framework looks like a bullseye with several rings bisected by a…

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As I see it, it’s mainly the shoulders. He’s quite allright yielding his hind. Never the bitey reaction he gives at the shoulder.

He is really social and loves a good cuddle, but he has a lot of respect for my space, not pushy at all. Though when working, his preferred position is right in front of me and goes to that position when he…

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Please help me, I need to end my subscription as I cannot afford to pay anymore. I have tried to speak to someone and end my subscription, but I cannot reach anyone. Please help

Thank you!

Hi Emma

It sounds like you have the CCTCIF working good already, so you wouldnt need to do that.

As afr as the small circle, That is when teaching them. If your horse can go around with a correct bend following the feel of the lead rope, you can go to a longer rope, but i would still want them to have a correcxt bend out there

Hi Jolien

It sounds like it’s not new, but an old response. So you have what is known as a “poisoned cue”. So the first step is to reteach the response to that tool, before trying to use it. You mentioned it happens with the shoulder, have you trip the hip?

Is you horse generally clingy? If so, we may want to resolve that first.

Hi Christy

“Do you think its possible that a horse is constitutionally lazy in a way that will never change?”

Possibly, but you have to look at a lot of factors before deciding that.

“Their training experience with her is that she only wants to walk/trot”

So this doesnt sound like a lainess problem, if she’s quite willing to trot.

” requires…

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Hi Warwick,

Do you think its possible that a horse is constitutionally lazy in a way that will never change? The context is that I bought an 8y/o Icelandic earlier this year. She was mostly ridden by children around a farm and on trails in group rides prior to my purchasing her. She has been with my aunt and uncle for the past 6 weeks…

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Hi Warwick,

I’m trying out your program on my loan horse that I see and work 2 times a week. He’s a really sweet boy and has picked up on the CCTCIF and the flowchart really well.

I decided to take it further and try the Focus and Bend. In the first session I tried it, it went quite well. He was quick to pick up on my energy and started to get… Read more

Hi Warwick,

I’m working with my mare at our new barn; we had to relocate due to a wildfire, so we are getting used to our new space.

1. The facility owner doesn’t allow horses turned loose in the outdoor arenas. She allows it in the round pen and small indoor arena (about the size of 2 round pens). Is it still worth doing CCTCIF in these…

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That seems like a really good idea given the international audience. I wonder if there’s a streamlined way to do it with AI?

Please psot your question as an original post, then others cann se the answers easily

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Hi Normunds or Warwick,

My horse does the same. Although the first steps or circle is fine with focus on me. But after that his nose goes to the outside. I watched a video of a miniature horse filmed in The Netherlands by Warwick. Something about hopping. Didn’t work. Waving the flag didn’t really work either.

Crab goes fairly well now both…

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When he pins his ears id ask him to leave with some energy

Hi Warwick, I’ve been trying this for several days but feel I am getting nowhere. The pattern has consistently been that he looks at me when I am starting from a distance but no reaction at all when I get closer until I am arcing really quite close to him, when he pins his ears. I’ve been treating that as a response and turning away but…

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