It’s day one of ground work for Dusty and Pinky Pie. Dusty’s teaches the young horse to move forward and respectfully lunge around the round pen. He then works on hip disengagement and uses a saddle pad and latigo to prepare the young horse for being saddled. […]
Video Categories: Season 2
S2E11: Working Baby on Cows Early September
S2E10: Body Control–Moving the Shoulders
Cody talks about body control. He breaks down how to move a horse’s shoulders independently and then demonstrates with several exercises. […]
S2E10: Luna Part 4
Dusty continues Luna’s ground work by using another broke horse to pony her around. While ponying, Dusty gains control by pushing the young horse’s feet around the same way as he would on the ground. He also spends time getting the young horse used to a person being above her by messing with the saddle […]
S2E10: Xena on Cows September
S2E9: Preparing for Run Downs
Cody uses, two year old Smooth Talkin Style filly, Penelope to talk about and demonstrate different ways to achieve collection and softness during run downs. […]
S2E9: Xena Part 4
S2E9: Luna Part 3
Dusty starts this session with demonstrating how he lunges a horse with a flank line and shows his checklist for seeing if a horse is ready to ride. […]
S2E9: Xena Working Cows Late August
S2E8: Shoulder Control with “Hinging”
Cody goes into detail about the concept of hinging: what it does, and how it benefits the horse. […]