Nice video and great tip. I had a horse years ago that loved to buck. When someone told me this i worked like a charm. One thing that I learned from someone though about that horse was the saddle that i was using was slightly twisted. It was putting uneven pressure on the horses back. Once the saddle was sorted the horse was a different animal. Turning the horse when they wanted to buck was a game changer though.
What do you do with your body when she bucks like this? It looks like you don't even feel the buck! I felt down straight from the firs buck and felt no control at all :(
He there, I keep a deep seat and slightly back which helps me stay in the saddle, If you are interested in taking care of the bucking problem e-mail me at info@crib-free.com
My mare did this when I bought her as a new 5 year old last year. She was NJ broke in a fox hunt environment, and would turn her head at the rail when asked for canter, and cow kicked and bucked. She's lovely and motivated but I could hear her teeth grind and she was anxious. I didn't canter for 2 months after when I first fell off. If you held her back at all, she'd buck a fit. I let her get comfortable, and one day she offered and I accepted. She was heavy in the bit, but good. Let her go half around, stopped, praised when she stopped. She had a serious issue if not stopping until her head was turned into a fence before, so having her accept the seat was so big. Now we canter almost every day, and she hasn't bucked in 3 months. I didn't have instruction until last week for 14 years. She is about to turn 6. Just takes the time. And patience.
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Every time you let your horse buck you off you are reinforcing the bucking behavior. Be a good idea for you to seek professional help before you've done permanent behavioral damage to your horse.
I stay relaxed under saddle, if you tighten up she will launch you like a rocket, then as you saw I did the flexing and disengaging her his to stop the bucking, for more info e-mail me at info@crib-free.com
First off, very helpful video. Thank you. And I have a question, what type of building are you in? I’m interested in a riding arena that lets natural light in and that is less expensive than all steel if possible.
We used to call that "crowhopping". The difference being the horse doesn't put their head down and go into a full-on buck. We had a big pinto pony that would do that, named Cloud. Cloud wasn't mean but stubborn as all get out and would crowhop like there was no tomorrow if he didn't like the game plan. If I didn't learn the value of persistence and determination from anything else I learned it from Cloud. We never were able to fully resolve it. I like your suggestions.
Thank You, I hope the preview training videos help, all my full videos are on my members page with step by step easy to follow methods at mikehugheshorsetraining.vhx.tv along with a 7 day free trail. When you do become a member you can also join my group page on facebook where you can post videos of you working with your horse, pictures and ask questions so I can help you and your horse more. Thank You MIke
If horse is bucking like this mare, it means, "I do not want you on my back". Horses have a right to say this, using thier backs for horse riding is not automatic human right. We have to gain this right and deserve it. I think it would be better to work with her slowly on the ground, step by step for gaining her trust and her acceptance of what you do with her. But it takes much more time and each horse needs diferent time. But the resut is better and permanet. At the end of this work, you are safe on horse back, because horse once has accepted you. This is just my opinion, and my experience.
She looks exactly like my mare! We had the vet out about a week ago to make sure nothing was physically wrong. Im by no means a pro horse trainer, all the kicking and bucking makes me nervous (which i know is bad news). Last time i rode her i did get off but i took her straight into the roundpen and did some hard groundwork for a bit instead of just letting her go😞
There is always a root cause to the issue and is up to us to peel back the layers, listen to the horse and find the root cause of why she is bucking and kicking. I have all my full videos on my members page at mikehugheshorsetraining.vhx.tv and my videos are step by step easy to follow methods with a 7 day free trail. When you do become a member you can join my group page on facebook where can post videos of you working with your horse, pictures and ask questions so i can help you and your horse more. Thank You Mike
+Dana Foley Teach your horse how to flex and disengage his hips at a stand still, then do it at the trot, when your in the canter and you feel your horse getting ready to buck start flexing him and moving disengaging his hips, Before you canter him again spend a month on flexing and disengaging his hips a stand still walk and trott
I had a mare given to me that bucked all off. When she came,I had no eye contact with her for 9 months. During that time, I round penned her. Showered her off& put her back in the stall. Finally in the 10 month she started to come &associate with me I stayed with the same procedure, then got on. I walked her for 1 month. Trot work in round pen then started in ring. When I went to canter her finally,I could feel her back was as tight as banjo strings. At that point bucking started. Bad bucking.leave the ground off all fours,up in the air about 6feet or so. At that point I had no control cause she would bolt &leave the ground. At that point I went back to the barn,and put a snaffle in her mouth with a slow twist&drop nose band. Went back out immediately, and asked for the canter in same spot. She cut loose&I snatched her on the second leap. I talked to a previous groom,and mentioned how tight her back muscles were. She mentioned that at one point she had tyed-up.bad. After that I put her on Finish Line product,called Thi-Cal. It helped her so much with the tight muscles so much.. But still didn't fix all of the problem with her bucking.When she was done or canter work-she was done.
She would buck . Shes a warmblood. After years of being with her,I could systematically break her buck down.She couldtwist part of her body one way ,and the rest the other. On my 69th birthday, I could s.tell by then when she would buck. So I asked for her canter,and she got me off.When I went off ,she trotted past me . I had a retired trainer with me, who saw it all. She said look at that bitch! She smiled at you!
There is always a root cause behind every behavior issue and it is up to us to peel back the layers, listen to the horse and find the root cause. Pain is the number on cause of behavior issues so we always want to make sure are horses are not in pain before starting any kind of training with them what so ever. After we know they are not in pain then find the root cause and match the exercise to solve the issue. I hope your mare is doing good now. mikehugheshorsetraining.vhx.tv
I’m riding a Percheron mare who has never bucked until the last ride. It had been raining for four days straight, and I did not exercise her before going out on the trail. we typically only walk on the trail, because the owner of the horse is an elderly man with poor balance, and I do not want the horse to develop any bad habits which clearly this is the last thing I want the horse to start getting into the habit of. The horse did buck about three or four times within the first 15 minutes of our ride, and then settled down and walked the rest of our hour long ride. I was basically ignoring the horse when it was acting up and just kept asking the horse to walk forward. I will probably put the horse in the round pen for some light work out of saddle before the next ride but asking how to best handle a situation like this in the future. Thanks
Hmm...looks exactly like my mare! She was always "opinionated" but she had several months off due to a bad respiratory infection and when I finally was able to start riding her again she gained a buck! Had vet out to check her physically and farrier gave her a good trim...still bucks soon as I so much as shift my weight in the saddle. I think it will be a while before she's hitting the trails again😔
As long as she is not in pain it is pretty easy to get them out of bucking, I have a bunch of horse training videos on how to solve bucking issues on my members page with a 3 day free trail at mikehugheshorsetraining.vhx.tv
As soon as she kicks firmly tell her "Noooo" and rein her firmly around all the way 180° - go back to where you asked her to canter and do it again. Impress 2 things: 1 - What she's doing isn't acceptable 2 - She's gonna keep doing it til she gets it correct. Keeping her at the same spot as her misbehavior impresses she's doing something wrong right there - assuming you're not in a round pen, although you could still do this in a round pen too.
