For some reason I am not always getting a notification on the day that you post Mrs. Deb. I do still get them though, usually the next day. I really enjoy listening and learning from that funny old man you are hanging out with, ha ha. Happy belated birthday Mr. Pat. Thank you both for the effort that you put into teaching and entertaining us. For this channel, a Like button is not enough. It needs a Love button. Western Kentucky
I don’t know why you aren’t getting your notifications right away. I’m assuming you pressed that little bell button for notifications? Maybe unpress it and then press it again?
@@PatnDebPuckett I will try that. Yout_be has turned into cyber police and nothing seems to work like it did. Especially the political channel I follow.
Some of the things you say are so obvious I've been missing them for years. Sometimes I need the gentle reminder as well. Two of my take always from this video include the following. "The horse is searching." "Don't tip the head." When I first learned to side pass a horse I was told to tip the head away from the direction of travel. As you pointed out in the video that causes the horse to move its hind end. I've struggle with this for many years. I'm anxious to try this the way you said. Thanks for another great video.
Pat, you my friend are a good instructor. The words you choose, the directions that you give cannot be miss understood. We all can learn things from a horse that has not been given a fair deal. You are 1000% correct about release. Release is a sugar lump too that horse and he responds way faster too a treat like RELEASE. It shows how respectful a man you are with a animal. Thanks you are a blast to listen to and watch. Your the best. You and I have both had good teachers. It is amazing what the animal teaches us. They are all different. God bless the honesty that you teach with as well.
Thanks again for the wisdom. And I’m assuming Deb does all the production work, so especially thanks to you. The thought of Pat editing videos puts a grin on my face.
I Just discovered your videos. Love your training philosophy. I am so tired of seeing over bridled training. This obsession with pivoting and backing hard and fast. All done with really low over tucked heads. Ridiculous. You are a true horseman.
I am new to your channel but I have watched you for about a year. Anyway I was raised by my Grandfather who had the sense if the animal did not pull their weight they were useless. In my young life I would ride what ever he told me to ride with direction or purpose. I do not fault him for this but I am now 63 and have realized what I knew all the time is that a horse is a special animal. A prey animal no doubt that you and he have to come to agreement that you both can work together. I have learned more by watching you in this past year than I have my entire life. I have all the respect for you and what you do. And I will add not knowing you personally, how do you tolerate all the yoyo's. lol I hope one day soon I can come out for a visit just to get to know you because in some sense, and I mean this whole hardily, You remind me of him so much. In a very good way.
'I think it's becoming obvious that you're going to have to actually ride'....love this!!!! I'm learning to ride western after years of English and just trail riding sitting there doing nothing with the horse just following. I love learning Western and controlling the horse's body. Thank you for this video as I forgot if I had to tip the nose or not. I'll check at my next lesson what my instructor says!
I learn heaps from watching videos like these. But especially yours Pat and Deb 🙌😊. I am from Australia and I ride a 15.2hh, 10 year old OTTTB mare. She wasn't re-educated properly cause she leans on the bit at canter. This is partly the reason why I can't canter. So I am still a novice rider for now 😢 but oh well.
Been going back and watching some of your earlier videos like this one while we are still iced in up here. My round pen is thawed enough to use again so it won't be long until riding season gets under way again full steam but I wanted to say THANK YOU! for telling people not to tip the nose when you side pass on a working horse. That is a show ring thing, like drilling a hole in a spin is, and it(nose tipped side passing) is a big nuisance habit in a working horse when they tip their nose and or bend in a U-shape and can't see where they are going or what you are trying to accomplish work wise. Plus it make their hind end angle all wrong for actually getting anything done until they have straightened out. I would much rather work with a horse that doesn't know how to side pass then one who has the nose tipping habit trained into them.
Hi Pat! Absolutely love all of your videos! I find them so inspiring and refreshing. I really hope to one day make your acquaintance. Regards from South Africa!☆
Who did you get those rasps from? 😜 Thank you for explaining how and what it should look like when you take pressure off with your leg. We are told that a lot and most people (me included!) thought that meant the exaggerated movement of sticking your leg out. Which is completely impractical for working cattle. Again, thank you for these videos! I share them with my family when I can! Happy Trails!
I notice you didn't comment about the front end moving, then the back end moving, etc. I get it, that the horse is just figuring this out, so you allow some loose movements. When camera was on your right - moving left - I could clearly see your legs. Didn't seem to move from center barrel, bump bump bump. If my horse swings his butt out, I correct by moving my leg back & bumping a little, to straighten him out. Is this correct in your opinion? Just received your Let's Dance DVD, btw. Looking forward to viewing it. Laurie
if you don't know Gil Favor ,,, you ain't no Cowboy 🤠 If possible ,and you will,love to see ,Halter training ,Both with an untouched 2 or 3 year old and a Weanling ! Thank you !!!
Deb, what can be done for a horse with a bad "barn buddy" problem. I am having a hard time getting through to one and getting him to focus on his job without him worried about what the rest of the herd is doing.
I personally find that if I can get my horse’s feet moving at a high trot over questionable terrain, it forces him to make some tough choices about where his mind should be. Whereas if I creep around at a walk, it gives him all kinds of time to fall in to sin. Of course, this is all cheap talk from here!
If you can set it up, working your horse in their home and around their buddies can help. Make being around their buddies just another job. Then they may not like being with them so well. Work them until they want to leave their buddies willingly. Depending on the horse I have found working your horse in their home at the beginning of your ride and at the end of your ride can help. At the beginning until your horse leaves willingly and at the end if your horse isn't with you coming home. Near the end of the ride, work them at them at home, ask them to leave willingly and see if they come back home with you. If they do then you can go ahead, cool them out and hang them. You might have to try this routine for awhile depending on the horse.
Charlie Peters, Clinton Anderson Down Under Horsemanship has a great youtube video for 'working' your horse around the other horses or barn, etc. Gives you a good idea of how hard to work them. Remember that one session won't be enough when a horse has a bad habit. If you can work them every single ride for many rides in a row (5? 10?) they will at some point make the connection you want.
1909video It depends on what you mean by “stall.” If you mean a 12 x 12 enclosed space, there is nothing you can do to occupy an animal that is made to travel long distances in that small of a space. It would be like having you stand all day in a closet with nothing to do but pry your food through a grate. We avoid a whole lot of problems, from physical to psychological, by running our mares all together and our geldings all together in large corrals or turn outs whenever possible. That way they are able to form natural herd relationships, move around a larger area, and avoid boredom and frustration. At the very least, we provide a large corral. So there you have it. Don’t put horses in stalls and you won’t need a slow feeder.
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Do you ever have a problem with them freaking out and rearing up when you have them nosed up against the panels like that and are asking them to move sideways?
Only if the horse is ridden behind the vertical. We like our horses to carry themselves with their heads a few degrees ahead of vertical in a more natural carriage.
