A Lesson with Pat: Backing in the Missing Link Snaffle

[@truehealth4you539]

I think this is one of the best videos Pat has ever made! So many amazing lessons in here as well as life lessons.

[@GayReinartz]

Totally agree.

[@JaneBonna]

What an amazing video to watch! You can see the learning process evolve and become more refined between both rider and horse. What a great opportunity for Colt to learn from a true master!

[@shibaowned]

You have so quickly moved up to my favorite trainer. You're so easy and clear to follow. I cannot thank you enough for sharing your wealth of knowledge. Seems trainers online frequently share end result and leave out the explanation of what to do for the riders. You explain the process from all sides. Horse the rider and your knowledge. This exactly what I am looking for. I want to be the best rider for my horse I can be. My horse deserves that and I want to be that

[@Bushpony]

WOW. Now this is the video I’ve been waiting for. Colt is such a good follower of quick instruction and I love the explanations Pat gave. Big lesson for me - being so in the moment and free of resentment allows the communication and learning to happen for both horse and rider/teacher. Thank you!

[@vicki1141]

Great job Colt! I just learned more about timing.

[@NNLBC]

Love the way you teach Mr Pat . Gentle patient but firm, with good energy

[@BlackKettleRanch]

Teaching awareness, feel, timing, tact, and balance is not easy. Teaching people discipline is not easy. People are too nice and spoil their horses, and basically everything, too much. They don't get that spoiling is not kind, it's chaos and confusion. This young man is a good egg. Over time he'll learn to get aware and be more ahead of things to include preparation, contact, and feeling minor shifts of weight and be able to support better. To get more aware, quiet the mind through the use of breath. You feel more when the mind is quiet. The mind gets heavier and awareness goes down around the horse's feet and body instead of being up in the rafters. I love everything Pat is saying. The things I do different are to ride off my core and hold my reins different. I slowly draw my core muscles toward my spine and the horse picks up his foot and sets it back. Then I walk backwards with my hips. When I stop walking backwards the horse stops so I can get the precise number of steps I want. I also don't stack my reins. I put one in each hand so I can shorten quick and smooth as needed keeping my hands in front of the horn. One hand helps the other to shorten a rein(s). I can't help but teach a detailed level of horsemanship. I teach a lot of beginners and go slow. Most people end up too impatient and find out over time that there's a lot more to this than meets the eye, so there's a high attrition rate. They think it's just taking a few lessons and they're done. And that's fine. I teach important basics to those types to try and keep them safer. The people who really get bitten by the bug are the fun ones to work with. These are the kinds of lessons I like to watch. It's so productive.

[@friendoengus]

i would never be able to stand up to pat's level of specificity but this fellow can, and gets the benefit of it

[@CurlyStandardPlace]

This was a really great lesson - great teacher and also a great student - well done!

[@jefferyboggs6068]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@douggalloway3250]

I could feel myself tightening up and relaxing thru this whole session, great job young man.

[@1annewatkins]

I love this kid! What a great guy! I love the black and white teaching! So good. Thank you so much!

[@JanetHedgpeth-ql3rk]

This is a great video! So much good, clear info. Good job Colt!

[@jsbirds3478]

Please keep making this type of video! There is so much to learn here!!!

[@carmanconrad8684]

Great lesson! Thanks Pat!😊

[@1annewatkins]

This is amazing!

[@adrianheinen4705]

great job, Sir

[@supersonicCoach]

So interesting. Thanks to you.

[@lynnwerry7197]

Outstanding 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Time to come East again Pat

[@keithwright4136]

Pat, your microphone is turned off or not working. Fantastic video. It's exactly where I am at right now (after 50 years of riding). Where have you been all of my life? Makes me feel sad for all of the horses I have ridden but hopeful for the ones I will ride in the future. Thank you.

[@PatnDebPuckett]

I scanned through the uploaded video and the mic seems to be working fine throughout. Sometimes if your internet speeds aren’t fast enough, the audio lags behind the rest of the video streaming. In that case, pause and go back to the start of the video so everything can catch up.

[@keithwright4136]

@@PatnDebPuckett I can hear Pat speaking clearly when he is close to the horse and rider and assume the rider's microphone was picking up Pat's voice but when he is standing away from the horse I had to listen carefully to hear him. I have watched all of the videos over the last 3 years and hadn't had this problem before so thought i would pass that on. This video is absolutely excellent by the way. Your channel is the one I watch in preference to any horse training channel out there. I would also just say I have huge respect for the work you guys are doing with the Valor programme. The healing administered by the horse is much more powerful and permanent than the healing administered by man. Have a peaceful Christmas Pat and Deb. I can't wait for more videos next year. Stay well. Keith

[@l.d.b.r5141]

Gracias

[@donnamariavincent]

Thank you, simple instructions. You are blest teacher. Donna New Zealand Welcome to visit, I'll sort a clinic.

[@susanneschmid8568]

It's great what your'e doing❤ I wish I had privat lessons, my horse would be happy😂

[@Bushpony]

DITTO! But I’m out here in Maryland… *sigh*

[@randyweeks9316]

👌

[@susanneschmid8568]

Me in Normandy, France😂😂😂

[@richarddeszo1699]

👍

[@spyrowinner5782]

Like from🇺🇦 ✌✌✌Ukraine✌✌✌

[@Livefreejeeper]

Will this method work on a 13 year old horse. I don’t have any history on him. I think he knows this but I until I watched your video I did understand how to tell him.

[@epona9166]

I understand this is a young horse, so is the missing link his first-ever bit? Or was he ridden in a different bit before this?

[@PatnDebPuckett]

No the Missing Link Snaffle isn’t the first bit. We didn’t start this horse so I can only assume that he was as ridden in a regular snaffle in the past.