Caniambo Clinic - Part 2

[@vicki1141]

I dont mind hearing "all this" one little bit. The more you chat , the more I can still believe there are true horsemen left on this planet. Thank you so much.

[@Dunolly3472]

Peter and Gen Quinn TOTALLY added elements to our 2 days with Pat and Deb that we would never have gotten without them coming along with Pete's senior bridled horse and Gen's amazing Bosal/Hackamore horse THANK YOU so much!!

[@tracyjohnson5023]

Sally Swifts centered riding is amazing! I was lucky enough to attend one of her clinics many years ago

[@garyirwin4948]

Wow! You are awesome. Even though I'm an old man I'll try to understand and apply your techniques. I love your no nonsense approach.

[@lauramoy9940]

Lots of geat information in this video. Thank you Pat.

[@mariavidalsantana4028]

Oh my Gosh! So much very good information, loved the part with the hackamore! Fantastic!! Love you Deb & Pat!🙏🌹🦄 Really enjoyed to watch the clinic!

[@karlstarkey5465]

Love hearing your big outfit tips. You should write a book of cowboy tips and tricks. Thank you for the great videos

[@sunrise7ranch85]

5:30 "If you want to be a real reiner you hold your arm out like its broken" I had to pause the video and laugh so hard at that one. Love this guy!

[@phyllismervis3588]

Thanks for all the comments and especially for the steering wheel story! How silly of me to forget about the shifting weight. But as someone who has only returned to riding after my husband's death and because I am 75, I have a lot to relearn. But getting back to herding cattle in Canada and Montana has been restorative. After this quarantining is no longer necessary hope to get to a clinic someday.

[@JohnDoe-qu8ny]

Awesome 👌 nice work Pat 👍

[@janmutchler7355]

Self quarantining at home in Tucson, AZ and your videos give me ideas of things to work on with my horse. Also, thank you to the folks in Australia who allowed you to ride their horses. I learned some great things from those demos.

[@ryanm3923]

Nice job Pat! A lot of your teachings in this video were passed down to me by an Old Timer. Now that he has passed it is nice to see another passing this down as well. He told me that it is not learned from a book or video, but passed down from either Father or Grandfather or Friend to Friend. He also said the hackamore was an art form a lifetime in the making.

[@tomenglezos6985]

Thanks for explaining the construction of the cricket. I kinda had a notion, but it was still a mystery. Muchas!

[@Cecilyeg]

Somehow I think we will miss your clinics in Midland this spring. As a result it is wonderful to get to come to your clinic this way. And it's a great way to start the day!!

[@lisathewhitewolf]

"do you guys mind hearing about this" - haha I LOVE hearing about all that, especially now that my Grandpa's passed on and I don't get to hear his stories anymore.

[@julieroberts1604]

I loved this video. Wealth of knowledge in my personal opionion, about body mechanics and equitation. Growing up trainers taught me equitation to be pretty not useful. Thank you very much!

[@jenniferbarr300]

Brilliant I love it I really wish I could get the opportunity to ride with you folks

[@MrSanteeclaus]

Watching again. Love your lessons. Merry Christmas to you both.

[@williamshultz3598]

Thank you for more of your training video's. I am at work when I watch these and we are so slow right now with this virus thing.

[@MrSanteeclaus]

Love the cowboss story. Oh so true. Took me some time to learn all these things. Well worth the lessons

[@aileen694]

Really Really appreciate all your videos but these two clinics were just great, chock full of so much information that I felt guilty watching for free! Thank you, from Toronto.

[@randolphlearning5255]

Wow good show. Thanks.

[@valbeech7509]

Great clinic, thanks for your fantastic advice. Keeping me sane! Locked down in Derby UK apart from 1 visit to see to my horse's welfare per day, who lives 6 miles away. Hoping you keep well and stay safe.

[@johnhutcheson8869]

At 26:15 Agree. Richard Caldwell taught me to take a bite in the get down rope and go across my body and around to the right hip and tuck it under the belt just above your right hip pocket. That way there is no reason to place it over the horn, you do not have to think to take it off the horn, you can't betray your horse, and when you get off and walk fwd to the cow or the gate... it isn't in your way.

[@Fd-gk5hc]

Thank you Pat

[@StuckInNy]

Thank You

[@marinyssen2491]

Can u show all the different bits that you use or there are pls. 8.28 noon. Thankyou Mari

[@xSpiderswebx]

Heya Pat and Deb. Pat, you mention at around the 25:00 mark that mounting and then backing up would betray the horse. Could you explain why it's a betrayal? When I start out, I'll ask a horse to collect up before walking forward, then release the rein. In the beginning, I often go to a backup if the horse doesn't lift, and eventually phase it out when the horse automatically starts coming up under me when i ask them to move out. If there's a better way, I'd like to change. (I'm in Central Ontario, Canada, at the southern tip of Algonquin Park.)

[@PatnDebPuckett]

We want our horses to stand perfectly still when we get on. Then we walk forward on a loose rein. If there’s anything going on with the horse on that particular day, I want it to happen going forward. If there’s a problem, and you ask the horse to back up, you might just find yourself in a world of hurt after your horse tips over on top of you. Aside from the safety aspect, the first thing I want the horse to do is to go forward willingly. I don’t need anything else. Let the horse get his back warmed up and his mind right before you start tuning on him. So many people think they have to always be teaching their horses something. Always tuning them up. The horse has got to get pretty discouraged if that’s what they can expect every time they are ridden. Why not let the horse relax and get his mind wrapped around the day’s work before you try to school him?

