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[@edswalkinghorses]

This is why I love working with horses, so much room for improvement with yourself and your horse. Lately I’ve been focusing on presenting myself better to the horse I’m working with, am I in balance, am I tipping my shoulder and getting in the way of my horse? Stuff like you talk about in this video. Thanks for a great video!

[@Coltonwoodshorsemanship]

Yes sir! The horse gives us so many ways we can be improving mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually

[@jbohio7821]

I have rode all my life, and i have learned more just listening to you explain these things. Thank you for sharing with us!

[@Coltonwoodshorsemanship]

You’re very welcome! Glad they’ve been helpful for you

[@MrBobTorrez]

One of the best video training spots I've seen! Great job.

[@Coltonwoodshorsemanship]

Thank you sir

[@carlahawks5835]

Really loved the reminder about our shoulders and thinking/visualizing of the transition as forward into the new movement. Thank you!

[@Coltonwoodshorsemanship]

Great takeaways there! You’re very welcome, glad you enjoyed it

[@craigwalker9197]

Oh by far I needed to hear, “reckless with our cues.” Thank you for calling me out. I will make the change.

[@Coltonwoodshorsemanship]

Starts with awareness, changes with action. Appreciate you watching & sharing your honest thought here Craig! Many struggle with that recklessness in the verbal cues but what’s important is we make the change.

[@horsecrazy7655]

# 5 for sure is most helpful, one of my mares falls on her front end probably about half of the time on downward transitions , so the forward to the downward transitions will help us the most, and by the way I used the rest in the corner of the arena from one of your previous videos on her for cutting corners and now she loves the corners and stays out on the rail better, these important nuggets are so helpful 😉😃

[@Coltonwoodshorsemanship]

Heck yeah! Good for y’all on taking these nuggets and putting them to work. Resting in the corners & forward into the downward 🙌🏻

[@carolhilton9855]

I say that all the time. Cooking you can add whatever you like. But baking is totally different, you need to be exact with measurements lol

[@brucepeek3923]

So Colton-old boy - your so called turn on the haunches is not what you think it is.. A proper turn on the haunches is a turn away from the direction of bend- A true turn on the haunches is actually a pirouette. A turn on the forehand occurs when the horses hindquarters rotate around its forehand- I say that just to clarify things for you. You seem to have adopted the ,' show dressage system,' definition of the lateral movements necessary to train a saddle horse. The other thing you have way too much verbal noise blathering on forever- rather than giving clear examples of how to train- which is what most horsemanship students really want to knwo. best Bruce Peek

[@superdog412]

Needs some duct tape that horse would have a migraine

[@valygarcortalas163]

Why would you choose a thumbnail where the horse is well behind the vertical and showing discomfort by resisting the bit and opening its mouth? But then again, skipping through the video, riding behind the vertical apparently seems part of the training, so thanks, but no thanks.

[@Coltonwoodshorsemanship]

Around here we do facts over feelings. Im here to provide real, raw horse training that showcases the realities of training horses. Far too many people expect perfection without real understanding of what it takes to train horses. And far too many professionals are scared of the crazy mobs of people who expect perfection so all they do is put out content that looks smooth and perfect. That’s not the reality and it’s setting up people and horses to be in dangerous scenarios and have unrealistic expectations. I’m making this comment to make it abundantly clear to others who may want to watch this video that what this original comment says is wrong, superficial and lacks real context. Here’s the facts of the matter in regards to this comment. 1) The horse’s lower lip is retracted in the thumbnail yet it’s merely a moment in time. With a horse as soft and willing as this horse, this is more than likely a result of the curb strap/bit hobble touching low on his lower lip. Not every moment is perfect when I selected this screenshot it was to highlight what is great about this moment in time not what is wrong. It doesn’t take watching this video long to know this horse is not resistant to the bit or stressed out. 2) The horse is not well behind the vertical in the thumbnail. That’s an ignorant claim. 3) The horse is not resisting the bit, the reins are clearly soft with a drape in them. 4) Horses who have the natural willingness to be soft to our rein aids will go behind the vertical at times. One must acknowledge there’s a difference between forcing and requiring a horse to stay there and a horse who goes there on their own. I don’t make these videos to try to please or be for everyone. I make them for those who want to learn. If you come in to cast judgement without real context or experience- you’re wasting your time here as these videos aren’t for you and I won’t waste my time arguing with anyone. So if you are here to learn and you do value the realities of training horses in a way that serves them physically, mentally and emotionally- I’m thankful you’re here and we’ll keep doing our best to create good videos for y’all.

[@horsecrazy7655]

@@Coltonwoodshorsemanship well said!!! Life, horses , people and situations are not perfect, we all just want to learn to be better so keep the videos coming Colton👍🏻