Sidelines in Use

Here is a long video showing the side lines being used on a colt that needed the confidence to stay calm. the ride didn't go as expected but we had fun and the colt had a good ride.
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[@gmwwc]

"It doesn't hurt if you have a beer or two before you do it" I will be grinning about that line all day!

[@HorsemanshipAsAnArt]

well it doesn't lol

[@tracyjohnson5023]

@@HorsemanshipAsAnArt a beer or two helps you not have to remember to stay loose lol

[@HorsemanshipAsAnArt]

@@tracyjohnson5023 true dat.

[@bcspta6776]

These type of videos show me how long training sessions go on for. I enjoy your book. I am waiting for the older horse volume. I live in New York City and I have a 22 year old paint. Thanks a lot for all of your videos.

[@HorsemanshipAsAnArt]

I am so pleased to read that you enjoy the videos and the book. The next one is almost done. I love New York, years ago when I first visited I was so surprised how many horses I saw. Also all I ever heard was that New Yorkers are rude, not so, everyone I met was very kind. Thanks for your comment and your support.

[@emilylewis7642]

With all due respect sir, you are NUTS!! I would never get on a colt like that! Scared me just watching! More power to ya! You are brave!

[@HorsemanshipAsAnArt]

Or stupid...I think im just stupid .

[@HorsemanshipAsAnArt]

Hey I was thinking of a different video. That colt got four or five days of that and then we went for a big ride outside.

[@kristahavik3931]

wish we could hear all the conversation,vids with talking like that is awsome.

[@HorsemanshipAsAnArt]

We are trying to do more because people like them so well

[@Upunda]

Yep, couple of beers can get rid of the anxiety before you get on, no worries.

[@joelhamilton6720]

What an encouragement to know I am not the only person that does things in threes

[@HorsemanshipAsAnArt]

always

[@jessepitt]

I hate odd numbers for some reason, I do everything four times 😂

[@HorsemanshipAsAnArt]

@@jessepitt we are all a little crazy

[@jamiewilson7819]

I had a red dun gelding that would react EXACTLY like this! He’d fall asleep walking in circles to the left and bolt every time he’d spot me in his right eye and he could be tough to get off of too. I sold him to a friend that was much better at fixing the problem than me and he’s done amazing with him just doing a lot of off side work.

[@tracyjohnson5023]

Jamie good for you doing right by the horse and not letting your ego get in the way. Many horse people either keep trying what's not working and make an outlaw or pass them on under the radar. I don't care how good a trainer or rider is, stay with it long enough and you'll get that horse that's not for you for whatever reason.

[@overturfoverturf8046]

​@@tracyjohnson5023🎉😢

[@gmwwc]

I hiss at them to back up and smooch them forward. Nothing wrong with vocals as long as you keep it real clear consistent and simple.

[@GerryCoxHorsemanship]

I've done this on a few and then a couple times later put just the ankle cuff on and they thought about it. Couple rides later no tiff good to go

[@HorsemanshipAsAnArt]

it works good

[@nancyslater129]

Nice job with that colt, giving him what he needs in one session to preserve his confidence. I've got a Peppy San Badger mare that is super high self preservation. Got a pair of Dennis Moreland sidelines coming. Thanks!

[@HorsemanshipAsAnArt]

they work good

[@tracyjohnson5023]

Love those Peppys! I've had really good luck with them throughout my life, but they are usually smart and quick and take care of themselves. My granddaddy always said the horse that has no regard for self preservation isn't one you want to ride. He will always hurt himself to get away from things he doesn't like and if you're riding that you get hurt too. The horse that takes care of himself is always safer and a better bet for the rider.

[@joanettemurch9040]

My daughter and I called it the humpometer

[@outdoorschan]

Just ordered your book. Look forward to reading it.

[@HorsemanshipAsAnArt]

hope you like it

[@jackwatson1243]

Honest work

[@HorsemanshipAsAnArt]

Thanks

[@Amber-mv8wz]

I'm a lazy trainer so well before I'm ready to mount a colt for the first time I want him accustomed to seeing humans above him. To that end I have an elevated platform beside my round pen with a couple of old lawn chairs where visitors sit & watch. That helps but the biggest thing I do is to pony them a lot. I do it so often that whenever I'm not leading a second horse people question why. I even work them in the round pen from the back of another horse. In short, I want them to know people being up high isn't a big deal & that I can control them from up there just as much as I can control them from the ground. I think it saves me a lot of work down the line & it lets me expose them to a lot of stuff they might not otherwise see for years. All with a broke horse right there telling them that none of it is a great big hairy deal. BTW it's hard to tell just watching a video but this colt strikes me as either being really insecure or having a bit of a short circuit in his wiring. How did he turn out?

[@HorsemanshipAsAnArt]

I do and have taken some of the same steps in my career. I likening things off another horse, gets that other horses that much broker. This colt was a project of a friend and seemed a little off to me. In the end we had a few rides outside on the colt and enough info for the owners to go on that he went home. All said she had about 60 rides on him and we drug a few calves to the branding fire with him

[@Amber-mv8wz]

@@HorsemanshipAsAnArt I'm sorry he didn't work out better, but he might come around for his owners given time. It's amazing what a bit of maturity will do for some horses but there's not much you can do when you don't have the luxury of turning one like that out to let it grow up a bit. Customers want what customers want when they want it.

