Bucking Strap-Nightlatch- Recognizing Signs and Tests of a Fresh Horse - Rick Gore Horsemanship
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
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Here I explain what a bucking strap or nightlatch is and how it helps you stay in the saddle when the ride gets rough. Here is a link to my site where I have pictures and talk about the bucking strap: www.thinklikeah... -
Then I use my "PINK" hoof pick and talk about saddling a horse and then I get on Mr. T and show you what resistance looks like, what a fresh horse acts like when they are telling you that they are not ready to be ridden. Tanner shows clear behavior that he is not happy about me riding him and does several test to see if I am really in charge, he test to see if he really has to listen to me, he test to see if I am paying attention and he test to see what he can get away with, if I miss any of those tests, then he will become worse and will trust me less and listen less. So it is critical that you are able to recognize these signals and then respond appropriately to these test.
Here is another video on a rope night latch:
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Awww Tan Man you're a good boy even in heaven🐎.... and Buddy youre a such a good boy...oh hell Rick you're a good boy too!😂
I love giving your older videos another visit, Rick. You've helped me so much in these years and have sculpted me before I even received my first horse. I'm passing the knowledge onto my husband (kids too, when they get older), who is horse clueless. I see this fresh behavior between the two of them each time, and even with me too. You're guiding 2 fine horsemen without being here, and putting 3 fine horsewomen in the world, too. I really look forward to bestowing your lessons to those around me.
:) thanks, really nice to hear
Amber Speer nice comment. I love the old videos too. About 6 months ago, I started watching all TLAH vids from oldest to newest. We don’t watch anything else. 🤗
Tanner is so sensitive compared to buddy, it's pretty cool to watch the difference in the two :)
It’s like the universe gave him perfect contrast between two horses so that he could help educate all of us using them as a tool. They are my favorite trio💛
This was a good video for me. I've been off my horse for 8 months because I was pregnant and now that I'm ready to ride again we are bumping heads a lot. I'm going to take it slow with her and build her up again. Physically and mentally😉
Rick, you have got some gentle hands. I am impressed by this whole video. Keep up the good work and thank for sharing.
Thank you Rick for the insiteful videos and comments. With all the horses I have ridden I have found the basics that you teach apply. Loving , enjoying , and respectfully controlling them has been at the center of my joy for these wonderful creatures. God bless you, keep up the great work!!!
I love how he says the horse is just being a horse, cause a lot of people don't seem to understand that!
We use these and call it our "oh shit strap" because that is what we are thinking if we need to grab it!
just like in cars but we call them 'Jesus grips' or "Jebus grips" and for the same reason lol
that's so true
The couple I ride with have nightlatches on their saddles. I have one and so does my husband. Even tho' my horse is 26 he still is "fresh" during the spring time; all that luscious springtime pasture gets him happy. Occasionally , I have to use the night latch...
Gosh, I’ve missed these. Seeing Tanner standing there ready to take the saddle, makes me appreciate these videos all over again!
i love how you do this bitless
With our stock saddles in Australia, we call this/these the monkey straps. They come in handy that's for sure. The old guy I trained under, back in the 1960's, didn't want any of us (we started many youngster Brumbies) to come off and teach the newbie that bucking was the way to go. Mostly they didn't buck though, he was big on taking our time, and like you say, reading the signs.
Old vid of ricks came up and seeing Mr T looking good is very refreshing. He was a good ole horses and was a very good lookin mustang in his younger days. It’s nice to see him with his head up and alert.❤️
Mr T is such a gorgeous Dude. Buddy Hollywood just loves the camera and obviously felt left out - mean ole dad! Thanks for the learning. Buddy...Mr T...Rick...you are THE BEST xxx
This was great. Gotta take the time to go methodically and patiently through the fresh behaviors to find the relaxed horse ready to head out together. Mr. T is a big horse, yet he moves like he's spring-loaded ... well, he did in 2011. Even in current videos, he's still got it when he wants to!
Thanks again for all your videos. I'm slowly making my through through all of them. This one was especially useful as my horse has done the 'honking' noise at times when getting ready to ride and would also be 'restless' or not wanting to stand still for mounting. While I never forced the issue by mounting until he calmed himself, I'm now glad to know what may have been going on.
I like at 5:01 how you caught the stirrup as you let the fender down, you and your horses have great consideration and respect for each other. :D
ITs good to see tanner having a 2nd chance at life and enjoying a good retirement :)
wow,,just found you. Great explanations. I've been around horses all my life, rodeo, trails, shows,,, I learned something here... goes to show your never too old and 'experienced' to learn... subscribed now so have a lot of catching up to do. your the ONLY horse person I"ve seen so far on youtube that 'gets it'.
