7 Clinics with Buck Brannaman (2012 Video)

Buck Brannaman: Self

Quotes 

• Buck Brannaman : I don't use gimmicks. I can get it done with my hands and feet.

• Buck Brannaman : On a green horse, one that's kind of troubled, I might let them cuddle up to me because it's not a disrespect, they're looking for some support and comfort. But then gradually I know part of the process is that I put him back on the end of the led rope and say, see if you can stay out there and still feel my comfort from out there. But I won't ask him to stay for long. I work my way toward everything I get in small increments, a little bit at a time.

• Buck Brannaman : At first on a horse that really has no idea what you're looking for, you need to be able to go from pressure to a release, which in that case is NO pressure. It's really not a confusing thing, it's just people don't want to listen or don't want to let go. And they'll say, I do release. Well going from 50lbs. prying on a horse to 40lbs. is not a release-you can find another way to describe it, but it's not a gray area. Release means just what it is NO pressure.

• Buck Brannaman : All the groundwork that I do you can find a parallel to it with something that I do when I ride the horse.

• Buck Brannaman : With the horse I always consider that if I do too much in too little time and I'm not patient, he's gonna shut down and I won't get anything done.

• Buck Brannaman : It goes beyond the mechanical to a feel. You start by having the horse operate through a feel & you start to realize these things you've been told a hundred times of doing less and seeing how little it takes to get the horse to do something. That operating from a feel is a whole different thing than mechanically thrashing around.