Cantering fjords

[Linda Lottie]

This message is from: Linda Lottie 


I'll jump in here and share that our "Hasse" also LOVES to canter.  Prefers it 
to trotting!!!  He is much more "forward" than his mother...but a level headed 
guy.  He makes a great lesson horse and the kids love to ride him (in an arena) 
because he likes to canter!  

One day a 10 year old with little to no horse experience wanted to ride him.  
Of course, we walked along side her...soon she was turning and stopping and 
moving out with beginner confidence.  Round and round she went ...we adults 
were visiting & I was not  paying total close attention when I looked her way 
and she had Hasse in a most beautiful collected trot!!!  Calm and steering 
pretty well, Hasse was listening to her 100%.  Gotta love that horse  He 
really likes kids.

Linda in WI
rain today

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On Sep 28, 2013, at 12:22 PM, "Logans - Willows Edge Farm LLC" 
 wrote:

> This message is from: Logans - Willows Edge Farm LLC 
> 
> 
> I think there is so much personal take on temperaments - if you've been around
> horses for a long time, a normal 5, may be a 2. Or a 7.
> 
> As for forward, I have one Fjord mare like Rosemary, who LOVES to go. Sweet as
> can be, handles wildlife in the woods like they're pasture pals and a great
> little lesson lady, but she moves. She also likes to ... CANTER! Yes, a Fjord
> who loves to canter and smoothly I'll add too.
> 
> Rosemary, I think if everyone in WA got their blow dryers & fans out you might
> be able to push that rain out of there - we could use more in SW Idaho. ;)
> 
> Corinne Logan
> Willows Edge Farm, LLC
> Boise/Kuna, Idaho
> (208) 779-0483
> www.willowsedgefarm.com
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> 
> 
> 
>> This message is from: Rose or Murph 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I have to disagree with some of the beliefs that a forward moving Fjord
> horse is a high strung horse.
>> 
>> I had another great ride on my mare tonight. She was forward, and i could
> tell she physically feels great. She is a quiet confident mare, who I can ride
> out at dusk on the buckle. She covers lots of ground in a quick efficient
> walk. We can keep up with my friend on his 17 hand warmblood. I do not have to
> pump her with my leg, or kick her in to a trot. I ride english so I feel like
> I won the lotto with a horse that loves to move out, it makes my job much
> easier.
>> 
>> Rosemary in Wa.rain is on its way:(
> 
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Re: cantering fjords

[Nature Friends Outdoor]

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For thoses that are getting discouraged here is my story : when I got Abby 
(drafty, short legs hmmm pot belly...) I figured that she would never 
canter. I think that she did not know how !! Little by little we made short 
little canters and I asked for them when she was naturally ready, I mean at 
times when she had real forward energy so that it came naturally. I always 
asked for it on a trail NOT in the arena. Cantering on a circle (even taking 
the turns in a large arena) it a whole different story and needs a horse to 
be coordinated and suple enough not to throw himself on the ground. Abby 
would have been terrified to be asked to canter in an arena at first because 
she knew that she would risk falling down in the corners.
Long story short : you should see Abby now : almost a racing horse ! She 
LOVES cantering and picks up the canter with only a light vocal click. From 
a slow, laid back horse she transformed into a very forward horse that loves 
moving and is an absolute joy to ride.
So don't get discouraged and just build the muscles and skills of your 
horses slowly and I bet all of them will enjoy cantering because moving is 
what makes horses happy.


Good luck

Yasmine Djabri

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