Re: eating on the trail, I agree that different people might have different priorities. Training competitive trail or endurance horses, I encourage them to stop and eat (while saying "eeeeeat") because in a long competition (25 miles plus), they need to snack frequently to stay metabolically balanced. A horse who hangs her nose over tasty grass when asked to eat should be withdrawn from a competition. So snacking serves as a check-in and as a way of keeping her stomach from emptying out. As you said, any rule is cool depending on your and your horse's needs. I liked that you made that point.
Just what I needed, thank you! Everyone talks about what to do when your horse has already done trails but it’s more difficult when it’s a new experience:)
Thank you very much for your clear informative teaching videos. I have learned so much since I recently found out about you. Happy trails to you and yours!🤠
Here in UK I only do trail riding as I don't have my own horse and just pay to ride for a couple of hours. Even so, your tips about not tightening the reins to control speed, not spooking, etc are brilliant, means the horse maintains a soft mouth and isn't continually being yanked on (have to feel sorry for some riding school horses). Thank you.
Just took my Reiner who is usually SO chill on a SHORT trail ride and I genuinely thought he’d be fine. He started out totally fine, not anxious at all, about ten min in he started acting BLOWN UP like a legit barrel stallion. Would not calm down I had to get off and walk him and I have no doubt he would have taken off had I not… in the arena…. I can barely get him to move. I have no idea how to trouble shoot it
Seen a million dude horses here in MOntana with an iron mouth. That is seriously dangerous but they work all summer with some dude using their mouth to ":hang on" S**t gets western and that is a horse you cannot stop no matter how strong you are..This is good stuff folks
@10:35 into the video , I just learned something i need to change, thought when riding at a revene you would point the horse to look down the opposite direction away from the edge when crossing the revene,... Ive been teaching the horse wrong, Will definately change that because we do go over one where we trail ride.
Dear Ryan, For me, the tips you gave were really helpful and clear, super cool. It's a beautiful horse you sat on, nice color scheme. Thank you so much for sharing, loved it all, Nice nature to. 🙋🏻♀️🤗👍🏻 for thé horse 🥕🥕🥕
That's how I taught my horse to neck rein...every turn or winding trail I used neck reining...she didn't even know she was learning and caught on fast.
Love this. I always thought when you redirect their focus via yielfing hq that you have to be aggresive about it...so nice to see you doing it calmly. Also if i may...my horse totally freeze up when she spot someting and if you pressure her she would explode or try to bolt away. Stiff and hard and non responsive to reins nor legs nor spurs. Would like to see tips on that.
Mine has done that too and I just wait for her to calm down. No one says a word until it’s over with and I pray that a sudden sound doesn’t cause a total train wreck. We all freeze! Lolol. Yikes but this is a dangerous pass time!
Horses are not designed to run in circles, so i like the idea of trail-riding horses, its very good for them in so many ways. Horses that have to run in circles such as racehorses, suffer shoulder & neck pain & injury when repeated endlessly. Thats why they say a horse can go round a left-hand track but not a right- hander. Thumbs up to you, i think you're a good trainer. 😉👍
If we’re really working no you can’t stop and eat but if we’re on a trail ride and we’re supposed to all be enjoying ourselves grabbing a little yummy once in a while is not a big deal and I agree as long as I don’t have to put their head way down and they’re just grabbing and still walking
Hey Ryan, thanks, I love your vids! Does this same technique work with a horse with more whoa than go? I have a young mare, she's pretty curious and I've been on some trail rides, but if something spooks her she'll stop and won't move again. I'll try to engage her hindquarters, but she'll just won't pass the scary thing. Another horse can go in front and she still won't follow the other horse. In front of the chariot my husband will sometimes ask me to walk in front of her in a scary / dangerous situation, but I think we have trained her to wait for me to walk in front of her in a scary situation. So now there are some situations where she'll only go past something scary if I dismount and lead her past. She doesn't scare that easily so it's not as if I have to dismount every 5 minutes. Maybe once on a 3 hour trail ride every other ride, but I'd like for her to be confident enough to do this by herself. Do you have some tips for work in the arena to improve this? In the arena she normally doesn't spook, so should I introduce some ' scary' objects or something? To practice in a safe environment? Can I use the tips in the part 1 vid for a 'balky' horse too?
Also our trails allow biker and hikers. Sometimes they are coming up behind you at a rapid speed or darting out from a side trail. Of course this can cause huge spooks. What do I do with this situation?
Yeah that can be pretty scary. I’d you the same strategies I showed in the video of bending the horse and waiting for them to settle or bending and dismounting if they’re becoming unsafe to stay on.
