Shoshone and the Tarp

We thought you'd like to see how Shoshone is progressing. In this video, Pat introduces the tarp and explains how he progresses through various phases ending with Shoshone standing on the tarp. Thank you for watching! For more information, visit our website www.thedisciplinedride.com . Please Subscribe to our channel, Like, and Share this video.

[@kibhr]

This channel continues to be the most you can learn about a horse, riding a horse, training a horse and working with a horse, without being on the back of a horse. The mule content ain't half bad either, lol. Regards & thanks from Wyoming!

[@jeanfish7]

Isn't it nice to watch a real cowboy?!:)

[@jeffmcbride2389]

I enjoy and appreciate the history lessons. I sure would like to see those 5 yr Olds getting worked. Man on horseback, what a powerful duo. Thank you.

[@rjiggy07]

That was awesome! As a Falconer, I understand animal behavior, but, Sir, you are spot on. Take emotion out of the equation. Animals think like that and when you throw in human emotion in your voice or actions, it confuses them and makes them distrust you. But I must say, that horse was as interested to what you had to say as I was. No, I mean it. He didn't really care about the tarp as much as the noise it made to keep him from hearing you. That's why, when you stopped talking, he readily tromped over the tarp. It's like when your wife starts talking to you, you turn off the water at the sink. Thank you so very much.

[@PatnDebPuckett]

Thank you for your very insightful comment. Pat says “You must do the dishes too!” 😆

[@spedoclctr]

I really like the historical stories you tell. Roseburg Oregon

[@gaylef3477]

I so enjoy your videos. I have learned a lot, both with working on horses and some great history. This channel is a treasure, for sure.

[@SolaceRadioMeanderRadioNetwork]

Great patience and teaching. Thank you!

[@mattkoller5562]

New saddle! Thanks for the video.

[@kengamble8595]

Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍

[@skyrocketcoast219]

Absolutely perfect! Shoshone is the best!!

[@janboogaerts1616]

Thanks for the explanation on the bear trap. It has the same purpose as the chains I saw on the back of some old bits, especially on Las Cruces cheekpieces I assume. The history lessons are awesome!! Maybe y'all should think about collecting the vast knowledge of Californio history and the hows and whys of the vaquero ways and techniques and turn that into a video (series). There ain't too many viejos left that have all of this knowledge. Coming to think of it , it would be something for national geagraphic, history channel or even the Smithsonian

[@PatnDebPuckett]

I’d better get to work!

[@garymclaren7185]

It doesn't matter to me what l am doing if Pat is talking I am listening

[@garyj2101]

Very nicely done Pat!! From QUITMAN,ARKANSAS

[@MrSanteeclaus]

The beartrap now makes me feel smarter. Shoshone is making a great horse. I owned a new saddle once. I’d only rode in it once or twice. Always let others ride in it. If I knew I could sell a broke in one for extra cash, it may have been a deal changer for me. 👍 Pat I love your Cowboy/Vaquero story’s. Don’t ever stop telling them. Todd Drummond dad tells the story of riding with the cattle at around age 10

[@lindatruitt7858]

Love it. I think I continue to put pressure on at wrong time. I’ll watch this again. Linda from okla city.

[@medlaketrap]

i really enjoy your stories... and the way you accomplish things with the horses... keep on keepin on!!!! from Northeast MT... Medicine Lake

[@medlaketrap]

have you ever used pressure and release on humans? hahahahaha... it works just as good!! hahahahahaha

[@Mytwocents222]

Working with a tarp is well worth it. One of my horses bolted when a large tarp flapped in the wind. The tarp was about 20 yards away at the time. I have had some luck working with a tarp in the coral, but I can see, starting in the round pen would be helpful. Thanks you Pat. Good camera work Deb.

[@H.pylori]

Nice demonstration. My horse hates the tarp and if he sees the tarp he avoids it and goes around it by coming to the inside of the round pen. Shoshone, by being so calm, must have done this many times before. He showed none of the stress that my horse does. I will go back to the barn and try again, and hopefully your tips will work. I like the stories you tell, now I know why cowboys would go down the railroad cars and poke the cows with the poles.

[@PatnDebPuckett]

This was the first session with the tarp. Pat prepared him by doing other things like working with the flag, the rope, etc. By doing the preparation and not jumping right into something that scares the horse, this was the result. A horse that isn’t afraid or resentful.

[@H.pylori]

@@PatnDebPuckett I really appreciate the reply. I do tend to hurry up my lessons with my horse. He is desensitized to most training aids, but hates the tarp. After pushing him too hard he will eventually jump over the folded tarp, and when I open up the tarp he will place one foot on the tarp, and then panic at the sound of the sand that he kicked onto the tarp. I will slow the tempo of the training session. Thanks again.

[@danielfields7704]

Hoping to see some video from the branding this weekend.... 👍

[@jessepitt]

Ha! I thought that saddle looked new. Central Oregon.

[@rideitlikeyouownit1]

Me too! Couldn't help but laugh when he mentioned it. It's a pleasure learning from this ol' timer.

[@jakestahl894]

Good day Pat! Great looking saddle! May I ask who is your saddle maker??keep up the great work and video’s

[@joshmccarthy2680]

Thanks again for another great video. Watching in between checking cows from Grangeville Idaho. Appreciated the part about Miles City and Wisconsin lived in both places. What part of Wisconsin do you have family? I grew up back there.

[@PatnDebPuckett]

Montello WI. Pat’s grandmother homesteader on Sunday Creek out of Miles City.

[@tinoyb9294]

Ranch truck in the making!

