Stunning Transformation of a Dangerous Horse

Hey everybody, welcome back to the video and this one is time to hand things over to Kylea and Turn it over to her and see if she can get the same results riding her horse that I was getting Warming up strong to ride soft and I do you feel ready? Yes. All right, let's get into it So I want to give you guys a little bit of background on Kalea and Huck and show you where they were at in the last ride that she had on him And if I try to get on him, he'll like either buck Immediately when I get on or like walk forward and then just randomly stop and if I add pressure He'll just keep bucking until I'm on the ground What happens if if this doesn't work? Okay, so let's let's get started with doing some hind quarter for quarter yield so what I want you to do is yield the hind quarters like maybe at least a hundred and eighty degrees more if you don't like how it feels and then keep going that direction and switch to Using the stick on his other side of his nose and get him to do a four quarter yield. So let's try that And if you need to touch him there, I would probably touch him on top of his hip So I would kind of give a look and I would present the stick and wave it at him without touching him And if he still hasn't moved then I would just give him one tap with it But we always want to set up in a way where he knows what's coming yeah, so there's no surprises Very good Very good. Yep. And if you want to yet keep walking and try to do it kind of in one move There you go. Good. It's like do the hind quarters now just flow flow between them Super now four quarters and keep walking Move the four quarters keep walking. Yeah good. That was very nice Yeah, I think that passes you could refine it a little bit where he moves his front end and then you get him to stop And maybe back up and you can even do that by waving the stick in front of him Just so that he doesn't roll off afterwards right now It's not really an issue But eventually you could clean it up a little bit and make it a little more precise if you wanted to Let's go into some circles So go ahead and give yourself a little more room here out in the middle and we'll do some circles Maybe some changes of direction and then we'll try some side passing. Okay We'll feel on the halter Lift. Yeah Super very good. Now. Let's see if you can stop him by taking a step out and looking down at his hind quarters Super now change hands with the rope and the string and send him the other way And whenever I'm gonna ask you to change directions When I ask you to change hands with the rope and the stick pass the stick and string underneath the rope that keeps it from getting tangled up and touch And relax Remember to have a little feel on that. There you go Good job lift and you don't have to rush through though that sequence of pressure Just go slow there, but then be effective when you do finally get to touching him But you can I hope you this really proves the point of you can see we're not making him go Yeah, he has a choice and sometimes he holds out quite a while before he turns loose But what it ultimately is about is getting to his mind and getting him to say yes But he was kind of used to saying no for a while so he's he can be he's fairly committed to his idea Well, I think you're more stubborn than he is. So Hopefully you can outlast him. No point lift Good So it's the same cue sequence For this. Okay, the only difference is when you ask him to canter on the ground I think you can use what I would use a verbal cue whatever verbal cue you'd like I use smooch but that way it's translatable to under saddle because in the last video We saw that he didn't really understand a canter off legs and had a little protest to it So if we can sharpen up his responsiveness on the ground, that'll help in the saddle So let's speaking of let's go and ask him to canter. So point One spank and then relax a little bit. Just relax a little bit now point and smooch Bank if you need it, there you go. Good job Good now hind quarter yield ask him to turn the face Super really good and I would let him stand out there. That's okay He doesn't have to come all the way in because we want him to kind of respect those boundaries a bit He's not a pushy horse, but he I think he could easily be a pushy horse. He used to be he used to be Yeah, so and yeah, that's right. That's what you're saying that you watch some of the videos on YouTube and you're able to Build a space. Yep Okay, so go ahead and point And touch good relax And do it again point lift swing touch and relax and again lift swing touch Very good. Okay. Let's ask him to canter Now don't do it fast again like point Give him a cue because the same thing when you're riding him you want to go through those phases slowly Okay, you don't want to get there too quickly and surprise him point spank and again point Thank him there and then stop stop him Good job. Very good. So is it I think that's interesting because he never really kicked out at me when I was circling him Mm-hmm, and so he's smart enough which any horse is he knows the difference between you and him? So he's testing you Quite a bit more significantly than he was testing me because I I Established myself in the leadership role earlier on with him before he really knew so he he's like, yeah I don't challenge but this is all indicating that he could challenge you in the saddle, too Yeah And so that's why it's gonna be important that you do this groundwork and warm up strong and get him get him to believe you Here because if he's testing it here, he's for sure gonna test it when you're sitting on