ouch... you look like yer in pain!

no just making it very clear to the horse that thats a bad ideal :P

ahh okie

their rescue horses so their need a bit of work.

ahh alright... well as long as you had fun^^

shes just testing me. That trick probly worked for her last owners. after that she was well behaved the rest of the day.

hmm... you know ladies dig guys who can ride a horse ;3

True, but that ain't this guy

oh come on... he's cute... if he wasn't so far i'd ride him ;3 lol kidding, or am i? :3

I ride way better than this guy lol. He looks like a Shepherd with that halter under the bridle and that horse gapping his mouth open doesn't say much for his hands. Not a real horseman, just a wannabe. You want to see a real horseman you might wanna look elsewhere

ooh fun

Im still learning :P

Might want to think about riding in, at most, a plain snaffle bit if you don't have good hands. Leverage is not the answer. One rein at a time for control, two is for collection but forget about collection if you don't even have control. You're getting way ahead of yourself with that bridle. I don't mean to insult you but I would not have even put this picture up for the whole world to see. It's terrible. All you're doing with that mare is putting more of a brace in her. Next thing you know, someone is going to be telling you to put a martingale on her. I'd get on youtube and look up Buck Brannaman, Ricky Quinn, and Chris Cox if it were me. Just sayin.

we found out she responds so much better to leg commands and pretty much ignores the mouth commands. Shes a rescue horse and we have no ideal of her upbringing or training. Ill get some video soon.

She spent most her time lock in a small pen made for large dog knee high in mud,her feet still need more a bit more work. Her son Fred was rode with no saddle pad then had most his front teeth knocked out with 2x4 for not working after that. So were not in any hurry to get them going. Im still learning to ride also.

So because she's heavy in the face you're riding her in a more severe bridle..brilliant.

Please, try this if you're really interested in horse welfare and helping them. Get inside a safely enclosed area like a round pen or corral and put her in a plain snaffle bit. No Tom Thumb, no f*cking twisted wire snaffle. Sit up there on her and just take the slack out of ONE rein at a time, leave the outside rein completely loose. Don't pull her head around. Just take the slack out and hold it. Your hand is like a fence post. You're not pulling, she's pulling on herself. As SOON as she puts any slack at all in the rein, even an inch, drop it. Don't let it out gradually, I mean drop it like it's hot. Completely release her and then wait at least 30 seconds before you do it again. Make sure to do it on both sides. Don't bump her off of the bridle or anything like that. No matter how long it takes her to give, wait. She doesn't need to bring her nose all the way to your boot either. 90 degrees or so is all you eventually want her to bend but in the meantime, you want to reward the slightest try.

Do that for a week and see if she still fights your hands or if you think you need that bridle.

ok

i agree he seems to be pulling on the reins to tightly.

stil for someone who is learning he is doing a good job.

bit of a panic stop due to the fence :P i didnt want either of us cut up