Basic Horsemanship : How to Bridle a Horse

[MsSnakegirl10]

Wow bits cause mental and physical problems? Lol!!!!!! Omg.. lol my horse is 20 had him since 8.. I've owned tons of horses lol my horses have no mental ir physical damage lol! They still act the same as when I got em

[LadybugLovesHorses]

Love this! Thanks for sharing :-)

[HorseRider160]

@Laylexx dude she puts the reins around her neck to keep her from running away and it also keeps the reins out of the way so then if the horse or you moved you wouldnt step on them which stepping on your reins can ruin them

[fonjadidi]

@Laylexx She probably knows this horse very well, it varies from horse to horse on what technique best t use

[cheerjunkienightmare]

Both of my horses have a dent on their nose from a HALTER. I stopped using halters on them, and this sometimes makes it difficult to capture them from in the pasture when i want to ride. But does anyone know how to get rid of those dents? and allow them to heal , also how to prevent them so i can use halters again!

[withersdavid75]

@cheerjunkienightmare We wrap the halters around the neck alone, seems to work really well especially for that antsy horse. and also allows us not to have the halter on and bridle at the same time.

[Vovk3]

I really appreciate there being these instructive videos on how to use the Moorish (Western) and Hungarian (English) saddles, but I still have a burning desire. I have been searching for so long for information regarding Ukrainian cossack and Mongolian saddle and rigging usage. These two setups are different from the two I mentioned before by quite a bit. I know the cossack saddle has a padded seat and higher stirups, and that the Mongolian one has a higher horn. If anyone has any information...

[Vovk3]

@Vovk3

I have taught myself as much as I can about that cossack tradition of riding, but it's just so weird trying to use a Moorish (once again, Western saddles are a type of Moorish saddle) saddle. I can't stand tall enough and the riding is too rough for such a hard seat.

[lollipopsucker18]

I love horses  i do anything to have one :)

[TheEquestrianForever]

I am such a Wester Rider.Im not a skinny girl so wearing jodphurs wouldnt work for me.And being country is soooo much fun!!you dont have to be "proper"eww

[julieswhimsies]

I have always used bridles with a french snaffle bit...It is a very kind bit. Bits are only cruel if the rider does not have soft hands.  That's why I ride English...You cue the horse with your body, not the reins.

[julieswhimsies]

You ALWAYS throw the reins over the halter before you remove the halter.

[julieswhimsies]

Really bad technique!!!??,

[flyingchangeequine91]

what kind of bit was that? it looked more like a tom thumb than a snaffle

[horsebackbob]

Bad advice...



[chulok371]

now imagine someone forcing a bar on top of those teeth that have cavities and applying pressure..then everytime you do something wrong they apply even more pressure...you tell me if you'd be in pain...instead cornell suggested the cross over bitless bridle as an alternative and has been proven more effective than a bit

[deathcabforcutie67]

@chulok371 Beware, bitless bridles can be just as harmful to a horse as a traditional bit, because the noseband rests on sensitive cartilage. As always, its up the rider to know how to properly handle the horse without heavy hands.

[chulok371]

i just read a piece by cornell about bits and apparently theyre extremely harmful to the horse causing all types of physical and mental problems because of where the bit sits. basically they described it as this: imagine you have two teeth on each side of your mouth that have cavities( to the point of root canalbecause in a horses mouth the bit sits on a very narrow part of the mouth that have no teeth but just nerve lined gums...

[JustTheMoonlight]

It is bad for the horse to put your finger there. I don't like bridles, but the place where you putted your finger is not really good, cuz you are hurting her.

[jayna15]

@JustTheMoonlight It doesn't hurt the horse to put your finger there. it's where the bit sits anyway so they are use to pressure there and it doesn't hurt them it's not like she is digging her finger into the horses gums she just sticks her finger in the space behind the incisors. most horses will open their mouths without you using any pressure cuz your fingers are salty and they end up licking.

[crazyformisty123]

dislike

[Organicchickenlady]

Thank you.

[shaydeelady]

Just don't understand why this is referred to as a snaffle bit. to me a snaffle bit is a single ring bit with no chain. it's also a pretty thin bit so appears quite harsh for a training bit.

[MegF142857]

Just a thought... at 2:23 when human head is hovering over horse head "checking keepers", then this could be a moment a horse could toss head up and knock your teeth out. This could happen even if just for tossing head for a fly annoyance, so be careful folks learning about horses from this video. This is obviously a very calm horse that she knows or she wouldn't be handling it this way, such as how she completely took off the halter and assumed horse would stand.

[xxBlackVeilBridexx]

@MegF142857

90% of horses will stand still with no halter.

im 15, and work at a ranch in exchange for lessons.

i've saddled and bridled over 50 horses.

of all the 50 horses, only about 3 i had to keep haltered. i only KNOW 2 horses there.

[DeezynNinja]

@xxBlackVeilBridexx obviously the horses you worked with were used to being ridden and not in the first 30 days of training you cant just take the halter off of them like that.

[xxBlackVeilBridexx]

@DeezynNinja nope, we have babies that have been started for only one week and we have them just fine with taking off the halter like that.

it's not that difficult to train manners.

[DeezynNinja]

@xxBlackVeilBridexx but thats babies you train from the start, when you work in a barn that gets horses that have been raised until 2-5 years old, from all types of people with different methods, this isnt the way that works for all horses.

[xxBlackVeilBridexx]

@DeezynNinja how do you know?

i work at a barn that trains, period.

we work on problem horses anywhere from foals to even 18 year olds.

[DeezynNinja]

@xxBlackVeilBridexx how do i know what? I guess you werent clear about it. but in my exp its not the best method for all horses, people have some strange practices and bring their horses to the barn and they bring their bad habbits with them, this method can lose you a horse, and also with your back to them you cant see anything coming up behind either.

