Jason Irwin - Episode 3: The Back Up

Lateral Flexion

Bridling Practise

This episode starts with teaching your horse to back away from you. This is a great exercise to do with horses that have learned to be pushy or rude. Learn how your body language and presence is the deciding factor in whether your horse chooses to respect you or not. 

The next exercise works on lateral flexion. Teaching your horse to give softly through its head and neck on the ground will become so important later on when you ride your horse.   

This episode concludes with bridling practise. Learn both how to teach an untrained horse to accept a bridle so that there never is a bridling problem and learn how to fix the bridling issues you may have with your older horse. The bridling process is broken down into as many steps as possible to make it as easy to accomplish as possible.

Because of the horse I have a lifelong goal – to work every day at becoming a better horseman.

Because of the horse I have been able to go to some really interesting places and meet some great people.

Jason along with his wife Bronwyn operate Jason & Bronwyn Irwin Horsemanship. They are based out of Ontario, Canada. Jason teaches twenty-five to thirty clinics a year on a variety of topics including colt starting, horsemanship, liberty training, problem-solving, trailer loading, groundwork, trick work, and more.

Jason has started colts and given training demonstrations at some of the largest horse expos in the world.

As well as teaching clinics Jason is also part of the family business Northstar Livestock Quarter Horses.