I came away from the expo with mixed feelings, too. Good points are
that none of his horses or students horses are ridden with a bit and
there was lots of bridleless riding. His horses and his students horses
seemed to be willing, happy workers. He is a round pen , join up kind of
That's funny, because that wasn't my impression of him at all. Now, mind
you, I haven't had RFD-TV in a couple of years -
Please remember this was an expo, not a clinic, so I'm not sure if it
was representative of his overall work and I only went one day and not
the second - I had never seen
From what I understood from others that have seen him in the past is
that he has definitely improved in the showmanship aspect of his
presentation. They said he used to be very boring but he was very
charismatic when I saw him - wonder where he went to learn that.
I don't have a clue.
One Dennis Reis episode I saw that knocked my socks off - and I REALLY wish
I had it on video - was where he explained SO clearly the difference between
leg yields and shoulder-ins. He demonstrated the difference himself (no
horse), by showing the difference in the way his body was bent
I think he developed confidence. I saw several shows on RFDTV about a
year or two ago, a series where he had a long training school thing
over a period of a week or so at his farm or facility or something.
Each episode was very intense in one particular area and there was a
lot of personal
See? that stuff so mystifies and baffles me and seems so complicated
and unrelated to what I actually DO that I tend to tune out and ignore
it, so thats probably why he did not appeal to me.
And Janice, that always seems odd to me when you say that, and I've heard
you say it before. Why
I see it as VERY applicable to my world though, the lower ends.
Me too! I never got beyond the very lower levels of dressage, but I really
loved the communication and bonding it gave me and my horse. Only in
dressage have I ever experienced the feeling that my horse was absolutely
tuned to
I dont know it just seems hard to me, complicated! From the saddle,
I cant tell what foot is stepping on the ground, and I dont really
understand why it matters. Altho I do know someone who has a bad back
from a fall when she says her horse changed leads unexpectedly? that
sounds funny to me.
So now I am about 99% trail rider. I still want my horses to bend around my
leg in order that my knee is not banged into a tree trunk on our narrow
forest trails. I want him/her to do nice upward and downward transitions
because they keep us both safe. For instance, we're trotting (or
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I just ride, and let them figure out what lead they
are on?
Me too!! When I took a clinic last summer, we were
cantering circles, and the instructor told me I was on
the wrong lead, and I replied, that's her problem, if
she is uncomfortable, she
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