 Get out of their space when they make a change a mental change A lot of times that's mental and physical get out of there walk them What we would like to do is set that rope up in such a way that that's such a length that if he took his nose Too far to the left it almost be like he think he ran into his own pressure You know if I have to if I'm late and I have to bump on now Sometimes it happens, but if I have to be bumping him back to center him usually that means rope was too long Now this is looking Better I'm almost ready before we circle here. I'm almost ready to see can I practice? backing away and re-approaching Yeah He's got so his life and you know this his life is up higher than He looks if that if that makes sense because even like there when I bumped him he snorted That's a lot of I put that for me for him That was getting firm and for me that was getting firm, but you could hear him. He snorted, you know So he has more energy in there at least today Yeah And even the blinking he does blank, but his his head's pretty elevated now notice. I'm getting further back. I'm gonna re-approach He's a little nervous about me But it's getting there You know what we first have to become significant to our horse first anyway So if he's a little nervous at first, well, we'll take care of that over time, right? But at least he's keying in on me. Nope. Don't come with me. I Know oh Partner there. There's I'm gonna walk away. Yeah, that's why I walked away. You saw that Yep Get out of their space when they make a change a mental change a lot of times. It's mental and physical Get out of there walk them This is really nice right now that seems to be a little clearer now So here we are showing them from a distance what we want This is a pretty important lesson if I'm right if I have to lead a horse down I have you ever had to take a horse down a wet muddy hill a steep hill Man, if you have to lead close to their head That's dangerous. If I could get 20 feet in front of my horse And lead them down that hill, you know now I'm 12 feet, but you get the idea. It's a lot safer, right? Life up. Well, that's easy life up is easy for him life now He makes the motion of halt But what we need him to do is bring the life down So he's doing the physical body part. He's doing the halt But he's not letting down as soon Settling as soon as we want him to So that's what that would be with this horse. I would say that's that's our focus is how do we get him to? Settle and let down sooner Because getting them ups easy Then there's other horses. They're completely the opposite. They can settle super easy, but they can't you people can't get him Life up. Yep. So even now you notice. He's Physically stopped but mentally he's still a little yeah now But again, it could be the day it could just be he's not used to me But you get the idea. He's understanding now when I turn my head light what that means And then when I turn towards and what that means Yeah, so that's a little better. Oh, yeah circling Let's do a little bit more groundwork We can we can get on and ride to today if you get bored. Well, this is feeling better to me as far as the distance See if they're close to us It's like they they're not gonna truly Well, they have a hard time settling Sometimes because when we're close to them, they think we're about to ask them for something You know what I mean? So we have to get to where a horse could could move away Give us space and like Dianne your horse did that too then all of a sudden you notice you give him space That's when they put their head down. It's not when we're right up to them usually because we're in their way so for your horse It's if he can learn Space is okay Jack's there for me the humans still there even though further away humans still there You're gonna find he lets down and settles much much sooner. All right Now circling I'm gonna do this first sort of the more simple version But I want you to think about the order of operation we talk about number one I'm gonna prepare to position me and the horse So I'm gonna prepare to position I'm gonna visualize what I want to have happen number two I'm gonna tip the focus and then I'm gonna keep tipping his focus and number three if all goes well We release the feet and we just let the feet go This for him is gonna be easier an easier thing. I think when I'm done with the circle This would be the same for round penning or working on a line when I'm happy and content with the circle I leave it. I get out of the middle. I want I want you to do that So after they circle you and you're happy watch this I get out of the center. I call that lining out and then we cross the hind legs and then guess what we go back to Go back to that again Ready, I'm gonna prepare to position. I'm gonna tip the focus. He got I got him a little confused first See that he was going he didn't know if it was right or left at first, but I redirected him Notice how I can pull the rope through my right hand. I can take my left hand. This is a big deal I can pull the rope through my right hand Notice how I'm not giving him super slack and I'm not giving him float yet I'm not super tight, but see I can reinforce What I'm asking especially on this right side. I want freer movement. I want him to step up a bit and When he does I'll get out of the middle. We'll get there a little more Little more. You can do you can do it buddy there. I'm leaving right. There's a change getting out. I Need him to step up Think forward Prepare to position Tip the focus get the life up more life up more and I might stand tall and even lift my right hand up more To get his life up This side's easier. He's more sure on this left side To me as far as with with me, you know with me ready. Yeah, I Leave the middle when I want to be done with the circle. I get out of the middle and I bring them with That's looking great two times in a row looking chew. Yeah I'm constantly exercising life up life down. You're gonna get so sick of me saying it You're gonna it's gonna drive you nuts, but Someone's got to teach the life system more and and we have to understand that I've seen big clinics where The horses were kept super mellow the whole clinic and then all of a sudden one gets buckin Right, you know about that and then they all go bucking and guess what? The most excited those horses got was when the riders around their back I don't want to do that the most excited I hope that we get this horse your horse would be on the ground before you get on Because then we know hey he hit a 70 his emotions hit a 70 that means if we ride It's not uncharted territory if I hit a 70 I already hit a 70 on the ground Right, if you're always working a horse super mellow what happens when life happens because that's there's I've gone trail riding with people You know what happens on some of those prepare to position Tip the attention bring the life up the feet just sort of come ready when he steps up I'll trade horse. I'll trade after this and he's a little snorty, isn't he? Hear him. I'm trying to be real smooth Notice though how I can pull the lead rope through my right hand my leading hand is my right hand My left hand is my driving hand, right? But see how I pull the rope through my hand. I Lied you I'm gonna do one more Watch this so I I I lift I lead I might even step in the direction I want the horse to go and then my driving hand. I know I'm exaggerating this but my driving hand See I can I can widen my wingspan I can widen my arms out and I can pull the rope through My left hand so now watch this I can feed them the rope to if I want to make the circle bigger Watch my right hand in my left hand. Here we go We'll make it We'll make it ready and then if I want to make the circle bigger. I'll push the rope through my left hand See make the circle smaller Pull the rope Through my left hand, but I'm gonna also walk away. I'm gonna quit while I'm ahead Try not to be greedy One more time and then I'll I promise I'll trade. We'll trade horses again. I wouldn't mind Seeing this horse Well, I wouldn't mind working some flags either and we get to so that's an option that we could do But I want to get his life up a little bit more But not so much that I'm over overwhelm him ready How I might bring his life up more it might be a little more movement a little more movement Not a lot more like I'm right here That's more life than I've had so far see the tail kind of came up Ready I'm gonna bring that life up and down a few times and I'm gonna see if I can sort of exercise as emotions To where he's smoother and he can handle the life coming up. That was better Yeah, you're only as good as you are with your horse as a team when you're under pressure What if you were a mounted police? right Mounted police they understand Pressure got a train of horse with a little bit of I mean and I'm not saying all the time not all the time More life I'm quitting there leave the circle We're getting smoother at least right at least right Right now we are and then this will go side little more life I Don't let energy scare me because I get my horse is moving smooth And so energy is not a scary thing for me. It's only a scary thing for me if they get stuck Little more now my ropes getting short That's more life. Look at his tail. See that He's like the winds in my tail There I'll take that Now can you bring your life down? You don't have to knee I do it because I'm kind of lazy sometimes anyway. It gives me a break. That was interesting He came down. He's he's can you see though how he goes up emotionally faster than he comes down You need a balance there. It'll be it'll be cut and horses that have Sometimes you'll see that the other way around good boy. That was looking pretty good though You'll sometimes see that the other way around That horses they sometimes have a really hard time getting their life up in the first place and they're they're sluggish. They're they're pokey