Teaching a horse to willingly follow a feel is an important part of your communication and applies to skills on the ground and in the saddle.
This component of the Primary Equine Language is about moving the horse with a constant physical pressure such as your hand directly on them, the...
If there was one thing I could do all day, it would be to play with a horse at Liberty. When all the ropes and all the tack is gone I feel I am getting to the purest form of communication.
When some of my old, very job driven, cowboy friends hear the word Liberty, their first response is...
Jonathan's Reflections
We sat down the other night enjoying the Paramount Series, 1883. The story and cast are amazing and I had to pause it when the character, Elsa Dutton, said this;
Student Question:
I was reading Alois Podhajsky (former Director of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna) and am wondering; where does the rider’s weight go on lateral moves? This question has historically been answered differently in English vs. Western disciplines.
My...
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