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  • Larry,

    I like that you tell it like it is. You don't sugar coat it at all. One of the only well known trainers that does that. Preparation is so key to a one rein stop. Great job. I love your emails and you videos. Thanks a lot.

  • are you from texas?

  • Larry, I'm not sure how you make any money on your videos because you're giving away all your best secrets on YouTube!~ I can say that I have learned a lot watching your tips, I go practice a bit and then come back to refine what I am doing. I am curious how to find out about your clinics schedule and even options/costs for coming to your place for a few days. Thanks for everything, you are a great mentor...

  • @gcoxalaska Thanks for the compliment. Yes, the information I share on youtube and my "Horse Training Tips Insider" is useful to a lot of people.

    However, my absolute BEST stuff is contained in my horse training DVDs and my online, Horse Training Inner Circle videos.

    Very exceptional information there.

    Take care,

    Larry T.

  • How do I get my quarter horse to not spook outside of pasture? I can walk him to the place that i want to ride him (around the niehgborhood for example) so i'll take him out and show him everything, but when I go back to tack him up it's a different story. He will spook at something I just showed him and try to bolt back to the barn. How do I solve this?

  • my freisianxarabian horse spooks and then takes off! I cant get him back from it until i fall off!

  • Okay... I love this video anyways... So I have a very spooky morab. So she is a perfect show horse outside and rarely spooks. Then I bring her in the indoor and she is a completely different horse. She spooks at everything. I walk her around lounge her. I even turn her out hoping to fix this. It never works. I have control over her head and everything but out of nowhere she spooks at something rears up and bolts. I circle her and try to get her to move but she wont. What can I do?

  • Ok, taking a horse's head away for the spooking. What if you have a horse that can run straight with it's nose to your boot? I have a friend that has one like that. She turns great off a very light rein when in the round pen. When you take her out though, she doesn't respond at all. You try to turn her and she just bends her neck, and goes where ever she wants. how do you correct that?

  • @Mdequifever Have your friend contact me personally on the phone and I'll tell her what to do.

  • @ltrocha it's an older guy that owns the mare and he's very old fashioned. I don't let him train my horses. He taught her to do that by tying her head in the round pen. I told him that method was gonna bite him in the butt.

  • @Mdequifever I'm no Larry Trocha but we like to teach the horse to move the hip around a Lot! Now when the horse spooks go ahead and pull the head a bit but then start into that hip and make that hip (kick) push around until he softens... Walk off and when he spooks Get after him.. HE will soon enough dread spooking thinking he will get corrected for it...

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  • Wow finally a horse trainer who knows what they are talking about (: I like to call "taking the horses head away" an "emergency stop"..my horse never really spooked but he would randomly decide to take off with me, and its hard to stop an 18hh warmblood who grabs the bit and goes. This is exactly what my dressage trainer taught me and the only reason I still have my horse today. He doesn't ever do that now btw!

  • Thanx for an  EXCELLENT lesson i needed badly!

  • @sunaJH You are very welcome. Glad it helped.

    Larry T.

  • i just found your videos.. you are the best horse trainer on youtube. you talk in plain english and you dont get off topic thnx for the videos :)

  • Hello there..My friend has mare paint, shes about 6 ...He is scared to ride her cause he gets bucked off. So i have working with her but when i get on her she rears and bucks me off...I'm thingking she scared to get rode, Do you have any advice??

  • @DBreeze1000 Has the friend had her checked for physical pain and had her teeth checked? If the horse had a clear check, then it's possibly she doesn't have respect for him/you in the saddle. Is she showing signs of fear? Agitation?

  • Hello , About one year ago , i was bucked off really bad it was at a canter, now i'm really scared to canter any advice?

  • @brittanyeld1 Yes, my advice is to get "control" of your horse. Did you actually watch the video (part 1 and part 2)?

  • @ltrocha i did (: thankyou , this reeally helped , i have another quick question, I'm hopefully purchasing my first horse, what should i be looking at ?

  • I had issues with my horse where he would rear real high and balk when he didn't want to go forward and work (Even just cantering in a circle), I found this video and used your technique of pulling his head around and using my legs, and making him realize he's going to go forward or go in a circle whether he wants to or not, and just the other day I got him to canter beautifully and collected in a nice circle :) Thankyou so much for uploading your horse training tips!!

    They help alot!!

  • @xDudeItsBre Hi, it's really good to hear your results. You know, you are one of the few people who realize this type of training fixes a lot more than just spooking issues.

    My hat is off to you for having the foresight to give it a try.

    Larry T.

  • Hello i had fallen with the horse i was riding..last year he was one of those horses that ignores everything and just bolts. the people told me he was a barrel horse so i got on i was a novice but was listening to someone who was talking to me and the lady let go of the lead and the horse took off and i didnt even notice since he was calmer then anything.. this horse was not mine but now im afraid.. i know i gotta get back on and my own horse is so quiet, any advice that can help me?

