First time working with this new horse

[@jeannem6723]

I think liver chestnut is my favorite color. That is ONE beautiful walker!

[@bonniesears9963]

Looks like a Rocky Mountain....beautiful color!

[@jamiekirkpatrick3783]

He seems tall for a rocky Mountain

[@tracyjohnson5023]

@@jamiekirkpatrick3783some Rocky's are that tall

[@lizweber4996]

Hes Rocky Mtn all the way!!! Traditional coloring as well.

[@swysocki3920]

The cat is bound and determined to keep it real. What a hoot!

[@rhondab9792]

Nice to see this beautiful Tennessee Walker. Mine was banned from trail rides at the stable because his walk was so big it made the others want to jog. (I like jogging a typical horse, but they liked plodding along.) He was a great horse: gentle but with spirit, versatile and willing.

[@SusanSheehan-k5z]

Unbelievable! 😮 teach their horses to walk. I would contest that somehow. Please don't accept.

[@shelm-b8p]

@@SusanSheehan-k5zI agree with you that the horse should not be banned, but I can tell you that we have 2 Tennessee Walkers in our barn and they can’t go out with another horse. Same issue, any other horse needs to trot when they just walk.

[@catherinedemick1103]

I have been told walking horses are not good trail partners with regular gaited horses for that reason too

[@ljones2868]

Derrick looks like a Rocky Mountain more than a TWH. He's quite a bit more trotty than Ruger was and neither are good examples of a good WH. Derrick is trotty with no looseness or stride behind with straight short pasterns behind as well. He is probably RMountain. He is gorgeous.

[@arribaficationwineho32]

So glad you got him before Big lick ruined his legs

[@donnasmith3969]

Big lick needs to be outlawed. It's horrible what they put those horses through. Abuse.

[@DoubleDogDare54]

Handsome horse! I believe he's a Rocky Mountain from the looks of him.

[@1man2many]

LoL cat unplugged the camera!

[@dickdomanski3493]

New Jersey fan. Love your calm way of handling horses.

[@juliehmidmo]

You said Tennessee walking horse but my first thought was Rocky Mountain. No matter he is gaited. Cats do have good qualities, sometimes.

[@shelm-b8p]

Me too. My friend has a Rocky Mountain with the exact same coloring.

[@melblacke5726]

I agree.....you need to have a break from your job.

[@MelodyNye]

I look forward to seeing how you handle the horse’s lack of confidence. I need to work with my horse to build his confidence.

[@staciem02]

I just want to say, I really appreciate your advice and videos. I took my mare to a clinic last weekend and it being her first time really away from home being expected to do something. She was a bit excited and wound up, I just got on and worked out circles both ways and she calmed down and did everything I asked without any problems. 😊

[@Laura-pi8kd]

He is gorgeous

[@jamiescruggs-nelson569]

Pretty Rocky Mountain!

[@dianemanson7756]

He's a stunner! And he appears not to be that bad to work with. Fun to watch how it really goes.

[@gayjarrett]

Think he is a liver chestnut with flaxen mane and tail. Beautiful. Doesn’t look like a walking horse more like a rocky mtn horse but whatever he is a nice horse and very pretty

[@tracyjohnson5023]

Definitely a rocky based upon color, conformation and gait. They tend to be stocky very easy keepers and fairly willing. Great trail horses, but they are prone to founder if they don't get ridden enough and are on decent pasture. Rocky's were developed in the hardscrabble steep hills of Kentucky where they have to keep easy. Walking horses move differently even at the walk. They overstride with the back feet and have more sway.

[@Sine-gl9ly]

Stunning colour! In UK native pony breeds, this colour does pop up regularly (but not commonly) in Highlands and Shetlands, but is _very_ unusual in other breeds. Like another poster mentioned, I can't quite get my head round 'gaits'. The only gaited horse I'm even vaguely familiar with is the Icelandic horse.

[@LenaPalmier]

... and the cat photobombing again...🤣🤣🤣

[@MalindaRyan-xi7et]

He’s a trip!! Somehow he unplugged the camera during the Live😮. He was rubbing all around my legs then all of a sudden the camera went out😂

[@careycroft8648]

I guess you didn't mention the cat enough when he walked across the areana lolol

[@donnac.1609]

This horse is super handsome. Wonder if his trail riding has been just following along with other horses? Green is the right description.....but what terrific potential!!

[@docpixeldesignphotography1740]

He's a stunner.

[@sassy6292]

That darn cat! Lololol.

