He's a good man, with good values that has a true love for horses and poeple, he's sharing his gift. I think the way he approaches it is a take it or leave it, this is what I see and I just want to help. I have a deep respect for him as a horseman and a cowboy.
Buck: A real American cowboy is Buck Brannaman! That movie has lived up to the hype and he is The Horse Whisperer if there ever is one! Thanks for posting this Q&A
I respect his discussion on forgiveness of his father. There are a lot of families that are broken up and in pain because people are holding grudges. Forgiveness needs to be found.
Even though I do not have the joy of having a horse the lesson of forgiveness was wonderful my abuser passed before I could forgive and I do carry it as hard as it is to forgive, it is harder to carry around wish I had heard Mr Brannaman speak on forgiveness in time.
The public display of a horse owner's failure was used to "juice" up the film's content by the film maker. No explanation of how that person got so overwhelmed. No follow up on the outcome. The creepy eagerness of everyone present to gossip about it was so typical of the human race. Reality TV at it's best. Just a public shame and blame session. That horse owner probably still suffers from being portrayed as the Monica Lewinsky of horse owners. If the "pile on" helped motivate change that her animals needed then maybe there was some redemption. Who doesn't fail? Who doesn't get in over their head at times? Self-righteous is always so sickening. The rest of the film was wonderful. What a joy it is to watch someone work who has achieved mastery at what they do. I wish I could start over and learn to ride like that. What a great Dad too. I loved watching his daughter work on her horse. Beautiful horsemanship.
Buck is genuine and authentic. He is a working horseman with reliable mounts around crazy cows in dangerous situations. He didn't know who I was and he treated me with kindness and respect. He looks right down into your soul when he meets you. If you are wearing a mask he knows. If you are sincere he knows that too. If I was a horse having Buck as my owner would be my good fortune because he is fair.
He's so not Parelli, meaning he seems smart, what he says about horses seems spot on to me and he has an air of humility about him that I like. I unfairly assumed he was another insufferable, arrogant purveyor of "natural" horsemanship, like the awful Parelli duo, but Buck Branaman is actually likable. I still mind, though, that really fine traditional horsemen and women are given short shrift due to the current mania for "natural" horsemanship.
hello Buck the first video I saw of your work was the first ride video its great very much like what you do wonder if you have ever come to Canada or have you ever been would like to attend thank you for sharing it public Vince
I am 12 yo, and Bucks my inspiration. I have seen the movie "Buck" hundreds of times. would love to meet this guy. lol I have so may question for him, these people are very lucky to meet this amazing guy, lol hope that some day I will have enough $ to rid In or just me him. A wonderful man
I would like to thank Buck for being so honest and vulnerable in sharing that bit about his father, he obviously does it so people can also learn about life...it is a bit hard to watch the interview go on as you can see he is a bit emotional and the following question is a rather mundane question about a horse...anyway that is what it is to be a professional, but people also need sensitivity, so not only learn about horses from Buck learn about all species including humans...I am not talking about victim consciousness but more about giving space.
@cymru888 He helps horses and people understand each other-he is gifted train bridle horses, he along with the Dorrence Brothers,Ray Hunt have through thier teachings have made the lives of a whole lot of horses and people much better!
Dear gluechunk, is there a way you could upload an English Subtitled version of this footage? I have friends who don't speak English and I would like to translate the talk for them. Cheers from EastEurope, HU
Get a kick out of some of the so called Experts commenting on this video. I think Buck knows more about training horses than you know about quantum physics or wiping your ass, take your pick!
