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Putting on a fiador and bosal on a Horse - Fiador Purpose - Rick Gore Horsemanship

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Uploaded by on Oct 19, 2010

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- Here I show what a fiador is, how to use it and how it helps keep the bosal in place. This fiador is made of mohair and is very soft, most are made of cotton. If you Google fiador it give places to buy. Thanks to Candace for coming out and filming.

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  • since i am 10 i don't know much and i am still learning about my horse (Texas), what r all of the steps of braking a horse, and my horse is green broken so is there a different place to start braking Texas? Thank if u answer my ?

  • @maxi2odie : Just spending time with your horse having him do new things and getting used to being with you. If you watch all my videos and read my web site you will start to think like a horse and that will help you. Don't do or try anything with your horse without your parents there, I don't work horses alone in case a horse accidentally hurts me, so never work a horse alone.

  • @horseawareness I'm so sorry! I didn't realize I did...I'll post it again:

    a friend of mine has told me that her trainer said that bosels and other hackamores are very inhumane. I personally don't believe that for a second, and I trust your horsemanship so I was wondering what your thoughts are. I'd like to start my horse bitless, but I want to make sure it's humane and I'll have decent brakes before doing so :)

    ..I think that's pretty close :]

  • @HavvahartKL :No biggie, just wondering if there was a reason. When people do that it just causes me to get a bunch of emails asking the same question or wondering what the question is. thanks for re-posting.

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  • "you gonna get me hatemail about how you don't respect me" hahah! so funny :D Nice video, very informative for a beginner like me. And very relaxed horse! :D

  • Great video, Rick. Where did you get those mecate reins?

  • i was just wonderin what your opinion is on leather bosal's? do they work as well as rawhide bosal's? i'm gettin a young horse next year to saddle train and i wanted to train him/her in a bosal but i'm not a huge fan of rawhide so i try to avoid it when possible. thanks for puttin up this video Rick!

  • Im wondering about your methods, as a saddleseat rider,(I ride at world championship level) we aren't able to use hackamores or bosals. Im just wondering if you agree with saddleseat methods and stuff like that.

  • @maxi2odie Green + Green=Black and blue. If I were you I'd watch all Ricks video's and study books to help YOU understand, and then go find a quality and reputable horse trainer to help start this horse, since you said yourself you dont know much you wouldnt want to accidently confuse/mess up your horse, especially if its a young green horse. Take riding lessons and learn as much as you can. Good luck

  • My horse tends to bend his head inward towards his chest on trail, causing whatever bridle I use (bitless or not) to slide right off his head if it lacks the throatlatch. Can bosals be used/or have a throatlatch attachment of some sorts? maybe? idk, it's a stupid question, but my horse is waaayyy to smart for his own good :)

  • ok so im starting barrel racing instead of umping you made me think about my horse thank you and anyways you need sort reins for barrel racing and i was wouldering if you can shorten the reins but not have that long lead rope thingy

  • @HavvahartKL he point is if you train youre horse well with plenty of ground work (and the beginning hackamore training on the ground is done with- at leas I do) with a big stiff 1 inch bosal, even that is POTENTUALLY softer than a bit can be and if you train them right they will never think they can run through a hackamore, you will have them conned

  • @HavvahartKL on a nasty scale a rawhide bosal (with a rawhide core or with out a core; forget a cable core bosal they are rubbish) will be softer than any bit, think of a bosal as all bluff because, in a crunch, if that horse wants to go through it and run youll never intimidate a horse into line the way you could with a bit, they are too soft for that you have to get them into line through good training

  • @HavvahartKL BUT 1 some things are designed to be harsh, Ive seen bits for sale made of thin wire with stud like things twisted into them, so things like that are probably designed to cause pain 2 if you were intent on being cruel to your horse no doubt you aren’t but lets go with the example some things can be applied more harshly than others

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