Horse Riding Lessons - How To Bend Your Horse

[@BasicHorseTraining]

Bending your horse is a crucial skill that you need to develop to keep your horse supple and healthy. I hope this video helps you to understand the process. 🙂

[@whinnie216]

Do you usually start on the horses good bending side or harder side?? Thanks!!!

[@tracyblack1509]

I loved the suggestion to go inside and brush my teeth with my non dominant hand. When you get frustrated at your horse. Perfect advice.

[@BasicHorseTraining]

🙂

[@chriswolfe9524]

This was sooo… helpful, Josie and Rebel. I will watch again and again!! I love the toothbrush analogy too.

[@dianemcq64]

Josie, when I search for a KZbin video to learn something specific about riding my horse, your videos inevitably pop up! Thank you for creating so many on such relevant horse topics.

[@emmajaehomer425]

I am self taught and have been riding for about 6 years.. I have never had a trainer so I find these sooo helpful for my horse who never got produced much in the flat work!! Ur explaining is just so clear and i always go out after and work on myself and her. Thanks Josie

[@BasicHorseTraining]

Happy to help! 🙂

[@Avaandherhorse]

Same! love these kinds of videos!

[@charmainemckinney4064]

I do dressage on line and find your videos very easy to follow and see results with my training every time. Thank you.

[@loredelore7286]

The outside leg although mostly used for lateral direction, can be used here if the riders inside driving/aiding leg gets stuck at the moment the impulsion is lost, which is usually on the down beat of the trot or the soft side of the horse. I also keep my whip in the outside hand when on the right rein when a horse is stiff to the right, for me it seems to balance out the feel of the contact. I do this only on a not so forward going horse or one that is just starting and then use the correct way when they get for off the leg. Just a thought.

[@susanmason3210]

I love watching your videos Josie, they are so helpful and enlightening. Thank you

[@cinders7783]

Josie, Love this exercise & can’t wait to try it!

[@BasicHorseTraining]

Hope you like it!

[@sabinelloyd8532]

Nice one. I really enjoy that your explanations are so clear. This will be my next training exercise.

[@BasicHorseTraining]

Awesome! Let me know how you go. I love to hear 😊

[@Heheheh87690]

hi your videos are so good they always help

[@BasicHorseTraining]

Thank you. 🙂

[@anniecampbell8554]

Thanks, Josie, this was really clear. Any chance you have someone who could do some drone footage of this exercise? Or would Rebel totally freak out? For those of us who are visual learners, it would be super helpful to see from above. But your explanations and the good ground footage of the leg yield really helped in any case.

[@BasicHorseTraining]

I don’t think it would bother Rebel once he was desensitised to it and to be honest it is something I have been thinking of doing. Most of my videoing is done by a pixio as I work on my own the majority of the time. My husband might end up with a drone for Christmas 😆. Great suggestion thank you 🙏🏻

[@annettesears7752]

I am enjoying all your instruction videos thank you so very much x i will let you know how i doing

[@BasicHorseTraining]

I can't wait to hear Annette 🙂

[@HiveCreekFarm]

Super helpful!! Thank you!!

[@BasicHorseTraining]

You are welcome. I’m glad they are helpful 🙂

[@caseylewis9125]

I'm just beginning my riding journey and I find your way of explaining things really clicks with me. Thank you so much!

[@BasicHorseTraining]

You are welcome Casey 😊

[@HB-yg3ke]

Thank you!

[@mychance1120]

Last night I was going to bed and was thinking of my ride on my 4 year old Haflinger, Stella.. She is like a Battleship! LOL! I said to myself..” tomorrow I have to look and see if Josie has a video on BEND.. and here you are!! 😂 Thank you as always from the USA!

[@BasicHorseTraining]

Oh that is amazing. I’m so happy I’m helping 😊

[@juliehobbs665]

You're such a great teacher!! I was having a really difficult time visualizing and, in turn, translating that in to any meaningful form of training. But you make it SO clear and easy to understand that I almost feel silly for having such a tough time understanding in the first place! Lol! After watching your flexion and bending videos along with this one, it finally just clicked. Thank you for taking the time to continue making these very informative (and FUN!) videos that ultimately strengthen and improve the relationship between a horse and their rider.

[@BasicHorseTraining]

You are so welcome Julie. I'm glad they have helped you 🤗

[@naunettemartin7450]

I like the way you ride your horse

[@drronashapiro5737]

Excellent

[@Heheheh87690]

hi your videos are so good

[@BasicHorseTraining]

I’m glad you are enjoying them. 😊

[@sandrawheeler1521]

Love your vidio's. So clear, helping me alot. Thank you Josie from the UK.xxxx

[@BasicHorseTraining]

You are welcome Sandra 😊

[@marleneleroux]

Thank u

[@BasicHorseTraining]

Your welcome 🤗

[@Woo94ster]

Super, though you assume I know how to leg yield 😅

[@naunettemartin7450]

That's is want my is doing so good at the bean and I'm doing so good with my horse and I your videos

[@cassieb8937]

Even the idea of brushing my teeth with the opposite hand has me feeling cross 😂 analogy well played

[@BasicHorseTraining]

😂😂

[@juneequestrian9540]

Do you have a video of making your horse go on rein?

[@BasicHorseTraining]

I don't quite understand what you are asking me June. Could you give me a bit more information please.

[@juneequestrian9540]

@@BasicHorseTraining Yeah I'm not a American so my english isn't really great 😅 I'll try translate

[@mariannekaminski5795]

How do I get the free guide?

[@BasicHorseTraining]

The link is in the video description but I will put it here for you 🙂 basichorsetraining.com/3-principles/

[@naunettemartin7450]

Want you are want you are doing with your horse is so good for horse and that's is want I do with horse and it is helpful for me and I'm doing so good with my horse and that's is want I do and it work for me and my horse win I ride her

[@hannahmarran6905]

Oh good! I have been working on bending my horse more but wasn’t entirely sure how. I think I was using too much rein. Thanks for this video! I look forward to trying this exercise!

[@BasicHorseTraining]

I used to use too much rein too. That’s because it is easy and it’s what we see in front of us. I hope this exercise helps you Hannah 😊

[@hannahmarran6905]

@@BasicHorseTraining Thank you! I plan on trying it tomorrow! 😁🐎

[@KingsMom831]

Hi Josie! Hi Rebel! Tell Spider hi for me, would ya? And give those good boys a carrot for me! 🥕🥕🥕 Ha ha go inside and brush your teeth with your nondominant hand😂😂😂 You always have the best suggestions!

[@BasicHorseTraining]

I will 🥰 I’m glad you like my suggestions 🤣

[@mahmoudferig9067]

We want an Arabic language

[@BasicHorseTraining]

You will need to talk to KZbin about that as they decide the languages. If I could speak Arabic I would certainly try for you 😊.

[@mahmoudferig9067]

@@BasicHorseTraining I want you to speak Arabic

[@BasicHorseTraining]

@@mahmoudferig9067 I'm really sorry I would love to be Bilingual but Im not :(