I loved your video of your fresh horse, I rode my horse today, have not ridden him for about 6 months, and he was doing the nose blowing like yours, I did not know that meant he was not happy, thanks, I had to do alot of turning and stopping and relaxing , for a bit, but later he was all cool and good. and ended in a good get together. I love that grab strap will have to attach one to my saddle.
outstanding video. a real learning experience for me. my horse gets ridden once a wk. and she is like this every time. nervous energy, alot of go. now i understand why and what to do about it. thankyou sir.
Yes dear the belt shrunk....just like after 4 kids my jeans all shrunk...lol
I love these old tapes of Mr T. Great info
You’re old videos are amazing bro! Mr T was a bad ass
I don't know about bucking straps but I know it's valuable to watch quiet and patient correction of the horse's natural impulse to just take off and take control when it hasn't been ridden in a little while. It's impossible to over-emphasize the best basics!
Ah! I looked it up. I've ridden Western maybe three times in my life. I ride an English saddle (I wouldn't call what I do "riding" much less English riding) and I always used the mane to keep from hauling on the reins to keep my balance. I was thrilled to find there was such a thing as a neck strap and always tried to have one - mostly because I'm such a poor rider and I'm always afraid of using the reins to keep my balance, etc. Got it. No, no, I'm not implying that you or anyone else is not a good rider. I'm just saying that I now understand what a bucking strap is.
What we do when the horse is acting up is just a very light but firm "back up" and we back them until they know that thats bad
Love your training methods!
I like that you pointed out simple steps to ensure that if there are issues, they are not pertaining to preventable problems
you love that pink hoof pick. sell those with your name on it :-D
Ulla Nielsen sell em with his name and that pink dust that keeps horses from bucking and makes them listen XD
Back watching your old videos🐎🐎
This helped lots. I have 2 new mares that haven't been ridden for 3 months during the time they were up for sale and they are snorting and grunting about being lunged and saddled up. Good to know it is all of them not just mine. Your videos help even years later so please keep them up *:D
Thanks Rick for posting these videos. I have always believed that the most uncommon thing is "common sense" and if only more "horse people" used common sense when working their horses, they would have happier horses and better safer rides!
Perfect teacher Mr Gore.
I am getting a free lease horse next week, my first ever horse. Thank you so much for all your youtube clips, they make me laugh and I am learning SO much from you. Hi from Australia!
even though he is rather fresh, he is still very responsive! I Love your videos and I hope to develop a relationship with my horse like you have with yours. I enjoy learning how to think like a horse. Thanks.
This is great, my daughter's pony is like this when fresh! There i not to much over ontrolling occurring! When you start over controlling this is when you get problem's with the horse!! You can always tell with our pony is fresh as he is jumpy, his head rises he jumps and spooks. Quiet control is really important, thank you this is great.
Rick, sometimes you drive me crazy with your video's. But, yeah, there is a BUT, this video is really good. I like the check list and your review of getting on a horse that hasn't been ridden in a while. This video is a good refresher of what one needs to know and do. Thanks!
wow! soooo much useful info in a short video! thanks rick! brilliant on the bucking strap, and reading Mr. T, who I would have guessed to be easy to handle from previous videos. thanks fir the honesty in his attitude and behavior! so valuable!
this on my recommended after 9 years. damn
I am glad I watched this video. I am about to begin saddle work with a green broke mare. I will be patient with her because I know more of what to watch for.
for a senior horse, mr. T is full of energy
He was 18 ish in this vid. Not very senior at that point.
You're good techer of horses
Lmbo. Right Rick, the belt shrunk, you didn't become rounder =p
All in good fun, ya know I loves ya and your boys Mr T & Buddy!
I love watching Mr T
Mr. T is a beautiful Mustang.
Thanks Rick. This is exactly what I needed!!
I always bought a training saddle with a good rawhide cheyenne roll and would hold it when horses would set to bucking. More leverage to hold your butt in saddle and keeps you from potentially getting launched over pommel or horses head (if a horse is a high kicking bucker).
This was always only IF the horse "exploded" with no fore-warning. Best buck cure is to see the horses warnings, and divert thier attention to get them to relax.
I have no place to attach a strap on the bare naked back of my horse. I took him straight out of the pasture after over 6 months without riding him in order to get into town when the roads were impassable by car last winter. He's a breeding stallion who is not started under saddle although I've climbed on a few times. He took me 15 miles into town and back without a problem without working him first. What a good little horse.
Thank you, it's spring here in Chicago! Great Video!
