Horse Training, Cold Weather, and Small Spaces? Watch THIS! Winter Series, Lesson 1: Backing Up

[@jennyrobinson8009]

Just found your videos. I live in England and trainers are few and long distances to travel. I have a Reiner 21yrs young and I am 75, had him 6 years and he's been helping me learn western. You explain the process , breaking it down into little bite sizes, so well. Looking forward to watching any other videos I can find. Jenny

[@_thenaturalhorseman]

I’m glad you’re enjoying the information! Let me know if there are any instructional videos I can make for you.

[@KingsMom831]

Always with quality. Perfect example when your talking about HOW you ask them to back up, with feel. Thanks for the video Steve!

[@_thenaturalhorseman]

Thanks Rachel Kings Mom lol. I believe when people figure this exercise out, so many more things are going to make sense at higher levels of training.

[@KingsMom831]

@@_thenaturalhorseman absolutely!!

[@tiffany6005]

Your videos are actually informative to all disciplines. I’m training my horse and I’m a hunter rider. Your videos aren’t to wordy either. Nice job!

[@_thenaturalhorseman]

Thank you Tiffany! I hope this is helpful for your horse this week

[@maryhougan463]

I love your videos! I watch and then I head to the barn to work on what I learned!

[@_thenaturalhorseman]

That’s great to hear Mary! Let me know how it goes this week.

[@cindybrygman4350]

Great clip! Something that can be easily done for a few minutes a day to any horse! Can’t wait to see her progress from start to finish!

[@_thenaturalhorseman]

I’m looking forward to it as well, it’s going to be fun bringing her along with you all here this winter.

[@cindybrygman4350]

@@_thenaturalhorseman awesome I keep checking your site daily for any new videos. Keep em’ coming😉

[@_thenaturalhorseman]

Expect to see 2 next week, one on Monday afternoon and the winter series on Wednesday morning with another shout out 😊

[@BaidaArabians]

Awesome! Thanks for the video! I have been sharing little tips to help people work on these things over winter and thinking I needed to do a video, but I am in Saskatchewan with no indoor and no videographer. You did it for me, THANKS!! lol.

[@_thenaturalhorseman]

Oh geez you’re feeling it more than me way up there.

[@KingsMom831]

My grandmother was from Biggar😊

[@amandasmith171]

0:02 great explanation of how and why you teach the back up! I’ve watched you start colts/filly’s but is it the same for re starting an older horse? I have a 14 year old gelding and I started him as a colt in a typically British traditional/ classical way. I don’t mind admitting that I have made many mistakes with him and searched for a better way of training, which led me to natural horsemanship and your channel. I would be very grateful for your advice on this as I long for a deeper connection and partnership with him 🐴🤠

[@_thenaturalhorseman]

Funny you should ask. I’m currently working on putting together a video on my sequence for helping older “problem” horses. Not that they are problems, but take a bit of extra care and attention to detail. It’s taking me some time to put it together because I’m taking a horse through the whole process, which I plan to explain and show in one video.

[@amandasmith171]

Haha fate brought me here 😊Thank you for your reply and I eagerly await your sequence to help myself and others with their older horses! But in the meantime I’ll keep watching your winter series 👍🏽

[@Grandmawhitneysfarm]

I’m going to do this, thanks ! Any videos on getting horse to stand still?

[@_thenaturalhorseman]

I'll be sure to make one this week. Look for it in the quick tips at the end of the next winter training solutions video!

[@lisawilkinon9187]

Love this training series. I just recently found your videos. I’m wanting to apply this to my yearlings. I had one question about the training stick. In about the 2:00-4:00 minute part of the video, are you just resting the stick on the filly’s back or applying some pressure? I was wondering if this was to help with straightness in backing…as it is being used later in the video when the rein/pressure is closer to the filly’s wither? Thanks again for this wonderful series.

[@_thenaturalhorseman]

I had to go back and watch to see what I was doing 😂. Ok, notice she stepped back without me asking her to as I switched from one side to the other? She was just a little uncertain about what was happening. I drew her forward by the halter while at the same time touching her with my training stick. The halter hand was to give her clarity, the stick had was reassurance, it touched her but asked nothing of her. Then as I continued talking, I slowed down for a minute to reassure the horse that she was ok and in the right place (the continued rubbing with my hand and stick).

[@lisawilkinon9187]

Thank you so much for the reply. I just want to make sure I was being as particular as I could. I’m already getting some soft responses from my yearlings. Can’t wait to follow through the whole series with them. Again, I want to thank you for taking the time to share this info. It’s very helpful.

[@_thenaturalhorseman]

absolutely my pleasure! I'll be sure to make many more once I've recovered from my surgery. @@lisawilkinon9187