[@Savedbygrace363]

Doing these exact exercises with my mare ❤

[@HorsemanshipAsAnArt]

good deal

[@frankjensen6428]

Dam good video . Thanks for posting it.

[@HorsemanshipAsAnArt]

glad you liked it

[@joanettemurch9040]

Stay healthy and don’t get old

[@mamaswrongagain4555]

All you gotta have to break a colt is more time than the horse has.

[@comesahorseman]

I cluck, I chirp, I talk a fair amount. I just don't see the problem with that.

[@HorsemanshipAsAnArt]

some do

[@jerrytindell2785]

I like your videos and style. How can I get ahold of ya for a chat?

[@HorsemanshipAsAnArt]

e-mail me at [e-mail]

[@ProjetoDoma]

Hi Brett. I have a horse that have a very strong self preservation about strange things. like a plastic .... If I throw a sac in his hind end direction he get very scared and kick very hard and run away. Do think, in this case the side line could help??

[@HorsemanshipAsAnArt]

Oh yeah. He may spill himself a couple times but he won't hurt himself.

[@marygreenfield528]

You sure he called you "sir"?

[@HorsemanshipAsAnArt]

maybe not lol

[@garrymatthews2800]

Ever loped one with sideline on

[@HorsemanshipAsAnArt]

I dont know if you can.

[@joelhamilton6720]

One horse is shown it Two horse resists Three horse accepts ?

[@HorsemanshipAsAnArt]

could be, or could be im a crazy man

[@PJ808H]

Good stuff. I didn't think he was ever going to give you spot to stop at. How long is your side line ?

[@HorsemanshipAsAnArt]

prob four and a half feet. I didn't think he'd ever let me off either. I was getting thirsty

[@tracyjohnson5023]

@@HorsemanshipAsAnArt probably that beer made you extra thirsty 😅

[@howlerbushcraft342]

What do you mean when you say a horse grabs? I've never heard that term before.

[@HorsemanshipAsAnArt]

jolts forward

[@howlerbushcraft342]

@@HorsemanshipAsAnArt ah. Thanks.

[@joanettemurch9040]

Me too

[@danielmoulton4117]

I had a Little Peppy bred gelding I got on the first time, and he never bucked bad or anything, but he just never stopped his feet for the better part of 2 hours. I thought I'd die of thirst before I finally had the opportunity to get back to earth. I'm not smart enough to know what clinician you're talking about who doesn't care for clucking to a horse. Seems like a petty thing to worry about. It is just a way to ask them to move something, somewhere. Also smooch at them to lope. Just amuses me the stuff some folks find important.

[@HorsemanshipAsAnArt]

Amen

[@jth1195]

I don't remember the exact quote, but Gus said something about ,there are too many good ones to ride the bad ones. I don't think this horse is very smart. If I just made you mad, do another video of him riding good and prove me wrong.

[@HorsemanshipAsAnArt]

you didn't make me mad. That horse got decent but I agree he was no good. He went home months ago or I would do another video of him. In the end he had a lot of baggage that we had to deal with.

[@tracyjohnson5023]

@@HorsemanshipAsAnArt do you think his baggage was just him or caused by the wrong handling through his life? I'll take a horse anyday that's never been handled over one that's learned it all wrong.

[@brucepeek3923]

Riding a horse you need to be wearing a helmet - unless of course you think wearing a helmet makes you look weak like Trump. best Bruce Peek ps endless turns on the forehand

[@HollyValerio-xy9yp]

I'D IKE TO SEE THIS DUDE ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING THAT GIVES ME SOME FAITH IN HIM, IM STILL WATCHING VIDEOS, AND ALL IT SEEMS LIKE IS RAMBLING. I NEED SOME CREDIBILITY AND A RUN DOWN OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ALSO WHO HE'S WORKED UNDER ECT. OTHERWISE ITS JUST BORING.

[@HorsemanshipAsAnArt]

well I dont really feel the need to give you my resume. I was told one time that if you are starting colts and its a lot of fun you are doing it wrong lol.

[@tracyjohnson5023]

UGH I'm sad for your horses if you can't see and understand the progress in Bret's videos just because he's not posting arena wins. You'll be much happier watching a colt starting competition where you see tons of progression through flooding. Buy one of those colts, take him home and start riding him. Bet you find a bunch of holes lol. Better yet go to parelli clinics. They're not for me, but I think y'all would get along.

[@garrymatthews2800]

I wasn't aware there where credentials to show for spending a life on a horse and not showing horses and bs people

[@emilylewis7642]

Are you watching the same videos as the rest of us??? Are you sober? Mentally competent? Brett is the real deal. It doesn't take more than 5 minutes of watching him work with any horse to see that. Maybe get your eyes checked?