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Sidecutters beat a hole in your thumb everytime.

I sure do enjoy listening to you ramble, you make me chuckle and I learn something. Personally, I think you would be successful at podcasting.

hard to watch seeing you cutting such nice knots: i use them for my suspenders!!!

Sorry, but this seems completely disrespectful of the Californio tradition.

Thank you so much! All the info I was looking for, great video!

I have to hobble my mule on the lateral legs a front and back ,if you hobble just the front she can still run off.Could you some time show how to safely do that?

That was really nice! Well done....

those are nice. what store did you get them from?

Jay Adcock makes a rawhide cream that is the best on the market in my opinion

And a leather string won't fight you like that braided rawhide hobble would

Any reason not use chains? Where did you get them, I would love to get pair?

Ken Overcast is the singer, there is a pretty good story behind it.

........PAKISTAN. 😂

Thanks!

What is the purpose of bending the neck after they have already stopped?

Cuff the pants to keep them off your spurs.

Thanks for the information. Here near Nevada City my horse water troughs will get some ice overnight and into the mornings for a lot of the winter, but not frozen solid. I have read before that the horses will break through the ice to get the water. Typically when I feed and muck in the morning, it is nothing for me to just use the end of the handle on the horse manure rake to break up the ice, so I just do it. But some mornings I have come out and either one or both of the horses have already broken through the ice for water. As for the electricity sensitivity thing...I learned that the hard way. One day riding down a steep hill on my young mare (she was just 3 at the time, and I probably only had about 10 rides on her) next to a neighbors hot fence that they had turned up to keep bears and deer out of their garden area. I did not realize it was a hot fence (it was getting dark and I did not notice it). My mare went and rubbed her nose and side of her face up against it, she jumped about 6 feet sideways and sprinted down the steep hill full speed. I do not know how I stayed on, but that was quite the rush. I do not ride near that fence line anymore!

Good basics!

I was looking forward to a snowy Texas video...did it snow by you? (Your ice water video sure was timely for all southern folk affected by that storm this week.) Thanks for sharing.

I think this was the nicest first ride I have ever seen . The colts that come to you are lucky

It was 12 degF in Upstate SC this morning. There was a small hole in the ice where they had already broke through but I had a hammer so I went ahead and broke it up some more. I lived in Michigan a few years and my outside water trough would freeze solid. It was a 100 gallon Rubbermaid with a threaded plug for accepting a heater coil. I installed a 1500 watt heater coil and it kept the water from freezing even at 10 below. If installed correctly and kept covered with water the heater coils are quite safe.

Good advice! One time I was jumping in a western saddle and got hung up on the horn by my bra, it wasn’t funny then. Now it is .

Wisconsin ice's THICK & no snow right now, -10 to -20 each morning (actual temp). Piles of broken ice 4 feet high cuz the whole tub is solid every morning & evening! 'Have to use rubber tubs because plastic will break and metal won't give. 'Looking forward to 20 degree highs later this week. Then only break it in the morning. Winter...you got to love it!

I work with a horse that was pawing in front of his water fount. He never did this. I looked in and saw that the power went out and his water froze. Smart pony.

Good to know. Pretty much all of my horses eat snow for water, especially when out trail riding. I was always curious if it would lower internal temperature and increase the risk of hypothermia. Some of us are fortunate enough to have a little mustang who will crawl in the water trough to stomp around and break the ice. I do run a water heater though, since I have other animals that drink out of the trough, but I check it periodically to make sure it's not producing shock.

Giving advice on freezing water when you live in Texas. LOL. Come spend some time in the real winter where things freeze solid for months at a time. Lakes are frozen over.

you must not have spent time at the 45th parallel, bret! in sheridan, when i take my granddaughter out for her horses, if the sassy shetland has somehow got the water heater out of their water tank again, we are lucky if the water hasn't gone to solid ice conditions can vary a great deal by location

