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Just thought I'd put my two cents in...I think you're getting some good advice but I also totally disagree that horses always are just biting to express their desire to play. There are many different reasons they bite and if you watch them in a he...
And that was the day that little Tommy decided to become a computer technician instead of a cowboy.
Boo!
Chambons are really great for teaching a horse that is kind of stuck to lower it's neck and stick its nose out. I don't use them as often as sidereins because I find they can teach a horse to go on its fourhand but it sounds like in your horse's c...
I agree with Geoffrey. I would not be concerned with your horse's head at all at this point. Just make sure you have a steady contact in both reins at all times and with a young horse that means making necessary adjustments quickly and constantly ...
I would agree with Bernd and Ari and might add that it's important for you to ride your horse as if he had never bucked you off. Visualize yourself being large and in charge as opposed to being careful with said steed. The more you think about the...
I'm stickin' with you cause I'm made out of glue. Anything that you can do, I'm gonna do too.
Really great answer. That's one of the most clear statements on how to train a horse I have read.
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he horse is three years old turning four. He has been backed four, maybe five times at the date of this video recording. Therefore, it is not a training issue. At three years old, the horse is so lame that he is not capable of trotting with a ride...
Last week I quoted the final lines of Robert Frost’s inspiring poem Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening….but it is worth reading in full:
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping her...
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I want to say a couple of things about the proper work space for the training of a dressage horse. It is very important that the arena footing has the right consistency, neither too deep, nor too hard. Footing that ...
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