TIDBITS FROM THE SADDLE – PART IV

Many riders become frustrated when they want the horse to do something and he doesn’t do it or does it in a way that they didn’t ask for. Frustration, to my way of thinking, is unsuccessfully trying to do something that one thinks one knows how to do, but, in reality, one don’t know how to do, and one don’t want to take the time or expend the effort to learn how to do it correctly so one can do it successfully....

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TIDBITS FROM THE SADDLE – PART III

Continuing the effort to provide practical information that can be helpful to you in working to improve the performance of your horse as well as helping you learn how to communicate with him more effectively...

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BACKING UP A HORSE

Backing up is not a natural gait for a horse. Horses are designed to go forward, but they can be taught to back up...

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IN A NUTSHELL

Almost all clinicians/instructors, regardless of the riding discipline involved, give horsing lessons rather than riding lessons to their students. This puts the horse at a disadvantage since it is the rider who forms the horse and not the other way around....

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What the Horse Can Teach You

People are attracted to horses for various and sundry reasons: companionship, breeding, financial gain, competition, the feeling of being free when horseback, the feeling of being in control of something, being a part of history, etc....

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