him, right? I don't think he's gonna be as committed to it Because like again from the first day you had trouble just getting him to walk off and trot off And now you're asking him to canter off. Yeah But when it happens like that, I like what you did spanked and then I always like him to stop and recover I never correct a horse where I put more pressure on and then keep going because there's nothing good that comes after that I put a little pressure on and makes I'm thinking about the thought of him kicking out at you was a bad thought Now settle and recover. Does that make sense? Yeah, okay. I Think now I want to try side passing But I think I want to do it on the scary fence line for me if I'm riding a horse and there's some parts of The arena they're afraid of I'm for sure gonna do groundwork in those areas I may or may not drift over there riding depending on where they're at So like with him I in my head said this is kind of my big round pen that I'm in Yeah So I just had an imaginary round pen in my head that I was gonna stay and I wasn't gonna test You know where a lot of people get in the habit of like riding out to the rail right away But a lot of horses get spooky out by the rail because they feel a little more claustrophobic there So I usually find that it's a little safer kind of in the middle to start with and then I branch out from there Okay, well, let's go explore that area just a little bit and see if he's Still afraid of it or not The other thing I would really encourage you to do and I have lots of videos on this on my patreon page of working with Obstacles, I would get really creative with him with the obstacles You could get him to back between things get him to go over poles Get him to go over jumps and I have a lot of different videos on how to do that. In fact There's a video gonna be releasing before this video comes out on every month I do a patreon challenge a horsemanship challenge. So this month it's can you get your horse to can you stay still in one spot and Get your horse to do a figure-eight in front of you around cones And the idea is in the beginning the person has to move and direct their horse around But the end of it is you're standing here in neutral and the horse is doing a figure-eight out of trot without you moving at All and so people can choose to do the easier version or the harder version and then what they're playing for is a painting Commissioning a painting from a painter of the picture of their horse And so that's what they're playing for and anybody that's on that's a member can participate in that challenge We do them every month and all they gotta do is send a video of them doing a figure-eight and they're entered to win And what we can even do with him is you could just start walking and just kind of pushing and you're just gonna not let Him drift too far away where his nose turns away from you But it'd be totally like the main thing is that you stay on the I call it the sidewalk is like off the fence about here I'm not gonna chase them into the middle of the arena I'm gonna stay on the sidewalk and just work my way that way Just put a little pressure with a stick and string to keep So block his nose there and said see you're kind of yielding backwards there I want you to come towards me and to move him with you touch him. There you go. Good. Yeah, just yeah, there you go Super keep him going Keep focusing on where you're going Yep Fantastic. We'll go all the way to the end of the barrels. Oh He's way better. I knew he wasn't really afraid of these But he sure acted like he was pretty afraid of him earlier Does he generally get spooky in this area? Yeah. Oh, he does. Oh, so that means you like go ahead and stop there You see what he's doing there. Yeah He's being curious. And so anytime It's curious a good frame of mind. Yes. Yes. So anytime he gets into a good frame of mind It doesn't matter what I was trying to do. He wins like he's being curious. We'll take it Because you see how that's the opposite of him saying buck you and kicking out and moving around yeah That's that's what we're going for. I Think that's feeling pretty good I think what we need to do next is do some of the pre ride checks and throw the rope over his head a little Bit and then we'll put the snaffle on and we'll practice getting him to turn face And then it's all that we're left to do is ride. Cool. Sound good. Yes, you feel ready to ride today? Yes. All right, let's do it and What I try to do is just get get the rope swinging a little bit and just flip it out and over Without banging him in the face with it too much Perfect really good. Yep, then kind of unwind it So in his ear, there you go. Very good Perfect, and I see even if it touches him like that. I don't mind sometimes if I have a rope, you know I like this is one of the reasons I like these lead ropes without a snap on them So that it isn't gonna bother her. Yep Also just so you guys know in the video I'm gonna leave Kalea with a full tool kit. So all these tools that we brought for her to use She's gonna keep them so that she can keep going and have a lot of progress moving forward Yeah, so just ask him you're asking him to bend around you and move his hip ribs and hip over with the stirrup and Just like I call the three circle game. You're just getting him to walk with a really strong bend in his body So drive him out with the stirrup and you can kind of bump it with a little bit. Yep Good and just walk kind of forward with him there and then the feel on the leader up is kind of just pull and release You're you're the release is you giving him slack and you're asking him to keep the