You have such a good explanation for all of the whys. “Why” you elect to make the choices you do in training. This is so helpful to your students. Thank you for another great demo!
Greetings from Kentucky. You are a very knowledgeable horse trainer and I enjoy watching you work. Food for thought: When you ask for haunches right, if your right leg (on the inside curve of the horse) braces outward away from the horse's side, it throws your weight to the outside and sits you off center on the left side of your horse. If you relax your right (inside) leg and let it hang at the horses side there is less chance of that body shift to the left (outside). This all just swaps sides for your haunches left, and will prevent sitting off center to the right. In walk, trot, and canter haunches in + half pass, it is good to sit centered, as it is general, but even better to sit to the inside seat bone in the same direction as the inside curve the horse's body forms. Thank you for your excellent videos and your willingness to help people understand horses. I am an ancient horse Dr. and trainer and find your approach to the "whole horse" (physical, mental, and emotional) superb, especially for your young age. You are very special.
Often we thinkl about what we are gonna do next and unconsciously and very SUBTLEY change the life in our seat...THat horse did exactly what you asked even though you didn;t realize you making the ask..Good on YOU brother for acknowledging your mistake!
Thank you very.much for sharing. You are such a gifted teacher, it is really kind of you to use this talent to help creating better horse-people relationships. Greetings from Ireland 💚
Ryan! It's quite of an old video for me to comment on but since I was lucky enough to find your channel quite recently, I must tell you this video will be truly helpful for me since I'm facing the same issues. I recognise the same emotional insecurity and distress regarding canter departure with my young mare but "worse"; she tightens up and her whole body and mind screams "go go, now now!" as soon as I put her in position for canter. She's not hot, just knows whats up and wants to get there before I "kiss" which is the signal for her to fall into canter. I've been letting her run into a small circle when she takes off into a fast trot from a walk before I kiss, without taking off my leg position. When she realizes it wasn't a good idea to make own decisions and she fully relaxes and listens, I either slow down to a walk (to ease her mind and take the stress out of her overthinking the canter departure) or I let her go straight into the canter -but only if she is fully relaxed with my canter leg position/canter signals. I don't know if I'm doing it right and I'm eager to teach her right since she's young, so please let me know if I should stop what I'm doing and only work on your method 😊 Many thanks from Sweden!
HAving worked in Kaycee ranches I saw Branaman many times at brandings. TYhe most important thing he ever told me is this "By the time a horse is 1 year old it knows how to move any way you want them to move. Our job as horseman is to recognize that each horse is an individual and we have to create situations where THEY can TELL US how to ASK in a way they can understand. If a horse can hear you, smell you or see you, they are learning from youo"
Excellent communication!! You can really show her mind in the way you paint with your words👍🏼she is a lovely spirit- wants to please, wants to understand. She would be a mare who is sensitive on the ground to eye contact and nuances of body language. Less is more for her, got it😀thumbs up from Idaho!
A little late as well but needed it!! Got a horse that is super reactive and sensitive any sort of touch to the Ribs always results in him bolting out into a gallop. Extremely hard to even stop him. I feel like this may have been a result from his past as he used to be for barrel racing and he just learned to react to pressure too much. I Watch this video and started teaching him pressure on the ground as in the pt:1 for 4 weeks then got on him have to say it was ruff but now he is understanding what kinds of pressure there is And I feel he was able to read more of what I was aiming for and had more of a deeper connection and control of his emotions thanks 🙏😊 really great demonstrations we learn something new every day!!!!!
One of the things you see a LOT at barrel racers is the artifacts from training the plow-rein style. The horse dips deep into that turn with their nose INSIDE the turn and that drops the shoulder so that horse gets to inclined and really has to DIG to straighten up. SO, training that shows them how to lope in a left turn with their nose to the right is important for racing or cued cutting work
Tim Anderson does octagons too. This is an excellent lesson. I’ve been doing the leg yield at a walk as well because my mare has been sensitive and panicked at lope departure. I love the figure 8 approach and the loose rein is a terrific idea. I’m not too keen on the pressure with the legs to back up and drop head though. I’m afraid I’d really mess things up if I did that. Our current back up is very nice.
My notion is that driving a bit with your hips at a lope/Canter brings the life up but the slight forward movement of my weight helps her balance to keep her head down. Most of that is psychology but it seems to work. If I ask for a canter but am letting my butt bang on the cantle, that head comes up and she breaks gait
Really enjoying this video since my mare is exactly like this with the galop and overall anxious sometimes. I'm curious of how she is feeling now that you've worked with her. Best regards!
Sure like this video. Your details/comments are so clearly stated. It’s easy to follow along. When you’re talking about applying your leg, is it your whole leg or just thigh or lower leg? I’m watching carefully but I can’t tell. Thank you.