I’m 10) at horse lessons I was riding a horse by the name of Pepper and she dose t like riding of right rein so she would try to turn around every chance she got. So when she would turn around I would pull the rein in the direction she was turning in (she turns on the outside) and I would loop her back in the direction we needed to go. Did it help I honestly don’t know
Love everything you cover and how you cover it! ONE SUGGESTION … try to reduce your “Ums” in sentences 😁. (Can be distracting) Glad you covered training on trail and how you prepared prior to going! I’m a Patreon
Hi Ryan good video thanks. I have been working with my girl on the trails for a year now. I see that you had your young horse in front. Did you have her in front all the time? I have my girl in front of the group but after a while I move someone else in front to give her a mental break. Would that be a good practice? She is not allowed to hide in their tail but just to not be first. I hope you understand my statement. Thanks for your videos. I have been gleaning a lot from them for my young mare.
The next step is teaching your horse to PROTECT you on tight trails in the woods so he'll automatically bend away from trees and staubs to protect your legs
As a packer, I can guarantee that horsesin a line down a trail carry their herd dominance position with them.. SOMe horses simply REFUSE to be behind the herd-bitch...If you are moving it may not be a problem but when you stop the more dominant horse behind you can put an ear the wrong way and YOUR horse will spook to submit. The order the horses are in on a narrow trail is IMPORTANT to safety for dude-string guests
Not a training question. What holster do you use on a trail ride? I will soon be going on a trail ride and am not comfortable using one of my regular holsters while riding. What would you recommend?
To see the first trail preparation video check out www.patreon.com/ryanrosehorsemanship
Re: eating on the trail, I agree that different people might have different priorities. Training competitive trail or endurance horses, I encourage them to stop and eat (while saying "eeeeeat") because in a long competition (25 miles plus), they need to snack frequently to stay metabolically balanced. A horse who hangs her nose over tasty grass when asked to eat should be withdrawn from a competition. So snacking serves as a check-in and as a way of keeping her stomach from emptying out. As you said, any rule is cool depending on your and your horse's needs. I liked that you made that point.
Just what I needed, thank you! Everyone talks about what to do when your horse has already done trails but it’s more difficult when it’s a new experience:)
Awesome
That horse has pure joy being out on the trail....she loves it and wants to try everything!
I found a lot of very helpful tips here to use while trail riding my horse. Thank you for doing the video on site out on the trails!
Many thanks Ryan, appreciate you as always 👍🙏💜
Thanks 🙏
What a great reminder! I am guilty of using rein because I get tense myself!
I know better and will correct myself next time. Thank you so much!
Thank you for this very precious video. Really helpful!
Great thanks
That sure helped a lot
Thanks for the info
Thank you for taking the time to help horse and rider, enjoy your work! God bless 🙌🙏
Thanks
Very good video on a subject I haven't seen before.
Thanks
Such a good video, thank you from brazil
You bet 👍
Thank you very much for your clear informative teaching videos. I have learned so much since I recently found out about you. Happy trails to you and yours!🤠
Great video! I'll watch the full version on Patreon!
Here in UK I only do trail riding as I don't have my own horse and just pay to ride for a couple of hours. Even so, your tips about not tightening the reins to control speed, not spooking, etc are brilliant, means the horse maintains a soft mouth and isn't continually being yanked on (have to feel sorry for some riding school horses). Thank you.
If the horse can eat, it is more content and mastigation has relaxing effekt, too.
Well done video. Excellent information.
Thanks
Just took my Reiner who is usually SO chill on a SHORT trail ride and I genuinely thought he’d be fine. He started out totally fine, not anxious at all, about ten min in he started acting BLOWN UP like a legit barrel stallion. Would not calm down I had to get off and walk him and I have no doubt he would have taken off had I not… in the arena…. I can barely get him to move. I have no idea how to trouble shoot it
Seen a million dude horses here in MOntana with an iron mouth. That is seriously dangerous but they work all summer with some dude using their mouth to ":hang on" S**t gets western and that is a horse you cannot stop no matter how strong you are..This is good stuff folks
What a great video ! Thanks!
I’m interested in seeing part 1
@10:35 into the video , I just learned something i need to change, thought when riding at a revene you would point the horse to look down the opposite direction away from the edge when crossing the revene,... Ive been teaching the horse wrong, Will definately change that because we do go over one where we trail ride.
Dear Ryan,
For me, the tips you gave were really helpful and clear, super cool.
It's a beautiful horse you sat on, nice color scheme. Thank you so much for sharing, loved it all, Nice nature to. 🙋🏻♀️🤗👍🏻 for thé horse 🥕🥕🥕
Awesome, glad your enjoying them
That's how I taught my horse to neck rein...every turn or winding trail I used neck reining...she didn't even know she was learning and caught on fast.
Nice 👍
Wow, this is different. Thanks.
Great video,well done.
Thanks
Thanks
Thank you for sharing with us ❤️
You bet 👍👌
Ryan brilliant brilliant never seen trail riding help like this
Thank you so much a breath of fresh and informative air
Love it
Love this. I always thought when you redirect their focus via yielfing hq that you have to be aggresive about it...so nice to see you doing it calmly. Also if i may...my horse totally freeze up when she spot someting and if you pressure her she would explode or try to bolt away. Stiff and hard and non responsive to reins nor legs nor spurs. Would like to see tips on that.
