In my specific experience in my country, it's been the other way round, when it comes to RIDING issues, specifically. Ground manners is a different story though. So many people contacted me saying their horse has this or that problem and when I arrived and checked their horses, they were behaving that way because of some sort of pain or discomfort, which 80% of the time WERE the owner/rider's fault (usually ignorance and lack of education). An example: A lady contacted me and said that her horse had a bucking problem. She was very badly hurt, ended up in hospital and had to have surgery after he bucked her off the last time. I did my routine check of the horse and his tack and all was good, so I did some groundwork and rode him with no issues. He was a great horse with decent manners and schooling. When I spoke to her a little more after the session she told me a little bit more about the incident and it all clicked for me. She rode him with her new western saddle that she bought and he bucked her off that day. I put that saddle on his back and THAT saddle was WAAAAAYYYY too narrow, and very poorly made. In a few minutes his "bucking" problem was solved. Another example: My OWN HORSE, before I knew better. I was a very good rider (in the sense that I feared nothing, had buckets full of patience, and sorted out the problem horses, and I could sit a buck. Not at all in the sense that I was doing things the right way, unfortunately.) I backed my horse myself, and I really took my time with her. She could do everything on voice command since she was 2, she could lunge beautifully and I even used her when teaching the students how to lunge. And that was after sorting out a score of behavioral issues with her since I got her as a yearling (She kicked, bit, bolted, was pushy, wouldn't load, terrified of water. Her previous owner "spoiled" her and I managed to get ALL of those behaviors out of her, as I was experienced in doing so with other people's horses. After me sorting her out she was the sweetest and safest horse to be around) BUT she was a bit different under saddle when I backed her as a 3 year old. She'd buck when we started cantering and often ran off blindly after getting a fright. She'd pin her ears in sitting trot and for at least a year I just kept trying to get these behaviors out of her with very little success. I bought a new saddle and had a saddle fitter come to help me choose the right fit and SUDDENLY her bad behaviors under saddle stopped, like literally that day that I rode her with it to test it out with the saddle fitter. That day, my eyes were opened WIDE. And I felt soooooo HORRIBLE for fighting with her for a year, thinking it was bad behavior, when it was the saddle that was hurting her. Through my own damn ignorance, I learned that I should always check those things first before even tackling bad behavior like bucking/running etc. Ground manners, on the other hand, is a whole different story. There I COMPLETELY agree with Clinton.
I love your bluntness truth Sir. You’re the man.
No nonsense, no tree hugging woowoo BS. I'm loving these pearls.
Man I'm lovin what you're saying about self accountability! Everyone in this country should listen to what you're saying
Great information Clinton 👍😊🐎
This!! Great information 👍
Fantastic video. Thank you Clinton! Every word was seen as horse gospel and eye opening for what I've experienced since starting the method.
Hi Clinton enjoyed listening to you once again! Have a great day!
Awesome, something new horse owners needed to know .. glad this video was made thanks Clinton 👍🏼👍🏼
Thank you. Peefect timing for me as I just started training my filly 3 weeks ago. Work with her every day once and usually twice.
In my specific experience in my country, it's been the other way round, when it comes to RIDING issues, specifically.
Ground manners is a different story though.
So many people contacted me saying their horse has this or that problem and when I arrived and checked their horses, they were behaving that way because of some sort of pain or discomfort, which 80% of the time WERE the owner/rider's fault (usually ignorance and lack of education).
An example:
A lady contacted me and said that her horse had a bucking problem. She was very badly hurt, ended up in hospital and had to have surgery after he bucked her off the last time.
I did my routine check of the horse and his tack and all was good, so I did some groundwork and rode him with no issues. He was a great horse with decent manners and schooling.
When I spoke to her a little more after the session she told me a little bit more about the incident and it all clicked for me.
She rode him with her new western saddle that she bought and he bucked her off that day.
I put that saddle on his back and THAT saddle was WAAAAAYYYY too narrow, and very poorly made.
In a few minutes his "bucking" problem was solved.
Another example:
My OWN HORSE, before I knew better.
I was a very good rider (in the sense that I feared nothing, had buckets full of patience, and sorted out the problem horses, and I could sit a buck. Not at all in the sense that I was doing things the right way, unfortunately.)
I backed my horse myself, and I really took my time with her. She could do everything on voice command since she was 2, she could lunge beautifully and I even used her when teaching the students how to lunge.
And that was after sorting out a score of behavioral issues with her since I got her as a yearling (She kicked, bit, bolted, was pushy, wouldn't load, terrified of water. Her previous owner "spoiled" her and I managed to get ALL of those behaviors out of her, as I was experienced in doing so with other people's horses. After me sorting her out she was the sweetest and safest horse to be around)
BUT she was a bit different under saddle when I backed her as a 3 year old. She'd buck when we started cantering and often ran off blindly after getting a fright. She'd pin her ears in sitting trot and for at least a year I just kept trying to get these behaviors out of her with very little success.
I bought a new saddle and had a saddle fitter come to help me choose the right fit and SUDDENLY her bad behaviors under saddle stopped, like literally that day that I rode her with it to test it out with the saddle fitter.
That day, my eyes were opened WIDE. And I felt soooooo HORRIBLE for fighting with her for a year, thinking it was bad behavior, when it was the saddle that was hurting her.
Through my own damn ignorance, I learned that I should always check those things first before even tackling bad behavior like bucking/running etc.
Ground manners, on the other hand, is a whole different story.
There I COMPLETELY agree with Clinton.
Such common sense !
Horses so alike ourselves.
This is exactly why most barrel horses are blown up I’ve tried a few horses recently and halve of them I can barely get them through the fucking gate
Common sense all round
Shitty broke, ain't broke.