Thankyou for your advice. Personally I havent been quite brave enough to canter her myself. My mentor has been working with her on it, not entirely sure what he exactly does. But with this advice I might be able to do it myself 😁 over this past year she's improving, she was out of work for a while so a bit fresh. I had to work myself back up as well since I had a back injury that messed with my confidence. Again thankyou.
Good Evening, I would use this method as she won't be able to kick her heels up, flex and disengage her hip all at the same time. So if she know how to flex and disengage her hip then the kicking here heels up when go away.
My mare bucks at a transition and sometimes out of nowhere. Any tips? She is a good horse most of riding but just incase she does. Also, how do you take control when you weren't expecting it?
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Nice work - thanks for tips and sharing 👍 Question: Why not use a tie down to keep that head down a bit ?? I know they can still buck, but I think it gives em a sense of restriction and also gives their brain something to think about/process vs bucking...???
Good Evening, In correcting this behavior I used the one rein stop where I flexed her neck and moved her hips. It works really well where a horse can not buck and disengage its hips all at the same time
I know I am not the trainer in this video, but I cannot begin to explain the ways a tiedown would not help with the situation. When the horse is thinking about the tie down and not where they are placing their feet or the human on their back. . . .really bad things can happen and horses can trip, fall, tip on people and hurt both the human and horse easier and the focus can shift to simply fighting the tie down. A tie down is not a teaching tool and is a bandaid for a training issue regardless of what the issue is. A horse who has their head down all of the way can easily give some big ole bronc bucks instead of the smaller "disputes" this horse is putting out. Turning the head would be more difficult as well. The height of the head is something that gives the handler/rider/trainer insight into the horse and where they are at so actually having an open line of communication between the horse and the human is very important. A high head does not usually indicate a relaxed animal and forcing it down does not let me know where the horse is making progress is accepting something, being less fearful, and actually relaxing. These body signals from the horse tell me a lot about how things are going and progressing or not progressing with the work I am doing. I have seen horses who had a tie down put on them just buck because they hated a tie down that much. I have seen horses fight them while still doing dangerous behaviors and the horses and/or riders still got injured or killed. All of the horses brain power and thinking should be on the lesson I am trying to teach and I don't believe tie downs are a very valuable training tool over knowledge with the most basic tools and how to use them properly. A bent horse can't buck or at least not well.
The horse has to always be flexing and disengaging on the ground first. If not you won't be able to control bucking, bolting, and issues like that under saddle
I've had my horse 2 years now and she's never bucked whilst riding until this winter she had started going in really bad moody by just pulling me away from the paddock when I go near and just bucking all the time for no reason I don't know what it is it might be because it's winter and she's a mare and she's 6 so she could be going into her teenage years but she won't let you approach her with the saddle but with the bit she's fine kinda but I don't know if she has something wrong with her back or if the saddle is to small but he changed her saddle only a few months ago round the summer time.any tips
I would start off by making sure the saddle fits her and that she is not in any kind of pain, After you have taken care of both of those issues get back to me at info@crib-free.com and we can go over it some more
So is there a difference between a horse that has bucking issues and ones that are unbroke? I'm having trouble determining if my rescue horse is unbroke or broke with bucking issues
What type of headgear are you using? I did ground work on my horse he did fine the first time I rode him, the second time he threw me. I had a training halter on him. Thanks
Hi Mike, I have a question. I'm not sure why, but 85% of the time I bring my gelding into a canter he bucks. My trainer has always told me to give the reins a snatch and kick him forward, which I tried recently, and after I kicked him forward he just bucked again, worse this time, so I'm not really sure what to do. Is there something else I can try? It’s not multiple bucks like this mare, just one.
Very helpful video! My mare (I don’t own her but I’m taking care of her) has started bucking A LOT this year, it started this summer and I can’t figure out what’s wrong with her! Now today and yesterday was extreme, all she did when I was trying to work with her was bucking, and I feel so helpless :( I’m gonna try different bit and bit less, different saddle and no saddle. Then I think I’ll do as this video and hope for the best! Any more recommendations? And when I lunge her she is completely normal. Maybe she wants a break? Nothing is physically wrong with her..
