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Do you know riding activities I can do for riding loose rein and head low?
Hi 🙂
You can slalom between cones by using your voice, your seat, your legs, but not your hands, you can do the same with ground poles. Once you are at ease with these exercices, you can do the same with small fences.
To have your horse to have his head low, you have to use your legs so that he carries himself, you can work on circles, don't forget to open your inside rein so that the movement forward isn't stopped.
Hope it helps 🙂
You can slalom between cones by using your voice, your seat, your legs, but not your hands, you can do the same with ground poles. Once you are at ease with these exercices, you can do the same with small fences.
To have your horse to have his head low, you have to use your legs so that he carries himself, you can work on circles, don't forget to open your inside rein so that the movement forward isn't stopped.
Hope it helps 🙂
Any tips or advice on muscle building for horses?
Hello Erin!
First of all can you be more specific on what you call "older horses"?
For me, old horses should be on retirement on a field with lots of love, caresses and snacks!
But of course you can still ride him if your vet is ok and your horse still in good shape but only for walks on the woods (that will actually give him muscles and a great mental!).
Then, it depends of what the horse did before but you can also make some dressage but never go too far (do a to of full neck extension to stretch him), if he doesn't do it, don't insist, if it was a jumper you can keep jumping little fences to keep his mental but don't look for performances.
Make long warming-up to know what your horse can give you every days, listen carefully to him. Make him go to the paddock every day (with young horse it is perfect, it will become their "daddy" and teach them what they can't do, it will keep him busy and give him the will to live).
Finally, i would advice you to do lots of playing games with him (Parelli, playing with balls...) to keep having a better relationship with him without making him work too hard.
I hope i could help you :)
First of all can you be more specific on what you call "older horses"?
For me, old horses should be on retirement on a field with lots of love, caresses and snacks!
But of course you can still ride him if your vet is ok and your horse still in good shape but only for walks on the woods (that will actually give him muscles and a great mental!).
Then, it depends of what the horse did before but you can also make some dressage but never go too far (do a to of full neck extension to stretch him), if he doesn't do it, don't insist, if it was a jumper you can keep jumping little fences to keep his mental but don't look for performances.
Make long warming-up to know what your horse can give you every days, listen carefully to him. Make him go to the paddock every day (with young horse it is perfect, it will become their "daddy" and teach them what they can't do, it will keep him busy and give him the will to live).
Finally, i would advice you to do lots of playing games with him (Parelli, playing with balls...) to keep having a better relationship with him without making him work too hard.
I hope i could help you :)
What are your ideas about how to get your parents to let you get a horse?
Hello!
Tell your parents that you've been thinking about it since a long time, it is not a rush decision.
Tell them you think you will improve better with your own horse and you want to establish a real relationship with an animal, that it will bring you helpful values for your entire life, not just horse riding.
Show them also that you can combine horse and studies without difficulties (this is usually why they don't want you to get a horse), that it won't affect your grades.
Of course you need to think about the money so tell them that you can work to help them pay for it.
I hope i could help you :)
Tell your parents that you've been thinking about it since a long time, it is not a rush decision.
Tell them you think you will improve better with your own horse and you want to establish a real relationship with an animal, that it will bring you helpful values for your entire life, not just horse riding.
Show them also that you can combine horse and studies without difficulties (this is usually why they don't want you to get a horse), that it won't affect your grades.
Of course you need to think about the money so tell them that you can work to help them pay for it.
I hope i could help you :)
How do you cut ties with a trainer? I want to tell my trainer that I am going to start riding with someone else.
Hello Devan!
There is no reason to be stressed about that, horse riding is first a pleasure and if you don't like the way your trainer is anymore, you could just leave as you want.
The most essential thing is to stay polite, don't be agressive or direspectfull.
Just tell him that you need to see news things and new ways of riding in order to improve even more your style.
I hope i could help you :)
There is no reason to be stressed about that, horse riding is first a pleasure and if you don't like the way your trainer is anymore, you could just leave as you want.
The most essential thing is to stay polite, don't be agressive or direspectfull.
Just tell him that you need to see news things and new ways of riding in order to improve even more your style.
I hope i could help you :)
What do you do if you have a barn sour horse?
Hello Tori!
First you need to know that this is a fear reaction. Horses are used to be together, this is a sign of strength for them in order to fight predators if they are coming. This is why when they are alone they feel more insecure and may not want to work or even leave the barn.
You need to make him understand that he can be relaxed with you, there is no danger and you can protect him, you won't ask him something he can't do or that will hurt him.
You need to make him focus on you in order to forget his fears a little bit, this way he will see you as a landmark of safety.
To do so, make him do gait transitions and maneuver (at the beginning close to his friends or the barn), congrats him a lot and then do it repeatedly a little more far every day. Once he'll see there's no danger, he will follow you without reluctance.
Always reward him a lot, even to the slightest positive movement and never use the whip, it will scare him more and won't give you anything because of his emotions (he's mostly scared so you need to reassure him and not scare him more).
However, you can take a long whip with you and wave it to his hindquarters (never hit him of course) in order to make move in the right direction (go forward).
Finally, you can make a lot of ground work to increase his confidence and respect in you.
I hope i could help you, good luck :)
First you need to know that this is a fear reaction. Horses are used to be together, this is a sign of strength for them in order to fight predators if they are coming. This is why when they are alone they feel more insecure and may not want to work or even leave the barn.
You need to make him understand that he can be relaxed with you, there is no danger and you can protect him, you won't ask him something he can't do or that will hurt him.
You need to make him focus on you in order to forget his fears a little bit, this way he will see you as a landmark of safety.
To do so, make him do gait transitions and maneuver (at the beginning close to his friends or the barn), congrats him a lot and then do it repeatedly a little more far every day. Once he'll see there's no danger, he will follow you without reluctance.
Always reward him a lot, even to the slightest positive movement and never use the whip, it will scare him more and won't give you anything because of his emotions (he's mostly scared so you need to reassure him and not scare him more).
However, you can take a long whip with you and wave it to his hindquarters (never hit him of course) in order to make move in the right direction (go forward).
Finally, you can make a lot of ground work to increase his confidence and respect in you.
I hope i could help you, good luck :)
