Teaching Your Horse to Stand Still While You Get On

In this video, Pat covers a few methods of how he deals with a horse that has been allowed to walk off when the rider tries to get on. He goes over scenarios in a western bit and in the Missing Link Snaffle and talks about the correct way to get on your horse, using a mounting block, and teaching the horse to stretch. For more information, head over to our website www.thedisciplinedride.com . Please take a moment to hit the Like Button, Subscribe to our Channel, and Share with your Friends. Thank you for watching!!!

[@comesahorseman]

👍👍 The more "mature" I get, the more I appreciate a mounting block! 😄

[@kidstuff44555]

We had an OTTB who had raced for many years and of course had never been taught to stand still because jockeys are boosted up while theyre walking. What worked for us was simply: "if you want to move, fine move". So, having a halter under the bridle with a lead rope in your hand. As soon as you stand up in the stirrup and he walks off, you get down and have him circle around you 2 or 3 times. Then stand still again, on a loose rein. Repeat as necessary until he decides it's easier to stand still on a loose rein while you get on

[@annewolfe7414]

I have taught my horses the pick me up off the fence method which works great for me. I am just over five foot tall and a trail rider. They know when I get up on something they are to move into position and STAND until I ask them to move off. Every so often they will try to take a step before I ask and they get a quick check. It's good to hear that there are still some families/people out there that teach respect for each other.

[@kenmackenzie8412]

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[@keithfiggins4955]

Pat & Deb I really get a lot out of every video & I watch them all just wanted to let you both know That it’s very much appreciated

[@allanlavallee7171]

I enjoyed your view on respect. Lot of truth there.

[@nancywenlock1833]

Thank you so much for this video! And your comments at the end about the respect shown to every individual regardless of age at the ranch you visited in Montana: priceless. Thank you for that too!

[@rodyates4771]

When I was young really didn’t bother me if the horse took off when I mounted we were both ready to go. Years later I’d prefer he laid down for me to mount LOL.

[@comesahorseman]

Ain't that the truth!! 😅

[@rhythmandblues_alibi]

Omg yes please! 😅🙌

[@adamsteel5320]

" Loved your discourse on Respect & Consideration , Thank-You ! .... Vaya Con Dios !! .... from North Queensland , Australia.

[@smlmentorship1969]

Super awesome demonstration PAt, fabulous story at the end! Wouldn't the world look different if we all treated every living thing as an equal value! So wonderful!!

[@richardcameron3681]

Awesome I found a colt up in Idaho that looks just like Shoshone. Can’t wait to bring him to a clinic in a couple years. Well done

[@Livefreejeeper]

Tried this today and like everything else it works. Took two time spinning him with the rain around the saddle. Third time was almost perfect. One step forward after I mounted. Made him back up.

[@beverlymullen6450]

Respect is a thing of the past. God bless you

[@michaelc2509]

Thanks Pat. My horse moves a little when I'm getting on. He is 6yrs and a bit forward and still a bit green. Thanks for your video. RESPECT!

[@albertkersey5332]

I always learn something from Pat that I can use. Thank you sir for sharing your knowledge & experience. Also I really like that Shoshone & all the Baja horses. From central Arkansas.

[@user-bi5if1ip6t]

Great info on how to stretch the horse to facilitate getting on. It’ll work great for my mother’s left bum knee. Getting on from a flatbed is another good way, I didn’t think of. Thank you to you, and your horse, for this video.

[@pamelastewart1442]

I love that last statement, we ranch people have more fun with each other, and you have to have kids around Learning, falling down getting up and trying again, every one works together dusty, hot or cold it seems, we keep going till the job is done. Lol, not a lot of money in it but best life ever.!

[@1lesa242]

Thank you! I have a mare that I picked up when she was 8... so I didn’t break her.. she is a freaking mess to get on.. great under saddle tho.. I’m going to do this with her. It’s brilliant and makes sense. 😊

[@justinmcguire6114]

Another very useful bit of instruction. Thanks for posting.

[@Livefreejeeper]

More good info. I cant wait till the next one.

[@lauramoy9940]

Wow!!! They will move over automatically! Thats amazing the horse will start picking up auto!!! Such a positive experience on that ranch.

[@kengamble8595]

Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍

[@everettkemp2473]

Another great video! Thank you guys!

[@davelo3726]

Thank you! For all that you do for us!

[@joanettemurch9040]

I thank you for your help and training

[@Mackscabin]

Excellent training tips. Thank you very much.

[@roberttomyn1599]

Thanks Pat. I really like your videos! Very Helpful.

[@jessepitt]

Great video, thank you.

[@michaelschulze6545]

-Your stories are the best.

[@mohammedalshehri5699]

Thank you for telling us this story. This is really what we are looking for, RESPECT.

[@jeremyvee2729]

Thanks for making this very helpful video!!!

[@karinysmith]

Thank you for the tips. They were very helpful.