These horses are great for trainers because they always stop doing it until the owner gets a hold of them and then they're right back in for training Job Security
This mare today is a great mare and now does beginner riding lessons. When I am done with the horse training the owner is always safe to ride there horse again like this mare mikehugheshorsetraining.vhx.tv
Hi Mike, I have just started my 3 year old warmblood, I turned him out with a lightweight synthetic saddle on to get used to it on his own and the second time I did this, he started trotting then bucking like mad, I dont think it helped he was missing his friends, is the bucking normal at first or am I going to fast? Iv done 3 sessions of groundwork and hes soft and good to handle, thank you
I go about it in a much different way the first time along with the next 5 or 6 times I put the saddle on and cinch them up. So I don't cinch the horse up tight enough to where I would get on but tight enough to where the saddle won't come off. I do a lot of bit work on the ground with flexing and disengaging the horses hips. The first time I put the saddle on I do those exercises so I still have control over what the horse is doing which would be flexing and disengaging his hind end. Tomorrow I have a 2 unbroke horses I am going to start under saddle and I am going to video tape it and put it on my Members page at mikehugheshorsetraining.vhx.tv . I also have several video's on my members page on starting unbroke horses under saddle with step by step easy to follow methods. The horses I do start under saddle very rarely ever buck with the first saddling or the first ride or ever when we are working with them. Bucking is for the turn out pasture as long as they don't hurt them selves. So anyways subscribe to me members page and when you do join my group page on facebook so you can post your video's with your horse and pictures along with asking questions so I can help you more. All the video's which are about 250 of them are in full with step by step easy to follow methods
+mike Hughes I have a gelding who has started kicking at me when I try to mount from his left side I have had him checked and everything is okay with him so I can not pin point how to get him to stop doing this I have tried getting him to lunge Every time he tried but that does not help any either. any suggestions? it's only his left side
+Erin Holley Good Morning, you might want to refer to my youtube video on the hard to mount and dismount horse, I did that demo in England last year and it should help you
My horse goes forward from walk to trot well but wants to buck (read: has bucked me off twice, dramatically) moving from a trot to canter. He is not a lazy horse. I worked with him saddled in the round pen and he bucks and tosses his head in trot to canter transition though this has improved by letting him stop when he transitions smoothly but continue to work when he tosses his head or bucks. Still having trouble in the saddle though. Any suggestions?
Your very good Mike,. Wish l could stay on like that. I just brought the buck buster, if it does'nt work not sure what l will do.He even bucked the trainer off... :(
My horse likes to do that from time to time he succeeded once when I was practicing barrels and I was looking straight and not at him I would have gotten back on if it wasn't a bad fall he bucked me off good. But 3 days later I was back in the saddle again. 😂
Hi! So, I ride a seventeen-year-old quarter horse named Rudy. The first time I rode him, he started trotting in the middle of nowhere, and my instructor had to stop him. I've been bonding with him, doing ground-work, but haven't ridden him again yet. I might ride him on my next lesson. Do you think he'll listen, now that he's learned to walk at my pace and respects me quite well?
How he is going to starting listening to you under saddle is by teaching him certain exercises under saddle to where you have control over what he is doing. Once you have those exercises down then you will be able to ride where ever you want knowing you have control over where your horse goes and at what speed he goes out. if you would like to talk more email me at info@crib-free.com
Hi it's me again. I looked again at the video and I'm still not convinced. she looked slightly lame on one of her back legs. Have you also checked her feet.
Every thing with her has been checked in every way possible by the vets. But after her last lesson over a year ago she has not bucked and with the amount of money the owners spent on her for vet checks I know she was not in pain and we did this before I started taking her out of bucking, I do how ever really like your input :)
My horse bucked me off at the canter after two years of regular riding. She used to love the canter. Then a few weeks later we hit a hornets hive on the trail, and she went ballistic. Two falls in a month, and I am old!
i have a large male pony called Red, sometimes he is good and sometimes not. When i try to get him to trot he shakes his head and canters into the middle of the arena, i also find it hard to get him to stop, if he is leading the ride and i halt him he will run off in circles and i cannot stop him. He always shakes his head and pulls even though i hold the rains in the correct position, i am a new rider and have only been riding for 8 months SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!
He also will not stay on the track if i am doing anything but a walk, i have been taught to give and take on the outside rain and be bossy with the inside leg but he still won't stay, he just goes all over place when i try to turn or trot/canter
I was on a pony and it was getting in position to buck over like 5 times and I stopped the pony but I’m pretty inexperienced so I need to find a way to stay on lol
We can always help you by teaching you and your pony the one rein stop along with some other exercises to solve his bucking problem mikehugheshorsetraining.vhx.tv/
I don’t have the best trained eye, but it looks like that saddle doesn’t fit her at all. Glad her back was examined by a vet, but I think the next step would be to have a saddle fitter come out and check to make sure the saddle fits her back and doesn’t put any painful pressure points on her back. Just based on her body type, she looks hard to fit. But the fact that the saddle comes up in the back and even slips over to one side is a giveaway that that saddle does not fit this horse correctly. Otherwise great video, thanks for the tips!
Yep nothing wrong with my horse either...he refuses to walk to the left with me on him...he bucks & rears...he walks to the right..trot/ canter both directions...so frustrating !
I loved the video, but i wish i could actually do something about my horse. Lady doesn't do what the horse in the video did. she'll either spin her way out of getting ridden. everytime i try to ride her if she prance she'll buck,if she trots she'll buck, if she's cantering she'll buck while cantering.Its nothing like the horse in the video its more like watching a bull in the rodeo. she spin very fast or she'll just take off by herself and bucks. i love when she trots but i know what lurks if she do. i can feel the buck coming. But this video is very good for others. And to be honest because of my horse behavior i have gotten scared of riding her, fearing that one day i may come out the saddle and never return to it
There is certainly a lot that we can do to help you with your horse, e-mail me at info@crib-free.com and we can go over different exercises that will help you out. We can get the exercises going on the ground first so when you do get under saddle your horse will understand the exercises
hope u can get help. Buckin is always a symptom, and though it may not go entirely away once u fix the cause, at least you'll only get it when the horse gets nervous. First thing is always a full body health check and tack check. My horse who had never bucked in his life started doing so at the canter for no apparent reason and I ended up matching his buckin episodes with mild abcesses on his hind feet showin up on the next trim (he's barefoot). I started booting him on his hinds even though he had no apparent lameness, and he never bucked again. Somethimes it's really simple stupid stuff...
DJBelbe I can't get my horse to canter or trot cause I know she'll buck and she's. Horrible on ground work but I did try working with her and it kinda stop but she's still giving me some aggressive attitude
they are but i had a lot of mares in my rescue cuz no one wanted to put up with them. so what i did when i saw them cranky was to even lower so she has to put up her ears to hear and i touch the neck and give her a nice grooming, they loved it and they were ready. although that wouldn't work when she was in heat since we did have a couple of stallions around. i would grain my horses with calm and happy morning . i must say i love the way Mr. Hughes sits never gets angry and everything he does is like yea, you're gonna do this if it takes all day :) the horses i got were in bad shape and we did everything to get them to trust people again, it took sometimes all year for one stallion.
