hi it's Josie and today I'm going to show you how you should incorporate your groundwork in
your everyday handling with your horse please don't drill your horse with groundwork once
your horse understands one plus one it's very boring to continually ask the horse one plus
one but we would use that sum to solve some puzzles during the day the best way to keep
your horse interested in what it's doing and also it helps build your relationship with your horse
so how do you stop drilling your horse well once your horse understands what you're doing you don't
need to what you're asking pardon me you don't need to reiterate it so you just use it in your
everyday handling of your horse and how do you go about that well a simple thing like as we've done
before when leading the horse should follow your body language and the feel on the Rope
the horse should stop when you stop that's just an easy uh thing to do every day when
you're leading your horse to and from The Paddock when you come to a gate you walk up to the gate
the horse should stop with you if you open the gate let's just say this one is an inward gate
your horse should be listening to you shouldn't they Rihanna and you can ask them backwards
so you can open the gate up and they should just so there
she's got pressure on the halter sorry so I held her until she gave
so she should go backwards nicely if the gate opens forward bring your horse with you when you
get here ask your horse to move her hindquarters around the gate by you asking her close your gate
if you're coming back into the gate like this is very simple guys so I am just asking her
with my body language to move her hindquarters around me if I needed to get somewhere she
should be able to move her shoulders away good girl and come through the gate for me
if I just stop here because I wanted to do something she should stop with me
if you're walking along and your horse goes to have a spook and run at something turn around
and walk towards the hindquarters and your horse should yield her hindquarters from you and come
up to the pressure she was there was a little tiny bit of pressure on the on the Rope then
but that she needs to give to so if I'm over this side and something spooked her I would just turn
towards the hindquarters obviously I don't lead my horses from the from up here that's how you
get run over if you're interested in watching a video on how I lead my horses I'll link it up here
but see your horse should stop when you stop she should go when you go these are all taught things
though guys they don't just happen this is you teach them the groundwork and then you use it in
every day stuff if I go if you're like me and you like to know everything there is to know
about horses you want to know what makes your horse do the things he does you want to know
how he's communicating with you and how you can communicate with him so that you can have the best
relationship you can with your horse then basic horse training academy might just be for you if
you'd like to know a little bit more there's a link in the description of the video go click
on that I explain basic horse training academy to you and you can decide if you would like to join
me in there I would love to see you and so let's get back to the video so when you're coming in
if you're like me and you have a tie up Bay I will use my groundworks to turn my horse around in here
so she should follow the feel and get her that's it her hindquarters away from me
now if I want her shoulders more over that way I would just ask her to step over that way good girl
so it works in your everyday handling of your horse well it should that's what it comes down
to so don't drill them one plus one one plus one one plus one how damn boring but if we
have a problem then I go back to one plus one actually I might just because that might just
block the camera for a minute let's just say I wanted to move her hindquarters that way I
would use my on the ground groundwork training to move her that way if I wanted her to step back
if I'm going to put the bridle on her I'll ask her just to drop her head
so you use your groundwork that you teach your horse every day in your handling of your horse
that is how you do not drill your horse it just becomes part of your
everyday handling and your skills as a horse person increase [Music]
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