Recently, I rather got into it with some people, as I put out a post on facebook commenting on the disconnect between the words used (something about love and connection) and the picture (horses with mouths strapped around bits, riders carrying whips.). To me, that’s not what love looks like. Now, i don’t doubt for…
EVOLVE OR DIE!!! (ok, that was for dramatic effect).
Well, maybe not that dramatic… This blog is bought to you by a desperate search to find a way to beat the Dunning-Kruger effect WITHOUT getting into really frustrating arguments. I have a slight reputation for being feisty. Total nonense, I am as sweet, fluffy and gentle as they come. I will cut you in…
Perfection doesn’t exist: the constant reassessment of training.
Today I was working on some consent training with Cato. (Consent enables your horse to tell you to stop or carry on- it essentially enables them to control you). He is a total pro at this, and you might wonder why I still do it. The simple reason is, we both get better and better,…
The OFFICIAL BuckYou site OH MY GOD I’VE DONE IT AAAGAGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
WELCOME TO BUCKYOU.CO.UK! I have until now, had all the BuckYou bareback pads made to order, but, it turns out they are so great, more and more people want one- and I simply haven’t been able to keep up with the demand working that way. I never set out for this to be a…
Happy Bucker Mackenzie
A rather lovely story from Happy Bucker Mackenzie: I first started out on the search for gentler horsemanship methods with my first horse Glory. Having quite an interesting relationship, falling off in a pretty regular basis and a whole host of other things, someone reached out to me and gave me quite a bit…
Happy Buckers Chrissy and Billy (and an inflatable watermelon…)
Well people, it’s been a frustrating task getting this blog written which I promised Vikki some days ago now. Somewhere in the ether there are a number of failed attempts floating round courtesy of computer/phone glitches. But if it helps others understand a bit more about Buck You saddles, it will be worth it. The…
Teaching movements with Positive Reinforcement
OH MY FREAKIN’ GAAAAWD! I can’t believe i managed to embed a VIDEO in a BLOG! I feel like I invented the internet or something now. I’m going to be going around offering to make websites for people with my newfound, amazing skills! Ok, enough of that. Today I started teaching Cato to do…
Happy Bucker Sarah
Sarah is a committed BuckYou Bucker. She and her horse are FULLY LOADED with BuckYou bareback pads and sidepull bridles. Sarah has this to say: Best thing I’ve done for both of us was get a buckyou pad. I am registered disabled, and the pad is strengthening my core and has had beneficial effects on…
Jango- The Kissy Prince of the Fells
Jango is a 13.2 welsh section C pony. He is also Gorgeous. Pretty. Handsome. Beautiful. Stunning. Cuuuuuuuute! He’s also very affectionate and his favourite thing is to kiss his human friends. It doesn’t take long to become friends with Jango either, but his best friends get kissed A LOT. Jango arrived in march 2015, I…
Cato- The Original BuckYou pony.
Cato landed on Halloween 2014. He was supposedly a lightly back, rising 5 connemara gelding about 15h. He was actually JUST 4, we strongly believe he was hunted as a 3 year old, he had damage to his back, he was terrified of humans, he was hard to catch, he would hold his breath and…