#1 - Hip to forehead exercise (with rope)
Buffy shows us how she uses a rope to help work on mobility in her shoulder while teaching her horse to be more relaxed with things touching her hindquarters and her forehead. #2 - Hip to forehead exercise (with flag)
Kerry shows us in this tip how he likes to use the flag on his horses moving from their hip to their forehead getting them used to objects moving towards their eyes. #3 - Bridling a horse (respectfully)
Kerry shows in this video the process he uses and why to respectfully put a bridle on a horse. #4 - Putting on and tying a rope halter
Kerry shares how he puts on a rope halter, makes sure it's in the right position, and how to properly tie it so it doesn't slip. #5 - Quick pre-flight check
Kerry shows how he checks out what kind of feel he has through the reins before he climbs on to just get a little better idea of what his horse is thinking that day. #6 - Thoughts on cinching up your saddle
Kerry shares in this tip how he views the idea of cinching up his saddle each day and how he tries to make things as comfortable as possible for his horses. #7 - Asking for effort vs. just pulling
In this video, Kerry is talking about asking a horse for some "effort" when they give to you versus just pulling on them. It takes effort for a horse to get soft. #8 - Landing and asking for softness
This quick tip shows how Kerry likes to exaggerate landing at a walk and really asking his horses to roll up in the bridle, round their neck, lower their head, and relax. #9 - Bridle Reins Tip
Kerry shares a quick tip on what to do with your reins when you're leading your horse with your bridle so that they don't step on or over the reins. #10 - Using my terrain - trees
Kerry shares in this quick tip how he uses trees to help his horse learn how to bend his body and find some fluid forward motion. This works great on a very green horse. #11 - Using my terrain-deep trails
Kerry shows in this video how he likes to practice with his young horses teaching them to travel down narrow trails and how it gives him an opportunity to teach them how to honor his legs and stay between them. #12 - Using my terrain-ledges
Kerry shows in this video how he will find a short ledge somewhere and use it to help teach his horses how to rollback on their hocks when turning without having to kick on them. The ledge itself will do the work, and it even works better than a fence. #13 - Using a Lead to Help a Horse Not Drop Their Shoulder
This is a clip from Better Horses TV where Kerry shares how he uses the lead that a horse is loping on to help them not drop their shoulder when he bends them around his leg. If you have a horse that drops their shoulder when you bring their nose around, this exercise is very simple and effective. #14 - Split Reins vs. Solid Rein
Kerry shares some quick insight in to how much easier it is to handle a single rein in the beginning versus split reins. #15 - Groundwork Tip for Frame of Mind & Feel
Here's a short video taken from the Better Horses TV Show where Kerry talks about making sure your groundwork is building the frame of mind and feel you want in your horse. #16 - Too Much Bend Tip
This video is a segment from Better Horses TV where Kerry talks about the idea of bending your horse too much, why it's not an issue for him, and how he uses the bend for straigtness.
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