Hey ol' son! Wintering here in AZ...she's a dry heat, but by golly it's a dang chilly cold! 50 degrees here and I've gone to the wild rag myself! But you already know the cold here as well. I'm going to disagree with you, just a touch, about the automatic waterer's. I use them at home in MT. You are absolutely correct about electricity in the ever so slightest amount will kill livestock, but we'd barely feel it, if at all. If you use GFCI's (ground fault circuit interrupters) correctly, you'll be fine. Now come the naysayers about all the problems and constant nuisance tripping et., al! If a GFCI is correctly wired, they do not trip. If they are tripping, something legitimately is causing it. Bad connections with extension cords, moisture, faulty stock tank heaters (or any load plugged into them), on and on! GFCI receptacles or breakers will and do fail over time. Replace them, correctly, and you're back in business. NEVER delete the device to "solve" the nuisance tripping, find the source of the fault and rectify it. GFI'S are set to trip at 3 milliamps's, which is .0036 amps at 120 volts. That's the safe threshold for humans to not be hurt. An old fashioned 100 watt light bulb draws .833 amps, a 500 watt stock tank heater draws 4.16 amps at 120 volts. The biggest and best insurance for protecting livestock is to have proper grounding! Always use the correct grounding methods and procedures, which are set forth in the National Electric Code, which are only the minimum requirements. You will need to check any state, county and city code requirements which are in addition to any National Code requirement. Make sure every connection is tight, use copper conductors of the correct size, and use coatings such as 3M's "Scotchkote" at every termination/connection. Always ground every bit of metal back to your source of electricity, basically the panel and/or service. Make sure you have 1 minimum, preferably 2-8' ground rods a minimum of 8' apart. Install them in the drip line of your structure's roof to gain as much moisture as possible to aid in the conductivity of the ground fault current. Metal fences, including pens, stock tanks, gates, metal columns...everything metal, needs to be grounded to insure livestock safety. If you are in the process of building a new structure or adding a new concrete slab, ALWAYS ground the rebar in it, even if it's just metal screen/mesh. Use a UL Listed ground wire connector to attach your ground wire to said metal. If you're using fiber mesh for your slab, which I highly recommend NOT using, lay a ground rod in the bottom of the slab (top of your gravel) with a ground wire attached back to your electrical source. Metal plates can also be used, reference the code book for size, or better yet, hire or consult a licensed electrician. My knowledge comes from being an electrician for 48 years, 35 as a Master and 32 as a contractor. Sorry for the lengthy comment, but I felt it was necessary to get the information out there because we've discovered so many projects that have never been wired correctly in the first place. Again, hire a licensed professional and don't use Uncle Eddy's barber's 2nd cousin's ex wife's old boyfriend that wired someone's chicken coop somewhere 65 years ago. That's how we came up with fried chicken. I think it was in Kentucky but I'm not positive.

Thanks for the electrical shock info.Several times even static electricity from my sweater shocked horse and she jumped and looked at me unforgivingly.

That’s exactly what my horses do, I do take ice out every day when I add water because it will then take longer to freeze.

I have never seen horses do this with totally frozen troughs. Not worth the risk of colic to take a ignore/ survival of the fittest attitude.

This is one of the things I like about this channel - learning why horses do things. Thanks!

I agree with you . They will make those holes in the ice and drink. I have a hot water heater in my barn. While they eat I run a couple buckets and put them in the lot. They will sit on them and sip them like we do our morning coffee. I know they don't need them, but I know they like them.

Interesting, my friend Vern Ballantyne and I were talking the other day. He was saying it seems people don't hobble as much as they used to. Crazy if you ask me. One of the first things we fo is rope feet. The benefits are unmeasurable. True story; we left a mate at home and took her buddies. I was gone about 12 hours. Came home to the mare standing in the middle of the barbwire gate without out a scratch. I think she thought it was a good idea jump it and changed her mind during the last second. Priceless time spent.

Negative 6 out this morning in tropical Central Idaho. Only thing under my ice is more ice.

Are ya'll in Texas now?

Great information. Thank You.

I do break the ice but usually I don’t need to because there will be the hole. I did a video on my channel showing my mustang mare breaking ice herself. 😊

Wow, something else i didn't know.. always good information

I still wish I was not so far from you !!

Broken leg or shredded tendons!

Much Respect. Horse can also scratch neck with hind: found my 17YO Lusitano flat out in the pasture with hind caught up in knotted mane. Feaky self hobbling.

I think anyone would have a hard time topping that. 😂🤣😂🤣

Hobble, Hobble, Hobble, it's the greatest simple thing you can teach them. Side bar what you spraying on the burns? I use preparation H works good

Amen, Al. I've spent most of my 50+ years working alone starting colts and developing finished ranch and area horses. In my starter kit are 4 hobbles. Humble hobble - simply a strap with a buckle & loop to go around the front pastern, strap up over the forearm, back through the buckle & front foot off ground and horse can't take it away from me (makes your farrier love you). Scotch hobble - braided cotton rope tied off around the neck like a harness collar and down around the hind leg and back to the rope around the neck and tied off. I like to have the horse be able to touch the ground, but short enough neither he nor I get hurt (also makes your farrier love you more). Front leg hobbles - I use these more for training a horse to stand during saddling. I never use them to let him eat...he only learns to frog hop, which can make you walk home, but worse, if he gets tangled in something he thinks he can muscle his way out rather than wait for help. Side Line hobble - my grazing hobble, maybe on a bad colt that has escape on his mind to shorten his stride and sweeten his attitude. I train, sell and compete on calf-roping horses and because I know that wrecks will happen, all have gone through a series of ropes under tail, feet over rope, etc. I once won 2nd in the calf roping at Mandan, ND, with my horse having his front leg over the rope. Keep preaching the fact that these things don't harm the horse; they prepare him for the day of reckoning when he's hung up and he remembers to stop and wait for help. Thanks for doing all you do.

Pistol is soooo beautiful, and she likes you a lot.

Yes, I took your advise and others and hobbled my two horses and I roped all their hooves until they would follow me with the roped hoof. Both horses were totally transformed for the better. Everything I did with them improved. Thanks for the reminder and thanks again for the hobbles I got from you.

Yes yes yes every horse needs to learn the ropes and hobbles

Yes! I’m glad she only got scuffed in the deal.