Awesome video. I’ve picked up a few pointers from u. I basically do the same thing with my colt. You can literally see when u colt the colts mind focused on you. 🥰👍
The Core body position is so effective, for example if your core is infront of his shoulders or nose you are truly asking him with your body to slow down or stop or your core body behind his hip or tail your body is asking him to move forward. Horses understand body language better than dogs. This is very effective and Horses understand this communication very quickly. Try it and be amazed! Thanks for your videos. Riding and Driving Coach for Connections Boarding Stables Salinas CA.
That's a nice theory, but not very effective in practice, especially if a horse is on-line vs loose in a roundpen. Like I always tell students "Start with the cue you want to use for the end result, then exaggerate to teach." If I have to move my feet or get behind the drive line of the shoulder in order to get a horse moving forward, I will. But I always start by pushing the shoulder away and asking the horse to move around me. That's also why I'm big on creating "draw" vs "drive". If we always have to reposition and move around our horses, we handicap ourselves in the long run especially when asking our horses to do tasks such as following us into a trailer, or crossing a creek. The old ideas of always "pushing horses" places and making them go first, aren't always effective. And as their leader and protector, I've often found that it builds their confidence if they see me go first over/through scary situations, then ask them to follow.
@@rigamaroleBC it's coming! It was supposed to be posted a lot sooner, but part of the audio in it was completely gone, so I had to do a voice over and edit it all. Hence the delay.
Woo boy he’s gonna be nice to ride. Can’t wait to see! Question…I have a long yearling who is partially pleasure bred so he’s quiet, almost too quiet. How do you get a pokey horse to start moving without spanking on him too much?
He sure will! To answer your question, on more sensitive horses, I usually use a lot more slow, methodical pressure when asking for a response in any exercise, because I'm attempting to calm them a little bit and help them to respond instead of react. On dull, slow footed horses, I do the opposite, because the more time you spend with pressure on them, the more dull they'll get. So the solution is to get in and get out. Ask, ask, tell. And the "tell" better have some urgency behind it. If you don't see a moment of strong try when you "tell" them, you didn't use enough pressure for that horse and you're slowly dulling him to the pressure you are using. So, find that line, use as much energy as you need, but get in and get out. That's the answer for dull horses. Reward the energy surges.
@@zacharias.horsemanship oh I love that, makes so much sense. I’m not great with groundwork but I’ll apply your advice to the best of my abilities. Thank you for your reply!
Awesome video. I’ve picked up a few pointers from u. I basically do the same thing with my colt. You can literally see when u colt the colts mind focused on you. 🥰👍
This is so helpful, and easy to understand, thanks for the great video!
So excited for this new series!
Thanks! Me too! It will be a fun one.
I love that you have started this series!
I'm excited about it! Rev is a cool dude!
So clear and well done. These are great techniques time tested by your vast experience. Good job
Thank you very much!
The Core body position is so effective, for example if your core is infront of his shoulders or nose you are truly asking him with your body to slow down or stop or your core body behind his hip or tail your body is asking him to move forward. Horses understand body language better than dogs. This is very effective and Horses understand this communication very quickly.
Try it and be amazed!
Thanks for your videos.
Riding and Driving Coach for Connections Boarding Stables Salinas CA.
That's a nice theory, but not very effective in practice, especially if a horse is on-line vs loose in a roundpen. Like I always tell students "Start with the cue you want to use for the end result, then exaggerate to teach." If I have to move my feet or get behind the drive line of the shoulder in order to get a horse moving forward, I will. But I always start by pushing the shoulder away and asking the horse to move around me. That's also why I'm big on creating "draw" vs "drive". If we always have to reposition and move around our horses, we handicap ourselves in the long run especially when asking our horses to do tasks such as following us into a trailer, or crossing a creek. The old ideas of always "pushing horses" places and making them go first, aren't always effective. And as their leader and protector, I've often found that it builds their confidence if they see me go first over/through scary situations, then ask them to follow.
Nice video 👍
Is there a part 2 for this?
@@rigamaroleBC it's coming! It was supposed to be posted a lot sooner, but part of the audio in it was completely gone, so I had to do a voice over and edit it all. Hence the delay.
Woo boy he’s gonna be nice to ride. Can’t wait to see! Question…I have a long yearling who is partially pleasure bred so he’s quiet, almost too quiet. How do you get a pokey horse to start moving without spanking on him too much?
He sure will!
To answer your question, on more sensitive horses, I usually use a lot more slow, methodical pressure when asking for a response in any exercise, because I'm attempting to calm them a little bit and help them to respond instead of react. On dull, slow footed horses, I do the opposite, because the more time you spend with pressure on them, the more dull they'll get. So the solution is to get in and get out. Ask, ask, tell. And the "tell" better have some urgency behind it. If you don't see a moment of strong try when you "tell" them, you didn't use enough pressure for that horse and you're slowly dulling him to the pressure you are using. So, find that line, use as much energy as you need, but get in and get out. That's the answer for dull horses. Reward the energy surges.
@@zacharias.horsemanship oh I love that, makes so much sense. I’m not great with groundwork but I’ll apply your advice to the best of my abilities. Thank you for your reply!
How old is this colt? He’s got some size on him!
He's 3. He's a big guy! He's cowhorse on the top and running on the bottom.
@@zacharias.horsemanship that running blood will do it! Are they going to use him as a barrel horse?
I'm not! He's from a client's breeding program. They have some pretty high-end barrel horses so I'm excited to watch his story unfold in the future!