Harding Brown I don't think his pasterns are too long.  They are medium which is what I look for.  If I had to be critical, I'd say his hocks are too high, he's down hill, there's no depth to his stifle, and his shoulder is too straight.  He might be a tick clubby on his right front, too.  None of that matters, though, if he has the heart to work.  

conagher I don't typically sideline hobble mine, just the fronts.  The rule of thumb, though, is get the horse to stand square and set the rope to just reach from foot to foot without tension and without dragging on the ground.  Let us know how it goes.🤠

Lucas Truax cool pic!  Thanks for sharing! Looks hot in OK 🤠

Stephen Gowling looks like the floor of the barber shop after I get a haircut!😂

Brett Petersen nope, just your standard horsemanship flag from Teskeys.

Brett Petersen Oh, that's a 1/2" by 20' double braid nylon.  We sell them on our gear page. 🤠

Brett Petersen. Which rope are you asking about?

Hunter Green Sorry for the late response!  Did you find some rope?  

Chloe Mariant I just read my response to Hunter Green and I agree, it was vague😓!  Ok, in the beginning, I want the horse to turn in to me so that I am sure that I have 100% of his attention.  Once I have established that the stop means give me your attention, I start teaching the horse to stop straight and NOT turn.  When I start riding Neches, I want him to stop straight so I teach him that from the ground.  You'll notice that Neches does learn to stop straight, but also LOOKS inward to me.  That is the ideal situation.   It tells me that Neches not only understands that he should be focused on me, but also tells me that he understands that he should stop straight.  I find that a horse that is only taught to turn inward will turn in their stops while being ridden as well.  We call that "scaffolding" when we can build one concept onto another and get good results.  Was that better?🙂. Richard