Hi CB and Welcome! Thank you for sharing. Please join us for our weekly live radio show, Everything Horses & More! hosted every Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday at 12pm EST on facebook.com/TaoofHorsemanship/ XX Sabrina
I always start with giving him some rubs and scratches then ask him to come to the mounting block and groom him. When he is completely relaxed and content I'll lay across his back and brush down the other side a bit. If he says yes (trust me, he will let me know) he will prepare himself to take my extra 90 pounds. Meanwhile I will have taken myself back into an upright position. Once he has given me the go ahead I can swing a leg over. He's not even really started because he had a bad paddock injury 5 years ago before being started. I ride tackless and use the same cues I use from the ground with the exception of seat cues and the tiny shifts in my weight distribution are something he understood by the second ride which was five months from the first. We do an occasional trail ride or play around in the larger arena from time to time on a nice day but not often because we are a couple of cripples.
there's something I don't quite understand- you say not to put weight right on her back while mounting, because it will hurt the horse, but the whole time you ride bareback you are sitting on that same exact spot? Why is one not hurting while the other one is?
Hi Anne and Welcome! Great point and question. First, think about it this way: Smaller amounts of pressure are felt more than larger, more spread out amounts of pressure. When we ride our weight is more evenly dispersed, spread out and we are riding with our seat which is soft and either making contact with a bareback pad or the saddle, which offers more padding and spreads our weight. The problem most riders have when they mount with a pad is the dig their elbow or arm into the horse's back or grab the saddle, which pulls the saddle. Hope that helped!
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I love you talking about getting on without pulling down on the horses back.
Thank you I have been wanting to ride with my bareback saddle. My horse drops me off after we are done right beside the step :D
Hi CB and Welcome! Thank you for sharing. Please join us for our weekly live radio show, Everything Horses & More! hosted every Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday at 12pm EST on facebook.com/TaoofHorsemanship/
XX Sabrina
Hi
I always start with giving him some rubs and scratches then ask him to come to the mounting block and groom him. When he is completely relaxed and content I'll lay across his back and brush down the other side a bit. If he says yes (trust me, he will let me know) he will prepare himself to take my extra 90 pounds. Meanwhile I will have taken myself back into an upright position. Once he has given me the go ahead I can swing a leg over. He's not even really started because he had a bad paddock injury 5 years ago before being started. I ride tackless and use the same cues I use from the ground with the exception of seat cues and the tiny shifts in my weight distribution are something he understood by the second ride which was five months from the first. We do an occasional trail ride or play around in the larger arena from time to time on a nice day but not often because we are a couple of cripples.
Very helpful.
there's something I don't quite understand- you say not to put weight right on her back while mounting, because it will hurt the horse, but the whole time you ride bareback you are sitting on that same exact spot? Why is one not hurting while the other one is?
Hi Anne and Welcome! Great point and question. First, think about it this way: Smaller amounts of pressure are felt more than larger, more spread out amounts of pressure. When we ride our weight is more evenly dispersed, spread out and we are riding with our seat which is soft and either making contact with a bareback pad or the saddle, which offers more padding and spreads our weight. The problem most riders have when they mount with a pad is the dig their elbow or arm into the horse's back or grab the saddle, which pulls the saddle. Hope that helped!