Poster Boy's early saddle experience and more recent hobbling

Saturday, April 24th, 2010



This is some video early on. I would like to touch on the fact that I tried really hard to have him ready for the first saddling. He still went to bucking. I started by pulling the rope around his belly, next a bareback pad, then finally a small kids saddle. I think it's a good idea to have him on a lead rope when you ask him to move off with the saddle on. That way if you run into trouble you can help him by disengaging his hind end and shutting the bucking down as soon as you can. Don't let him get troubled if you can help him. Poster Boy only bucked on day one of his first saddling and I was there to help him. Sorry I didn't get the bucking on video. I know you all would have liked to see that. Hobbling is also a good tool to teach them. It teaches them how to stand quietly and have patience and if they were to get caught in something they hopefully would understand to not panic and to give to the pressure. He is really good at the hitching rail, stands quietly while being saddled and groomed, something he loves very much. No trouble at all picking up his feet, and he got an "A" from the farrier when he had his first trimming.