STREAMING WILL BE DISCONTINUED AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, 2016
DVD’s CAN BE PURCHASED THROUGH BRENT’s ON-LINE STORE. CLICK HERE https://www.brentgraef.com/horse-gear/
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Brent’s “Groundwork” video series contains actual clinic footage of Brent working with students’ horses. Brent gives clear, practical advice to elevate your ground skills which improve trust, understanding, suppleness, and balance, and directly relates to your ride. No fluff, gimmicks or tricks. In this comprehensive video series, Brent goes from one student to the next guiding them through the maze of communicating with horses in a calm, respectful, and effective manner. [icon name=”icon-film” size=”large” color=”” float=”none” link=”https://vimeo.com/user27664136/vod_pages” new_tab=”no” animation=”fade-in” animation_delay=”200″ ]
Click on Film Icon to visit Brent’s DVD on Demand Store. Videos available to download to your computer (or stream on-line).
Only $25 each chapter (USD)
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We use VIMEO (an on-line video streaming service) to sell our videos. If you have a good internet connection, VIMEO is for you! Download the videos to your computer and carry them with you wherever you go. You can also watch on your smartphone, TV, and other connected devices. Watch your purchased video right away.
(You may want to make sure you are on WIFI so you don’t exceed your data plan. Standard data rates apply.) If this is the first time you’re making a purchase, you will need to sign up with Vimeo — it’s easy as pie. See the tutorial below. Brent and Kris Graef are not able to provide technical support.
Below is a step-by-step video tutorial to guide you through the purchase and viewing process. (Links referenced: www.Vimeo.com, www.BrentGraef.com, www.vimeo.com/ondemand/library)
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Enjoy Sneak Previews of Brent’s video chapters
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Price $25: “Circling” with Brent Graef (Groundwork). 1 hr 21 min.
Asking your horse to go in a circle is more than just a gymnastic pattern. It’s an exercise to help you and your horse develop a language together, it’s a fantastic way to help supple, straighten, engage, and develop a healthy posture. Brent will give an initial overview of the things he’s looking for and how you can communicate with your horse by making the right thing obvious instead of always making the wrong thing difficult.
1. Introduction/Overview: 1) Have your horse follow the feel on the rope instead of driving him out onto the circle, 2) Achieving a quality bend.
2. A balanced halt.
3. How can I help my horse move forward on the circle?
4. Why is my horse crowding me?
5. Straightness (What is straightness?): My horse is 1) pushing out through his shoulder?, 2) counter bending, 3) Drifting toward the gate.
6. My horse goes in one direction but, not the other.
7. Directing the mind. Send the mind, and allow the body to follow onto the circle, If you can cause him to ‘think’ onto the circle, sending the feet is easy!
Other Chapters referenced in this video: 1) Working with a Flag, 2)Leading: Getting the Reins Connected to the Feet, 3) Reaching the Hind, 4) Rolling the Jaw
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Price $25: “Leading: Getting the Reins Connected to the Feet” with Brent Graef. 50 minutes.
Brent explains, “If we can get connected to their feet, we can get connected to their mind.” The horse’s thoughts cause his feet to move. Therefore, by getting a hold of his feet through the reins (or lead rope) you can get a hold of, and re-direct, his thoughts.
Getting your horse to ‘hook on’ often makes people think of roundpen work but, what if you don’t have a roundpen? What if you just arrived at a new place, your horse is worried; he’s looking at everything else but, ignoring you! This exercise is a simple, yet effective way to get your horse mentally hooked on to you — without a roundpen. You can do it anytime, anywhere. Of course, it’s not just about the horse. This exercise is just as much about building awareness in the human, as it is the horse.
One of Brent’s teachers was a horseman named Ronnie Willis. Ronnie used to ask students, “Where do you put your halter?”. Of course, most people would say they’d put it on their horse’s head. One day, Brent asked, “Ronnie, where do YOU put your halter?”. Ronnie replied, “I put my halter on his feet…. through his mind.” The goal is to get the horse with you, all the way from his mind, down his body, through his legs, to his feet.
Sometimes we go through the feet to get to his mind. Ultimately, we’d like to start with his mind, have your idea become his idea, and then go all the way through to his feet.
Other chapters referenced in this video include: 1) Backing, 2) Reaching the Hind.
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Price $25: “Reaching the Hind” with Brent Graef. 31 minutes.
In this video, we’ll start out on the ground, then Brent takes students to the saddle! This chapter is a great compliment to Brent’s DVD chapter: “Leading: Getting the Reins Connected to the Feet”. Never underestimate the value of getting control of your horse’s hindquarters.
The “reaching the hind” exercise can be used in a variety of ways. It is good for:
1. Strengthen, supple, and improve balance.
2. Helping a horse who’s worried to slow down, relax, and look to the human for guidance.
3. Either engage or disengage the hindquarters.
4. Help balance a horse who wants to blow out through his shoulder.
5. Help re-build better posture for horses who have the unhealthy habit of drilling the inside front foot in the ground when disengaging.
Other Chapters referred to: 1) Leading: Getting the Reins Connected to the Feet. 2) Circling
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Price $25: “Backing” with Brent Graef. 1hr 5 min.
We all know backings important in being able to maneuver your horse but, did you know backing can also have an emotional effect? When a horse is scared, his instincts tell him to run forward. If he backs CORRECTLY, he will learn to let go of his self preservation, and find comfort in following the feel presented by the person.
Brent explains and demonstrates the progression of what he’s looking for when asking a horse to back up. Some of the pieces to backing include:
1. Moving backwards
2. Getting soft in the poll AND neck (lifting the base of the neck)
3. Correct footfall (diagonals)
4. Straightness
5. Lifting their knees. (A by-product of engaging the hindquarters)
Other Chapters referred to in this video: 1) Circling 2) Leading: Getting the Reins Connected to the Feet 3) Rolling the Jaw
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