Hi, I haven't heard from this group for many months, and wonder if it is still going. I could use some help and advice if anyone is still around. There are a...
Hi Janie, Although our list has been a bit dormant, I think there are still many members ready to share information and knowledge about feel. I am sorry to...
Janie, I was impressed by your great insightful and ability to so clearly articulate your problem and needs. I hope you receive some very helpful answers from...
Will try and help you with the medical problem Jane. First off, is your horse shod? I am going to assume 'not' - good. IF shod, get those shoes removed. ...
I'm usually a lurker but I have to chime in here. Is it possible for you to hand walk your horse to a place to graze everyday. I'm sure he would appreciate a...
Please can you help me on head lowering ? My young horse is good about understanding my directions . I'm not talking about a horse with his head in the...
Wow. Initial reaction - what a great post. Yes. Do summat different: try an get back and into the horse's mind set. Try to unlock and open the 'horse' to...
Hi Janie, on Leslies homepage there is one of the articles about handling the hooves that I found really helpful. I quote a part of the article : "There are...
Hi Janie, I have had a similar condition attack some of my horses' frogs, and will offer my thoughts/experience... While there is an aspect here of the feel...
Dear group As group moderator I am pleased to see renewed activity here, and I thank everyone for their helpful responses to Janie's question. There have been...
HI everyone, im only fairly new to horses and have a question that might seem silly but i the most mixed ideas about and it is wether you should or shouldnt...
Troy, Lateral lunging is superb and it's based on using a 12-14ft lead and circling 2-3 times per direction. In my book longeing dulls a horses mind and make...
There's a discussion of longeing on pages 337-338 of Bill's book. Too long to quote here, but highlights are If longeing is a pattern, "it's liable to be...
Well, if I'm banned by this group for saying this, so be it. True classically trained lunging, in the French tradition, that is also followed up, in it's due...
hi jULIE and all; from bill's book; " for longeing to be a valuable experience to the horse, it needs to be done with feel." i am posting as someone who uses...
Hi Troy, You have every right to be confused about longeing. On page 337 of Bill's book, at the very bottom he says: "What most people call longeing isn't what...
... Nothing I read was interpreted as the French Classically trained style lunging horse was called foul. I'm sure it has a feel all it's own but maybe not...
I am not too happy with this explanation, but I haven't time to work it out the way I want to so I hope this will be of some help. Janie ... with what u are...
Julie, I felt you and the group were saying the same thing. If lunging your horse, do so with "feel" which is how I had always thought traditional use was ...
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... I felt you and the group were saying the same thing. If lunging your horse, do so with "feel" which is how I had always thought traditional use was ...
Hi Everybody Hope you had a nice holiday! Just a reminder about Leslie's new 10-CD Audio Book. If you go to her website, you will get a "pop-up" window with...
Hello again After the last post, I visited Leslie's site, but found that the ad may not be large enough to print. If interested helping to get the word out,...
Hi, My Name is Nickie and I am from England. I had no formal riding training and learnt as a child by riding bareback [as these were the only free rides] at...
Hi, My Name is Nickie and I am from England. WELCOME, NICKIE… Needless to say, the theoretical knowledge I had... didn't translate into any practical...
Hi Nickie, Welcome to the list! Page 59: The Best Place to Start is On the Ground Along with Julie's suggestion, my suggestion to you would be to start at the ...
... I have just Got THTF and looked up immediately Fear in the index which is why my reference is so far on into the book when I haven't had time to pamper...
... THTF ;- "Misuse of Lead Rope - I disapprove of Jerking or snapping the Lead rope which can lead to resentment or fear in the horse which is usually the...
Nickie writes: Sorry Tuxedo - Forgive me .... I will read to the end of the book THTF and we will start again Nickie - love your posts. Did write you...