'Rick gore horsemanship'

I've been watching his videos recently and wanted to search for opinions about him in the forum which is how I came across this thread.

With his mockery and abrasive attitude aside, I really like what he has to say, sure it would be great if he came across better, but he is who he is.

I do agree with some of the above comments though.

Does anyone have any links to any British trainers videos on youtube? I'm really interested in observing different methods, particularly from fellow Brits.

Thanks!
 
I watched a recent video of his showing a mule foal (looks more like a filly than a colt to me) playing in a yard. As in previous videos, he interpreted the behaviour in terms of dominance. *sigh* Yet in one of the comments he writes: "I let babies test and explore, I don't like beating or pushing the playfulness from babies, I know I have a good two years to correct and get him under control, unless he gets close enough to hit me he can act like a badass all day from a distance." which I think is entirely reasonable.
 
I find him to be a bit of a mixed bag. He's pretty good at handling horses, but people he doesn't have a clue about! He really does have no time for stupid, and I can get on board with that. But it seems to me that in his game you're training people as well as horses, and his 'training' methods for people suck.

A lot of stuff he does is basic horse psychology and common sense that's been done by good horse people since the year dot. For my liking, he does go on a bit about dominance. I've only ever met one horse in my life that had true dominance issues (and it's the only horse I've ever met whose head I would have happily put a bullet through). That might be a semantics thing. I see a clear difference between 'trying it on' and real dominance issues; maybe he doesn't.

The main thing I really don't have time for is the whole evangelical attitude - bits are wrong, shoes are wrong, my way is the only right way. Apart from the ego, it suggests that all horses in all situations are the same, which they're not.
 
ester said:
This is a 3 year old thread just saying ;)
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Damnation said:
D'oh! I am usually so good at spotting that :D

Still stands though, man sounds like an idiot!
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I was the one who dug it up. I was going to start an RG thread, but did a search and saw that there already was a thread about him, so thought I'd add my thoughts to a preexisting thread rather than creating a new one.

The man's still uploading videos, so he's still relevant. ☺
 
VikingSong said:
I was the one who dug it up. I was going to start an RG thread, but did a search and saw that there already was a thread about him, so thought I'd add my thoughts to a preexisting thread rather than creating a new one.

The man's still uploading videos, so he's still relevant. ☺
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I just wanted to point it out because people start responding to people who posted 3 years ago and are quite likely to never reply back! :D
 
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