When we at BuckYou use bitless bridles, the purpose is to ensure we are road legal, and for emergencies. They aren’t there to pull, yank, agitate, apply pressure with. The BuckYou horses are all taught turning cues on the ground using targets. the same applies for walking on and halting and backing up. We…
Tack Free at Sixty- Never too old to go force free!
We had a visitor during one of the brief moments of 2020 when it was legal to meet people outside. This happened! Christine is 60,has physical issues, and has never ridden a horse tack free before. She is also VERY devoted to learning and implementing force free methods with her own horses, and therefore,…
Under Pressure
UNDER PRESSURE Pressure…. we all experience it, horses pressure each other, there is pressure no matter how gently we ride, there is pressure when we sit on our horses, when we use reins, right? BIG FAT WRONG. This is a very quick blog to explain: The difference between PRESSURE and TOUCH Why you DON’T need…
WHIP IT OUT FOR JANUARY!
Happy new year you bunch of cute pony lovers! So, time for all sorts of resolutions and whatnot. I am going to ask you to try something. For one month. And after that month, I hope you will have learned some things, have greater understanding, new insights- all that jazz. I want you……
What you aren’t seeing. How something can look oh so lovely and nice.. but it isn’t.
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,…
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…