How to help a horse accept the Saddle without bucking 

Ryan you are advancing natural horsemanship with your complete understanding and ability. Thank you. Enjoying your work so much.

Sweet little gelding 😁 Dr. Rose diagnosing & helping horses be better horses. Great job explaining & thanks for sharing!

Thank you for this video! I have a 9 yo Paint Gelding that is normally a nice enough guy but he does get fractious once in a while and really broncs out. I have done a lot of longeing with him and several different exercises to get his brain back when this happens. This is one more tool I would like to try to desensitize him. He is 16.2 and my daughter is afraid to ride him since he bucked her off. I love your videos because you're not always trying to sell something.

You are a joy to watch and listen to! That said, this is dangerous/disaster in the wrong setup/scenario. Keep up the amazing work!!

You are one of the few horsemen I find a pleasure to watch work a horse. I think the horse I have now is the last one I'll ever start due to age and health problems but you never know. I usually make sure I can use a rope anywhere on a horse before I tack him up or get on his back for the first time. It was something I learned when I was in my late twenties from a guy named Terry who was a lot older than I was. It sure makes a difference once you get the hang of it.

Such a smart setup and principle behind this technique. Thank you for letting us watch this session!

Ryan you have an amazing insight into horse psychology that is very practical. It makes what you do look easy and the results come quickly. I have noticed that your methods that derive from your understanding of how a horse thinks and responds to release results in the horse becoming eager to follow you and work with you. That is priceless. In no time the horse is bonding with you and wants your leadership. I wish I had been able to learn your tactics years ago.

I don't even own a horse.....(have always loved them though).......and I've been binging your videos for hours!! You are such a knowledgeable horseman!

Excellent video. Love watching horses solve the puzzles.

What a lovely, willing horse. Great demonstration.

Great demonstration! Thank you!!

He's very pretty with a nice lope. You do amazing work with these troubled horses. Great work!

I always enjoy watching your videos & learning from you. You're an excellent teacher & one of my favorite horsemen to watch. You break it down so well & explain in a way that makes so much sense. Thank you for what you do for us humans & the horses 🐎

Thank you, You break it down to where it totally makes good and clear sense 👍🏻

Excellent video, lots of key points 😊

Another helpful video...thank you, God's peace ✌

“I don’t want things to get too western here” haha I gotta remember to use that one 😂

Loved this. Thankyou

Yes, good analogy! Chess game. Seen all good people/horses…………. Thank you again Ryan for breaking it down!

One thing that gets out of state hunters in trouble when they come to Montana to hunt: ALtitude affects horses the same way it affects humans. You Trailer horses al the way from 650 feet above sea level in WIsconsin all the way to montana, roll up on the trailhead at 8000 feet, tack up and head up the trail to 9500 feet. Horses feel they they are not getting enough oxygen and subject to the same kinds of anxiety humans feel. You get up the trail and your horse balks, you thump them with your heels and a horse you ride all the time in WI without trouble will go to bucking.

Thanks Ryan I wish I had this video 40 years ago it would have kept me from getting Lucky.

Great job, perfectly explained, Ryan 👌🏼🙋🏼‍♂️

Thank you for the video. My horse has been bucking me off, on and off for 11 years. Had on and off again trainers and most didn't know what they were doing. When I even get my saddle out he's trying to get out of the round pen. He turns away from the saddle and walks away looking back worried. This has been on going for years now and no clue what's going on. Your video sheds a little light on his mind set. If I attempt to work on his " bad side" he'll block me with his head and move his hind feet to avoid me. I don't know how he ever developed the hate for the saddle but I can't trust him any more to ride. I'm afraid to ride me. He knows that pasture better then I do yet will find any reason to spook just to get me off. I'm to old to kiss dirt. When he just see's the saddle why does he walk away? With out the saddle present he's fine. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Gorgeous horse love the coloring

Good explanations!

after watching this video, I realized my pony is totally claustrophobic. I have done these exercises before but It's been awhile I think i will do them again!

Nice!!

Thank you. Learning a lot, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Love the video. It works quite effectively on teens as well. Just sayin.

Good work. It also seems horse is not limber in hind quarters, maybe stifles or hip need to be checked on back area.

Claustrophobia is what my little gelding struggles with

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It is a primal instinct in horses to evade creatures (like humans) that have both eyes on the FRONT of their face. That's where the eyes of a predator are locate. also know that they have very sensitive noses. Your breath, to the horse, SMELLS like meat you have eaten. even if was yesterday that you ate it.

When I approach with the saddle, he's stage left. If I can catch him and saddle him it's a bucking fest everything. I've had him since 2011. The problem started about 6 years ago and I have no clue why. No health issues. Just hates the saddle

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You did something interesting when you tightened your cinch and pulled the tail of your latigo behind your fender? Is there somewhere you have a video for that? I’d love to se what is happening under the fender and why. Thanks so much loving your stuff!!!!! Joining Patreon very soon!!!

is there a different way to do that rope technique for a none professional? or different ways to do steady pressure exercises for a horse that bucks with the saddle on? I hope that makes sense haha

An oasis of emotional fear or prior past trauma? 🤔

WHat is the medical thing about horses and left versus right. Most Horses I have worked on were better going left than right. FOlklore says it's the way their eyes are wired..your thoughts?

Some horses during birth tear a rib or dislocate one as their grow it doesn’t also align its self! When cinched up this set off a nerve reaction!!!

why do you think they react more at the canter?

I assume your goal is for the horse to be saddled and just cruise along without the initial worry and tightness. The question that was not answered is whether or not the rope work helped him be closer to that goal the next day, and even closer on day 3? Or did you have to repeat the rope work each day before saddling? In other words, did the horse learn from the rope work and carried that learning in subsequent sessions? If not, there is not a lot of point to the rope work as a means to solving the worry about the saddle (but there maybe other benefits to other aspects of his work).

It is much safer if riders are realistic. If you work your horse a bit before riding, and let him warm up both without and with saddle, he will get his bucks out at liberty, before the rider is on.

So small it’s a poney!

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Love your tutorial but I feel the camera is too far away to see all your little tips

Feeling afraid and stuck. 🤔

Just leaving a saddle on is Flooding not training.

'Why does my horse buck every time I saddle him?' Because you taught him to buck. Think about it.

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He looks to me that he has some hip pain...

Horse thinking the worst 🤔

Panic attack. 🤔