+Phoebe Lunn Then I would go on to the next steps and get him soft on the bit by flexing, hip control, pre steps to mounting and dismounting, flexing under saddle, and go from there, also they need to be obedient on the lunge line and understand change of direction
my horse bucked me off after 2 years of riding. Now I don't trust her. I wouldn't be able to stay on long enough to turn her. She put her head down and went up when we were cantering.
+Jacqueline Steele Like with all my training horses they are vet checked for any pain related issues along with there teeth, back, etc. This Horse found when she acted this way people would get off her so it became a habit
OK, thought you did because she explodes every time you touch her side... and the quality of the video isn't very helpful either :-) Nothing said then!
Let me educate you a little bit here, Animal abuse is a federal felony which means if you did whip the shit out of a horse or any other animal you will spend the next 7 years in prison if you caught. Whipping and causing pain is abuse and it teaches the horse nothing. A step by step program in solving the issue is always the best way to go. Today that mare gives riding lessons to children and special needs children. Beyond that how would you like it if someone beat the shit out of you for something they didn't like you doing
+Mike Hughes she only does it to be cheeky and if I don't smack her she will keep doing it and I will end up on the floor. I don't even smack her hard. Just a tap
+Oh no Tyjo So there many different way to solve horse bucking, flexing the horse and moving the hips is the best way, If I get bucked off I don't just get back on, I want to get to the root cause of the problem and fix it, Then when time comes like with that mare I knew I could flex and move her hips to control the bucking
Shes looks very lame in her hind legs. That could explain why she would be bucking. A lot of behavioral problems can come from pain. Make sure you check them over, and they aren't sore.
Sorry there's something wrong with this horse sorry but you may have had the vet out but it could be all talk!!! That's American for you!!! She's avoiding something
I will guarantee you there was nothing physical wrong with the horse, the horse was not in pain at all, Today she is a great trail horse for beginners and kids. Along with that I would not train a horse that was in any type of pain or discomfort what so ever. Now lets get to the American part of your statement, that is very uncalled for. My video are on here to help people with there horses and has and always will be in the best interest of the horse :)
I had this with a mare of mine and I used this video. Now 6 months later and she’s jumping 2’3” with no bucks! Thank you
Nice work. You have a nice calm demeanor, perfect for training horses, especially one like the bucking mare. Thanks for posting.
You are very Welcome :)
Gary . Just perfect. That’s exactly how to
Communicate with your horse. Thank you
For making this video. Wishing you great
Health and happiness buddy.
Soon as she realised she wasn't scaring you and she wasn't going to throw you off she gave in. Cool, calm and patient, the perfect combo.
Nice video and great tip. I had a horse years ago that loved to buck. When someone told me this i worked like a charm. One thing that I learned from someone though about that horse was the saddle that i was using was slightly twisted. It was putting uneven pressure on the horses back. Once the saddle was sorted the horse was a different animal. Turning the horse when they wanted to buck was a game changer though.
What do you do with your body when she bucks like this? It looks like you don't even feel the buck! I felt down straight from the firs buck and felt no control at all :(
He there, I keep a deep seat and slightly back which helps me stay in the saddle, If you are interested in taking care of the bucking problem e-mail me at info@crib-free.com
Nancy, same 😫
God I wish I could sit a buck like that. You make it look easy.
My mare did this when I bought her as a new 5 year old last year. She was NJ broke in a fox hunt environment, and would turn her head at the rail when asked for canter, and cow kicked and bucked. She's lovely and motivated but I could hear her teeth grind and she was anxious. I didn't canter for 2 months after when I first fell off. If you held her back at all, she'd buck a fit. I let her get comfortable, and one day she offered and I accepted. She was heavy in the bit, but good. Let her go half around, stopped, praised when she stopped. She had a serious issue if not stopping until her head was turned into a fence before, so having her accept the seat was so big. Now we canter almost every day, and she hasn't bucked in 3 months. I didn't have instruction until last week for 14 years. She is about to turn 6. Just takes the time. And patience.
Like your technique and you stayed in your seat. 👏👏👏
Thank you so much this might save my horse i have only had him for a week and he has thrown me 30 times thank you so much
I hope it helps, The full videos are on my members page at mikehugheshorsetraining.vhx.tv When you do become a member also join my group facebook page where you can post your videos with your horse, pictures, and ask questions so I can help you more. Each horse training video is in full with step by step easy to follow methods. Hope to see you there.
Every time you let your horse buck you off you are reinforcing the bucking behavior. Be a good idea for you to seek professional help before you've done permanent behavioral damage to your horse.
GREAT I watched two video of trainers telling you how to stop a buck but they were riding a horse that never bucked!!
You are so encouraging to not give up ! Happy 4th 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Your Horse Friend Laura
Man, I don't have much experience around horses. I think I'd be too afraid to be on a rough horse like that. But you take control wow
She was a bucking horse of a client of mine that we had to take out of bucking, she is now a great trail horse today :)
Mike Hughes please tell me how you stay so still when she is doing that I'm all over the place and deffo fall off when mine bucks help me pls !?
I stay relaxed under saddle, if you tighten up she will launch you like a rocket, then as you saw I did the flexing and disengaging her his to stop the bucking, for more info e-mail me at info@crib-free.com
Mike when will you b coming to Houston Texas area ?? really need your help ??
I really need help and hard to find a general help ??
hold the saddle horn for dear life lol
@@shallowsilence2811 truth 😂😂
First off, very helpful video. Thank you. And I have a question, what type of building are you in? I’m interested in a riding arena that lets natural light in and that is less expensive than all steel if possible.
Thank You, that is an indoor arena and I am not sure what type it is but I will find out and let you know
A very good job.
Maybe it works on my bucking mare.
Respect. ✌
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We used to call that "crowhopping". The difference being the horse doesn't put their head down and go into a full-on buck. We had a big pinto pony that would do that, named Cloud. Cloud wasn't mean but stubborn as all get out and would crowhop like there was no tomorrow if he didn't like the game plan. If I didn't learn the value of persistence and determination from anything else I learned it from Cloud. We never were able to fully resolve it. I like your suggestions.
