I like how you put the words "like this" in the title. Like with every problem the answer is it depends. For years it's been in fashion to advise a lot of bending. Thesis. Then it bacame popular to talk about bending as the worst most destructive thing you could do. Antithesis. Really though it's "yes, but". Synthesis!
pretty good stuff. You have to get down to their feet. I have rode { and made ] some washy horses. If you get the chance to ride with someone whose horses are traveling right, and really study them, you will learn alot.
No I really don’t. It’s comments like these that want to make issues like this personal and dramatic when they are not. I’m focused on solutions to things I believe are real problems. There’s a lot of professionals to look to so anyone can find a style and teacher they prefer. To each their own, different strokes for different folks. I’m just sharing what I’ve found to work best for me and my horses and back it up with the knowledge and experience I’ve gained along the way.
If a horse is spinning pretty quickly there is a point at which some horses will tip their heads into the direction they are spinning so they can be as balanced as possible at such a high rate of speed. In those types of maneuvers we must allow the horse to pick their desired position cause they know what will work best for them in such high level maneuvers. If a horse had their outside ear tipped down in a spin that’d certainly be an issue but is rarely the case.
I HAVE WATCHED MY HORSE TAKE HIS MUZZLE AND PUT IT UNDER HIS FLANK AND BIT AT AN ITCH, HIS EAR IS POINTING DOWN SO THEY CAN MOVE THAT WAY. FLEXING RELEASING ENDORPHINS WHICH CALMS A HORSE MIND. IT IS AN EXCELLENT WAY TO HELP YOUR HORSE. YOU CAN ALSO HELP YOUR HORSE RELAX ALSO BY ASKING THEM TO LOWER THEIR HEAD TO THE GROUND WITH A HALTER. THE POLL HINGE IS IMPORTANT.
Been riding for over half a century. All this bending seems to be a new clinician fad in recent years. We never bend horses necks around for any reason. I don't teach my horses to radically bend, do one rein stops, etc. All new fads. We have always taught horses to follow the nose and work mostly off leg. Not reins. And to WHOA. WHOA means stop. If you teach that you don't need to endanger your life doing a one rein stop or bending to a stop. Can't do that anyway out on a cliff edge or narrow tree lined trail.
Colton just so you know there also is lateral flexion as well. The word is not occ- it is occipital crest. O.K you said activate the hyoid apparatus - now you have convinced me. And i admit i was wrong about you. You know what you are doing and how to fix mis-trained horses. Seriously !! Bruce Peek
We don’t do drama around here, so let’s not blow this out of proportion. Showed the improper way 3-4 times to make sure the reasons why it’s bad are clear. The horse, Johnny, is just fine.
SIR YOUR HORSE LOOKS UNCOMFORTABLE. HE KEEPS SHIFTING HIS WEIGHT A LITTLE, A SMALL STEP HERE OR THERE.HIND LEGS CLOSE A TIME OR TWO, SWISHES HIS TAIL LIGHTLY. HE ISN'T FIGITING TO MOVE FORWARD. MOST HORSES JUST STAND, HE JUST LOOK UNCOMFORTABLE. Susan
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Thankyou for a very clear démonstration..Loving, kind, Horsemanship . So important...THANKYOU
Good info here on the WHY of bending. Great details to help me go out and confidently practice with my horse!
Love this video. I wish there was more talk on the negative effects of overbending in the western world!
I like how you put the words "like this" in the title. Like with every problem the answer is it depends. For years it's been in fashion to advise a lot of bending. Thesis. Then it bacame popular to talk about bending as the worst most destructive thing you could do. Antithesis. Really though it's "yes, but". Synthesis!
pretty good stuff. You have to get down to their feet. I have rode { and made ] some washy horses. If you get the chance to ride with someone whose horses are traveling right, and really study them, you will learn alot.
Explained very well. Thank you
Thank you! Greatly appreciate you taking your time to watch and leave a comment as well
Does that bit pinch ?
No. I would not use it if it did.
Here the exact bit- www.coltonwoodshorsemanship.com/product-page/soft-signal-snaffle-bit
Whoa you gotta a thing against Clinton A!
No I really don’t. It’s comments like these that want to make issues like this personal and dramatic when they are not.
I’m focused on solutions to things I believe are real problems.
There’s a lot of professionals to look to so anyone can find a style and teacher they prefer. To each their own, different strokes for different folks.
I’m just sharing what I’ve found to work best for me and my horses and back it up with the knowledge and experience I’ve gained along the way.
Okay that is fair, there was one other video about flexing and a negative tone to it. I have learned from both of y’all. Thanks
The ear tipping sure shows when some horses spin
If a horse is spinning pretty quickly there is a point at which some horses will tip their heads into the direction they are spinning so they can be as balanced as possible at such a high rate of speed. In those types of maneuvers we must allow the horse to pick their desired position cause they know what will work best for them in such high level maneuvers.
If a horse had their outside ear tipped down in a spin that’d certainly be an issue but is rarely the case.
I HAVE WATCHED MY HORSE TAKE HIS MUZZLE AND PUT IT UNDER HIS FLANK AND BIT AT AN ITCH, HIS EAR IS POINTING DOWN SO THEY CAN MOVE THAT WAY. FLEXING RELEASING ENDORPHINS WHICH CALMS A HORSE MIND. IT IS AN EXCELLENT WAY TO HELP YOUR HORSE. YOU CAN ALSO HELP YOUR HORSE RELAX ALSO BY ASKING THEM TO LOWER THEIR HEAD TO THE GROUND WITH A HALTER. THE POLL HINGE IS IMPORTANT.
If I could give you a tip, show us what you would want the horse to do and not so much not to do.
Been riding for over half a century. All this bending seems to be a new clinician fad in recent years. We never bend horses necks around for any reason. I don't teach my horses to radically bend, do one rein stops, etc. All new fads. We have always taught horses to follow the nose and work mostly off leg. Not reins. And to WHOA. WHOA means stop. If you teach that you don't need to endanger your life doing a one rein stop or bending to a stop. Can't do that anyway out on a cliff edge or narrow tree lined trail.
Colton just so you know there also is lateral flexion as well. The word is not occ- it is occipital crest. O.K you said activate the hyoid apparatus - now you have convinced me. And i admit i was wrong about you. You know what you are doing and how to fix mis-trained horses.
Seriously !!
Bruce Peek
I was really interested in the topic, but could you get to the point? 4 minutes in, and my ears were bleeding from the sheer amount of talking.
Well don’t do that so many times 😮the wrong way
We don’t do drama around here, so let’s not blow this out of proportion. Showed the improper way 3-4 times to make sure the reasons why it’s bad are clear. The horse, Johnny, is just fine.
Give me a break. 😂
Of a Kit Kat bar??? Sure thing, you can have the whole thing. Never really liked them myself. 🤠
SIR YOUR HORSE LOOKS UNCOMFORTABLE. HE KEEPS SHIFTING HIS WEIGHT A LITTLE, A SMALL STEP HERE OR THERE.HIND LEGS CLOSE A TIME OR TWO, SWISHES HIS TAIL LIGHTLY. HE ISN'T FIGITING TO MOVE FORWARD. MOST HORSES JUST STAND, HE JUST LOOK UNCOMFORTABLE. Susan
You obviously do not know anything, ma'am. Colton is a hell of a horseman