J Randol horse training

14 year old Arabian mare transformation! She was skinny, losing hair, no confidence and hard to catch. In three months she was a whole new horse!

Two hours of prep, patience and making sure Sam was calm before moving into the next step.

Sam has never been worked with by my fiancé Adam so I first had to get them trusting each other then he started to lay over him then Adam lunged him then finally he jumped up like I do and sat up. We stayed at this point close to half an hour just letting him and talking to him. Sam started falling asleep which is a perfect sign to start moving up to the next stage. The next thing on the list was to take a few walking steps and then end on a good note. I don’t push them their first ride I like them to know they did a good job and we aren’t forcing more. Four walking steps with a rider may not look like much but for a horse that has been wild his whole life, 8 years and less than a year in captivity, also only with a human (me) for 4 months, its HUGE!

Anything can happen in the first steps. Standing is easy I teach all of my horses to stand and accept new things way before being ridden but getting them to walk with a rider can be scary and weird for them. The riders weight is strange and feeling the human moving as they walk is all new. But I do a lot of ground work to prepare Sam for this day and it went very well!

I choose to start all of my horses, especially mustangs, bareback. They are more reactive and they do best bareback when they can feel the rider. Saddles add a gap in communication between horse and human so first rides are best with less 🙂

The more you can expose them to and show them there’s nothing to fear, the stronger your bond will become and the more solid of a horse you’ll build.

Sam snorts when he’s unsure you can hear him snorting in the videos but remaining curious because alfalfa is inside of it and he has to be brave to get his reward! Good boy mister Sam as usual.

The best way is to let them figure it out on their own no pressure no force so it’s a good experience from start to finish.

What a bond we share! Most horse’s when let out into the big pasture take off running to explore, not Sam he stayed by me where it’s safe. He allowed me to lead the way and show him around without a halter or force. He listened when I called him to come closer, he came up right away. He loved it and got to mell new plants he’s never encountered before then he followed me back into his pen when we were done. What a special moment for us!

She was bored of dragging the cone so we stepped it up! She did fabulously!

Sam is my recently wild 8 year old BLM mustang that I’ve been working with since April. We are using a new method I’ve customized for him since he gets nervous when feeling forced I rarely use a halter on him and he’s not a fan of saddles. This was the first time I’ve sat on him longer than just a few seconds! Good boy! Bareback and no ropes! Watch for our weekly progress 🙂

Sam is my 8 year old mustang he was gathered in either of 2020 and I got him in April 2021. He barely led and still very much wild but we have worked on training with no restraint and no force just trust.