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 Series: Season 3 - 2020
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. […]
S3E2: Teaching a Horse to Seek You–Shorty Part 1
It’s day one for two year old Shorty. Dusty’s goal for day one is to use the round pen to hook Shorty to him and have the young horse see Dusty as a safe place. […]
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S3E1: Pinky Pie Part 3
For day 3 of ground work, Dusty goes through his pre ride checkless with Pinky Pie. His first point on the list is to use a secondary rope attached to the filly’s back cinch to see if she is inclined to buck in order to work through any issues prior to the first ride. His […]