Tommy's TV Show, CPR for the Horse & Rider airs three times weekly on RFD-TV.
Now, in its 8th year of broadcasting, RFD-TV proudly serves the needs and interests of rural America, horse lovers, farmers & ranchers with traditional, family-oriented television programming. RFD-TV and RFD HD are distributed on DIRECTV, DISH Network, Mediacom, Charter, NRTC, Bresnan, Verizon FiOS TV, and Comcast cable systems in all 50 states, serving over 35 million U.S. homes, with another 19 million homes in Brazil. If you like country folks and the "country way of life", you're going to love RFD-TV!
On DirecTV: Channel 379
On Dish Network: Channel 231
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Eastern |
Central |
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Pacific |
| Friday |
12:30 pm |
11:30 am |
10:30 am |
9:30 am |
| Friday |
10:30 pm |
9:30 pm |
8:30 pm |
7:30 pm |
| Sunday |
5:30 am |
4:30 am |
3:30 am |
2:30 am |
Show Topics:
| Air Date |
Topic |
Description |
| 9/5/08 |
Teaching your horse to move away from leg pressure. A close up look at getting your horse to move his hip left and right, side passing, moving his shoulder, showing how to get control of his body. |
Use Spirit in this show - show how to get control of the hip first and different techniques.
- move the rib cage, show how to side pass using wall then over obstacles
- work on front end - start on the ground and work up.
- spurs vs no spurs.
- use of a bat
- show how to move hip on hunter to canter slow
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| 9/12/08 |
Working with your foal after weaning leading, going over obstacles, picking up feet, clipping. You can never start too soon. |
First show how to teach the to lead, show how a foal will pull back and how to fix it by circling and use of a bat as they progress you will teach to go back and forth along a wall then work to small circles.
- start over obstacles (poles, bridge etc...)
- starting to tie
- brushing
- picking up feet
- clipping |
| 9/19/08 |
Different ways to achieve lateral flexion. An in-depth look into lateral flexion. See different methods to get results. |
- Lateral flexion why we need it
- Using rope halter, make horse flex side to side
- explain how this can be difficult if your small and the horse is big, how tiring this can be, small rope over poll bothers some horses
- show how you can achieve with halter bridle combo
- explain halter and how it works, start by side to side bitting 5 minutes each way, while you do other things.
- at back of saddle then with surcingle
- multiple horses being bitted
- riding around with halter adding bit
- riding around a bitted horse |
| 9/26/08 |
Long Lining for better control - Shows how to do this with a young horse and explain why, up to a more finished horse |
- pick young horse to use first, start by explaining what we are going to do and what we are trying to achieve.
- explain rope kind and why we use it
- start with surcingle basic control how to run rope for what we are trying to achieve.
- how you gain lateral flexion plus vertical flexion, collection, and gaining confidence going to bridle.
- use of an overcheck vs not
- Spirit show getting collection, backing
- finish with trotting horse, head high trotting big, explain technique. |
| 10/3/08 |
Things to help a nervous horse - Show you maneuvers to help control the nervous horse using a ball, poles, tarp, etc... |
Things to help a nervous horse figure out what causes it.
- start with ground work getting control on the ground in a quiet manner, show drive forward, come off pressure versus chasing hip.
- use ball, poles tarp, bridge, cones for confidence.
- show ball as security blanket.
- proceed to riding , going over some of the same principles
- cantering circles then go to ball
- give the horse a job apply pressure, release pressure
- nervous horses have usually had too much pressure applied to them, they are not trusting |
| 10/10/08 |
Some ways of getting your horse to whoa. You will se method of getting more respect at stopping on the ground and in the saddle. |
Getting your horse to whoa
- start on the ground
- teach the word "whoa"
- use ground work moving back and forth saying "whoa"
- go over poles using "whoa"
- gain horses attention and focus, this helps a lot
- riding - one stop sign
- three strikes you're out
- change of direction to get horse's attention
- use corners to stop without pulling on mouth
- talk about bit changes going to curb. |
| 10/17/08 |
How bits fit and work in your horse's mouth |
- show working bits on board
- sizing mouth with bit |
| 10/24/08 |
Trail riding - teaching your horse to be confident on the trail from going over obstacles to slowing down. |
- go trail riding with Spirit
- go over logs, up hills, down hills, around chickens, through water, step up, teach horse to be confident.
- show tools to help |
| 10/31/08 |
Teaching your horse to slow down at the lope - exercises that will help you accomplish this. |
- assuming your horse knows how to lope or canter but is fast and not responsive
- change of direction
- 3 strikes you're out "whoa"
- move hip for collection
- use of training fork can speed up process
- practice makes perfect
- sometimes making them go then they will want to go slow |
| 11/7/08 |
Loading your horse - different methods that may work for you. |
- different method of trailer loading |
| 11/14/08 |
Breaking your horse to drive - part 1 and part 2 |
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| 11/21/08 |
Where are they now - horses from previous shows and how they are doing now. |
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