Tiki and I riding Equipment Free

After watching Stacy Westfall I decided I wanted to try to at least ride my horse in circles without use of equipment. So, I took one day after riding down trail 5-10 minutes of cantering with a very loose rein then this week thought I'd try with the halter and only one lead, from there I felt comfortable enough to take of the halter and continue the "natural" way. Can't believe he let me do it so quickly and with so little effort.. I'm so proud of my boy. He's no show horse, but he's my pride and joy.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Bareback
• bitless
• inspired
• by
• stacy
• westfall
• Impressive
• bloodline
• cantering
• training

[0purple0oranges0]

wow that was really good!!! he just did that within a few days? you guys are a good team

[shawnalarose]

@0purple0oranges0

Thanks... That was actually the 1st time trying.. I WAS going to start with a loose rein, then go to a halter, then one lead, then the rope around the neck... but..... I got daring that day and said, "Why not, I think he's tired enough to behave".. Luckily he was.. LOL.. I've doe it quite a few time since, maybe about 10-20 and only got thrown off the once (Someone opened the arena door and spooked him) he bolted, bucked and I went off.. lol.. That was on the 3rd or 4th time.

[moodysoup]

Don't sell yourself short, you and Tiki did AMAZING!!! I wanna try this!! I don't have my own horse anymore=[ But I have a friend who's letting me work his horses. I don't know them well enough yet to try this, lol. Might be a fun summer project though!

God bless you and your horses!=]

[shawnalarose]

aww.. Thanks. I really am proud of him and now that I'm back at the same barn again I would like to try it some more with him but will have to work up to it again.. (he's been bratty lately) lol.

Good luck with the one you are working with, I'm sure you'll have fun no matter what the outcome is. Just building a bond with a horse is such a great feeling. The best really. :-)

[BlueSabb]

This girl sure loves it bareback!

[shawnalarose]

Yes I do..... lol

[breyerhorsecrazy]

i ride liek that all the time though me and my horse are very close ( i have ahd her for 4 years) its so much fun!

[cheyennephillips]

Looking really good..I started out just like that, now I get paid to do flag presentations and stuff..hope it works out just as good for you

[Br0kenDr3ams]

haha me and my little Arab do that a lot. First time I grabbed my helmet cuz I thought I was going to end up in a tree somewhere. But horses respond really well to the person that they love & trust. :) Great job. The canter was B E A U T I F U L ! ! ! & Tiki is very pretty. :)

[Sockatears101]

Thats amazing! Your a natural! I wish i could ride bareback like you!