Introducing New Rider to Cattle
Horsemanship
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4m 51s
This week, Brad Barkemeyer teaches a new rider how to respond to the horse when they feel the horse’s instinct take over to work a cow. The exercises in this video explain how to approach a cow and how to read signals.
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