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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2151
Think of the rein contact as a living, breathing thing. It should breathe with the horse's movement.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2150
Lack of sufficient long and low stretching work often causes sore backs in horses. Their back muscles need to be loose, relaxed, and swinging to be healthy!
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2149
"It is true that when the training is slow, the progress is quick, when the training is quick, the progress is slow." ~ George Morris
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2148
Turn on the forehand and leg yield can be used to teach the horse that the rider's leg can mean something other than, "Go forward." The horse must understand this concept in these very basic movements before you will find much success with any of the
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2147
"The absence of a correction is not a reward to a horse. The only thing that is a reward is 'good girl' or a pat on the neck or giving them a sugar. You can’t train a seal without fish." ~ Robert Dover
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2146
Riders can benefit SO much from discussions about their riding. Riding is as much cognitive as it is physical - both aspects need to be exercised to truly improve!
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2145
"If you say nothing to a horse, you mean nothing to a horse. We have to be in a conversation and teaching them." ~ Robert Dover
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2144
Dare yourself to give your horse as much freedom in the neck as possible in all of your work.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2143
Good shoulder in work will improve the range of motion and sideways reach in your horse’s half pass work.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2142
"The actions of arm and hand must complement rather than contradict the position and effect of the seat and leg. The inside rein must be shortened sufficiently to allow the hand to maintain the lateral flexion without any backward pull on the rein. In general the inside hand should
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2141
When bending their horse or performing the shoulder in, it is a common mistake for riders to draw their inside heel up, bringing the inside leg too far back to give the aid. This tends to push the horse's hindquarters out, producing angle rather than actual bend.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2140
Soften and let your horse lengthen his neck, while trying to maintain the feeling that he stays sitting behind, with a lowered croup and well engaged hind legs.