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I’ve recently started watching your Channel and I’ve enjoyed every moment of it. I’ve learned so much from you and I’ve only been watching for a few days. You break things down so it’s easier to understand, not just that though, you show it and your thorough in your teachings. Thank you for being such a great horseman and teacher. Ive seen some things that I need to teach my horses that I’ve learned from you, so we can both become better. I only noticed this because I realized some other horses you’ve worked with have the same habits as mine… Keep doing this amazing work!!

@ryanrosehorsemanship

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

YES I've exerienced the creepy, soft, sweaty handshake from men visiting our office. It just makes me want to tell them to "MAN UP". My dad always taught me to look people in the eyes and give a good handshake. Yes, I'm a woman. I've also had a guy about breaking my hand like he was trying to prove he is a powerful MAN. Love how your video helps all of us whose horses lose their manners over the cold winter snowy months. Can't wait to remind my 3 boys of this.

@ryanrosehorsemanship

2 жыл бұрын

😂

Taken on two rescue ponies, a Fell and a New Forest and as it’s been quite a few years since I owned my own, wanted to get off the right hoof. Due to circumstance neither can be ridden, so started searching for general advice/ groundwork exercises and happened upon your channel. I have watched several of your videos, they are so informative and with each I have learned something new. I greatly admire your approach and appreciate that you discuss teaching in terms of energy transference. Enjoyed the videos so much, considering your Patreon. In the meantime thank you for all you do 🐴

Wife......LOL 🤣 Ryan your the BEST 😄 I totally understand what your saying regarding a ""soft" handshake I HATE THAT!! I'm a woman, but my father taught me to shake hands with a FIRM handshake. I also appreciate that. Love your videos Ryan. Thank you.... Blessings 🙌 Jennifer 🐎

We call it a dead fish hand shake

@ryanrosehorsemanship

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@lonnyhollywood

8 ай бұрын

@@ryanrosehorsemanship definitely had that hand shake!! but i have no idea why its sweaty and cold at the same time!!!

Makes my day to get a new upload from this channel! Funny seeing Ryan with a horse this large. I’m used to all the little low rider QH’s😆

@ryanrosehorsemanship

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊

I have the perfect horse to try this with. I have to say I am glad she isn't as tall! Great video!

Thank you for this. My loan horse is a Friesian cross and he's 18.2. I'm 5ft 5". He fidgets when I'm trying to tack him up and knows if he just raises his head I can't reach him with his bridle! I'm going to try this with him. I have to say though, once he's tacked up he stands beautifully so I can climb on board and is a real gentle giant from then on.

Have a four year old 17.2 Irish sport horse that was great with poll, bridle until this falls worming, now he clenches his teeth and won’t open his mouth for bit. He’s like- you tricked me with that nasty worm paste last month and I’m not opening my mouth for anything. Haltering is fine, but he wouldn’t take treats, my finger, carrots, apples, or anything and we couldn’t reward him for the right thing bc he is fine with lowering head, touching nose but will not take anything in mouth to reward. Had vet out to check teeth to. I’m going to try this today, bc he doesn’t like backing up or pressure bc I have raised him with all positive reinforcement so this may be the answer. I’ll keep you posted!

Love this channel. I love to watch all the beautiful horses get helped. You explain things so well.

Yep! Hate those creepy loose noodle handshakes! Wonderful lessons here!

@sidilicious11

2 жыл бұрын

And some men squeeze way too hard.

@dawnaustin4556

2 жыл бұрын

@@sidilicious11 God. Doesn't happen if you have a good grip yourself.

@sidilicious11

2 жыл бұрын

@@dawnaustin4556 a small female hand isn’t always a match to a surprise vise grip.🙃

He is cueing on the visual of you moving your left hand form the lead rope. WHat I do is put my foot on the lead rope so if he raises his head he bumps HIMSELF as he raises his head. He doesn't associate the bump with anything I am doing and he learns he can release him self only by holding his head down.. BTW trained and drove Drafts in commercial operations for 20 years and this horse is SHORT compared to the Belgians and Percherons we used to pull wagons and sleighs

@shadowdancer1412

2 жыл бұрын

Hello. Where r u located? I recently purchased a Percheron filly. She will be one year old in April. I am working with her to lower her head, but of course not bridled yet. Can you tell me how soon I can climb on her back? She is taller than my two year old quarter horses already.