Thank You, I hope the preview training videos help, all my full videos are on my members page with step by step easy to follow methods at mikehugheshorsetraining.vhx.tv along with a 7 day free trail. When you do become a member you can also join my group page on facebook where you can post videos of you working with your horse, pictures and ask questions so I can help you and your horse more. Thank You MIke
If horse is bucking like this mare, it means, "I do not want you on my back". Horses have a right to say this, using thier backs for horse riding is not automatic human right. We have to gain this right and deserve it. I think it would be better to work with her slowly on the ground, step by step for gaining her trust and her acceptance of what you do with her. But it takes much more time and each horse needs diferent time. But the resut is better and permanet. At the end of this work, you are safe on horse back, because horse once has accepted you. This is just my opinion, and my experience.
if he never does this and lets her get her way all the time then no progress is made for animals to they must at times do things they don’t want to do
She looks exactly like my mare! We had the vet out about a week ago to make sure nothing was physically wrong. Im by no means a pro horse trainer, all the kicking and bucking makes me nervous (which i know is bad news). Last time i rode her i did get off but i took her straight into the roundpen and did some hard groundwork for a bit instead of just letting her go😞
There is always a root cause to the issue and is up to us to peel back the layers, listen to the horse and find the root cause of why she is bucking and kicking. I have all my full videos on my members page at mikehugheshorsetraining.vhx.tv and my videos are step by step easy to follow methods with a 7 day free trail. When you do become a member you can join my group page on facebook where can post videos of you working with your horse, pictures and ask questions so i can help you and your horse more. Thank You Mike
I’ve seen a good hickory stick placed right between the ears can be a good attitude adjustment.
My horse bucks while galloping... She has made me loose alot of confidence... tips please?
+Dana Foley Teach your horse how to flex and disengage his hips at a stand still, then do it at the trot, when your in the canter and you feel your horse getting ready to buck start flexing him and moving disengaging his hips, Before you canter him again spend a month on flexing and disengaging his hips a stand still walk and trott
I had a mare given to me that bucked all off. When she came,I had no eye contact with her for 9 months. During that time, I round penned her. Showered her off& put her back in the stall. Finally in the 10 month she started to come &associate with me I stayed with the same procedure, then got on. I walked her for 1 month.
Trot work in round pen then started in ring. When I went to canter her finally,I could feel her back was as tight as banjo strings. At that point bucking started. Bad bucking.leave the ground off all fours,up in the air about 6feet or so.
At that point I had no control cause she would bolt &leave the ground.
At that point I went back to the barn,and put a snaffle in her mouth with a slow twist&drop nose band. Went back out immediately, and asked for the canter in same spot. She cut loose&I snatched her on the second leap.
I talked to a previous groom,and mentioned how tight her back muscles were. She mentioned that at one point she had tyed-up.bad.
After that I put her on Finish Line product,called Thi-Cal. It helped her so much with the tight muscles so much..
But still didn't fix all of the problem with her bucking.When she was done or canter work-she was done.
She would buck . Shes a warmblood. After years of being with her,I could systematically break her buck down.She couldtwist part of her body one way ,and the rest the other. On my 69th birthday, I could s.tell by then when she would buck. So I asked for her canter,and she got me off.When I went off ,she trotted past me . I had a retired trainer with me, who saw it all. She said look at that bitch! She smiled at you!
There is always a root cause behind every behavior issue and it is up to us to peel back the layers, listen to the horse and find the root cause. Pain is the number on cause of behavior issues so we always want to make sure are horses are not in pain before starting any kind of training with them what so ever. After we know they are not in pain then find the root cause and match the exercise to solve the issue. I hope your mare is doing good now. mikehugheshorsetraining.vhx.tv
Another great video Mike
Thank You :)
I’m riding a Percheron mare who has never bucked until the last ride. It had been raining for four days straight, and I did not exercise her before going out on the trail. we typically only walk on the trail, because the owner of the horse is an elderly man with poor balance, and I do not want the horse to develop any bad habits which clearly this is the last thing I want the horse to start getting into the habit of. The horse did buck about three or four times within the first 15 minutes of our ride, and then settled down and walked the rest of our hour long ride. I was basically ignoring the horse when it was acting up and just kept asking the horse to walk forward. I will probably put the horse in the round pen for some light work out of saddle before the next ride but asking how to best handle a situation like this in the future. Thanks
Hmm...looks exactly like my mare! She was always "opinionated" but she had several months off due to a bad respiratory infection and when I finally was able to start riding her again she gained a buck! Had vet out to check her physically and farrier gave her a good trim...still bucks soon as I so much as shift my weight in the saddle. I think it will be a while before she's hitting the trails again😔
As long as she is not in pain it is pretty easy to get them out of bucking, I have a bunch of horse training videos on how to solve bucking issues on my members page with a 3 day free trail at mikehugheshorsetraining.vhx.tv
WOW! My horse bucks, crow hops a little and I’m in the dirt in about two seconds XD wish I had that kind of balance
The issues is very simple to cure at mikehugheshorsetraining.vhx.tv/
saddle fitting ON POINT, MAN
+Joëlle Claire Listen to the video, the saddle fits good and the mare was not in any kind of pain,
the mare is in pain, they just haven't found it
My mare likes to kick up her heels when getting a canter, will this technique work with that, or would you suggest something else?
As soon as she kicks firmly tell her "Noooo" and rein her firmly around all the way 180° - go back to where you asked her to canter and do it again. Impress 2 things: 1 - What she's doing isn't acceptable 2 - She's gonna keep doing it til she gets it correct. Keeping her at the same spot as her misbehavior impresses she's doing something wrong right there - assuming you're not in a round pen, although you could still do this in a round pen too.
Thankyou for your advice. Personally I havent been quite brave enough to canter her myself. My mentor has been working with her on it, not entirely sure what he exactly does. But with this advice I might be able to do it myself 😁 over this past year she's improving, she was out of work for a while so a bit fresh. I had to work myself back up as well since I had a back injury that messed with my confidence. Again thankyou.
Good Evening, I would use this method as she won't be able to kick her heels up, flex and disengage her hip all at the same time. So if she know how to flex and disengage her hip then the kicking here heels up when go away.
My mare bucks at a transition and sometimes out of nowhere. Any tips? She is a good horse most of riding but just incase she does. Also, how do you take control when you weren't expecting it?