[@whip460]

I like the part about the cowpoke. Splains where that comes from.

[@kajinsautumn9833]

I never knew that either. Learn something new with every video I watch.

[@johnhead9148]

Just being a smart mouth here. In all the years I rode with good ranch hands gathering cattle they never came across a tarp they had to ride their horses over. Now they did have to gather cattle across a canal or on an island in middle of river. They usually rode up stopped, put both hands on the saddle horn, chewed some tobacco, spit, lifted the reins and waded across letting the horse decide where to go. Us novices ended up bogging horses down.

[@danemoore9277]

And in that time u never had a feed bag blow out in front of you

[@johnhead9148]

Had a hot air balloon float over once guess it had a shadow. Our ranches don't use feed bags but we do have our share of tumble weeds.

[@danemoore9277]

@@johnhead9148well that don't sad good

[@azgoprocowboy]

I find it interesting that you break in saddles and sell em. Never thought about diversifying that away.

[@PatnDebPuckett]

We’ve found that we ride farther in a month than most people ride in half a year! So it works well for everyone concerned...

[@robertcarazo8839]

Your videos are great and I enjoy them very much and learn so much. I'm looking for clinics riding and I'm from the Bronx and West Chester area. Since you do a lot of traveling would you know an recommend a place in May area or closer to me. Thank you and thank you for all your videos which are great. 👍🐴

[@PatnDebPuckett]

What kind of lessons/instruction are you looking for? We know quite a few people in eastern PA and western NJ.

[@robertcarazo8839]

@@PatnDebPuckett thank you for your reply I love your utube video. I’m looking for everything that you teach and believe in. Just looking to start from the beginning and and have that join up which I feel it’s a calling for me. Let me know. Thank you and keep posting your video because I watch them all. 👍🐴

[@robertcarazo8839]

@@PatnDebPuckett PS. I dont own a horse but at some point I would love to learn more about the BLM and tip program to see if I could train and be there for the horses. I’m sure you know what I mean because it’s all about the horse first. Thank you

[@turbogrin]

LOL " I noticed that there is a Language Barrier between here and India"!

[@MrSanteeclaus]

Could you do a video on how and why a Ring Bit or Chelano Bit was used? Thanks from Alabama

[@PatnDebPuckett]

It was used to “lighten up” a bridle horse that had become dull. It was also used on mules. I’d like to think we’ve evolved and don’t need to train horses with pain any more.

[@MrSanteeclaus]

Pat & Deb Puckett I always felt that they maybe painful. I just never quiet understood how they worked on a horse or mule. The one example I have had was a small mouth piece so imagine it was for a donkey. I have seen many photo examples however. Thank you for your response to this. I love your videos. Since for health reasons I have to ride thru your videos these days.

[@chelackie]

Good boy.. Hahaha. R Spain

[@shaunsimpson6524]

Hey pat I notice the kelpie what bloodline is it ?

[@PatnDebPuckett]

I have no idea. Her mother was 3/4 border collie and 1/4 kelpie. The sire was full kelpie out of southern Arizona.

[@mimirosenkrance2116]

I watched one of your videos that explained ground work. How to switch hands and direction hand and pressure hand. How to lift your hand to get the hind leg to cross in front of the other hind. I cannot find it again. Could you please direct me to it. Thanks in advance

[@PatnDebPuckett]

One video was Chinaco - Update on the Logs Plus Rear End/Front End. We also have a groundwork dvd that covers all of the groundwork in detail: www.thedisciplinedride.com/store .

[@mimirosenkrance2116]

@@PatnDebPuckett thank you. I will purchase it.

[@PatnDebPuckett]

Thank you!

[@razzhoneydoll1]

How do you cure a horse that wants to put his tongue over the bit. You are a true horseman. I like your videos.

[@PatnDebPuckett]

What kind of bit?

[@razzhoneydoll1]

@@PatnDebPuckett Snaffle bit.

[@PatnDebPuckett]

Two more questions: What is the horse’s reaction when he gets his tongue over the bit? What is your reaction when he gets his tongue over the bit?

[@razzhoneydoll1]

@@PatnDebPuckett His mouth opens & closes and his tongue is also going in & out over the top of the bit. I just ride him and after awhile he will quit and just hold the snaffle under his tongue. I have reached in his mouth and put his tongue under the bit and he just puts it right back over the bit. I have moved the snaffle up and down, when it's up it's more difficult for him to get his tongue over the bit but he still gets it over the bit . When I move it down he moves the mouth and tongue over the bit more actively. I don't do anything to correct it. I put the bridle on and ride. I have gone to riding him in a hackamore and that works really good.

[@lindatruitt7858]

Is this Shoshone first time w tarp?

[@PatnDebPuckett]

Yes.

[@barbgunness6598]

you are showing something else to do: tell a story about something WHILE working/introducing something to the equine. Focus of the goal be it tarp or rope or flag, whatever becomes NOT the focus for the human. Paying attention to your exhale, which happens in your videos and story telling seems ALSO the point, but in general breath-holding has been a BAD habit on my end. Gonna start talking to the mythical audience the next session I do with my colt. Love it! big exhale, by the way...

[@PatnDebPuckett]

That’s exactly the point. Sometimes when Pat has a lesson scheduled for a particular time, if the student is running late, Pat starts the lesson without him and starts talking and talking and telling stories to an audience of zero. People are rarely late a second time!

[@philneubauer6940]

You've single handedly doubled the price of schliester bits on ebay. hahaha if they only knew.

[@PatnDebPuckett]

You’re right! In hindsight, we probably should have just stayed quiet...