[@Paul11B2P]

Thank you for the great information. I really appreciate what you had to say about people respecting each other.

[@mauricelarock3542]

i have learned so much from Pat and Deb thank you for all the free knowledge this is a great video

[@woogaboogawiththegreenteet8436]

thank you sir,montana has some good folks.

[@paulinerai5078]

Many thanks all the way from Scotland.Really enjoy your training tips

[@philmartin7564]

I really enjoy your videos Mr.Pat

[@user-qr8ki8ue4i]

It's nice to learn a different method. Thank you.

[@triplet4547]

So good! My grandfather taught me this. Thank you Pat for sharing!!

[@rickpool104]

I watch your videos all the time & have learned quite a bit . The one you did for trailer loading I started my horse in the wash rack the way you showed at the trailer . It took a few times for him to get it ,but once he got it , I took him to the trailer . He jumped in almost immediately . I use to have to have someone get behind him & rattle a plastic bag before would even think about getting in . Forget a lead rope on the but or even a stock whip , but with your technique he jumps right in . Which isn't the easiest . Single door, lifted gooseneck 3 horse slant trailer

[@rickpool104]

Now for the new (old) problem I'm having . My horse refuses to stand still for me to get on . Even with someone holding him it's almost impossible. Not from the ground , mounting block , trailer fender .NOTHING seems to work . I've worked him until we were both wore out . Him so tired he could barely load & me so tired , I could barely put the saddle up. It's really getting frustrating & I have let him get away with it for too long . One of us or both are going to end up getting hurt . HELP Pat !! Please . Understand it's not an issue of him walking off . He will just NOT stand still for me to get on . I once said the day I quit riding is the day I can't get on my horse. I refuse to give up . I just turned 70 , but that's not the issue . It's my horse . or is it me ??

[@skyrocketcoast219]

Excellent video! Thanks!

[@Trapezius8oblique]

Brilliant as usual

[@pjimmyd5516]

Very interesting, watching your lessons from the Peak District , England.

[@hillbillylivestock4162]

I will work on this for a horse that wants to back, back, back when time to remount. Thank you .

[@johnnyjlawton8333]

Everything you show works .. I really appreciate your experience thank you

[@jerrycutright3267]

You said it! REAL ranch PEOPLE!!

[@reidbankert4425]

This is what I’ve been working on some lately. Good to know I’m doing something right but I still learned a lot.

[@philipm.schmoker1308]

Great video. Thank you for your videos, they are really helping me as a new rider. Slim, Eagle Creek, OR

[@lisstyler9078]

Thank you, so much. So helpful!

[@jerrywald6481]

Great stuff. Yeah Pat I am teaching ground work to a horse that has just been roped off and held horses and then put away in a paddock. He is coming around well and I use a bit of your training and Parelli and it's great to see a few different ways to accomplish the same things. Thanks for your great videos and looking forward to getting one of your horses this summer for a friend or maybe I will keep him for myself wink wink. Cheers - Jer from Cochrane AB

[@garythorsell5061]

That's a whole lot of experience 😅 thanks for the tips

[@puchycam047]

Thank you Mrs and Mr Puckett every time I watch one of your videos I learn more thank you and god bless

[@rickpool104]

I'm thinking Pat said Deb was his daughter .

[@carolmitchell8479]

Thank You Mr. Puckett,! For your easy going ways. My horse "Tucker" a western quarter paint, I must use a mounting block because of the years of riding English and show jumping and years of trail riding , my lower Back & feet have arthritis. he's patient and swings in for Mount & dismount. He's 19 with arthritis and I am 60 with arthritis so has our vet says 2 peas in Pod! thank you for all you western help !! I would like to attend one of your clinics when your in southern calif. Orange county area. since father is a resident in Baja, I would like to stop by and meet you & your wife and see your ranch if possible, when driving down to Dad's home. thank you again ! Cari & Tucker

[@josediniz8785]

Show!! The best!!👍👍

[@msnitkin]

Thank you.

[@alyssumpurple1344]

Fine horse!

[@clayoreilly4553]

The most important part of this video - for me - was about treating each other with RESPECT! I guess Aretha had it right, eh?

[@hillshepherd9444]

Excellent !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@lisameyer1373]

Thank you, thank you thank you thank you

[@bobroberson9286]

And thank you Sir, very good 👍

[@donrees1370]

Hi Pat & Deb, Thanks for this video. I am restarting a broodmare that was just started as a youngster, then raised foals. I have your Missing Link snaffle, which the mare works well with. She starts to move as I mount, I used your method of pulling her around to the right which worked. It took three times for her to understand, she then stood until I asked her to move off. I use a mounting block, when I get the mare parallel to the block, she swings her rear out from the block. What is your way to have her stand in place? Pat, I enjoyed talking with you when you were driving thru Southern Arizona. Thanks for all your great videos, what a great service to all horsemen and women. Don Rees, Marana, AZ

[@user-qr8ki8ue4i]

With a lot of horses, "walking off" when you're trying to mount means they're already anticipating walking off. In other words, their brain is already half way through the ride before you swing a leg up. One helpful thing I've learned is to just sit there and correct them as needed to stand until they've settled underneath you before you ride off. Yes, I am a horse expert! ha ha. Never stop learnin'!

