Jason Irwin - Episode 1: Groundwork Circles

 Desensitize Your Horse To A Rope 

In this episode we first show how to teach a horse to circle its handler. More importantly,how h we sow to fix problems that always seem to show up when a person first teaches this to a new horse. 

Next, we work on desensitizing a horse to a rope in a number of ways. The first one is how to get a horse used to something spinning over its head. The second involves using the rope to get a horse used to pressure around its belly (very good to do before introducing a young horse to a cinch or helping to fix a cinchy horse) and accepting pressure in other sensitive areas. After that we cover how to get a horse used to having its feet handled using the rope to make things as safe as possible for the handler.

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.