+HorseLuvr 03 I would ask for the transition then if she goes to do the buck flex her and move her hips and then ask for the transition again
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She gives more kicks than a cricket😅
That she did, but today she is a great trail horse for anyone who like to trail ride
really awesome job, she definitely has lots of potential
She has done really well and no longer has her bucking issues, she now give lessons to special needs children, mikehugheshorsetraining.vhx.tv
Nice work - thanks for tips and sharing 👍 Question: Why not use a tie down to keep that head down a bit ?? I know they can still buck, but I think it gives em a sense of restriction and also gives their brain something to think about/process vs bucking...???
Good Evening, In correcting this behavior I used the one rein stop where I flexed her neck and moved her hips. It works really well where a horse can not buck and disengage its hips all at the same time
I know I am not the trainer in this video, but I cannot begin to explain the ways a tiedown would not help with the situation. When the horse is thinking about the tie down and not where they are placing their feet or the human on their back. . . .really bad things can happen and horses can trip, fall, tip on people and hurt both the human and horse easier and the focus can shift to simply fighting the tie down. A tie down is not a teaching tool and is a bandaid for a training issue regardless of what the issue is. A horse who has their head down all of the way can easily give some big ole bronc bucks instead of the smaller "disputes" this horse is putting out. Turning the head would be more difficult as well. The height of the head is something that gives the handler/rider/trainer insight into the horse and where they are at so actually having an open line of communication between the horse and the human is very important. A high head does not usually indicate a relaxed animal and forcing it down does not let me know where the horse is making progress is accepting something, being less fearful, and actually relaxing. These body signals from the horse tell me a lot about how things are going and progressing or not progressing with the work I am doing.
I have seen horses who had a tie down put on them just buck because they hated a tie down that much. I have seen horses fight them while still doing dangerous behaviors and the horses and/or riders still got injured or killed.
All of the horses brain power and thinking should be on the lesson I am trying to teach and I don't believe tie downs are a very valuable training tool over knowledge with the most basic tools and how to use them properly. A bent horse can't buck or at least not well.
my gelding does this when you kick him to go or if your lunging him he will also do this and he has gotten people hurt and tips???
Nice Video, informative. Thanks.
+BubblyGumm You are Welcome, Thank You :)
I dont understand the Soft Nose and the Hip part. In all my years working with Horses, in Australia, im not understanding?
My horse did this today thankfully I was doing the same thing you were cause it workes
+Lope Lover I am glad it worked for you, I hope it helps solve the problem
What happens if the horse is not soft flexing on the ground and disengaging hips on the ground before under saddle?
The horse has to always be flexing and disengaging on the ground first. If not you won't be able to control bucking, bolting, and issues like that under saddle
Great Job! Thank you
Thank You, mikehugheshorestraining.vhx.tv
great video!
I've had my horse 2 years now and she's never bucked whilst riding until this winter she had started going in really bad moody by just pulling me away from the paddock when I go near and just bucking all the time for no reason I don't know what it is it might be because it's winter and she's a mare and she's 6 so she could be going into her teenage years but she won't let you approach her with the saddle but with the bit she's fine kinda but I don't know if she has something wrong with her back or if the saddle is to small but he changed her saddle only a few months ago round the summer time.any tips
I would start off by making sure the saddle fits her and that she is not in any kind of pain, After you have taken care of both of those issues get back to me at info@crib-free.com and we can go over it some more
What is softening the nose are you speak several times I soften the nose Flex the neck what is softening the nose?
Softening the nose means I pick up the rein and the horse responds by flexing in the directions I picked up the rein in a soft manner
So is there a difference between a horse that has bucking issues and ones that are unbroke? I'm having trouble determining if my rescue horse is unbroke or broke with bucking issues
What type of headgear are you using? I did ground work on my horse he did fine the first time I rode him, the second time he threw me. I had a training halter on him. Thanks
Hi Mike, I have a question. I'm not sure why, but 85% of the time I bring my gelding into a canter he bucks. My trainer has always told me to give the reins a snatch and kick him forward, which I tried recently, and after I kicked him forward he just bucked again, worse this time, so I'm not really sure what to do. Is there something else I can try? It’s not multiple bucks like this mare, just one.
Very helpful video! My mare (I don’t own her but I’m taking care of her) has started bucking A LOT this year, it started this summer and I can’t figure out what’s wrong with her! Now today and yesterday was extreme, all she did when I was trying to work with her was bucking, and I feel so helpless :( I’m gonna try different bit and bit less, different saddle and no saddle. Then I think I’ll do as this video and hope for the best! Any more recommendations? And when I lunge her she is completely normal. Maybe she wants a break? Nothing is physically wrong with her..
These horses are great for trainers because they always stop doing it until the owner gets a hold of them and then they're right back in for training
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This mare today is a great mare and now does beginner riding lessons. When I am done with the horse training the owner is always safe to ride there horse again like this mare mikehugheshorsetraining.vhx.tv
Hi Mike, I have just started my 3 year old warmblood, I turned him out with a lightweight synthetic saddle on to get used to it on his own and the second time I did this, he started trotting then bucking like mad, I dont think it helped he was missing his friends, is the bucking normal at first or am I going to fast? Iv done 3 sessions of groundwork and hes soft and good to handle, thank you
I go about it in a much different way the first time along with the next 5 or 6 times I put the saddle on and cinch them up. So I don't cinch the horse up tight enough to where I would get on but tight enough to where the saddle won't come off. I do a lot of bit work on the ground with flexing and disengaging the horses hips. The first time I put the saddle on I do those exercises so I still have control over what the horse is doing which would be flexing and disengaging his hind end. Tomorrow I have a 2 unbroke horses I am going to start under saddle and I am going to video tape it and put it on my Members page at mikehugheshorsetraining.vhx.tv . I also have several video's on my members page on starting unbroke horses under saddle with step by step easy to follow methods. The horses I do start under saddle very rarely ever buck with the first saddling or the first ride or ever when we are working with them. Bucking is for the turn out pasture as long as they don't hurt them selves. So anyways subscribe to me members page and when you do join my group page on facebook so you can post your video's with your horse and pictures along with asking questions so I can help you more. All the video's which are about 250 of them are in full with step by step easy to follow methods
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+mike Hughes I have a gelding who has started kicking at me when I try to mount from his left side I have had him checked and everything is okay with him so I can not pin point how to get him to stop doing this I have tried getting him to lunge Every time he tried but that does not help any either. any suggestions? it's only his left side
+Erin Holley Good Morning, you might want to refer to my youtube video on the hard to mount and dismount horse, I did that demo in England last year and it should help you
were do you live
Good Morning, I live in Auburn California, mikehugheshorsetraining.vhx.tv
My horse goes forward from walk to trot well but wants to buck (read: has bucked me off twice, dramatically) moving from a trot to canter. He is not a lazy horse. I worked with him saddled in the round pen and he bucks and tosses his head in trot to canter transition though this has improved by letting him stop when he transitions smoothly but continue to work when he tosses his head or bucks. Still having trouble in the saddle though. Any suggestions?
