Hi, I'm glad to hear of these recommendations. Here's another I decided to use and I'm very happy with them. My Toe Stoppers are brown and look real nice with...
My mare is coming along well but she still needs to work on being tied. she is fine when she is tied with the rope up higher but not on a hitching rail or...
No, No, please don't!! I lost a horse years ago attempting this! I'm certain other members can be more succinct, but I would continue working with her to...
I would continue working with her ... to pull. ... Arab, ========================== That is the kind of answer I was looking for. There is so much pressure to...
... advice, that said, when does she pull or set back when tied? Does she feel crowded or unsure of her surroundings? If you had someone to help you, by...
Teaching to give to pressure is the best advice, but i have also bought a tie ring which i love! When the horse pulls back for what ever reason,it gives to...
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Hi All, Leslie will be doing a horsemanship through feel demo in Colorado on Sunday, September 28th from 1pm - 5pm. Come to the Last Resort Equestrian Center...
Hi Julie, Thanks for your thoughts on this. Seems like the more I work with her the less frequent the behavior. Seems like it will mostly take care of itself...
Hi everyone! Monday I had an accident with my mustang and now have a broken wrist as a result. What happened is that a friend of mine and I were riding a trail...
Hi Kelly, ... I am not there, so I can only speculate. I don't know what your skills are as a rider. But for me, if the horse is that stuck there is usually...
... what do I do about the leading issue, should I try leading with a snaffle or lass rope halter, would that be more effective? Hi Kelly, I trimmed your post...
... Sorry, I should have mentioned in my post that I have explored those kinds of things and they have been ruled out - teeth were checked in July, both...
... Kelly, I wonder if he could be insulin resistant. One of our colts is the same way, but after adding Remission to his diet (4x the manufacturer's...
I'm going to go back to the basics and check myself and am not going to move up until they are doing them flawlessly because maybe I moved them too fast and...
... I never thought about that - it was a steep hill and maybe my weight threw him forward off balance and he had to move those feet to balance himself and...
... Thanks for making an exception and replying! Your comments and suggestions gave me much to chew on and are appreciated. ... This is what we worked on...
... and I was constantly ... If he doesn't lead up freely, I would also encourage getting together with him on this first, as the book recommends. If it goes...
... I will go back and read that, thank-you! thanks to everyone who has posted responses - I'm so glad I found this group, you all have been so helpful and I'm...
Ok, so I'm going back to basics so to say and I'm curious - how much? How much can I do, when should I do more, that kind of stuff? For example, today I went...
... HI Kelly I'm wondering if 'going back down the line a little' might have you thinking you need to be super cautious, or worrying that you might do the...
I have just been out on my youngster and while riding thinking of your problem. I suppose there could be many causes. Thinking of my horses, the one I had out...
... rope and for that, they just have to free their feet for you Adeline<< I really like your thinking, and I, too, find the exercise on page 208 to be a lot...
... Hi Janie, I'm afraid I'm not the best person to ask! Working with my own youngsters nearly all the time I don't get much impression of what the rest of the...
Wow! I've been given so much great advice, so much stuff to chew on! A friend emailed me about what happened and was complimenting me on how well I am with...
... talk of a brace in the shoulders I'm not 100% clear what they mean...please could you explain more? Is it what the dressage people call 'lightening the ...
... I haven't been ignoring you, I've been thinking! I love when people ask as normally I just 'do things' and it is great for me to analyse 'why' and 'why/how...
Thanks again to everyone's comments and suggestions! I realized one thing that I've been doing wrong and that's that I've been unknowingly shutting my horses...
... Kelly, this reminds me of something from Leslie (I either read it or it's on her CD set maybe?) - sometimes we aren't comfortable with livening up or...