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...
... I've been struggling with this very thing recently. Its led me to going off to take lessons on some horses that are spirited but not dangerous, so I can...
I've been doing a lot of ground work since the accident and things are going real well. We've been doing free lunging in a small pasture that my barn sits...
That was the easiest I've ever been able to get him moving after ... Kelly, it's exciting to see the progress you've made with Bandit. My suggestion regarding...
... Hi Kelly Fun to read about all your progress :) When you stopped him and asked him to back, did you leave enough of a pause in there for him to soak in the...
... I believe I did that time, I usually do ... When I am asking for them to get out of my space I ask differently then when I ask them to go backward, I shake...
ok, so Bandit and I had a great time today - he totally gets that he's supposed to follow me and trotted behind me as I circled around the barn both ways...
Kelly ... Yes, just a thought on one way to explore how a horse is able to flow with a change in feel/intent at any given moment. I was wondering at the time...
Leslie Desmond, co-author of True Horsemanship Through Feel, will be in California in October and November. Don't miss these demos / clinics; flier here: ...
Hi All! I have a question about backing and leading up one step at a time. When you back, you tip the horse's nose over whichever front foot happens to be in...
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