FB LIVE #3 WORKING WITH LAZY HORSE " SMOKEY "

[@brooksequine7621]

Numb in the mind .... disrespectful. .. 10,000% correct ! Great job ! So good to see a HORSEMAN work and teach ! These truths span all discliplines ... not only reining / Western horse industry . Good riding is good riding .

[@mattmillsreining1]

Thank you for watching! 🤙🏾💯〽️

[@melissashaw3583]

Smokey might be lazy but he sure is gorgeous!

[@mattmillsreining1]

Never can take that away from Ol Smokey!

[@maxsanchez2339]

One good wack is better than 1,000 taps.

[@justinlillo8433]

The guy absolutely ripping by at 3:22 made me laugh so hard for some reason 😂

[@kristiwetsel9531]

Water bottle for the win

[@williameverettwitt5814]

How do you get a horse to ride with their head down , all the time ? I can get them to at a walk but anything faster their head coms up and they get stif in the face

[@rodneymorris449]

That was nice 👍

[@kristinaklarenbach5241]

Love your videos Matt! Super helpful!

[@sunshine2306]

When I loved to dance in those days😉 I always wanted to dance with the great ones that I could follow easy and look good doing it. I loved watching good dancers too. Hummmmm I should dance more.💕🎶😁 You can look at all this in your own perspective. It is where your at in who you really want to be for your horse and yourself. When I watch you I experience balance and direction in my own mission on where I would like to go. It takes a lot of dancers to fill a dance hall....

[@mattmillsreining1]

😉😉💯〽️

[@diannaa5631]

I think a lot of it is that saddle

[@jordanw4922]

That IS huge! It's the little stuff that is BIG.

[@ciannaschwarzrock3173]

I have a 4 and half year old and I’m only young myself but I want to get big in shows and works with horses for my career. My horse Texas will do as I say but it takes a while to get him off from walk to canter and he doesn’t want to spin, he also isn’t very responsive with the legs and cut corners. What do I do?

[@reiningrules]

Hi Matt, I’ve got a horse a lot like Smokey. He’s a good horse and knows his job, but can be lazy. If I go to be a bully to get him moving and he reacts by kicking out at my leg, do I punish that or ignore it? I don’t want him to think he can kick at my leg, but I also don’t want to confuse him by potentially making him think he’s being punished for moving out quicker.

[@mattmillsreining1]

Brittany, so what I would do there is continue using your leg until he moves forward with no “ back talk “ aka kicking, head tossing, etc. Don’t release the pressure until he’s doing what you want. After several reps he will quit! I hope you’re following me on Instagram and Facebook !

[@reiningrules]

Matt Mills thank you!