Day three of ground work is saddle day for Playgirl. Dusty explains how horses learn from the release of pressure and sometimes a young horse needs more repetition than others before they understand their job. He then talks through the process of desensatizing a young horse to the pressure of being saddled for the first […]
Video Categories: Season 3
S3E8: Xena Working Cows
S3E7: Guiding on a Young Horse
Cody establishes direction and engages the mind of a 90 day two year old by guiding. […]
S3E7: Pinkie Pie Part 4
S3E7: Playgirl Part 2
It’s day two of ground work for Playgirl. After going through his initial ground work checklist, Dusty proceeds to prepare the young horse to be saddled by lunging her with the saddle pad and latigo. […]
S3E7: Xena on Cows Late September
S3E6: Lead Changes on an Older Horse
Cody demonstrates how to establish forward motion, during the lead change, on a horse that has a tendency to be lazy. […]
S3E6: Pinkie Pie Part 3
S3E6: Playgirl Part 1
It’s day one of ground work for two year old Playgirl. Dusty’s plan for this session is to start with the basics of pressure addition and release to teach the young filly to lunge. Dusty then proceeds with getting the young horse desensatized to the saddle pad and lattigo. […]