Mine has done that too and I just wait for her to calm down. No one says a word until it’s over with and I pray that a sudden sound doesn’t cause a total train wreck. We all freeze! Lolol. Yikes but this is a dangerous pass time!
Very helpful!
👍👌
Nice video
Thanks
Horses are not designed to run in circles, so i like the idea of trail-riding horses, its very good for them in so many ways.
Horses that have to run in circles such as racehorses, suffer shoulder & neck pain & injury when repeated endlessly.
Thats why they say a horse can go round a left-hand track but not a right- hander. Thumbs up to you, i think you're a good trainer. 😉👍
If we’re really working no you can’t stop and eat but if we’re on a trail ride and we’re supposed to all be enjoying ourselves grabbing a little yummy once in a while is not a big deal and I agree as long as I don’t have to put their head way down and they’re just grabbing and still walking
Super film thanks
Thanks
As your horse spooked mine does this quite often not nastily but jumps a lot should I turn to make her stay connected
Yeah
Great trail riding techniques! I use them with my trail horses in the mountains of Santa Fe, Panama.
Hey Ryan, thanks, I love your vids! Does this same technique work with a horse with more whoa than go? I have a young mare, she's pretty curious and I've been on some trail rides, but if something spooks her she'll stop and won't move again. I'll try to engage her hindquarters, but she'll just won't pass the scary thing. Another horse can go in front and she still won't follow the other horse. In front of the chariot my husband will sometimes ask me to walk in front of her in a scary / dangerous situation, but I think we have trained her to wait for me to walk in front of her in a scary situation. So now there are some situations where she'll only go past something scary if I dismount and lead her past. She doesn't scare that easily so it's not as if I have to dismount every 5 minutes. Maybe once on a 3 hour trail ride every other ride, but I'd like for her to be confident enough to do this by herself. Do you have some tips for work in the arena to improve this? In the arena she normally doesn't spook, so should I introduce some ' scary' objects or something? To practice in a safe environment? Can I use the tips in the part 1 vid for a 'balky' horse too?
Also our trails allow biker and hikers. Sometimes they are coming up behind you at a rapid speed or darting out from a side trail. Of course this can cause huge spooks. What do I do with this situation?
Yeah that can be pretty scary. I’d you the same strategies I showed in the video of bending the horse and waiting for them to settle or bending and dismounting if they’re becoming unsafe to stay on.
I’m 10) at horse lessons I was riding a horse by the name of Pepper and she dose t like riding of right rein so she would try to turn around every chance she got. So when she would turn around I would pull the rein in the direction she was turning in (she turns on the outside) and I would loop her back in the direction we needed to go. Did it help I honestly don’t know
Love everything you cover and how you cover it! ONE SUGGESTION … try to reduce your “Ums” in sentences 😁. (Can be distracting) Glad you covered training on trail and how you prepared prior to going! I’m a Patreon
How long did you practice the spook technique before the actually trail ride?
The answer to both your questions is in the part 1 video on my patreon page
www.patreon.com/ryanrosehorsemanship
How do I do the yield hind quarters if the trail is really narrow. That's what gives me anxiety
Then do the S maneuver he suggested. All the best!
Hi Ryan good video thanks. I have been working with my girl on the trails for a year now. I see that you had your young horse in front. Did you have her in front all the time? I have my girl in front of the group but after a while I move someone else in front to give her a mental break. Would that be a good practice? She is not allowed to hide in their tail but just to not be first. I hope you understand my statement. Thanks for your videos. I have been gleaning a lot from them for my young mare.
What is the title of Part 1 of this video?
How to develop a calm horse on the trail.
It’s on my patreon page
www.patreon.com/ryanrosehorsemanship
The next step is teaching your horse to PROTECT you on tight trails in the woods so he'll automatically bend away from trees and staubs to protect your legs
As a packer, I can guarantee that horsesin a line down a trail carry their herd dominance position with them.. SOMe horses simply REFUSE to be behind the herd-bitch...If you are moving it may not be a problem but when you stop the more dominant horse behind you can put an ear the wrong way and YOUR horse will spook to submit. The order the horses are in on a narrow trail is IMPORTANT to safety for dude-string guests
Can the first trail ride be still successful if there's no other horses/riders with you?
Yes but it is a bit more challenging for some horses.
@@ryanrosehorsemanship Thank you for the answer!
No free spooks😂😂
Not a training question. What holster do you use on a trail ride? I will soon be going on a trail ride and am not comfortable using one of my regular holsters while riding. What would you recommend?
Wow! Look at that speed demon. You got to the trail head super fast! 🤣 Great tips for the trail!
😂