JBIT Ranch - Latest Comments

Re: Horseless Games Workshop

Terri — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 19:39:41 -0000

What an awsome workshop! I was able to concentrate more on what my horse feels when I am using my ropes ; trying to send the correct signal rather than the wrong signal. This was a really helpful workshop.

Re: Freestyle Trail Workshop

Carrie Darlene Negley — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:37:36 -0000

Sounds awesome! Wish i could have been there!

Re: The JBIT Ranch Expands!!

Brittany Young — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 13:24:16 -0000

Congratulations!!!!!!!!

Re: Are you a Match??? Horsenality-Humanality

Carrie Darlene Negley — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:45:38 -0000

I already did one for my horse and I! It was amazing and I have a new understanding of the horsenalities!

Re: What’s The Deal With Horse Bits?

Apachezmom — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:48:20 -0000

Great advice......thanks very much !!

Re: Whisper in The Wind

jbitranch — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:44:59 -0000

Thanks for your comment, Diane. I agree wholeheartedly. The concept I conveyed picks up where your third sentence leaves off - "His job then becomes to pay attention to you." By suggesting that this would apply to a horse that was Level 2 heading to Level 3 in the Parelli program, we should expect that leadership has already been determined and he is very happy to let you make the decisions. Whisper in the Wind is about refining and elevating the relationship to greater and greater levels. Instead of getting my horse's attention, being small and specific is about keeping it, never losing it, and instead of competing with his environment, becoming more interesting than it is. When you watch horses and humans doing wonderful, beautiful things together in clinics, demos and in otherwise hectic environments, what you're seeing is a horse that's tuned into the Whisper in the Wind and a human that has learned to become it.

Re: Whisper in The Wind

Diane Ayers — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:08:07 -0000

The whisper in the wind sounds very lovely and romantic, but my horses have told me something a little different. A horse's number one priority is safety and that is the job of the herd leader. If you train your horse to accept you as the herd leader, then he can relax his vigilance and leave that job to you. His job then becomes to pay attention to you. I have employed this paradigm over the last 4 years with both of my horses, one very dominant and the other kind of laid back and anxious, and it has been very effective. We have come to the point that all I have to do to get rid of the spookiness is get my horse's attention and he immediately focuses back on me and forgets about the squirrel/bird/leaf that was distracting him before. This works on the ground and in the saddle.

Re: What’s The Deal With Horse Bits?

jbitranch — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 06:32:29 -0000

With the largest eye of any land mammal on the continent, horses have incredible night vision. It is said that on a moonlit night a horse can see as well as we can see at mid day. Horses take longer than we do to adjust their pupils to great variations of light or dark, but are usually adjusted within a minute or two. That said, we've seen no evidence that a horse with normal vision is impaired in any way by a fly mask at night. As for whether a fly mask is really necessary or not, that can often boil down to the individual horse. Horses with light or white faces often aren't nearly as bothered by flies as horses with dark faces, also, as you said, a horse with a very long, full forelock is afforded much more natural protection then a horses with a thinner forelock. Finally, while some of our white faced friends fare alright with the flies, if that white hair is on pink skin they may need the protection of a full face fly mask to prevent sunburn more than to fight flies. Hope this helps. Todd

Re: What’s The Deal With Horse Bits?

Apachezmom — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 21:41:44 -0000

I have a question about fly masks. Can horse see OK in the dark when wearing a fly mask? Are fly masks really needed if a horse has a long forlock ?
Thanks

Re: Whisper in The Wind

Apachezmom — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 21:39:44 -0000

This is awsome advice. My horse acts this way all the time.....he spooks at the little things - a shovel ; yet will walk calmly past a running Tractor or ATV !! I love the idea of trying to get smaller and just Whisper. I will definitly try some of these tips and see what happens.!!
thanks Todd !!

Re: Whisper in The Wind

Carrie Darlene Negley — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 18:30:28 -0000

Love this! It is amazing how small you can get and it will make your horse really listen!

Re: New JBIT Ranch Website is Live!

Apachezmom — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 21:23:08 -0000

Awsome new website !! Looking forward to all the new info and going thru the new areas.

Re: New Pictures of Todd & Bubby

Granisharo — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:54:01 -0000

Nice!