[@lotusflower2838]

He is a looker, Rocky Mountain breed I think

[@carolynstewart8465]

Kentucky rocky mountain horse❤

[@anneparkinson266]

THAT CAT... 😭😭😭

[@kathywilliamson1826]

Back in about 1972, I met an old man who was developing the Rocky Mountain Horse. Too cool!

[@sarahturner8625]

Has the coloring of the Rocky Mountain horse (which is a fun breed), but has the size of the TN Walker. Rocky Mtn horses are 14-16 hands per the breed standard. TW can be taller. But overlap height-wise. So really he could be either. But the color is definitely typical of the RMH.

[@sarahturner8625]

I really enjoyed this horse, hope we can see some more videos of him! And I’m curious how you train gaited horses vs a non-gaited horse. You’ve talked about the differences in Arabs from QH, so what are the differences in walkers?❤️

[@rlyman111]

Problem with camera focus, autofocus problem. Love the Walker!

[@lisagalea4720]

Rocky Mountain

[@shellysonnen5698]

That's what l thought?

[@susanblack7782]

I heard you say a Walking horse. So Tennessee Walking Horse? But coloring looks gorgeous like the Rocky Mountain!

[@LynnStevens-qo7tb]

Didn't get to see this live but learned alot and enjoyed watching. Find the questions interesting and your take on how to handle the situation . Don't be too hard on the cat,mine torments my husband 😅

[@harleyb.birdwhisperer]

Carpet matches the drapes.

[@donnasmith3969]

Beautiful horse

[@jerifredricksen5085]

Alive

[@jbohio7821]

Your cat tickles me!😅 She always makes an appearance when you are filming.

[@deepcover9894]

I can see you and hear you but it had some delay in the beginning

[@cynthiaschrantz9237]

Gaited Morgan or Rocky Mountain. Possibly TWH.

[@KerryDior]

Nice looking horse. ❤

[@infinity401]

He is so pretty

[@KalistaMoonwolf]

Rocky Mountain Horse! That silver gene is a dead giveaway!

[@Zippy12332]

Hes been eating good!

[@nedheadwyoming]

Bighorn NF gets the Tennessee walkers because of their smooth ride and sized for mountains. They are huge!

[@diedradiesch6491]

Kentucky mountain was my first thought. Maybe part bred with Morgan?

[@kimberlynads]

Wow he’s gorgeous ❤

[@Zippy12332]

Put some wet saddle blankets on him..hopefully all he needs!

[@beabarber4300]

As a young rider I was told this story. I truly don't know if it's accurate or not, but I hope it's true. A dressage trainer wanted to get accurate proof of the difference a good rider made to a horse's performance. So he took to a skilled and experienced horse to the local weighbridge along with a balanced rider and an unbalanced rider. Then he had each rider work the horse for a few minutes then weighed each horse/rider combo. On the same day, in the same tack, within a few minutes of each other. The total weight of the balanced rider combo was significantly less than the total weight of the unbalanced rider combo. Only difference was the rider, and the way that rider rode the horse. I was told the difference was several kilos - too much to attribute to water evaporation through sweat or weight of manure passed in the time between weighings.

[@timandersonhorsetraining]

I believe it.

[@docpixeldesignphotography1740]

Tennessee Walker, I think.

[@gayjarrett]

That cat wants you to do a video on him/her Tim

[@rivert3dove254]

Teuly good looking horse Very eye catching

[@carolreising3463]

Classic Rocky Mountain colors, but too tall to be pure. Body and head look more Tennessee Walker but I can't tell until I see it gait, and this one appeared to trot during lunging and during the ride he only walked.

[@Cattywampus46]

Beautiful horse. I do have a question but it's about a horse you had in a while back -- I think his name was Banks. He was pretty wild and seemed a little dangerous and am wondering how you handled him.

[@timandersonhorsetraining]

I had a vet look at him and he thought Banks potentially has kissing spine. The owner took him home to be evaluated by a university and I have not heard any more.

[@shellysonnen5698]

Isnt it a Rocky Mountain horse? Idk anything about other than that classic color

[@gail2283]

Thank you for the live video. Always learn so much from your videos. I do love the cat. Tabor City, NC

[@Zippy12332]

Rocky mountain saddle horse

[@1man2many]

Something's off with the camera moving around jerky like, I only mention in case you are trying another new thing. Pretty horse! Do you think giving 'treats' causes a horse to be nudging with his head/mouth? It crossed my mind.

[@timandersonhorsetraining]

I noticed that. The only thing I can figure is my internet upload speed was slow. Thank AT&T!

[@MarcosPerez-ir3gp]

Can you show us what a front properly fitted French cinch looks like?

