What is feel in horsemanship - Hair Skin Muscle Bone - Rick Gore Horsemanship

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I talk about understanding feel and learning to be soft. I explain why soft hands make soft horses and hard hands make hard horses. Feel and timing are the two most neglected and misunderstand concepts in horsemanship, so I try and give a brief overview of understanding the importance of feel. I explain the term - "Hair, Skin, Muscle, Bone" to help give a better understanding of feel.

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[cyberg00se]

When you ride only one horse for years, you take for granted the shorthand language you develop. .. That is until you ride another horse. :)

[horseawareness]

@cyberg00se : very true, I call this cheats or short cuts, good horses make us lazy and let us get away things that become habit and then when we get a new horse, they remind us to stay on top of our horsemanship since they won't let us cheat. That is why "horses make us better".

[Andrea9514]

I've tried explaining this to my step dad, but he's too ignorant and controlling to listen >:(

[horseawareness]

@Andrea9514 : lol, lots of old dad's are stubborn, that is why showing someone what you can do is better than telling them what you can do, you learn it and do it, it is hard to argue success - some people will still try.

[Andrea9514]

@horseawareness haha yeah, yesterday I rode around with only a rope halter and rubbed it in his face!

[horseawareness]

@Andrea9514 : good job, don't get cocky.. :) You and your horse grew but don't forget this is about you and your horse growing and getting better, the old saying: It is tough to get off your high horse - gracefully. :)

[jam2music]

This is a wonderful video..And this also applies to anyone..not only animals ..Your right, hard hands create negative action./reaction.

[39supers39]

I've only handled three horses my little cousins horse, my friends horse, and my horse and you're right they all handled differently

[HeartbreakInSterIero]

Just a quick question, I completely agree with your methods and know from personal experience this view of horsemanship, changing the way we act before we try to change the horse - resulting in us not having the change the horse afterall ;) but I must ask as the methods in your videos are very similar, but do you base part of your methods on parelli?

I myself find there's good that can be used in all methods, even if you're only storing it somewhere in your head for later reference! :)

[somokinjustice]

This might be off track with this video, but here goes.

I approach my horse the same all the time. Walk toward him till he picks up his head and looks at me, then I stop and back up one step, He'll walk right to me and drop his head and the scathes and rubs insue. Then its like "ok I had enough, im going now" and he'll walk off. The thing is he will only walk about a hunderd yards and turn to see if I'll follow, I never follow, I'll go around and kind of head him off,& repeat the process.

[slbj3940]

I do watch/listen all day on my phone (at work) instead of listening to the radio. Thanks Rick!

[cutieepiee3478]

I could watch your videos all day and never get board!

[slave1901]

This is my favorite of all of your videos because I can tell you really love your horse. Just by the way he looks at you and the way he moves.

[grock1980]

I will come and live with you for free, just to let you teach me , my man. That is an encredible lesson.

[Firebird894]

I think a lot of people get confused over the respecting space issue. They think it means you have to drive a horse out of your space all the time. Thats like driving your dog or your best friend out of your space all the time. He needs to respect your space and you but that dosnt mean chase him away all the time. Trust is a 2 way street if you never let him in and you can't get comefortable around each other how do you expect to connect when riding?

[air159]

I've always been a firm believer that if you train a horse that the horse will be who you truely are.