Your lead rope is a loaded gun 🔫. Always handle it with care  

This!!!! A loose lead gives the opportunity for the horse to make their own decisions and a chance to think and give the right answer. It also shows that we're all relaxed, there's no danger. I find the minute I tighten up on a lead is the minute the horse I'm leading decides something must be wrong and all hell breaks loose. Lol. Even the most anxious and fearful horses will walk with me relaxed on a loose long lead.

It’s amazing to me in my work as an equine facilitated practitioner how many clients grab tight like that. Those with and without horse experience. It’s a great coaching and learning moment because after showing them how to hold the rope, you can see the fear to not have this illusion of control. Once we start asking questions we can see how tight and tense that person is in their mind and how they’re afraid to figuratively ease up in their life. Especially for those leading teams. It’s pretty transformative for them when they ease up, trust and let the horse (and teams) do their job,to realize they never did have control, and can have better results by not micromanaging and giving everyone space they need.

It's terrible how many horse owners just don't realize that holding a lead line looser will always get you better results ❤

verrrry important, thank you sir

I always find myself tensing up when leading one of my horses. But I catch myself and let loose again. Just a stupid habit which isn’t good as a horse can Pick up on the tension so fast. Thank you for your input. 😊❤

I truly believe that there's still more gold than BS in your " old school" videos! :)

Only you and Steve Young teaches this!!

AMEN, THANK YOU FOR THAT WISE REMINDER FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW HOW SENSITIVE THEY FEEL THOSE THINGS!!!!! CHEERS TO YOUR SPEAKING UP FOR THEM!!!!!! 🐴👍

Every time he does that that horse is like "I'll drop my head."

Lead rope culture isn't taught to people nowhere.

you gotta practice the right way!

You need to do a whole training video on lead ropes rights and wrongs!!!!!!

#1 tool in the tool box

So true I try so hard to educate young children. And thier parents are night mare.

AMEN! ❤❤They can feel the instant a fly lands on them. We need to calibrate our interactions accordingly. Some horses need to become more tolerant of pressure, some need to notice pressure earlier. Humans need to notice the amount of pressure we are bringing to the conversation in all interactions. That being said………when we take our horses to the vet, we put on a wide band/dull/light halter and light weight lead rope. We just get through it. Even though we would like to say…“please stop leaning on his head, hold your own arms up ” 😂

Any they often lead the horse so close to them, it is difficult to tell if the human is leaning on the horse or vice versa

Ooo my pet peeve I tell people to loosen up the lead there is no way you are going to hold a huge horse you have to trust the training