I found the film "Buck" entertaining and Buck to be a likeable character; however, I find Buck's horse handling as documented in the film to be appalling. Buck and his documentary deserve a zero because it documents such pathetic horsemanship by a man that claims to be a competent professional horseman and claims to have a "kinship" with the horse. I make my living training horses and riders to be safe, so I really resent a professional horseman like Buck, who should know better, making drama out of unsafe horse handling in order to make a buck. This movie shows how low Buck's regard for safety and responsible horsemanship is because a horse handler in the movie gets bit in the face by a horse that was handled in an incompetent and dangerous way and even more pathetic, Buck shows this to the world in this documentary. The mishandled horse gets the death sentence as his reward for his part in this film. You showed great kinship for that unfortunate horse, Buck. Why didn't you help your dangerous horse "kin" to survive by training it? You could have made a great movie about saving a dangerous horse's life by teaching it to be safe instead of exploiting the horse's dangerous behavior issues for your glory and profits. A competent and safe horseman would have taken safety precautions like gelding the dangerous horse before attempting training, muzzling the horse to prevent it from biting and laying it down like Buck did to the dangerous horse in the "Horse Whisperer" movie, in order to prevent anyone from getting bit in the face or other injury and to give the horse the best possible chance to learn wanted behaviors for its own survival. Buck has shown in the past that he knows what to do with a dangerous horse like in the "Horse Whisperer", movie; Buck laid the dangerous horse down and Robert Redford did not get bit in the face. Instead of safety and responsible horsemanship in this film, we see a man get bit in the face and a horse get the death sentence. It is sad that so many view what is shown in this movie to be 5 stars. Do any of you really care about horses? This documentary showed 0 star safety and horsemanship. Buck should be ashamed of himself. Buck, please, apologize to the horse world for this pathetic performance and donate your profits from this horse abuse movie to a horse welfare group that will rehabilitate problem horses instead of putting them to death. Buck and your fans, do you really care about horses? Put your money were to your mouth is! A much better way to spend your time and money if you love horses and want to learn about them is to read a superior book about training horses by a real master horseman. That book is "My Horses, My Teachers" by Alois Podhajsky. Here's a quote from page 105, "One one side there is the unconditional subjection by force and punishment with which the rider may reach his goal more quickly but only if he has a good-natured creature with no tendency to fight. This kind of education, however, will undermine the individual character of the animal and result in obedience out of fear. The brilliance of such a horse will be lost and he will be indifferent towards man or even hostile. If on the other hand, the training of the horse is based on kindness, calmness, and ample reward as well as understanding for his personality, the result will be happy obedience on the part of the horse and pleasure in his work. It make take a little longer than with the other method but there will never be that ugly fight between man and animal. The charm and brilliance of the horse will be maintained, even enhanced, and preserved until his old age." Buck's dvd showed the "unconditional subjection by force and punishment" side of training that Podhajsky warns about.
Do you really believe that 18 stallion story? I don't I've contacted the producer of that movie to try to locate that lady and they don't return a message. I think it was nothing but drama created for the movie. In other words bullshit.
Bill Baehr I know Julie personally. She is trying to preserve the American Curly, so she is trying to preserve a breed of horse that is rare. At the time she really did have that many stallions.
He's a good man, with good values that has a true love for horses and poeple, he's sharing his gift. I think the way he approaches it is a take it or leave it, this is what I see and I just want to help. I have a deep respect for him as a horseman and a cowboy.
Buck: A real American cowboy is Buck Brannaman! That movie has lived up to the hype and he is The Horse Whisperer if there ever is one! Thanks for posting this Q&A
I respect his discussion on forgiveness of his father. There are a lot of families that are broken up and in pain because people are holding grudges. Forgiveness needs to be found.
I was gonna say the same thing… so admirable, bc it is extremely challenging to forgive someone for something they never apologized for.
Even though I do not have the joy of having a horse the lesson of forgiveness was wonderful my abuser passed before I could forgive and I do carry it as hard as it is to forgive, it is harder to carry around wish I had heard Mr Brannaman speak on forgiveness in time.
The public display of a horse owner's failure was used to "juice" up the film's content by the film maker. No explanation of how that person got so overwhelmed. No follow up on the outcome. The creepy eagerness of everyone present to gossip about it was so typical of the human race. Reality TV at it's best. Just a public shame and blame session. That horse owner probably still suffers from being portrayed as the Monica Lewinsky of horse owners. If the "pile on" helped motivate change that her animals needed then maybe there was some redemption. Who doesn't fail? Who doesn't get in over their head at times? Self-righteous is always so sickening. The rest of the film was wonderful. What a joy it is to watch someone work who has achieved mastery at what they do. I wish I could start over and learn to ride like that. What a great Dad too. I loved watching his daughter work on her horse. Beautiful horsemanship.
Thank you for sharing this clip!
Buck is genuine and authentic. He is a working horseman with reliable mounts around crazy cows in dangerous situations. He didn't know who I was and he treated me with kindness and respect. He looks right down into your soul when he meets you. If you are wearing a mask he knows. If you are sincere he knows that too. If I was a horse having Buck as my owner would be my good fortune because he is fair.
Thank you so much!
This man is my inspiration.
He's so not Parelli, meaning he seems smart, what he says about horses seems spot on to me and he has an air of humility about him that I like. I unfairly assumed he was another insufferable, arrogant purveyor of "natural" horsemanship, like the awful Parelli duo, but Buck Branaman is actually likable. I still mind, though, that really fine traditional horsemen and women are given short shrift due to the current mania for "natural" horsemanship.
hello Buck the first video I saw of your work was the first ride video its great very much like what you do wonder if you have ever come to Canada or have you ever been would like to attend thank you for sharing it public Vince
I am 12 yo, and Bucks my inspiration. I have seen the movie "Buck" hundreds of times. would love to meet this guy. lol I have so may question for him, these people are very lucky to meet this amazing guy, lol hope that some day I will have enough $ to rid In or just me him. A wonderful man
Very well said......
