95 Quotes by Buck Brannaman

Horses are incredibly forgiving. They fill in places we’re not capable of filling ourselves.

I just spend my life driving down the road, training horses and helping people.

When riding, ask yourself what will my horse get out of it if I get what I want? Many times, human nature is to take and to not give anything back.

Once Buck gets a saddle on a young clinic horse he goes through all the same actions he had previously done with the horse unsaddled. This is to reinforce that the horse has nothing to fear after the saddle is cinched up.

A horse can have a job and not be a slave. He can look forward to it and enjoy it. That’s the same for me.

When working with a horse, particularly a troubled horse, you’ll notice that he will spend a good portion of his time avoiding contact, physical and mental.

Every time you interact with a horse, you are teaching the horse.

Most people don’t realize how little it takes to get a horse to move.

The comforting thing to the horse is, is as you become more and more accurate, he knows you’re aware of him, and pretty soon because of that he’s aware of you more and more of the time.