Richard Boatwright - I have a question. I've seen patience poles used to teach a horse to tie up - is that a method you recommend?

Wanted to say thanks Richard Boatwright for the content and share a success story with my wife's horse. We have roped some off of him and he's tolerated but never been completely good with it. Like good horsemen (sarcasm) we left it go because it's sometimes more fun to rope than it is to work on your horse. Last couple outs he got tangled a little bit and had a couple near wrecks.

We went back through your 'How to Prep a Colt to Rope' exercises and started him back on it the right way. We found quite a few 'resistance' areas which we would not have wanted to find in the saddle! This is him after he eventually decided that the rope attached to his foot was going to kill him.

Thanks again!

Thank you for good content it's helped me build my confidence and start training for the public after several years away thanks again

I have a 4 year old mare that paws and gets her leg caught when she is put in a pipe panel pen (mainly for feeding or when at a clinic, etc.).  She is well hobble broke and will just stand there until I come get her leg manipulated out, but I need her to STOP this.  Any ideas on techniques I could use to break her of this annoying (and potentially dangerous) habit?    Thanks!

Hi guys, I really appreciate all the content suggestions. We'll knock those out ASAP. I wanted to offer something to you guys as members. My wife and I have been in the horse and cattle business a long time and over the years we've learned quite a bit about the business side. Let's have a discussion about costs, billing, investments, customer relations, advertising, employees, or taxes. Any questions?

I have a two yr old that I am getting ready to start. I have saddled him and it took all of 15 mins. My question is, when a colt is as gentle as he is, what are things i can do to wake him up and get his feet moving. I don't think he is lazy but not very reactive😳. 

We really like your horsemanship principles so we figured they'd make a good reminder on the wall. Used one of our horses as the poster model. Thanks for all the content!

Hi Richard,

I know personally there are several factors that determine how much time I'll work a particular horse each session as well as how many days a week I'll work them.  But, I was wondering if you have a standard rule of thumb. 

ex. 1 hr./day x 5 days a week

Thanks for all your guidance!

Mike

Hello, just got my two year old filly back from the trainer Saturday and saddled her up for the first ride on Sunday.  So right when I got up she started bucking right away and got me off fairly quick.  The trainer said I should have lunged her but the round pen was so wet from all the rain we have had here in East Texas I just walked her several times.  I remember the back cinch was pretty tight.

I rode her the week before down in Houston and she did fine.  But the trainer did lunge her a few laps with the saddle on.

Thanks

Mike

I have a 12 yr horse I bought six months ago. He is definitely a work in progress. I went to put him in a different horse trailer (not a stock trailer) and he freaked out when I went to close the divider. He backed right out and had the fear of death in his eyes. I got him to calm down and started the process again, he’ll get in, but once I start to move the divider same thing happened. He has no issues in a stock trailer so I assume it has something to do with claustrophobia…?!  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I’ll keep on trying. Thanks for all you do Richard~ Zak