It’s saddle day for stud colt Turd. After reiterating direction on the lunge line, Dusty talks through his previous few sessions of desensatizing, and then he proceeds to saddle the young colt for the first time. […]
S3E12: Turd Part 2
Video Series: Ground Work
S3E11: Turd Part 1
It’s day one of ground work for Turd, a stud colt by Hickory Holly Time. Dusty’s plan for today is to begin teaching the young horse respect and focus by getting him to join up. Dusty also plans to teach the horse to go forward, stop, and change direction while on the lunge line. […]
S3E10: Playgirl Part 5
Day five of ground work for Playgirl consists of Dusty further preparing Playgirl for her first ride. He reiterates the desensatizing techniques he has used on the young horse as well as the lateral flexing and guiding with the bridle that he did in the last episode. Once she’s ready, Dusty explains the concept of […]
S3E9: Playgirl Part 4
For day four of ground work for Playgirl, Dusty further works to desensatize the young filly while sasddled. He uses his leggings to teach the young horse how to accept and think through things that make noise and flap around. After sacking out the young horse, Dusty introduces Playgirl to the bridle and teaches her […]
S3E8: Playgirl Part 3
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
S3E5: Shorty (Snorty) Part 4
Dusty works on saddling Shorty. He explains that sometimes its necessary to push through certain situations in order to make progress with training. Being saddled once prior, Dusty demonstrates the process of saddling a young horse that might be more wild than some. […]
S3E4: Shorty Part 3
For day three of ground work with Shorty, Dusty touches base on the desensatizing exercises from the prior day of training. He then proceeds to start the process of getting the young horse to accept the saddle pad and latigo. […]
S3E3: Shorty Part 2
It’s day two of training for Shorty. Dusty’s goal for todays session is to reiterate lunging and begin desensitizing Shorty in preparation for padding him for the first time. […]
