Despite the heat I decided to do some walk training concentrating on small little nuances in my seat. I have always so many ideas and I could train forever from the ground and still be never finished. Still a bit bumpy but Lucano gave me his first steps haunches-in on a circle.
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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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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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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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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I have started to go into movement with my husband’s help from the ground. His job is to just walk on a circle, not pulling on the line and keeping a bit distance to the horse and for a not-horse person he is doing great. Lucano is calm and relaxed walking his rounds. As this
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A next big chapter in Lucano’s education is the Pillar Work in hand, which forms the bridge and prepares the horse to the Riding. In Work in hand he is learning the meaning of an inside/outside and a direct/indirect rein aid. The reason why I have waited so long is because he was mentally and
I have started to introduce Shoulder-in to Lucano at Work in hand and during training I ask myself many questions. To name a few: – is the angel right (3 or 4 tracks)?– is he only bringing the head in, which results in an overbent neck? – does he understand the function of the outside
