If we go to new places with our horses (shows/forest trips etc), we have to prepare our horses first. We cannot practice every situation and everything we might come across, but we don’t have to. What we need to practice is how to deal with the feelings a horse experiences when he is insecure over […]
From problem horse to dressage star: How to approach scary things while riding Read More »
In this video I show you the next phase of the groundwork steps and how to practice them towards finding softness. Something to understand about how I look at doing groundwork with horses, is that it is not about the exercises itself. To me the physical element of an exercise, is not worth as much
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In this video I teach you the steps I take to find the piaffe. Remember every horse is different and make sure to not focus on the piaffe steps too soon, but focus on developing the basics we need for the horse to understand what the piaffe eventually is about. Give your horse time in this
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