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Tip/Quote of the Day # 809
To alter a person's (or a horse's) habits, you almost always have to shift something in their environment.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 808
Bending and lateral work stretches the outside of the horse's body. As with any type of stretching, increase your demands gradually as the horse becomes more supple.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 807
Horses with back or SI issues often do best with a canter very early on in their warm up routine.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 806
If you think you can (or cannot) do something, your horse will usually believe you.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 805
"Ride around the corner in an active, short canter, and let your horse do the jumping." ~ Andrew Nicholson
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 804
Excessive bend in the neck, whether lateral (usually to the inside), or longitudinal (behind the vertical) disconnects the haunches from the rein aids and allows the horse to remain locked up in other parts of the body, such as the poll and hips.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 803
Remind yourself regularly that half halts should not kill the energy in your horse's stride, but rather rebalance it.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 802
"The inside rein must always be ready with a good offer." ~ Reiner Klimke
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 801
From member Karen Barbato ~ "If YOU think it's work so does your horse...when you head out to ride think of it as heading out to PLAY, giggle a lot and make it all a fun game. You and your horse will be smiling when you are
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 800
From Facebook fan Liz Chilcott ~ "Preparation is 90% of execution."
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 799
It’s just as easy to train a horse to be dull to the aids as it is to train them to be sensitive to the aids.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 798
From Facebook fan Sascha DeAngelo ~ "Instead of gunning it to a scary fence, hold the horses head between your hands, and his body between your legs, and keep a steady deliberate pace."