@shadowdancer1412

2 жыл бұрын

Hobbit Homes Also, can you recommend any books or videos on training draft horses? I want to train her for trail riding. Any info would be greatly appreciated, becuz it’s hard to find. In fact, you might want to consider writing a book on draft horse training. There just isn’t much available. 😃

@imagineifyouwereaworm

2 жыл бұрын

Wait that’s a great idea!! I’m gonna use this

Great video! 17 hands is sure a tall horse. That’s the height of the mounts for the Queen’s guards at Buckingham Palace. Very regal. This horse is beautiful!

Thanks again Ryan!

Excellent video on how to bridle a tall horse. I am 5'5" and my horse is 17 h. He has been taught to put his head down so i can do it. We took it slow and lots of rewards. I was lucky with mine. Love your videos. Learn a lot from you.

Love that you told what to do even if it was a really hard horse to bridle. Thank you! Love learning by you.

@ryanrosehorsemanship

2 жыл бұрын

😀👍

I purchased a horse once that was nearly impossible to bridle or halter. "Head shy". He had been thru a lot. I was able to determine his problem was the worst case of ear mites I have ever seen. I put him in his stall, blindfolded him, put medicine in a squirt gun and treated him. Once the mites were gone, the problem quickly went away.

@saspinks3001

Жыл бұрын

My horse is normally fine about me messing with his ears but not long ago he got an earful of ticks and his ear hurt to be touched. I wish I had thought about the squirt gun - brilliant and I will get one for the barn!

If you've never experienced the creepy handshake, it's you.. you're the one that creepy shakes

Yes! In a job interview! When I was the job interview eeeeee 🙀🙈😅

Hahaha, that’s me on a regular horse lol! I’m 5’4, this is great!

@ryanrosehorsemanship

2 жыл бұрын

😂👍

Great process and approach!

Thank you Ryan! You make it simple! 👍🏻

Awesome tips. Yes creepy handshake turned into a two handed handshake (one on top, and his other hand on the bottom cupping my hands in the middle)

Thank you mr Rose! I’m getting you more 😊❣️

My goodness, that's a cute horse! Great teachings.

I LOVE IT! Such a nice horse.

Thank you Ryan for the awesome season evey bit helps, 😆 no really. Absolutely love all what you have to teach 🙌 ✨️ ❤️

Thanks for the great video! Working with my one year old Percheron to lower her head. This is perfect video for me!

Thanks for the helpful video. One of my horses is a Shire and is just a bit over 17 hands, with a much heftier build. Fortunately he is not a problem to bridle (I’m 5’3”😂). Good tips though for when bridling is difficult.

@ryanrosehorsemanship

2 жыл бұрын

Nice 👍

A handshake can tell you a lot about a person. Most of my floppy fish were with people my own age

"He's also 17 hands high" (plays epic war drums) haha!!

Yes. I’ve had a limp handshake.

When I was 10 my mother had a 17.2 hh horse. I had to stand on the top rail of fence and wrap hay around the bit to bridle him! I wish I knew then what you just taught.

Yep, I have had the creepy handshake, it is creepy.

Yay! Thank you for this!!!

Great tips and timely. My mare has the high head ear issues when bridling. I'm working on getting her more consistent.

@ryanrosehorsemanship

2 жыл бұрын

Great 👍

Terrific video. You nailed the reasons this problems happen. I have used molasses on the bit with success.

Priceless whisdom

Nicely done

Gorgeous draft!

Very good lesson

him: *handling the horse* training in the background them: *WHA THE WHY IN HERE?* Horse that's being trained: why is he here?*

Such a lovely horse, I can see how kind and gentle he is 🙂 is he in for training or looking for a home? Wishful thinking I suppose 😊 Thanks for the lesson, I always find something new with your teachings.