[eventandagilityadyct]

One quick question - why would you do a bridling demonstration with a horse that just had its teeth floated yesterday? Why not use a different horse?

[DreamingOfHorseback]

If the horse wanted to it could've made a run for it before the reins where put around the neck. you hold both sides of the halter and attach it around the top of its head so you have a control so the horse couldn't have run. Then when the bridles on you can take it off. What she did was totally unsafe.

[lalokitaa11]

poor horse

[xxxdancerforlifexxx]

@lalokitaa11 the horse is fine. :]

[7flyinghecks]

Pretty good information, but I usually give my horses a couple days off after they have had their teeth floated. 

[TinaLovesLady]

I Have A MAJOR question that i wish someone would help me with.... SO IF YOU KNOW HOW TO HELP PLEASE COMMENT OR MESSAGE ME! okay my question is: when i try to put the bit into my horses mouth he pulls his head up so i can not reach it and if i put my hand over his nose he will yank it out..... anybody known what to do

[TinaLovesLady]

@rihannafan2323 thanks! :D

[7flyinghecks]

@TinaLovesLady

Try working with him for a while with just putting a bit in his mouth without a bridle attached. I had a horse once that was terrible to bridle and she did the same thing as your horse. I worked with her every other day for a minutes just putting a bit in her mouth and after about two weeks I could add the bridle and she was very good after that.

[marcieincooke]

@TinaLovesLady We teach our horses to lower their heads when we put pressure on the top of their head inbetween their ears and with the word down! If you have to, you can rest your arm in that area while you put the bit in their mouth and ably pressure with your forearm! teach them just in the round pen when they have their halter on! Apply pressure slowly building until the horse drops their head! release pressure, rub, and repeat!

[TinaLovesLady]

@marcieincooke Thanks! :)

[marcieincooke]

@TinaLovesLady sure! I hope it helps! :)

[RabbitOfDoomyness]

@marcieincooke Also, its nice that horses have a pressure point at where you are talking at, so even if horses aren't trained for it, they still will put their heads down it pressure is applied. :D

[Nucleo85Torino]

I am starting out as a groom, and I appreciate these videos....Good for you EXPERTVILLAGE for providing wonderful info for us Horse Lovers!.

[KitaDyer]

Do you have to shout by her ear?

[123456789mischief]

Oh my god the things she is doing wrong. NO JUST JOKING! we usualy use hackamores I don't think we even own a a bit their all at the inlaws house. Good video and more power to her for having the courage to put her self out there where people will ridicule her abilities. To many diferent ways of doing things keep an open mind.

[sofiazz09]

never riden wester before....

[xxxmaggie1xxx]

nice

[winstonbaby100]

do they not have nose band i looks wired

[olivia4horses]

this is western so the style and purpose of the bridle re different

:)

[winstonbaby100]

oooo right lol

[earscar]

What did she do with the chain?

[crrider08]

the horse does not want that bridle on her

[equiniphile]

baffguy0, keep the halter on your horse, but unbuckled, while u bridle. right before u put the brdle on, slip the halter in. i like keeping my left hand on the bit andmy right hand on the horse's poll when I do this. If your horse is reuctant to open his/her mouth, either pinch the back of her mouth gently and she'll open or stick ur finger back behind her teeth, on top of her gum, and stick ur finger in her mouth there. she'll also open her mouth.

[buffguy0]

my horse keeps pulling her head back like she doesnt want it on will someone help me?

[foiran]

Hi whats wrong with your horse probly isnt not wantin the bridle its probly just learnd to get the better of you thel misbehave and be stubborn not cooporatin you need to establish your dominance over them to do that act like the No 1 horse in the remuda make your horse do what you want do like you are another horse theyll fight at first but have patience and youl get there I was taught to handle horses by a guy taught by pat perrelli go get his books youll have that horse bridled no problem

[TheGoldenhorsey]

my riding pony always fights back when i put the bit on.

[buffguy0]

mine done that too but my mares 8 years old and shes a paint but i learned not to get mad and not to abuse em......but I DID LET HER KNOW I WAS BOSS NOW SHE KNOWS

[768Monty]

I was asked to watch the videos on bridling, and if these individuals were doing it on my horses they would be fire3d on the spot.

[sxedrummer320]

what if a horse doss int like the not like the bite

and i love you're vidios

[lilchrislucero]

wat if my horse dont let him self put on the bridle

[HorsieLuver4Ever]

thanx 4 the help when i was in texas i was in a horse lesson and we had to bridle and saddle the horse and i didnt know and i got in trouble i had to muck out the stables eww every 15 stables :/

[jewell1898]

THANK U FOR HELPING ...

[Aleks18Metin]

some bridles don't have a curt chain (or whatever).

[horseyjill28]

curb chain. a lot of bridles do have them though, even english ones.

[longslademandrake]

great better than all other vids about western tacking up on expert village

will be viewing more of her x

[Thoroughbred17]

Ahh.. Finally! Expert Village produces a real expert. I just switched horses in my lessons and my new horse is so much more sensitive to bridling than my other one! Love them both though!

[alinanazarenko1]

I KNOW!! that kelly chick or what ever her name is... is a totall retard!

[lillybear101]

kk thanks x

[sagarocks345]

ya great video much better than that other lady whos bit was clearly hurting her horse

[jaytscooters]

yeah

[lillybear101]

where is her noseband?

[purpledaisy94]

its a western bridle. english bridles have nosebands :]

[waterdropmermaid]

Yeah this is western.

[HorseInfo2]

I thought that this was a great video. It was very informative.

[purpledaisy94]

very nice video! I ♥ your horse by the way!