I see from some comments below, I am part of a club of having a reactive mare. Just add a big dose of hot and strong opinion, which, if this mare exhibited that I would be more sure of being able to apply it well. I will study this very informative video. Question: I don't understand the "haunches-out" part of the figure-8 H-in and H-out exercise, the H-out the same as a Renvers in my more European historical world? Just to get her to not be reactive to the leg pressure, or what?
This does somewhat help but what do you do if the horse gets anxious and anticipates canter and for the rest of the ride only thinks canter? I have such a hard time working on canter because as soon as I canter I lose all softness and relaxation. No matter how many circles or bending or walking I do he still only thinks canter.
Latarielle I’d be happy to help you with this. I think video coaching would be the best way and I offer that on my $10 per month tier on www.patreon.com/Ryanrosehorsemanship
I would loooove to have you work with my Appy and myself. He is quite reactive and I’m not always good at helping to unwind him. Where are you located?
If you teached your horse lateral flexion and it means relaxation then you just bend until the horse stopps. Saw someone doing that for 15 min. at one point but the horse stopped after 15 min. running in a small circle. Someone even said it took him 30 min ... in my opinion little excessive and it should never take that long but it can.
OMG! Little man at the end there desperately needs to be reviewed by state bar. He is not fit to represent anyone in a court of law. I have watched 10s of dozens, if not hundreds of legal proceedings over the years, and have never witnessed a "lawyer" like this. And I have seen some pretty incompetent attorneys. The only thing that comes to this face palming event we just witnessed, is when a sovereign citizen is in the court (or on the roadside) representing themselves. I mean I face palmed myself so hard I might have broken my own nose. Wow. Just wow.
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You have such a good explanation for all of the whys. “Why” you elect to make the choices you do in training. This is so helpful to your students. Thank you for another great demo!
Greetings from Kentucky. You are a very knowledgeable horse trainer and I enjoy watching you work. Food for thought: When you ask for haunches right, if your right leg (on the inside curve of the horse) braces outward away from the horse's side, it throws your weight to the outside and sits you off center on the left side of your horse. If you relax your right (inside) leg and let it hang at the horses side there is less chance of that body shift to the left (outside). This all just swaps sides for your haunches left, and will prevent sitting off center to the right. In walk, trot, and canter haunches in + half pass, it is good to sit centered, as it is general, but even better to sit to the inside seat bone in the same direction as the inside curve the horse's body forms.
Thank you for your excellent videos and your willingness to help people understand horses. I am an ancient horse Dr. and trainer and find your approach to the "whole horse" (physical, mental, and emotional) superb, especially for your young age. You are very special.
Often we thinkl about what we are gonna do next and unconsciously and very SUBTLEY change the life in our seat...THat horse did exactly what you asked even though you didn;t realize you making the ask..Good on YOU brother for acknowledging your mistake!
Thank you very.much for sharing. You are such a gifted teacher, it is really kind of you to use this talent to help creating better horse-people relationships. Greetings from Ireland 💚
Thank you for all your great information. I love how you explain each skill for both the horse and rider!
Ryan! It's quite of an old video for me to comment on but since I was lucky enough to find your channel quite recently, I must tell you this video will be truly helpful for me since I'm facing the same issues. I recognise the same emotional insecurity and distress regarding canter departure with my young mare but "worse"; she tightens up and her whole body and mind screams "go go, now now!" as soon as I put her in position for canter. She's not hot, just knows whats up and wants to get there before I "kiss" which is the signal for her to fall into canter. I've been letting her run into a small circle when she takes off into a fast trot from a walk before I kiss, without taking off my leg position. When she realizes it wasn't a good idea to make own decisions and she fully relaxes and listens, I either slow down to a walk (to ease her mind and take the stress out of her overthinking the canter departure) or I let her go straight into the canter -but only if she is fully relaxed with my canter leg position/canter signals. I don't know if I'm doing it right and I'm eager to teach her right since she's young, so please let me know if I should stop what I'm doing and only work on your method 😊 Many thanks from Sweden!
Awesome, glad it helped 👍👌
Yes, this is different from what I was watching. Thank you.
HAving worked in Kaycee ranches I saw Branaman many times at brandings. TYhe most important thing he ever told me is this "By the time a horse is 1 year old it knows how to move any way you want them to move. Our job as horseman is to recognize that each horse is an individual and we have to create situations where THEY can TELL US how to ASK in a way they can understand. If a horse can hear you, smell you or see you, they are learning from youo"
This is 💯 the mare that I have. Thank you for these videos 😊
Excellent communication!! You can really show her mind in the way you paint with your words👍🏼she is a lovely spirit- wants to please, wants to understand. She would be a mare who is sensitive on the ground to eye contact and nuances of body language. Less is more for her, got it😀thumbs up from Idaho!
