I catch myself doing a lot of Liberty with Lucano because he his mental state is not always ready right from the start to work him with tools. So I let him steam off, being silly while he needs to take responsibility at least for the gait and the direction. Otherwise I don’t bother him. […]
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My Welsh-Cob ‚Misfit‘ will be 24 this April and I am impressed every time by his effort. For some horses it comes easy to collect by nature and for some it is a no-brainer. A few years back I have never thought he would actual canter around me in a decent way but I feel
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Today I wanted to ride a little, so I put the saddle on and was all prepared but sometimes you must take plan B because plan A is somehow not working. Either your horse is offering you something, which you cannot refuse like Lucano did today or you have to go back to polish something
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Playing around with my good old boy Misfit while Gabriella enjoys the ride in pink. So nice to have an older horse from who the kids can learn.
I started to teach Lucano to bring his haunches in on the longe and he is such a superstar putting effort into it. With this exercise I have now a wider range to work him when longeing as I can vary between forward and collection, which helps him to gain muscles, find balance and coordination
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The golden thread that runs through Straightness Training is to lighten the front legs and to bend the hind legs by moving weight from the front legs to the haunches. The school halt is a collected way of stopping the horse and the result of Straightness Training is that the horse is able to make
Today we had our second try off-line and it was so lovely to see and feel Lucano being relaxed. My husband could step out of the way faster than I thought after we started with the comfy procedure of being longed. I could even carry my whip with me and was able to twinkle a
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