You can email me at info@crib-free.com or call me at 916-218-8136 :)
How did your saddle come loose?
Your very good Mike,. Wish l could stay on like that.
I just brought the buck buster, if it does'nt work not sure what l will do.He even bucked the trainer off... :(
+Narelle Dess Let me know how it goes, send me a video of him when you get a chance and maybe i can help you out with the issue
My horse likes to do that from time to time he succeeded once when I was practicing barrels and I was looking straight and not at him I would have gotten back on if it wasn't a bad fall he bucked me off good. But 3 days later I was back in the saddle again. 😂
I'd probably work on a lot of more ground manners.
I don't know if you have a bit some friend of mine had this issue she went bitless and it stopped.
She is great today :) she goes out on the trails and everything.
Mike Hughes You do so great with horses, first the stallion now this mare
Amazing job!
Thank You so Much :)
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bitless! no need at all for bits
Hi! So, I ride a seventeen-year-old quarter horse named Rudy. The first time I rode him, he started trotting in the middle of nowhere, and my instructor had to stop him. I've been bonding with him, doing ground-work, but haven't ridden him again yet. I might ride him on my next lesson. Do you think he'll listen, now that he's learned to walk at my pace and respects me quite well?
How he is going to starting listening to you under saddle is by teaching him certain exercises under saddle to where you have control over what he is doing. Once you have those exercises down then you will be able to ride where ever you want knowing you have control over where your horse goes and at what speed he goes out. if you would like to talk more email me at info@crib-free.com
Thank you!
Could it be ovarian pain? It's overlooked because it's so uncommon.
Hi it's me again. I looked again at the video and I'm still not convinced. she looked slightly lame on one of her back legs. Have you also checked her feet.
Every thing with her has been checked in every way possible by the vets. But after her last lesson over a year ago she has not bucked and with the amount of money the owners spent on her for vet checks I know she was not in pain and we did this before I started taking her out of bucking, I do how ever really like your input :)
ride her bitless she will be fine
My horse bucks every time I ask for a canter and it's only in the arena not on the hacks got any tips x
X Native I have other video's of horses bucking in the Canter in the arena, Do you live in the U.K
sorry for the late reply but yes i do and i ride english x
My horse bucked me off at the canter after two years of regular riding. She used to love the canter. Then a few weeks later we hit a hornets hive on the trail, and she went ballistic. Two falls in a month, and I am old!
Didja try a good chiropractor?
Prior to that she was checked out by a chiropractor and she was good.
great video!!!!
+Jennifer Lalonde Thank You :)
This horse isn't bucking - she's kicking out - there's a difference
I can't get my horse to stop bucking
+Phoebe Lunn Have you made sure that your horse is not in pain so when you do go to correct the behavior your not going against a pain related issue
i have a large male pony called Red, sometimes he is good and sometimes not. When i try to get him to trot he shakes his head and canters into the middle of the arena, i also find it hard to get him to stop, if he is leading the ride and i halt him he will run off in circles and i cannot stop him. He always shakes his head and pulls even though i hold the rains in the correct position, i am a new rider and have only been riding for 8 months SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!
He also will not stay on the track if i am doing anything but a walk, i have been taught to give and take on the outside rain and be bossy with the inside leg but he still won't stay, he just goes all over place when i try to turn or trot/canter
Hi, email me at info@crib-free.com and we can talk more about your horse :)
I can help you with your horse training issues, just e-mail me at info@crib-free.com and we talk more about your horse
Done it is from 'lilstarlollipop'
I wish you were near me! U would love to get your help with my five-year old.
I was on a pony and it was getting in position to buck over like 5 times and I stopped the pony but I’m pretty inexperienced so I need to find a way to stay on lol
We can always help you by teaching you and your pony the one rein stop along with some other exercises to solve his bucking problem mikehugheshorsetraining.vhx.tv/
I don’t have the best trained eye, but it looks like that saddle doesn’t fit her at all. Glad her back was examined by a vet, but I think the next step would be to have a saddle fitter come out and check to make sure the saddle fits her back and doesn’t put any painful pressure points on her back. Just based on her body type, she looks hard to fit. But the fact that the saddle comes up in the back and even slips over to one side is a giveaway that that saddle does not fit this horse correctly. Otherwise great video, thanks for the tips!
Yep nothing wrong with my horse either...he refuses to walk to the left with me on him...he bucks & rears...he walks to the right..trot/ canter both directions...so frustrating !
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LOL, she was not in a good mood that day
Jeremy Young stallions are worse
Katie The Dog HD my 5 yr old gelding acts like a stallion some days and a mare in heat other and maybe once he is a bombproof gelding 😹 it’s the worst
Lol, just checking and you've eased my mind. Thank you.
+Jacqueline Steele you are very Welcome :)
This is awesome!!!!
Me and jaz have a show in 3 months, so we gotta get real training in
Awesome
we had a mare, after her one year old filly died she went crazy and we could no longer ride her. She was sold.
I am sorry to her about her filly died and she went crazy, I hope you have good riding horses today :)
Mike Hughes that happened back in the 70's. Will ride a horse tomorrow for the first time in almost 30 years,just trying to prepare
Hope your ride goes well ;) :) :)
Mike Hughes rode for two hours now I am sore.Woke up today and all my stress was gone.Well worth the 10 bucks I spent to ride!