A little late as well but needed it!! Got a horse that is super reactive and sensitive any sort of touch to the Ribs always results in him bolting out into a gallop. Extremely hard to even stop him. I feel like this may have been a result from his past as he used to be for barrel racing and he just learned to react to pressure too much. I Watch this video and started teaching him pressure on the ground as in the pt:1 for 4 weeks then got on him have to say it was ruff but now he is understanding what kinds of pressure there is And I feel he was able to read more of what I was aiming for and had more of a deeper connection and control of his emotions thanks 🙏😊 really great demonstrations we learn something new every day!!!!!
One of the things you see a LOT at barrel racers is the artifacts from training the plow-rein style. The horse dips deep into that turn with their nose INSIDE the turn and that drops the shoulder so that horse gets to inclined and really has to DIG to straighten up. SO, training that shows them how to lope in a left turn with their nose to the right is important for racing or cued cutting work
Few horse training and riding uses this type of principal/purpose/method/reasoning. Great explanations.
Tim Anderson does octagons too. This is an excellent lesson. I’ve been doing the leg yield at a walk as well because my mare has been sensitive and panicked at lope departure. I love the figure 8 approach and the loose rein is a terrific idea. I’m not too keen on the pressure with the legs to back up and drop head though. I’m afraid I’d really mess things up if I did that. Our current back up is very nice.
My notion is that driving a bit with your hips at a lope/Canter brings the life up but the slight forward movement of my weight helps her balance to keep her head down. Most of that is psychology but it seems to work. If I ask for a canter but am letting my butt bang on the cantle, that head comes up and she breaks gait
Would have liked to have seen her when she first got into the outdoor arena. Not the “finished” product.
Great information. Thanks
Great explanations.
Really enjoying this video since my mare is exactly like this with the galop and overall anxious sometimes. I'm curious of how she is feeling now that you've worked with her. Best regards!
wonderful video. just wonderful!
Sure like this video. Your details/comments are so clearly stated. It’s easy to follow along. When you’re talking about applying your leg, is it your whole leg or just thigh or lower leg? I’m watching carefully but I can’t tell. Thank you.
Lower leg mostly, thanks!
I see from some comments below, I am part of a club of having a reactive mare. Just add a big dose of hot and strong opinion, which, if this mare exhibited that I would be more sure of being able to apply it well. I will study this very informative video. Question: I don't understand the "haunches-out" part of the figure-8 H-in and H-out exercise, the H-out the same as a Renvers in my more European historical world? Just to get her to not be reactive to the leg pressure, or what?
Very good
Much better horse is more willing.
Why didn't you show what you did in between.
Have you ever rode a horse in just a rope halter? It's what I do, because she doesn't like a bit. And she does fine. Just would like your opinion..
My horse has bad habbits I was wondering if you can help me he is a Canadian Quarter in his teens
Can I keep my horse in a snaffle bit forever? He hates any other bit I try on him
What do you think of the tapping of your toes on their shoulders to back up? Head down, tap your boot tip on their shoulders... bad technique?
This does somewhat help but what do you do if the horse gets anxious and anticipates canter and for the rest of the ride only thinks canter? I have such a hard time working on canter because as soon as I canter I lose all softness and relaxation. No matter how many circles or bending or walking I do he still only thinks canter.
Latarielle I’d be happy to help you with this. I think video coaching would be the best way and I offer that on my $10 per month tier on www.patreon.com/Ryanrosehorsemanship
@@ryanrosehorsemanship great i will look into this thanks!
I would loooove to have you work with my Appy and myself. He is quite reactive and I’m not always good at helping to unwind him. Where are you located?
Brooklyn, WI
What would you do if a horse just speeds up and won't do a soft easy lope, no matter how many small circles you make?
If you teached your horse lateral flexion and it means relaxation then you just bend until the horse stopps. Saw someone doing that for 15 min. at one point but the horse stopped after 15 min. running in a small circle. Someone even said it took him 30 min ... in my opinion little excessive and it should never take that long but it can.
Ryan was she chocking or gagging at 6.30 because of the pressure in the back of her mouth from the bit ?
She’s not coughing whatsoever. She’s playing with the bit in her mouth. Also some might call it “rooting.”
OMG! Little man at the end there desperately needs to be reviewed by state bar. He is not fit to represent anyone in a court of law. I have watched 10s of dozens, if not hundreds of legal proceedings over the years, and have never witnessed a "lawyer" like this. And I have seen some pretty incompetent attorneys. The only thing that comes to this face palming event we just witnessed, is when a sovereign citizen is in the court (or on the roadside) representing themselves. I mean I face palmed myself so hard I might have broken my own nose. Wow. Just wow.