[@westhorn2813]

Mr pat thank you for your time. I was wondering if you could teach us how to swap crickets on a bit? Thanks again

[@PatnDebPuckett]

We can tell you how but it’s something that our brilliant bit maker does for us now!

[@RockinBarBRanch]

Trivia regarding seat bones - you sit on your "ischial tuberosities" ! Just about only anatomy I remember from medical school.....Dr. Smith, M.D.

[@larrylyday9330]

It's apparent to me that I ride with a pad in my saddle,does that interfere with my signals from my pelvic bones?

[@PatnDebPuckett]

No.

[@phyllismervis3588]

Hi Pat and Deb Self quarantining at home here in New York City and your videos really help pass the time! Question, I know a horse can feel a fly but how do they feel the seat bones through the saddle and saddle pad?

[@AndyTheCornbread]

I'll take a stab at answering that. Pat will probably have a better answer though because I am pretty sure he has forgotten more about horses than I will ever know. Moving your seat bones shifts the angle of the way your weight is distributed on the horse. Say you weigh 140lbs from the seat up, that is 70lbs straight up and down over each seat bone not to mention what you have hanging off it in the form of your legs. Like you said a horse can feel a fly on its skin, you shift 70lbs from one angle to another and you better believe that the horse can tell exactly what you did. A horse that is listening to you can feel your intention before you ever go to ask because your mind prepares your muscles for movement before you consciously make your muscles move. An animal that is that sensitive has zero problem picking up on you full on shifting the angle of that much weight. The hard part isn't getting them to feel the shift in your seat, they can do that all on their own. The hard part is being consistent enough in how you ride and how you release so the horse understands what you are asking for when you shift your seat. I have one horse that is 14 or 15 this year, I'd have to look at his papers to be sure, but I can up and down cycle him through the gaits just by thinking about what gait I want him in. It isn't a Jedi mind trick although it looks like it when you do it, but the horse is just picking up on my seat and posture sub conscious changes as my mind anticipates the gait I am wanting to go into. He is by no means a rarity in that he can do this. I'll give you a story from my childhood as an example and then I will quit hogging so much comment space on Pat's video :) We had a mare when I was a kid that my uncle would get on and have us hand him an old tractor steering wheel and he would turn the horse left and right with the steering wheel and by pushing the wheel forward it would go faster and by pulling it back it would stop or back up depending on how far he pulled it. He wouldn't have any reins on her and then he would get off and hand us the steering wheel and us kids would spend hours taking turns trying to get it to work. It wasn't until I got a bit older that I realized he was riding her with his seat and legs, but it kept us out of his hair and occupied for a good long time when we were little.

[@paulinerai5078]

Keep on chatting, please explain for a lay woman like me how you use your body while turning, stopping, etc thanks, Scotland

[@PatnDebPuckett]

Here’s a playlist on a horse that Pat rode a few years ago. I think you’ll find that he explains exactly what he’s doing in a number of these videos. Let us know if you still have questions…kzbin.info/aero/PLqolZu7D-bMOMbkYpWIIIjFUs1HFAgYB_

[@kengamble8595]

Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍

[@sherrenmouradian7704]

What's the name of Sally Smith's book? Also, is your saddle a wade tree? As a woman, I'm having problems finding saddles that have a narrow enough leg path for me. But, can fit my low wide shouldered Quarter Horse. Reining saddles tend to be the most comfortable, I'm not a Reiner

[@PatnDebPuckett]

It’s Sally Swift “Centered Riding.” Our slick fork saddles are built on a wade tree. Our trail saddles are not. The slick fork works well for me (Deb) but probably not for petite women. The trail saddle works well for most women… www.thedisciplinedride.com/trail-saddle

[@michaelschulze6545]

What a treat,

[@canoetomah7781]

Great event with lots of good looking horses. Chestnut mare was my favorite. She could cover some country.

[@mariapazaristeaguirre4491]

Hello. A question: breathing is the same indication for slowing and for stoping?

[@PatnDebPuckett]

Yes on the breathing but the muscles along your spine tell the horse if you want to slow down or stop.

[@angelitamuniz6575]

Can you explain what a cricket is?

[@PatnDebPuckett]

It’s the copper or brass thing that sits in the middle of a bit and turns on a piece of hexagonal metal to make a noise like a cricket.

[@phyllismervis3588]

It's me again in New York City. It looks like you shift your hip to be on the right seat bone? Correct?

[@PatnDebPuckett]

When turning to the left, you shift to the right seat bone and vice verse. Let us know if that’s what you meant or give me the time in the video that you’re referring to.

[@phyllismervis3588]

@@PatnDebPuckett Got it, thanks And what about leg position? Can't emphasize enough how helpful your videos are right now. Thank you!

[@PatnDebPuckett]

Your leg just hangs straight down unless you have to help your horse with the hindquarters. You can move your leg back as much as needed but never forward of the cinch.

[@ronparandes4957]

good stuff

[@caseyparsons5431]

pat great clips!!! do you watch broncs and donks????

[@BBurt775]

This is good, I'd be ok with more like this

[@lisathewhitewolf]

Too bad the audio cuts out so much :(

[@mariedelozier2530]

Ear-cattle are genrally curiouser than reglar ol'cows...

[@MrSanteeclaus]

Marie DeLozier wilder too