On 6/28/07, Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, she has probably gone most of her life, just > offering stuff and either being framed by the rider, > or mooshing around in whatever. > I don't know anything about her background other than we bought her from a breeder who had her brought in from Iceland. I would hope that they would know how to ride one of their horses, so I figured that I just don't know how to bring out her bes
> When a trainer doesn't know gaits and can only get > gaits by framing a horse, the horses miss out on > learning about gaits themselves (because they don't > "learn" if they are force framed). > I'm not really sure how to 'frame' so maybe that's what Gat knows and since I don't, she was confused and was offering me everything trying to figure me out. I had her in a sidepull and mostly on a loose rein. A few times I would try more contact and a higher hold, just to see what would happen. I need to play mo > So say we have a pacey young horse, and about the best > gait it'll be able to do under saddle is a stepping > pace which can be quite comfortable. We can work with > the horse and establish that as the default gait, and > help the horse attain self-carriage, so the horse can > do it on a loose rein. How do you get the horse to attain self-carriage? (I'm sure that's a big topic!) V