slack there That makes sense. Yep, and I'll put slack in it. Don't pull too much. You gotta release your left hand So get him going forward and more So keep your belly button kind of pointed at his shoulder and get him to go forward and around a little bit more Yep, and part of the idea is we're expanding his comfort zone a little bit with stirrups touching him Yeah Good. Yeah, I like that Then just release a little bit as he starts to go lift Perfect. Really good Yep, I'd say that's good. Okay Once you go ahead and put your helmet on I'll get your reins fixed up and we'll just do a little bit of lateral flexion and we'll have you get on there So yeah, just do a little lateral flexion on the side and then lead him up to the money block There you go Okay, so Howard tell me it talk me through this. How are you feeling right now to get on him good? Good, and when you got on him for that video, were you feeling good then too? No, no, you knew you could feel inside you that it's like this probably isn't a great idea to get on him right now Yeah, kind of You think it was too bad of an idea? What like I'm trying to understand where you were at just emotionally Yeah, I was I didn't have much confidence Okay, you were afraid to get on him, but it was like you weren't yeah real sure that he was gonna be good either. Yeah I'm gonna tighten up your sense just a little bit. It's just a hair loose Okay, just see me just Smoothly everything's smoother than slow. Okay, unless he goes to bronc then think about picking him up and pushing on the horn Pick him up. Just bend him. I Was gonna have you do some lateral flexion there in one spot. Oh, sorry You ready to send it just do some lateral flexion So I would get on him and not go anywhere because because before we got on him he was like anticipating pressure Yeah, and so you part of some of the issues that he has is caused by you going a little too fast okay, so you gotta slow down a little bit, okay, that's where I joke and I say speed kills, but It horses do not like things coming at him quickly. So just it's not about how firm you are in the long run It's about how quickly you get there. Okay. Yeah, so just go ahead and just softly it slowly Ask him for some lateral flexion and then be ready to push on the horn with your free hand if you need to Does that make sense Like if he goes to bucking on you to just bend him and push on the horn or grab the back of the saddle to Help keep you locked down Yeah, push on the horn with your free hand just keep doing that out of half for a habit sake, okay And Yep. Yeah, and you can just pick his head up if he does that Okay Now just kind of give him a little bit of a direction kind of lead your hand out and just ask him to kind of Walk off when he's in a good spot to do that Nice and smooth Yep, good How's this feeling good? It's equal parts trying to make it a positive experience for him and for you Yeah, not just showing him that it's gonna be uncomfortable if he acts up Right. A lot of people get really focused on that side of it, but it's like we need the we need both perspectives. Mm-hmm And then whenever you feel like it I want you to lift with one hand just like we did earlier Lift with one hand and bend him around and you ask him to yield his hind quarters So for those of you that didn't see at the end of my ride from him earlier I had her get on and just practice bending him with one reign at a time And so she's going to use that same motion Yeah, and it's like if you ever felt him where you like gets like a far-off focus or you feel like something's gonna bother him Just bend him around and get his hind quarters to yield around you That's a good like safety position for you to take yeah Does that make sense? Yes. Yep. Very good and lift up on that rain a little more when you do that Okay, and then I want you to flow into a backup and this is like all we're gonna do on this ride So lift to the rain up a little bit and get get him to pivot on a front foot and yield his hind quarters There you go. Now go into a backup. Take your time. Let him find the relief backing up and release. Yep He took a step and now do it again But every step you're gonna release at least there you go and again Good, really good. So an important point to understand here is if you're riding the horse with contact while they're moving forward the horse understands reins mean go and For a lot of horses, that's gonna be okay But if you have a horse that Wants to buck you off if it feels uncomfortable about something then you're gonna need to have a little more control with the reins So I'm teaching her this pattern of bending him down Yielding the hind quarters and flowing into a backup to make it easier for Huck to understand the reins mean stop and back up and This is gonna be a really big safety technique. That's gonna be important for her to continue working on moving forward Yeah, I'll just lead him off the other way And you can use a little more outside leg than that inside leg Did you have a lot of riding lessons when you were first learning to ride? Yeah. Yeah, why? Because you're you seem like a good rider and you seem confident. I was just curious You hear that nice blowing out noise. He's making And that good. Yeah, so that tells you that he's letting down while you're on him. That's a really good Really good deal there So if you're feeling good about it, I want you to ask him to try but hear me out here first you're gonna ask him to try and then you're just gonna go like 10 or 20 feet and then you're gonna lift and slide and bend him around and You're gonna first bend him into relaxed reign and just walk a