06/07/2025
Horses Dealing with People Problems
“We let our horses push us around too much,” Buck Brannaman tells us. He’s in a round pen, working with a woman’s bay c**t that keeps trying to push into Buck’s space. “I would never let my horse get this bad.”
The c**t’s owner, who’s standing just outside the round pen fence, calls out to Buck, “He has tantrums!”
“No he doesn’t,” Buck replies. “He doesn’t know what’s to be expected of him. Nobody ever said to this horse, ‘Hey! Get off of me!’ I’m dealing with people problems here, not horse problems.”
Finally, the c**t moves easily along with Buck and his horse. Buck hops off his horse and goes to the c**t.
“No hard feelings,” he softly tells the young horse, petting him on the forehead. “It’s just the way it works.”
The excerpt is from a clinic report written by Kathleen McFarren. The full article can be found here - httpnnaman-whid-clearly
Image of Buck is by Ron Volmershausen and was taken at a C**t Starting clinic that was held in Wingen, Australia 1995.
