Hello all, I've been quite busy the last several days travelling and getting settled in at the Canadian.  I promise to catch up soon.  Hope you're having a great week!  Richard

I just wanted to share a little tip to everyone who’s training and starting horses. Go into your session with a plan. Pick a few things you want to work on each day and write them down.  I know from experience if you don’t have a solid plan we waiver from the goal we’re trying to achieve. Get a note pad and sit down the night before or however you choose to approach it but write down the goals you wanna achieve especially if you’re like me and training multiple horses in a day. Follow the 5 principles and keep them in mind with each exercise you’re planning on in the session. You’re 80 percent more likely to complete your goals when you write them down. Make then achievable. Keep things simple. 

Hope this helps yall. From Canada 🇨🇦 calib 

Same horse just a week later. He changes to such a dark fella 

My young fella is becoming quite the horse. Reckon I shoulda introduced him to a single cow before and not a couple hundred though lol he did great. Hes almost black now. Black roan 🤔 b1 changed my whole game. I’ve started around 30-40 colts just using this program. Study study and repeat. Practice and practice some more. The horses benefit but you will benefit most. Don’t be afraid to try new things, add and take away but stick to the foundation 

Hey RICHARD, this is Greg Holm. I have a four year-old palomino mate that does great in round. Pin does great being saddled Snafflebit all of it when I go to ride she starts out fine and then she wants to kick out which I know it can be normal, but she has a Tennessee to reach back and try to bite my foot. How do I correct this? Sorry talk to text 

Happy Saturday!  Well, we leave for Colorado and the Canadian in 2 days.  The trip this year is a big question mark as the drought in the western states has seriously diminished the cattle numbers grazing in the higher elevations.   But,  we're going anyhow!  I never know what is going to happen and it can't happen if we're not there!  Of course I will keep you up to speed on all the fun.

Let's welcome our newest B1 members, shall we? 

Welcome, Todd Newton, Lou, Austen Wright, Kent Bumgarner, Jarred Dotson, Mike McGinnis

Let us know if we can help.🤠

Bob VanWinkle Here's the video we discussed.  Hope it helps.  Let me know if you need anything else.

I been breaking a riding horses for clients for some times now and I truly love the B1 horsemanship’s community and training videos. I’m struggling right now with this 9 year old mare I’m riding for a client. I thought her how to backup on the ground and she does well with it but won’t back up under saddle. I have tried to ask her in multiple different ways and I have used a couple different bits. What she does when I as is she brings her chin to her chest and opens her mouth and stays like that. She doesn’t even take a step back or even try to back up. I guess what I’m asking is what other ways can you teach a horse to back up under saddle when they do very well backing up on the ground?

First off I want to say I really appreciate all of your videos and this community where we can ask questions! I look up to you in your natural horsemanship ways and will try my best to follow your footsteps in colt starting with the ES20 series. I have worked with yearlings and 3 year olds before but never but the first ride on. I recently bought a freshly 3yr old who is completely unhandled. After 4 days with me she responds to the code well, accepts the halter, will move her hind end, and lunge around. How “broke” on the ground does she need to be before starting with the cinch rig and saddle? Do I base it off of my judgment or is there a couple rules you follow before you start them? I don’t want to add too much too soon so thought I’d ask the boss! Thank you Boatwright for all that you do! 

Who here got some much needed rain this week?  We went from dust to mud in a couple days😂. Oh well,  I'll take it!

Help me welcome this week's new members:  Bob VanWinkle, Brian, Greg Holm, Dan Grueneberg , Joel Nelson, Anthony Ingrao, Tim Cornwell, Mandi monroe, Warren Bates,Jr, Craig Kasper, Clayton Koford, HEELY, Sunny Freytag .  Welcome to B1!!