| There are plenty of things you want your horse to be | | | | we're carrying a child on our back and our back starts |
| good at and there are plenty you don't want him good | | | | hurting, we want that child off. |
| at. | | | | Another reason a horse bucks is because he just |
| What would you guess the number one thing is that | | | | can't tolerate having someone on his back. Fortunately, |
| you don't want him getting good at? It is bucking. | | | | that's very few horses. The last reason is fear. Why |
| Understand that if a horse does anything long enough, | | | | does fear make a horse buck? Think of it like this. |
| he will get good at doing it. Bucking is one thing you | | | | If you ever had a bee sting you then you know the |
| want to make sure he never gets good at. | | | | pain it can cause. You don't want it to happen again. |
| There is a rule about bucking everyone should follow. | | | | When a bee comes at you again, you might wave |
| The rule is "If you never let a horse buck then they | | | | your arms like a mad man to discourage it away. |
| don't learn how to buck". | | | | Luckily, you have arms and hands to scare away the |
| So how do you keep a horse from learning how to | | | | bee. A horse doesn't have arms and hands. When he |
| buck? It's simple really. Just go slow. Don't overwhelm | | | | uses his defense, he bucks away the threat. He'll feel |
| him. You try and prevent it. There are 3 things that | | | | threatened if you go too fast and try to do too much. |
| typically cause bucking. The first one is pain. If your | | | | Thus, prevent bucking by going slow because going |
| horse is in pain, he could buck to get rid of the thing | | | | slow is the fastest way to train a horse. |
| causing him pain. That's no different than you and I. If | | | | |