  • Thats awful turning...He should be taught to move his hip over not pull his face around.

  • pretty horse. what do you suggest for doing heling a horse thats blind in the left eye? I once had her spook from wind going through a dried cornfield. Luckily, i was lounging her, so she just ran a few steps, didnt like the pressure on her face, and stopped. i was dragged maybe 10 feet.

  • ive been riding since i was 6 years old and ive never been thrown off a horse... and what my dad has always told me to do is make them run into whatever they're affraid of and keep them there for a few seconds and that has always worked with my horses... and they dont spook at all and if they do they just look at it and walk slowly to it...

  • My dream horse bucked me off 3 months ago & now I'm too scared to ride him. I've owned him for 7 months. I now realized that I've been letting him push me around & he thinks he's the leader. I've taken a few natural horsemen ground lessons, I've been firm with him and really working almost daily with him. I recently took him for a walk off our property & he spooked & jumped around the entire time like he knew nothing, worse than before. I'm really scared of him now. What can be done?

  • @miflock1 I'm sure sorry things are going from bad to worse for you. Don't feel like you are the only one. Lots of people have been through the same thing.

    You really only have two choices... Either sell this horse and buy one that is easy to handle or get tough and learn how to control the one you have.

    BTW, this is one of those cases where you need a trainer who uses PLAIN TALK.

    Not the politically correct nicey-nice, beat-around-the-bush stuff.

    Good luck and please be careful,

    Larry T.

  • @ltrocha

    Larry, I have to say your advice is refreshing! I am a "trainer" myself, and I find my own horses are the only ones I have issue with! Of course that emotional attachment changes your approach (unconsciously, of course, lol).. but I have been using some of your techniques, and they have helped with my 3 yr old gelding (who is spooky & nervous all the time). I am a dressage rider, but your techniques are not discipline boxed in. Thank you!!

  • @miflock1 what id do is build a round pin and work him in there build the respect from him and get a lot of body control and i am sure he will take it a lot easier and u will be able to control him..

  • @miflock1 i had a horse like that he wanted to buck all the time get a horse bat tap him on his rump if he still does it do it i little harder i help alot

  • @miflock1 Learn to get control of him... that's what can be done.

    Larry T.

  • ok i have a question for you how do you get a green broke 17 hand high horse that is a fraid of dogs to calm down? i have tried every thing i ccan think of with her! im at the end of my rope! i dont want to sell her my my dad will make me! please any one! i need help now!!

  • @animalejover Have you considered getting a dog to keep your horse company? Maybe bring over a friend's dog or try one from the Humane Society to acclimate your horse to a cannine? Get a dog (or more than one) to go riding together before facing a strange dog alone. It is possible to control your horse w/ discipline if s/he is first made familiar w/ the thing causing fright.... this really sounds as though it could be easily done!

  • I know horses are not dogs.. but do you reward them for doing right things? or do they not need to be praised?

  • Best video on spooking and one rein stop I've seen yet. Thanks!

  • I may need to come to u to get more lessons and learn to balance better. When I get back from my vacation I will post u a video of me on the horse and the horse spooked. Now I have lost a bit of my confidence and need to get it back.

  • @Personaltrainer9, You are welcome to come for lessons. Learning to get control of your horse is the first and most important step in building your confidence.

    Take care,

    Larry T.

  • If I could get a horse for $75. =(

  • Hi Larry,

    I have a 6 year old American Paint named Kiowa. He spooks with ballons, or things that move even squrriels. The first time that he spooked he took off with me, and I pulled back on the reins and he went insane. Now I can get him under control thanks to your useful help. Thanks a lot!

    Mr.Kiowa08

  • i already new this with out beeing told ? but really people if you think about it you your self will come up with better and safer ways and more relxing for our horse trust me

  • Great viedo. Thanks for sharing. I get lost of questions and colts in for tune-up on exactly this issue. It will be nice to send clients for another resource about this issue.

  • Larry how do I get my horse to stop chewing on his saddle and the Reins ?

    Also how do I stop him from Biting ?

  • OK would you suggest to work a younger horse with a bit or a hackamore?

  • Hi there, I would personally start them with a bosal and then slowly move on to the snaffle.

  • Thanks for the advice.

  • @Duchesse1981 Hi. There is a piece of equipment called a side pull that is nice because it allows you nose pressure (like the hack) and mouth pressure (like a bit) so you get the best of both worlds. I've started many colts in a side pull, a hack or bit. All work as long as they know what you mean. It is important they respond on the ground BEFORE you get on. Hope this helps. Good luck!