I enjoyed your video. Nice work. I could almost feel the motion of your horse when you sit in the saddle. You make me feel like riding. I understand everything your doing. I often had to get horses ready after the winter months.
Now I have a bucking strap nightlatch too ;-)
He is. a good horse you do a good job thank you for showing us
I don't think I heard a word you said. My eye was on Tanner and what a georgous, spit fire horse he was in his younger years. Towards the end of the lockdowns I ran across your videos. I saw him as adorable!! Today I saw him as a youngster. Oh Buddy there! My curiosity has me wondering what made you pick him? I know he was free, like Buddy but what little I know about you, I do know you wouldn't pick a horse because he was beautiful or free. What was it that made you pick him? And Buddy too. Maybe feeding the horses one morning you can share that with us. Also, I must say your horsemanship on the horse is great fun to watch!
You and the Norwegian girl (When the horse chooses? I think her channel is) are the only two people online that I have any time for. The difference being that both of you take the horses views into consideration and neither of you advocate punishing horses, in fact you do the exact opposite by rewarding good behaviour and ignoring bad behaviour this giving the horse time to think about it and choose to follow you of it's own accord. This is the secret of horsemanship, realising that the horse is a herd animal and that it needs to view someone as the leader and by acting in the correct way becoming the leader that the horse trusts and follows. It isn't rocket science and is very much a case of treating them in a way you would be happy to be treated if the roles were reversed.
Boy, Tanner looks SO much like my mustang -- and their personalities are so alike they could be brothers! How old was he when he was taken from the wild? Mine was 4 (I've had him for almost two years, now, he's 16), and even though he's bull headed, stubborn, willful -- he has a BRAIN and communicates. I'm pleased to see that you think it's OK for him to "be a horse" -- that "mind" saved my butt in the back country more than once. I've heard a horse and rider described as a "herd of two"
Great video Rick . My dog huffs like that when I don’t give her what she wants too .
Thank you for your great teaching Videos. I am a complete beginner with horses and learn so much from you...! Regards from Switzerland! Christa
Mr. T is built so pretty! I love his big thick neck Rick! :D
Mr T is just so very handsome. Is that a Mustang brand on him?
Yes Mr. T was a wild caught mustang
I think he has a video about the history of both his horses
Hey this is a NO barn witch Zone and stupid wrong advice is prohibited. Keep your ignorant advice to yourself. If you really knew what you were talking about you would just repeat stupid shit you heard other say and maybe then you would start to Think Like A Horse and NOT like a know it all idiot. Go to your bran and share your dumb advice with people that don't know any better. Then you can feel smart. Sucks to be your horse.
On English there was a strap hidden under the front. Saved my butt when the horse I was riding got spooked. Even the trainer (I was, like, 10.) said she thought I was going to go down.
I've watched all your videos, I have a qh gelding that I've been working with. I ride in a rope halter and thought I broke his habits of spinning,crow hops and popping up. he hasn't been worked in a few weeks or so. shows the signs of ready for me to get on,saddle fits,nothing i seen hurting him. i lounged him 10 mins. and he spinning pushing through the halter.no control and not listening, I took him into the round pen after he ran up the hill bucking, he tried to climb out of the pen with me on him.so got off worked him more and still acting the same as before I got off. what should I do?
Shucks, Rick, nobody with any horse experience would have a problem with that kind of "fresh" behavior. Good video for a newbie who bought a horse last fall and hasn't ridden all winter. About that pink hoof pick - I suspect it happens to more people than you know - they end up with pink because it was the last one. :)
RE: baggerhog
Other horse's tie rope is too long. Very easy for him to raise his head and catch the loop of the rope under the trailer fender, then panics and pulls back. Then, because of the narrowness of his rope halter, it can cause facial/neck nerve damage. Better to tie at the correct length and hang a hay bag, if you horse must eat while tied to your trailer.
Wow, I wish I had seen this video a couple of years ago. Totally correct and on point about trainers working with horses and not people.
I have a rope halter just like yours. Now that I see how to tie the lead line. I can see the halter working.
That boy is such a good role model..
We just moved our horses. My mare whom I've been off of for quite awhile is slow to adjust so I'm still doing ground work consisting of walking her around the new farm away from her companion horse and have her listen to me. She has to back up if she tries to move me over. First I put her in the round pen and she was crazy wild and tried to run over me, so I backed up in what we are doing. She is now calm and not pushing me. I'm going out of town so I can't work her for a week or so, but I'm hoping she'll pick up close to where we were.
It's a beautiful horse, like your lecture about fresh horses or set for a while.
Old video but I gotta be my favorite!!
