Lucano

I love doing liberty dressage from time to time. Lucano is predestined for this. He now keeps a steady, balanced canter around me. That wasn’t always the case at the beginning, but with time, patience and lots of praise, you always make a little progress. And at the end of the day, it’s being together

At the moment I am working Lucano in Shouder-fore/ Shoulder-in on a circle. Unexpectedly, it seems more challenging for us than thought. One big topic in my lessons with Anja Hass, licensed Bent Branderup Trainer was how light and manoeuvrable the shoulder is….at any time? So, therefore, we introduced a neck rope to Lucano so

Lately, I have been working Lucano in a bit higher head position than I used to do. Usually, I am always on the safer side not asking for too much too soon but now since the basics are solid and always available like a stretch forward down, I can move on. One of the topics

Lucano is getting the idea about half steps. Once in a while he is getting a bit stuck in the place and tends to overbend a bit. If this is the case he steps short-long in front losing the rhythm. Then thinking more forward is the key. It is all a work in progress but

Lucano and I had the pleasure to model for https://www.sattelbalance.com/ who is a premium partner for Deuber & Partner Saddlery. Here I show my Jeanne D’Arc saddle from Deuber & Partner Saddle, which I own already for 14 years and is still a very good fit for me. Whoever is interested to purchase a Deuber

I like working at Liberty in between to check if my mental picture, my energy, and my body language are the same as if I would work with tools such as cavesson/bridle, reins etc. because then I know I am congruent and we understand each other. It makes me much more focused, present and aware

This is a nice example of what I meant in my last Liberty post about being congruent with the aids. That we act at Liberty the same as when we would work with tools. We should not change our mental picture, our energy and body language. Trusting the process and rewarding every slightest try is

As important it is to shift the center of mass away from the front legs to prevent injuries as important it is to allow the horse a good stretch over the topline into a forward down as well. For me, a proper forward down is when the horse is really searching towards the hand/line with