little circle Then you're gonna switch and you're gonna lift up yield behind quarters away When he pivots then go into a backup. Okay, so three parts to that sequence Yep, so it's just bend him down to a walk in a small circle. Yep kind of steer over there a little bit Yep, little trot really nice Stay over here though. Don't go too far away from us Now go ahead and bend him sit lift with your left hand Your other left. Oh, so that is to bring the reins closer so that you don't have to lean and reach down Yeah, so try show me that again lift with your left hand on the middle of the reins Slide your right hand pretty far down. Yep. Now bend him and walk a little circle Now your left hand if he was getting squirrely you can push on the horn with your left hand if you needed to Now you're going into the hind quarter yield Very good. And this is the move you would do if he got a little bronchi You would pick him up strong yield his hind quarters and say no we don't do that now go into a backup No legs for the backup. No legs Because you were queuing him to go forward while you're asking him to back up So just like sit a little deeper in the saddle and then pick up your reins to go into that backup Good and like I want that yield to come from the reins Like I want him to understand both reins means stop and back up Yeah Because that way you have a chance of recovering if he got going fat too fast or he started to buck if you pick up On both reins, he's gonna think about going in reverse if you do this enough Does that make sense? Yeah but you have a little bit of a habit of gathering up the reins fairly short and You if you're gonna get short on a rein get short on one rein that's just turning him a little bit. Okay? Yeah, go ahead and try it they're gonna go through that same sequence you're gonna lift with your right hand Good lift and then sit Sit in the saddle slide your hand down Walk a little circle and you're gonna pull and release on that rain Just walk that circle just like we did on the ground pull and release it. I want his head bent around to the side more Yes Now switch to a hind quarter yield lift up on the rain Move his hip around Bump here with your leg a little bit and go into a backup Really good and stop How's that feel good? Good job So those are just some really basic recovery strategies like at the end of the day If I'm sitting on a horse and they get scared and they go to do some I don't want I would love to think I Could pull just pull back on both reins like go to my most basic level of instinct and just pull back Would they stop you know? I mean like that would just keep a lot of people safe riding horses if that were true Now I want that yield to be there But more than that if a horse gets bothered while I'm sitting on I'm gonna bend with one rein So my hands are trained to do this one hand lifts and the other hand Slides down to get them bent then this hand is gonna go to the horn and what we call power position To kind of get you hunkered down in the saddle ride through the storm and then decide if you need to get off or move Him around some more. Whatever whatever that case is. So let's do that again to the right Don't get too short on the reins We don't want to teach him to because if you're going forward and he's just leaning on the bit He's just learning to wear that pressure and that's gonna that's what part of what caused him to get dull to the the reins there This is going even better than when I rode him. It's really good to see Good go ahead and sit and lift and slide Lift and slide. I want you to lift a little higher. I want you to get yeah, I get shorter on that rein So for me for the next 10 rides, this is the main sequence that I want you to practice You can do other things too, but you have to practice like at least like 10 to 15 reps of this Does that make sense? Because I want him to get good at this sequence and I want you to get really good at this sequence So that way if something happened that you weren't expecting you'd be ready to fix it sooner than later But I'm like just thrilled to death with how cooperative he's being right now because he's way more cooperative than he was for me Which I was I was really to be if I'm being honest I expected him to give you some more guff and then I was gonna see if you could Fix it or if I needed to fix it I didn't think he was gonna like blow up on you But I I didn't think he was gonna be like pretty darn cooperative. Like this is the most cooperative. I've seen him under saddle And so that is so I so when he's being in a good frame of mind We don't want to drill on it and keep it going too much But is there anything else that you experienced with him under saddle that I should know about or that you want it you have questions? Or we should work on before we call you good I think the like right now the basics are like exactly what he needs and like what I need with him. Yep In order to get anywhere Yeah Yeah, so so compared to your previous last few rides on him does this feel like a different horse That's great to hear so you feel like there's hope for you and him again Awesome. This is great So when I got here she was kind of teary-eyed and not sure how this was gonna go if it was gonna work out or If it was even possible and now you're up there riding him smiling having a good time so I feel like my work here is complete and I'm very excited to see what you you and him do moving forward and she's gonna be disciplined about following the the program that I've given her and Can't wait to see what these two do in the future. So thank you guys for tuning in and we'll see on the next one