[@CherylLong-jf4mn]

I was going to guess he was a Rocky Mountain horse mainly because of the color but I’m not very familiar with gaited horses.

[@gaylemanion6869]

In the English world saddle fit is so specific. Are western saddles generally a more universal fit?

[@Jean-v2f9h]

How will you get this Walker to gait?

[@joravlin4902]

Tim, can you train a horse to herd cats?

[@lorirobinson4004]

Looks like a rocky mountain horse maybe a silver bay.

[@ivymaroney2726]

are you sure he isn’t a rock mountain?

[@marydehart2769]

Hello, thank you for your videos. How would you approach a horse thate refuses the bit?

[@timandersonhorsetraining]

You will see that in tomorrow's video.

[@ldg2655]

Looks like a Rocky

[@jbohio7821]

How close to the edge of the horses mouth do you set your bits?

[@timandersonhorsetraining]

My preference is very slightly like 1/8" from the corners if the bars allow that. Then the horse can pick the bit up and hold it where it is comfortable but not so loose that it is irritating the horse. That is as long as the bars and corners of the mouth align correctly. They don't always. I had a horse recently that if I would have put the bit there it would have been hitting the K9 teeth.

[@shashakeeleh5468]

I truly would like a nice Walking Horse like this one, but there I am in TX, they don't seem readily available. I really want a local or semi-local horse because of climate issues on The Gulf Coast. Not going to bid on something I can't see and ride.

[@moniquegartland5076]

Chocolate brown Palomino

[@jennykonijnenburg3031]

Or a silver dapple?

[@jackiehawecker11]

Chocolate Rocky Mountain horse

[@georgiascott5779]

Looks Rocky mt. more than walker

[@payntpot7623]

Just missed this live. Hard to see his colour on screen. Is he a silver bay, or silver dapple? You mention sorrel (what we call chestnut?) but his mane with the darker roots looks more like a he has a silver Z gene in him? Silver over bay gives a reddish coat, darker dapple points and similar mane/tail which has sooty, darker roots. Silver over black gives the chocolate dapple look with the same flaxen with darker sooty roots. I had a silver dapple Northland Bush Pony once. I named him Fig. Turned out to be a useful wee ride/drive horse. I think the silver in NZ comes originally from the shetland pony and/or the welsh pony. In Aussie it is known as "taffy" and I believe the gene first entered the Australia via a 19th century circus pony stallion who was a popular sire. You are right, he is a well put together horse, perhaps a tad straight in the hind leg?, pity about the movement!! I cannot bring myself to appreciate the movement of a gaited horse. They just look abnormal and awkward when they move. Pacing dogs do the same thing to me!! Will be interested to see how he comes along. I've watched horses loose on stock trucks and they all seem to choose to stand at a 45 degree angle with the head/front end facing backwards on the angle, not forwards. They also have their heads lowered which I find interesting since most trailer designs do not allow for this aspect. it makes sense that they are designed to have lowered heads for eating so their natural balance would be there, and it would help the sinuses drain also.

[@timandersonhorsetraining]

I am most familiar with AQHA colors..with them sorrel and chestnut are 2 different colors..I'm sure TWH has their name for this color but if he were a quarter horse it would be called sorrel.

[@JanetWeeks-h7m]

Walking horse

[@MarcosPerez-ir3gp]

How do you properly fit a front cinch?

[@timandersonhorsetraining]

That IA a good topic for a video.

[@arribaficationwineho32]

I thought his coloring indicated he had sweat. I was curious abt what you would call his color. He is really pretty

[@timandersonhorsetraining]

I called him sorrel..Twh probably has a different name for him color..

[@gayjarrett]

Think it’s a liver chestnut with flaxen mane and tail. Very beautiful

[@judyharkins1867]

TWH

[@georgiascott5779]

Every horse i ever trailered ended up getting themselves backward.

[@Sandra-cm1du]

You are live but blurry.

[@JanisGodwin-dl3us]

picture is bad

[@BSFTBS11]

The horse's back is horizontal. I definitely think that a larger person, football player or couch potato still is too much. If you technically, scientifically look at the data just 5 minutes after a rider has been on a horse's back, it shoes that its already under stress. Then there's proper saddle fitting. And on and on. Horse's were never meant to ride. Humans imposed this on them.

[@360cryptofarming5]

Rocky Mountain

[@MarcosPerez-ir3gp]

How do you properly fit a front cinch?

[@andreaperez3478]

Rocky Mountain

[@MarcosPerez-ir3gp]

How do you properly fit a front cinch?