Improper horse leading and lack of direction - Rick Gore Horsemanship -

http://www.thinklikeahorse.org/index.html
In this video I talk about giving clear direction when leading or dealing with your horse. Lack of direction equals lack of leadership to a horse. A horse will always test and try and move up to see if they really have to listen to you. By paying attention, by giving good clear and consistent direction, the horse will see this as strength and good leadership, so it will not test you as much and will get into the habit of listening and paying attention to you since it will know you are always paying attention. A horse sees lack of direction as weakness and lack of leadership. It is never the horses fault.

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[seller559]

I like this guys approach. Good stuff. I`ve had some butt head horses but later found out I was setting them up to act that way. Either you take the leadership position or they will. When you own a Clydesdale draft horse you definitely want the leadership spot. Great video.

[Andrea9514]

hahah, I laughed my ass off when you said something about a cookie in a high pitched voice xD

[usna2014e]

What breed is Tanner?

[xavier3961]

@WestCoastSi see his video "What is a Mustang Horse"

[WestCoastSi]

What's on his neck in white?

[imthedomz]

AWESOME.

[S0XF0X]

@Jamelith Well, it's important to know when a horse is most likely going to kick if you go behind it or not. If you own the horse, it's important that you teach him to NOT kick you when you go behind it, and to desensitize it because once you take ownership of that horse, everything he does is because of you. If your horse kicks out when people walk behind him, and you own that horse, then it's your fault because you didn't teach him to not do that. I'm not sure if this addresses your comment :P

[babettelafox]

Can (or did you already) do a follow-up to this video that shows you correcting a horse who's blocking your movement / coming up into your space on a lead rope? Would be even better if you could film it so that we can see you at the same time so as to see the change in your body language.

[Jamelith]

I just watched your vid about the horse kept in the stall whose owner was off at college. In that vid you say the horse turned his butt to you as a sign of aggression. I would think that's more of a reason not to be behind a horse then disrespect. You know Buddy. You've taken the time to make sure Buddy's comfortable with you any where around him. So you know, when Buddy or one of your other horses turns their butt to you, it's not aggressive/disrespect full.

[jeanniethegrinch]

Hi, I like your vids but just one point. Why don't you film in 'Landscape' from your phone. It would be much better.

[DarkHorseDream]

No truer words have been said about horses. Really this video is about such a simple topic but can teach people who really listen about 90% of what they want to learn about horses.