I wanted to put one of these on my saddle but unfortunately it doesn't have d rings at the front and I'm not sure how to put them on there? it needs to be really secure of course, it has a couple of tassels for tying a saddle bag too bug they're so weak and shit they break under pressure. So irritating.
Oh nooooooos, it's Paaaaank! LOL Rick you crack me up, and even though i have no horse of my own (and likely wont until such a time as I can prepare the proper land and tools for them) I'm trying to absorb as much info as i can
"the horse tells me if what I'm doing is right or wrong." Bravo!
@vampirewolf224 : Start the horse over like it has never been ridden, to the horse it never has. Slow is fast with horses.
Thanks for the "fresh" test. Your vids. are great. Much needed topic, overlooked by a lot of trainers. Love your humour.
what does it mean if my horse stomps alot. Does it mean that she's trying to be dominant or she's just trying to get flies off.
I understand all you're saying and I'm not disputing it. I have learned a lot from horses and I'm not a professional. But my first mare I could just stop riding her for 6 months and she would be exactly the same when I got back. Was she special or it has to do with the horse's previous training, personality or anything? The horse I have now I am sure I can't expect her to be the same after six months and I find this video very useful if one day I'm forced to do it.
I see an ufo at the end in the clouds haha. Great video again!
pink hoof pick! HA gimmie a break, Rick. ha ha ha ha love it!
You don't need one if you use your cinch right?
Just learned something about you doing up the girth!
OMG Mr. T is like my horse Taffy's twin they even look similar Taffy is a fiesty "U piiss me off if u don't let me cut loose" kinda horse he is awsome and the boldest horse in the right hands, not for the faint hearted, he kicks ass.
Tough enough to use pink hoofpicks? :) I love the videos. One thing I would caution people is to tie your horses where one can't get his head under the other's head just for safety's sake. Love what you're doing - keep up the great work!
Good lesson.
Would it be ok to use a normal store bought halter to ride and attach reins to that halter it would you recommend using a rope halter?
I learned that lesson my self but because it was a family member that recommended her.I didn't think to check it out for my self, Silly barn witch. lol lol she was I found out from some one who had watched her tie up horses for hours sometimes all day long for days in a row.That's not training. Crazy .
Hello, I could use all the advice I can get, I was given a 7 year old Stallion, he is a Tennessee walking horse. He is blind in one eye, but that does not seem to bother him, he is not shy on that side. He has never been ridden but does walk a little on a lead. I have never owned a horse and know nothing about there body language ! I have trained and raised many other animals , just not a horse, The worst thing I could do is try and act like I know what I am doing, So I am asking for help, what should I do first? Is there any video's you would recommend for me to start with? I can't even tell the difference of if he's happy ,dominant , irritated ,, I need help! Thank you
Congratulations
that was an excellant video. if more people did that their would be far less injuries to riders and horses
I just got bucked on a good horse due to horse fly. Thanks for the info. I think it is a good one.
Oh, was I supposed to ride with a saddle? I have yet to find one to fit him properly. That's okay. We are both perfectly happy without one. I never work him before riding no matter how long it's been. It only gets him more wound up than he already is. All he wants to do is get out there and go. The sooner I get on and head out the better he will be. Reins? Just possibly a halter and lead rope if anything at all. I trained him. He knows what to do.
Affectionately known as an "oh sh** strap" lol.
Good boy Mr.T Haha Buddy is up to being silly untying himself haha Hugs boys
I won't use a saddle without a bucking strap. Strap has saved my ass more than once.
I always mount using mane and rein-never use saddle horn-easier on horse as saddle remains more stable-and I never fail to put a horse on a line regardless where I am located-that is where I figure out my horse and get focus on me -3 minutes of your life-saves a lot of messing around when you mount usually-not always-after finishing over a 100 horses I have found this is safest for you and horse-so if you do not get the horses respect and focus on you quickly on the ground-why mount?-I do not mount a horse until we are both ready so I know what to expect-that is horsemanship not GUESSMANSHIP-
Whoa there Mr. Rick you and your boys are 10 -11 years older from this video, 🤔 Mr. T is 30 in Horsey year's, he still has it, if Sean Connery were a horse he would be Mr. T... still has his mojo,,🐴🧸🐎
Mr T is a good boy!
So you don't use a bucking strap the way it was intended to be used? just wondering. I've always been told to use a bucking strap but I trust Rick so if he says they are useless then I won't use them.
night latch, something to hang on too when the ride gets rough or you are tried or sleepy.
YRE a good teacher rick!
Hey rick is buddy broke in ? I always see you ride mr T
How can you tell the difference that he wasn't sneezing?