On 9/5/07, Nancy Sturm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So - "float" is just a loose lead? Like a dog at heel? and the leash > falling in a "J"? > > Endurance horses have to do that in order to get a good natural trot out for > soundnes. If the lead is taut, you can inhibit their movement. > > Nancy >
yes, exactly, and Leslie Desmond talks about it on her cds etc. Its a dorrance thing I think. But basically a horse WANTS to follow float, actually follows that, not the tugging, he only follows the tugging to receive the release of the float. So instead of a taut line or tug when they fall behind or go forward you should just barely almost invisibly have a little sublte pulll and they instantly move into it and you give them the float to follow. I am probably explaining it wrong. i just know my fox was dragging me across the yard like a water skier and I thought i would just try this on him and to my absolute amazement he acted like he had wanted me to do this all the time. I even had him load into a trailer willingly the first time by doing "follow the float". So much of dorrance is so subtle. He was a master horseman unequaled in our age i think... Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
