When backing horses I prefer not to initiate the bronco fit.

It is perfectly acceptable to not buck out your horse to back it and is my preference. Not only because what fires wires (aka I don't want them to know that bucking is an option in the first place when dealing with stress or pressure) but also because I don't want to try and stay on a horse until it stops bucking.

There are 3 main places where if you're horse doesn't have trust and confidence in you and you dont have solidly established release of tension and consent cues that the tension will tip over threshold into the broncing.

In this video I will share with you a couple of places that I go a little slower and are more careful with when backing an unbroken horse - exactly how I approach all horses when they have expressed worry at being ridden or they are unknown to me. I run through these skills with all our horses that undertake the Holistic Handling Program.

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