My project is going good, I've been to busy to work with my horse lately, although he is still learning and doing good with it. The next thing I plan on doing is, after I get him used to pressure on his back, I'm going to just lay on his back, to be safe, because in case he gets scared, I can then just slide off and avoid getting hurt. Some horses are easier to train than others, there are a few horses I've ridden that are perfectly fine with you riding them bareback. Others, like my horse who have never been ridden bareback yet, can be harder to train or can take longer and get scared more easily. When horses do get scared while you are on them, they usually will either run off (because in the wild they stay in a herd and their instinct is to run away from danger) or they will buck you off, which is when they kick up their back legs kind of like they are jumping, but only their back legs go up. Riders normally fall off when their horses do this, my horse is constantly bucking and I have fallen off a few times, it is very painful, which is why I'm trying to be careful and safe while I train my horse to ride bareback.