I would like to thank Buck for being so honest and vulnerable in sharing that bit about his father, he obviously does it so people can also learn about life...it is a bit hard to watch the interview go on as you can see he is a bit emotional and the following question is a rather mundane question about a horse...anyway that is what it is to be a professional, but people also need sensitivity, so not only learn about horses from Buck learn about all species including humans...I am not talking about victim consciousness but more about giving space.
@cymru888
He helps horses and people understand each other-he is gifted train bridle horses, he along with the Dorrence Brothers,Ray Hunt have through thier teachings have made the lives of a whole lot of horses and people much better!
Dear gluechunk, is there a way you could upload an English Subtitled version of this footage? I have friends who don't speak English and I would like to translate the talk for them. Cheers from EastEurope, HU
Get a kick out of some of the so called Experts commenting on this video. I think Buck knows more about training horses than you know about quantum physics or wiping your ass, take your pick!
Sorry you feel that way
I wish I was Dan's daughter.
@cymru888
And your opinion matters why?!
I know horse therapist (or some such) sounds a bit much perhaps, but to call these cowboys/girls 'trainers" just chaps my ass.
I found the film "Buck" entertaining and Buck to be a likeable character; however, I find Buck's horse handling as documented in the film to be appalling. Buck and his documentary deserve a zero because it documents such pathetic horsemanship by a man that claims to be a competent professional horseman and claims to have a "kinship" with the horse. I make my living training horses and riders to be safe, so I really resent a professional horseman like Buck, who should know better, making drama out of unsafe horse handling in order to make a buck. This movie shows how low Buck's regard for safety and responsible horsemanship is because a horse handler in the movie gets bit in the face by a horse that was handled in an incompetent and dangerous way and even more pathetic, Buck shows this to the world in this documentary. The mishandled horse gets the death sentence as his reward for his part in this film. You showed great kinship for that unfortunate horse, Buck. Why didn't you help your dangerous horse "kin" to survive by training it? You could have made a great movie about saving a dangerous horse's life by teaching it to be safe instead of exploiting the horse's dangerous behavior issues for your glory and profits.
A competent and safe horseman would have taken safety precautions like gelding the dangerous horse before attempting training, muzzling the horse to prevent it from biting and laying it down like Buck did to the dangerous horse in the "Horse Whisperer" movie, in order to prevent anyone from getting bit in the face or other injury and to give the horse the best possible chance to learn wanted behaviors for its own survival. Buck has shown in the past that he knows what to do with a dangerous horse like in the "Horse Whisperer", movie; Buck laid the dangerous horse down and Robert Redford did not get bit in the face. Instead of safety and responsible horsemanship in this film, we see a man get bit in the face and a horse get the death sentence. It is sad that so many view what is shown in this movie to be 5 stars. Do any of you really care about horses? This documentary showed 0 star safety and horsemanship. Buck should be ashamed of himself.
Buck, please, apologize to the horse world for this pathetic performance and donate your profits from this horse abuse movie to a horse welfare group that will rehabilitate problem horses instead of putting them to death. Buck and your fans, do you really care about horses? Put your money were to your mouth is!
A much better way to spend your time and money if you love horses and want to learn about them is to read a superior book about training horses by a real master horseman. That book is "My Horses, My Teachers" by Alois Podhajsky. Here's a quote from page 105, "One one side there is the unconditional subjection by force and punishment with which the rider may reach his goal more quickly but only if he has a good-natured creature with no tendency to fight. This kind of education, however, will undermine the individual character of the animal and result in obedience out of fear. The brilliance of such a horse will be lost and he will be indifferent towards man or even hostile. If on the other hand, the training of the horse is based on kindness, calmness, and ample reward as well as understanding for his personality, the result will be happy obedience on the part of the horse and pleasure in his work. It make take a little longer than with the other method but there will never be that ugly fight between man and animal. The charm and brilliance of the horse will be maintained, even enhanced, and preserved until his old age."
Buck's dvd showed the "unconditional subjection by force and punishment" side of training that Podhajsky warns about.
Do you really believe that 18 stallion story? I don't I've contacted the producer of that movie to try to locate that lady and they don't return a message. I think it was nothing but drama created for the movie. In other words bullshit.
Bill Baehr I know Julie personally. She is trying to preserve the American Curly, so she is trying to preserve a breed of horse that is rare. At the time she really did have that many stallions.
Did she kill the stallion that Buck gave up on in the Buck movie?
Bill Baehr She had him euthanized humanely.
Ok, put down may make you feel less guilty about being a killer.