How to Stay SAFE around your Horse.
The speaker, who has sustained numerous injuries from horses, emphasizes recognizing warning signs like ear position. Safe zones around the horse's legs are explained, as are sensitive areas. The video also stresses the importance of maintaining a safe distance, especially from the hind legs, and of being mindful of the horse's head and potential for kicks or bites.
Haltering Horses Safely with Rope Halters
This YouTube video by Colton Woods demonstrates the safe and proper way to halter a horse using a rope halter. He emphasizes the importance of correct halter placement to avoid pressure on sensitive areas like the poll and nasal bone. Improper placement can lead to injuries and undiagnosed lameness. Colton shows the correct technique for placing and tying the halter, highlighting a knot that allows for easy release in case of emergencies.
Understanding Horse Body Language
This YouTube video from JSHorsemanship focuses on equine body language, explaining how to interpret various postures and expressions to improve horse-handler safety and relationships. The video uses examples of relaxed, tense, dominant, aggressive, and playful behaviors, showing how subtle differences in posture and facial expressions can convey vastly different meanings. It emphasizes the importance of understanding these nuances to avoid misinterpretations and build trust.
Build a Bond with your Horse
Importance of meeting a horse's emotional needs alongside physical ones, advocating for activities like controlled movement exercises and spending quality time together. Building trust and respect is key, achieved through demonstrating leadership and responding to the horse's cues. The video promotes a reciprocal relationship where both horse and owner engage with each other, creating a sense of companionship and understanding. Techniques include gentle pressure, mirroring the horse's behavio
A Whole New Way to Work in the Round Pen
The core principle is teaching the horse to consider the trainer as the herd leader, staying connected as a matter of responsibility, not through rewards. The trainer emphasizes starting with minimal intervention, allowing the horse to make choices and associate pressure with distance from the trainer. This approach aims to build a strong foundation of connection before introducing more complex maneuvers, reducing time spent chasing the horse. The method involves teaching the horse to return to
How to Lunge a Horse for Beginners
The instructor covers essential steps, including organizing the lunge line, correctly sending the horse, maintaining the lunging triangle for control, teaching the horse to stop on cue, and executing transitions between gaits. The video also demonstrates techniques for changing directions and emphasizes the importance of clear communication and consistent training.
The Seven Games: Mastering Equine Communication
Parelli Natural Horsemanship program, focusing on "seven games" designed to improve horse-human communication and build trust. The games, progressing from basic friendly interaction to more complex maneuvers, utilize body language and pressure to encourage desired behaviors. The program emphasizes a natural, playful approach, contrasting with traditional methods like lunging, and promotes a deeper, more harmonious relationship between horse and rider.
How to Tack-Up Western
This is a straightforward, easy to understand video on how to Western saddle a horse.
Getting to see the process as it's explained makes it easier for beginners to understand.
How to Tack-Up English
step-by-step process of tacking up a horse using English tack. The video emphasizes the importance of preparing the horse by brushing and cleaning its feet before applying the saddle pad and saddle, ensuring proper placement to avoid discomfort. The process of attaching and adjusting the girth is explained in detail, focusing on achieving a comfortable and secure fit. Bridle placement and adjustment are also covered, with instructions on securing the reins and checking the fit of all straps.
Horseback Riding Mistakes Beginners Make
Carmella Abel's YouTube video, "HORSE RIDING MISTAKES - 10 WORST MISTAKES," identifies and explains ten common errors beginner horseback riders make. The video focuses on improving rider balance and posture, emphasizing proper rein use, stirrup placement, and leg position. It also stresses the importance of releasing pressure, maintaining a relaxed demeanor, and looking ahead while riding.
Emergency Stopping Technique
Callie, introduces the "pulley rein" technique, emphasizing its advantage in maintaining rider and horse balance during high-speed situations. Unlike the one-rein stop, which can cause instability, the pulley rein uses leverage and body positioning to slow the horse without compromising balance. The technique involves anchoring one hand on the horse's neck while using the other hand and body weight to lift the rein, creating a pulling action that is gentler and safer than the one-rein stop.
Trotting Secrets!
“As a beginner who's been riding for a few weeks but can't keep his dang legs still and keeps huffing and puffing after a few laps of trotting, this tip is gold!
I am definitely going up and down way too much, and I may need to look twice at my stirrup positions next time.”
Ride Your Horse With Unshakable Confidence
Key elements include proper leg and seat position to maintain stability, using the rider's body to guide the horse effectively, and exercises like the barrel technique to enhance body awareness. The video emphasizes the importance of relaxed posture and using the correct muscles to avoid discomfort and promote optimal horse movement.
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