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This is how a horse I ride acts all the time
After about the 5th lesson she came out of bucking
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I loved the video, but i wish i could actually do something about my horse. Lady doesn't do what the horse in the video did. she'll either spin her way out of getting ridden. everytime i try to ride her if she prance she'll buck,if she trots she'll buck, if she's cantering she'll buck while cantering.Its nothing like the horse in the video its more like watching a bull in the rodeo. she spin very fast or she'll just take off by herself and bucks. i love when she trots but i know what lurks if she do. i can feel the buck coming. But this video is very good for others. And to be honest because of my horse behavior i have gotten scared of riding her, fearing that one day i may come out the saddle and never return to it
There is certainly a lot that we can do to help you with your horse, e-mail me at info@crib-free.com and we can go over different exercises that will help you out. We can get the exercises going on the ground first so when you do get under saddle your horse will understand the exercises
+Mike Hughes thank you
hope u can get help. Buckin is always a symptom, and though it may not go entirely away once u fix the cause, at least you'll only get it when the horse gets nervous. First thing is always a full body health check and tack check. My horse who had never bucked in his life started doing so at the canter for no apparent reason and I ended up matching his buckin episodes with mild abcesses on his hind feet showin up on the next trim (he's barefoot). I started booting him on his hinds even though he had no apparent lameness, and he never bucked again. Somethimes it's really simple stupid stuff...
DJBelbe I can't get my horse to canter or trot cause I know she'll buck and she's. Horrible on ground work but I did try working with her and it kinda stop but she's still giving me some aggressive attitude
It's hard to deal with mares. They're so moody XD
They can be but this mare came out to be one great trail horse
That's good. Good job with her!
It's a woman thing😂😂😂
Don't tell a mare what to do, you ask a mare what to do. Kinda like women you know.
they are but i had a lot of mares in my rescue cuz no one wanted to put up with them. so what i did when i saw them cranky was to even lower so she has to put up her ears to hear and i touch the neck and give her a nice grooming, they loved it and they were ready. although that wouldn't work when she was in heat since we did have a couple of stallions around. i would grain my horses with calm and happy morning .
i must say i love the way Mr. Hughes sits never gets angry and everything he does is like yea, you're gonna do this if it takes all day :)
the horses i got were in bad shape and we did everything to get them to trust people again, it took sometimes all year for one stallion.
we took him to the vet and he is not in pain
+Phoebe Lunn Then I would go on to the next steps and get him soft on the bit by flexing, hip control, pre steps to mounting and dismounting, flexing under saddle, and go from there, also they need to be obedient on the lunge line and understand change of direction
my horse bucked me off after 2 years of riding. Now I don't trust her. I wouldn't be able to stay on long enough to turn her. She put her head down and went up when we were cantering.
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a horse bucks for a reason, not to get back at u so examine her again till u find what s bothering her...she must have pain or an issue on her back
I feel she was kicking out at the spurs not actually trying to buck you off. She seems a typical narky mare.
If you look really closely you will see I Do Not Have Spurs On. I already went through the reason she was bucking in the video.
Go bitless, check back, there is a reason horse is bucking.
+Jacqueline Steele Like with all my training horses they are vet checked for any pain related issues along with there teeth, back, etc. This Horse found when she acted this way people would get off her so it became a habit
Heels down...toes up. LOL
You remind me of my trainer 😂
Great mike alli from pakistan enjoyed it will need your advice . Give me your cell or email.
What is the best way to get in contact with you and i will call you. Just let me know a good time
My cell is 916-218-8136
try riding without spurs....
Watch the video a little closer, I didn't have spurs on.
OK, thought you did because she explodes every time you touch her side... and the quality of the video isn't very helpful either :-) Nothing said then!
Yo shut the fuck up yo if anything I like riding with spurs because you can turn quicker
that stateent is so wron Marine... so wrong
Marine gamer55 wtf is wrong with you.
Ohh 😮 yeah she bucks like crazy 😂😂 I’ll wip the shit of that horse from the saddle and fix the “problem in 20 minutes not months.
Let me educate you a little bit here, Animal abuse is a federal felony which means if you did whip the shit out of a horse or any other animal you will spend the next 7 years in prison if you caught. Whipping and causing pain is abuse and it teaches the horse nothing. A step by step program in solving the issue is always the best way to go. Today that mare gives riding lessons to children and special needs children. Beyond that how would you like it if someone beat the shit out of you for something they didn't like you doing
When my horse tries to buck I just smack it
+Brook Franks There are better ways to go about taking care of the problem then hitting or smacking your horse
+Mike Hughes she only does it to be cheeky and if I don't smack her she will keep doing it and I will end up on the floor. I don't even smack her hard. Just a tap
+Brook Franks you put her in circles, and if you fall off you fall off and you get back on and work her
+Oh no Tyjo So there many different way to solve horse bucking, flexing the horse and moving the hips is the best way, If I get bucked off I don't just get back on, I want to get to the root cause of the problem and fix it, Then when time comes like with that mare I knew I could flex and move her hips to control the bucking
well u are an abuser, would love to smack u
Shes looks very lame in her hind legs. That could explain why she would be bucking. A lot of behavioral problems can come from pain. Make sure you check them over, and they aren't sore.
Horse don't buck horse just kick out
Horse do Buck, I am not sure what you mean but yes they do buck and they also kick out so they actually do both mikehugheshorsetraining.vhx.tv
Some horses belong in cans. To many good horses to work
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Sorry there's something wrong with this horse sorry but you may have had the vet out but it could be all talk!!! That's American for you!!! She's avoiding something
I will guarantee you there was nothing physical wrong with the horse, the horse was not in pain at all, Today she is a great trail horse for beginners and kids. Along with that I would not train a horse that was in any type of pain or discomfort what so ever. Now lets get to the American part of your statement, that is very uncalled for. My video are on here to help people with there horses and has and always will be in the best interest of the horse :)
Emma Richardson I agree.The horse is reacting to pain.
If she was in pain under saddle, she would have bolted, not allowed him to mount them try to buck him off. That is learned behavior.