My one horse is an outright idiot.... my one horse is a gem...
idiot is named Oliver
Gem is named Toby.....
watching my horses together in nature, and giving up all human trainers to learn from my horses, a new program I am on, I learned "the toby"...
No matter how utterly stupid Oliver is, when he charges him, grabs him, snarks at him, the gem does nothing.... he just stands there... giving Oliver no response whatsoever.... somehow Toby wins the challenge by doing ZERO...
no matter what oliver does to me, I do the Toby.... I keep on my path, and I keep asking for what I want... and Oliver will give.... this is when we call him genius.
Not sure if this works for anyone else, maybe building a relationship with a stubborn horse, but if it works, put the Toby in your toolbox...