Oh, yeah! Like grabbing a dead fish! Yuk!!! 🥴

Creepy handshake - yep it's a real thing! Like shaking a piece of wet tissue - yuck! Love your videos.

So helpful!

That is so nice & thought.😊

I rode a horse owned by a friend of mine 17 hands. He was the only guy I had to use a mounting block with lol.

Good to know i am mostly doing something similar. I have a gorgeous mare that is headshy. She even gulps when she is anxious. Between a dislike of cantering and putting Bridles on. We are slowly working through it.

This will be a great help to me . I am short and yes I have a tall draft horse .

😆The creepy hand shake lol...😂

Super video

That horse is so cute :)

Brilliant

Yes on the creepy hand shake! I used to meet a lot of people as a loan consultant and I appreciated a nice firm shake and hated the wet noodle one.😄

Horses obviously raise their heads when stressed or fearful, but will put their heads over you to establish dominance as well. if you watch geldings play fighting in a field they will often stand there trying to get their head up over the other. So if your otherwise quiet and non-scared horse often raises his head in response to haltering, bridling, worming or just around you generally, he might be saying "I think I'm the dominant one here".

lol the creepy handshake… 🤮 Great video. I’m finding it super helpful!!

My wife and I just got a 6 1/2 year old mare that was supposedly green broke but as we work with her we are finding she is very green broke. When you go to bridle her she will stand there and let you get the bit up to her mouth and as soon as you get her to open her mouth she will run back and rear up. Previous owner now tells me he rode her in a hackamore because she acted a fool when he tried a bit so he just started using the hackamore. I will definitely try this technique but she seems to be explosive in her reactions.

Hi there fab video. Thank you for doing this video and sharing it. I have a 17.2hh 5yr old gelding who is really very loathe to be bridled. I'd love to help him accept his bridle happily. He lowers his head very well for me but as soon as you bring the bridle in he tries to run away! Would I just follow the same steps you have in this video even though his reaction is pretty extreme? Just follow your steps exactly and make him uncomfortable when he starts acting up?

Ryan, enjoy your videos. Could you think about very, very briefly mentioning what tack you're using during the video and why? Sometimes I can't tell whether your bit is a pelham or a Tom Thumb, or what not, roller, etc.

Hi Ryan, thank you for your video. I have question on this video, when u training this horse bridling, why u need to move him back forward couple of times and restart the bridling again? Maybe u already explain in the video but I maybe not understand well Via the video.

I nice horse!

This guy enjoys the camera! 😅

Can you talk a little about the pressure release technique. I get the concept that as soon as they do something correct, you want to release pressure. How does this work when you apply pressure to get him to lower his head and he lowers his head, but you want him to KEEP it down a little longer. Do you continuously apply pressure or do a pressure and release, pressure and release to get him to remain with his head lowered? Thanks Ryan...can't wait to try this with my 17.2 Belgian. ;-)

Fab videos 🇮🇪 💕

Yes I've had the creepy handshake....so gross!

Have You ever had a horse which held its head down but tried to avoid the bridle by twisting its head to the right or to the left?

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My horse keeps his mouth clamped shut. Thumb wiggling doesn't work well. Now trying fruit roll-ups on the bit. Not working very good

I'm 6 feet tall and 240 pounds. I try to only ride horses that are at least 16 HH. I want to be sure that I'm not more than 20 percent of the weight of the horse. No way am I going to get on a 13 HH pony.

When your hands hurt you don’t squeeze hard. You also appreciate people who do the same. 😊

My horse is hard to bridle

Lltoo taaLl for me

i have 2 warmbloods one is 16.3 and was is 17.2 and im 5'3 . i have been tought if there is there is a way . i love my warm bloods but i also love my standerbreds . i love watching your videos as you dont beat aroune the bush and you actuly teach with the owner and explain stuff well.

Heck yes. Hate the creepy hand shake….. 😁

I hate the limp handshake. I instantly lose respect for that person.

Really dislike the creepy handshake