Cole J. ouch!  I think that will just have to grow out.  RB

Travis you just need to increase the pressure on him until he gets a little life in his feet.  Do whatever you need to do to get it.  Then, when he speeds up a little, release the pressure.  Don't get greedy with it just build it up over the course of a session.  Let the pressure start lightly, but then spike suddenly and see if it doesn't help.  RB

Gracie M. They don't have to fear the flag, but you'll need to teach him to understand what it means. Just go slow and teach him to back off the pressure.  Wave the flag at him and when he moves away even a little bit, stop.  Then pick it up and start again.  It might take several tries, but he'll learn to avoid that pressure.  God luck and let me know how it goes!🙂. RB

Conoly S. Ok, your basically dealing with a touch of buddy sourness.  There are a couple ways to approach the solution, but the principle here is to teach him that life is more comfortable away from the others.  I'd start by revisiting the groundwork.  Put his buddies near by and work him as usual.  Then, take him away to rest and eat a little.  You might also tie another horse near where you'll be working the problem horse and trot intense circles near the other guy, then let him rest as you walk away (see this video:  https://b1horsemanship.com/programs/collection-xaqnakaj4zk )

You can get creative, too.  Just make sure to let him find comfort away from the others and work near them.  Let me know how this goes.  In the meantime, I'll try to think of other ways to help.  Just remember to forget about trying to teach much of anything while he's distracted and conquer this resistance first.  Good luck!  RB

Travis I want you to think of this in terms of making the gate a place that he doesn't want to be.  It can be as simple as just hustling him past the gate and letting him rest on the other side of the pen.  Or, you can change direction every time he gets to the gate an let him cruise n the other side.  Then you could reinforce the whole thing by ending your session with some ground work at the gate and outside the gate.  You can get creative, too.  As long as he knows that the gate won't be a heavenly place where there's no work!😆. Hope this helps.  RB

Nicolas D. the riders that have learned to ride by taking lessons in the classical tradition are used to holding the horse in position with the bridal reins.  This tends to short circuit the horse's thoughts and distracts them from the cow.  I was taught that the horse needs to be able to think, so we need to loosen our hold on the reins and allow him to find the cow.  Hope this helps!  RB

Kim S. it depends on the horse, but the key here is to build the skills into the horse so that the rider can use anytime the behavior does resurface again.  

Damon F. how's the filly doing?