  • Really helpful video! I learned how to do this with a horse I used to have. She used to bolt and end up running off and I couldn't stop her. I taught her to give to the bit, and I got control to stop her. It really does work, but you have to teach them to give first.

  • I practiced this and now whenever my mare spooks my automatic response is to turn her. It works really well and becomes second nature when you practice enough :)

  • @WindWolfProductions Good job. Glad this video was useful.

    Larry T.

  • what a gorgeous horse! I love roans! I have a strawberry roan, but his bay roan is lovely! :)

  • Man this story Is hilarious. I can Imagine seeing this story In a video. Very funny!

  • Larry what do i do when my horse stops in the middle of being ridden to eat the weeds around my arena and how to make him not pull when im leading him

  • idea of evolution made a lot of sense

  • I never got Lucky over spooking.....

    Lucky hurt a lot of people lol it's not funny but.......

  • Thanks so much, Larry for sharing all these videos- I hope they will be available for quite awhile as I may need to refere to them several times. duane

  • Thanks Larry this is great. I have a BLM mustang that is a total spooker so I can't wait to try this on him.

  • Great tips. Thanks

  • Thanks Larry, once again... great advice!

  • Thanks Larry- can always count on a great training video from you

    ronr

  • It all comes down to the basics. Preparation, practice and, use what you've learned. Great job Larry

  • Thank you for sharing your expertise. The one rein stop is an excellent tool to have and has saved my butt many times!

  • I don't care if you're a Western or English rider, this all applies. Learn it, use it. It can save your life.

    Thanks, Larry.

  • Excellent , thank you for the free training!

  • Thanks for great advice and reminders!

  • Great advice.

  • Thanks for offering such useful advice on a common horse problem!

  • No nonsense, to the point advice for trail riders or arena riders with horses that spook at signs, banners, & other things. We trail ride in deep woods with lots of wildlife & often encounter sudden arial leaps from our horses when they see or hear something scary in the brush. Even the most broke horses will do this, so I LOVED the part about sitting back, keeping a deep seat & staying out of the horse's mouth when this happens.

  • Another great training video, Larry. Thanks and keep up the great work.

  • Great video I have a herd of 9 horses in training and your videos are really helpful with understanding not only why the horses spook but how to work them through it. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, it is much appreciated.

  • Great video, easy to understand & implement. Most important info is in video 2. Watch it, it's very informative!

  • Hi-Thank you for sharing-i have used this for some time now- and as you said train it- both directions,before you have to use it-shucks it help with your flexiblity. Thank You Larry

  • Fantastic. I realise now why my horse managed to unseat me by flicking the hindquarters around quickly every time I try to disengage her bucking by pulling her head around - you explained the solution I have needed- sit back, shoulder back, bring the elbow back! I saw immediately that I've always leaned forward to turn the horses head in a hurry.

    Many thanks. No-one else has ever come up with this solution so I've had to cope with bucking in a straight line, dare I say!

  • Thanks Larry, Great video show it how it is the way to go thanks again

  • Great videos Larry, Thanks for sharing. Although we have been using these technecks, it is good to share to make the trails and riders safer.

  • Hi Larry, Thanks for the clear, well done video.

    I appreciate your explaining the different types

    of spooking as well as demonstrating how to handle them.

  • thank you! Nicely done!

  • clear, concise and easy to understand

  • Very well done, enjoyed the history. The instruction was right on

  • Thanks Larry, As always your advice is very good.

    Thanks again,

    pburgdon

  • Larry,

    Thanks for sharing the great video. It helped me to know more of how I should respond to my horse if she has a major spook.

  • Mr. T, thanks for another great video! (Have many of them at home) Love UR no-nonsense, tell it like it is, even if some people don't want to hear it, style of getting the point across. Keep it up!

  • Larry,

    Thanks for the info. I specially liked the balanced seat position segment.

    What did you do to your parents that ticked them off enough to buy you "Lucky"?

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  • You are the best- thanks for putting this on youtube for us.

  • Awesome. I wish I could of implemented this with my horse that I just sold Saturday.

  • Thanks Larry,

    Always enjoy your video lessons. Nice clear and concise format.

  • Good information. But, what are you doing with your legs as you are pulling the horse around, do you try to keep any kind of foreward movement? Thanks Kay

  • Thanks for clarifying the root problem of spooking

  • Larry , I like your direct approach in telling it the way it is and this information on this vid , I believe is the very foundation of good horsemanship. 5 stars!!!!! and added to my favorites

  • Thanks Joe.

    I appreciate it.

    Larry T.

  • Really important information about how to get control when your horse spooks. I liked the onscreen text that emphasized the message. It was very easy to understand and clearly communicated. Thanks!

  • I laughed out loud when you talked about riding your first horse. My experience was very similar except I did fall off all the time.

    Your comments on getting your horse broke are so important!

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