OLD MILL FARM GYPSY DRUM HORSES - PENNSYLVANIA

The Gypsy Drum Horse is the largest fo the Gypsy Breed, having been bred for size for use in ceremonial events where the horses carried a rider and ceremonial kettle drums. Join us as we visit a Gypsy Drum Farm in Pennsylvania and understand the passion the owners and trainers have for this breed.

[@Hannah_7777]

So lovely

[@dotman8888]

Beautiful!

[@cattymajiv]

Regarding the white Drum horse that's shown from14:00on. Look at his mouth and how much he's fighting the bit. This woman is supposed to be the Farm Manager, an instructor, and a so called expert, yet she's yanking on the reins constantly and hurting him. I'm certain she's 1 of the millions of riders who swear they have the softest hands around. (That means they mantain the lightest contact possible on the reins and the mouth, and never pull at all.) The comment sections for horse videos on KZbin are filled with these people, all bragging about how soft their hands are, yet every day I see so called experts who are constantly yanking on the mouths of their poor horses! In this case they're even using a flash noseband to try to MAKE the horse keep his mouth shut. But he can't keep it shut! His mouth is wide open as he tries to avoid the bit, and just look at how much the sides of his mouth are pulled into a "smile." Granted, there are some horses who hate all bits, no matter how soft the rider's hands are, so they fight the bit in a variety of ways, but here you can see how tight the reins are, and how the corners of his mouth are pulled into that "smile." You even see her suddeny yanking more, every so often, for no reason. That's painful to him! I see all the same thing things with the next rider and horse combination, Daniel, at18:32onwards, and20:06. The same chomping and the same "smile", the same tension on the reins and bit, and on the riders' arms. My intention here is not to attack these people, not at all. It's just to show that ALL OF US including myself (I'm not a perfect rider either) that even the experts have much heavier hands than they THINK they do. So if they have a problem, then we most certainly do have one too, and we ALL need to get off our hands! I'm saying this to draw attention to every one of you who brags about how soft you think your hands are. I don't care what you say. It's what you're thinking that's the problem. Your hands are NOT as soft as you think they are! How would you like to endure this? Especially every day! If there ever was an example to show why bitless is better in almost all cases, this is it. There are some bitless bridles that are just as painful, and even dangerous. So it's up to the owner to research them very well before trying one. It's also not necessarily an instant transition. Sometimes it takes commitment and training, to change styles of communication. Horses are not mindreaders. But with commitment by the rider to the horse and training, there are very VERY few horses that won't be as successful or more so in a bitless bridle. Aberrations like head tossing usually disappear, or can be dealt with ground work or training. Bitless is better in 95% of cases. Horses are all individuals, ones who we need to have a conversation with, and we should be listening for 95% of that conversation. My main point is this; To the hundreds of people who who claim they are not among those who hurt their horses with a snaffle bit, take note of this woman. Look at her poor horse! Let me remind you, EVERYONE swears that their hands are as soft as a cloud, but this horse is telling us clear as day that it just isn't true! Bitless bridles need to become the standard in every kind of show and event, and leverage bits and mechanical hackamores need to be outlawed. No bit with shanks is necessary under any circumstance, when a horse and rider are both well trained. Nor are thin, sharp straps or chains necessary. The disciplines that claim they do need that much control need to be changed or eliminated. Big Lick, Dressage, racing, and all rodeo events, including barrel racing. If the discipline is such an unnatural thing that it requires such an unnatural amount of force to be applied, then it's cruelty, and it should be illegal. I did want to make the point about bits and bridles, but my main point is the one about hands. Your hands are nowhere near as soft as you think they are. So no matter what you ride with, you need to stop trying to impress others, and start caring more about your horse. Spend the next 2 years focusing on not using your hands, and on using just your legs and seat. You shouldn't need hands at all if your horse and you are both trained properly. If you do need to use your hands, you and your horse both need to go back to school. Professional training is better for you both, but you can do it yourself, and then you can take great pride in that accomplishment. Admitting you need to be retrained is the hump most people need to get over, and it's the point that too many people resist. It's really hard to admit that we aren't the expert we thought we were! But if we do admit it, and do the retraining, then we really DO become the expert we had only been fooling ourself about before! Learn to use only your legs and seat, and leave your reins perfectly loose. Even take them off the bridle entirely once you get to where your horse understands leg commands. That might happen right away, or it might take 2 years, but DO IT, no matter WHO you are. I'm tired of people who have so much prestige that they think they're at the pinnacle, and can't improve. We can ALL improve. Remember that every single time you get on a horse. When you lie to yourself, it's the horse that pays. Get off your hands and the horse's mouth. If you use your seat and legs, then any kind of bridle will be fine. The thing is we SHOULDN'T BE using the bridle and our hands. If our horse needs to be taught how to ride that way, then fine, we need to give him or her that training. Only then will we be a good horseman or woman. Every day I see "experts" who I want to scream at, "GET OFF OFF THE REINS AND OFF OF THEIR MOUTH!" With No Stirrups November coming soon, I encourage you all to participate. Remove the stirrups from your saddle for the whole month, and be very strict about not hanging on to the saddle or the mane. By the month's end, your seat will have improved SO MUCH, and you will be such a better rider that you will be able to much more easily deal with all the complex issues around improving your hands. Hands are the main issue here, but you need a better seat to get there, and riding stirrupless is THE way to find your seat. And after riding stirrupless, bareback is such a breeze. You will LOVE bareback so much! It will be effortless, and you will be a changed person! You will be at one with your horse, and he or she will feel like a comfy couch or rocking chair! So please do take your stirrups off for a month, no matter when you start. The change in your riding by learning to ride first without stirrups, and then with stirrups but without reins, will be like night and day! It won't come all at once. It will take effort, but you will feel the improvement coming along, I promise you. And when you do start to feel it, you will love so much that you will be just dying to get back to working on it everyday! Nothing else you can do will give you such rapid benefits as riding without stirrups. And then you can use that great seat you gained to learn riding without reins. Eventually you'll be able to ride like Jesse Drent, who often freerides, without a saddle or bridle. He even does Dressage while freeriding, the most complex and difficult type of riding in existence. THAT is what we all should be striving for, and Jesse is only in his 20s, so it doesn't necessarily take a lifetime. Look him up on KZbin. Again I am insisting that if horses can be ridden without any tack at all, and even do Dressage that way, why on earth are we all hanging on our horses' mouths?! We all need to stop doing that to them. ❤🐴🐎🐴❤

[@cardinalfox0734]

The horse isn't fighting,.. he is chewing. Some horses need something to fidget with just like humans

[@MoonStar-fq6oy]

I think USA is putting the Gypsy Vanner as an Ameican horse They are Gypsy Vanner All should learn from the Gypsy people Gypsy Vanner's are Family not $ makers yes ya have to pay $ to keep then health,but I don't undaerstand the deal learn from people where they come from

[@lisatyler4521]

How can I contact these people