[@nancybenson1951]

Thank you. 👫

[@jayawells1793]

You have alot of information that has caught me, we just got a horse, she 16 year old and is a quarter horse. I've own other one but it been some time. I truly like the way . My wife is not a horse person yet, but she wants to learn. Again thanks. But I have a question, since we don't know much about her, would a staple bit or a western bit be better to start her one. The gentleman that rode her the day , had a staple bit. Just curious on your piont of view.

[@williamchester5001]

If you were to take all of these utube video’s and put them on a cd I would buy it.

[@Youreout]

Hi Pat, love your style! Does that cool knot (13:05) have a name and can you teach us how to tie it, please?

[@Missyblueandhorsemakes2]

What if the horse steps toward you while you are on the mounting block to push you off the back. What do I do to not make it a fight?

[@clspears5644]

Pat, and Deb, what about using mecate reins?

[@nicolematthews1543]

Great information I will use this. Does anyone know what kind of bit he is using? It sounds like it's some kind of roller?

[@PatnDebPuckett]

It’s a Missing Link Snaffle: www.TheDisciplinedRide.com/store

[@resellingandthrifting]

I don't know what I do wrong, but when I try to mount I pull the dang saddle towards me . I put one hand on the horn and one on the cantle? Guess I don't really know how tight I need to put the saddle on. But I am getting a mounting block. So this was good cause I'm handicapped (bad right leg).

[@lemmepitts8296]

It might not be cinched down tight enough

[@clspears5644]

Just wondering if you recommend have the horse wear a rope halter with lead rope under the bridle?

[@PatnDebPuckett]

Not unless you’re a sheep herder…

[@blainestockwell6957]

Man I like that horse.

[@jameslyons1661]

❤️🤠ranchin

[@jennyrosd2003]

I dont like turning the horse away from me if ive dismounted and he was walking off. But im sure it works.

[@jordanwhite5470]

Mounting block @ 4:29

[@karenbultman6995]

What do you do if the horse walks off and your foot is still in the stirrup and your being dragged?

[@PatnDebPuckett]

Start by teaching the horse not to walk off while you get on. And buy leather soled boots that do not have a double row of stitching on the welt so your boot will easily slide out of the stirrup.

[@karenbultman6995]

@@PatnDebPuckett I put the left foot in and didn’t get my right hip open enough and accidentally kicked him. He took off and I was belly down on the saddle and fell 5 1/2 feet onto my face and neck. It was an accident. Accidents happen.

[@jameslyons1661]

🏁💰🤠

[@noninoni9962]

Respect is a two way street... If, as an employee you value your job, and as an employer you value your employee, respect naturally happens. Unfortunately in todays world value doesn't seem to matter.

[@themangarage2203]

What do you mean by "he he has a bridle with a cheekpeice on its a betrayal"? 1:15

[@PatnDebPuckett]

If you pull on a western bit with one rein, it’s a betrayal.

[@themangarage2203]

@@PatnDebPuckett Understood. Thanks

[@themangarage2203]

@@PatnDebPuckett So a one rein stop is a definite NO NO with a western bit?

[@champagnewalkersequinemass3568]

Is having them stretched out hard on their loin area of their back?

[@PatnDebPuckett]

No.

[@carolv8450]

No bits - Rick Gore- bits are pain devices.

[@kristigraham8783]

I wanna see how pat deals with a horse that bucks when you get on. he's ran though a fence with her. Hes a 10 year old and he has been broke but hasnt been ridden in a year. We do ground work with the saddle on everyday but soon as you swing all the way in the saddle he loses his mind.

[@PatnDebPuckett]

You need to restart him. Rope him, flag him, drive him over a tarp, sack him out. He shouldn’t fall apart like that just because he’s had some time off. We have a number of videos that show how we rope horses and we have DVD’s on our website that shows groundwork and working a horse with a flag and tarp. Good luck!

[@leealexander3507]

I ride my arabian stallion tackless and he will move out as soon as I release the piece of mane I have hold of as I mount because that's his signal to go ahead and move out.

[@tedreese3281]

A million dollars. It's hot, steep and rugged.

[@malcolmgunnell1082]

Ok really like the videos, thanks, but this one seemed not right, boot stuck in the stirrup twice, too deep, pulling to the right horse circles his rear end right passed you, people with mounting problems dont have horses as well trained as yours.

[@dakotahstr]

He doesn't praise the horse. I like Monty Roberts.

[@PatnDebPuckett]

Have you watched any of our other videos?

[@dakotahstr]

@@PatnDebPuckett no not yet . This video just appeared. I didn't mean the statement to be offensive. My apologies.