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Taking the Horse’s Thinking into Account
http://centraloregontrailcourse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/images4.jpgby Danica Yates (reprinted with Permission) Too often with dressage training and horse training in general, methods are forced upon the animals without attention being paid to what the animal is thinking. Horses will often submit to pressures but never …
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Tagged danica yates, discipline, dressage, dressage horse, Equestrian, equestrian riding, equine, forward free walk, gaits, half pass, horse, Horse trainer, horse trainers, horseback riding, horseback riding lessons, horsemanship, impulsion, leg aids, leg cues, leg pressure, moving out, Oregon, professional horse training, relaxed, sporthorses, training, western horse
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Walk Breaks
by Danica Yates reprinted with permission The significance of taking walk breaks can often be overlooked in the process of training sporthorses. Each of the three gaits is important and should be developed evenly. Developing a relaxed, forward free walk …
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Tagged danica yates, discipline, dressage, dressage horse, Equestrian, equestrian riding, equine, forward free walk, gaits, half pass, horse, Horse trainer, horse trainers, horseback riding, horseback riding lessons, horsemanship, impulsion, leg aids, leg cues, leg pressure, moving out, Oregon, professional horse training, relaxed, sporthorses, training, western horse
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‘Pet Him’, Properly Releasing with the Inside Rein
http://s1.hubimg.com/u/756496_f260.jpgby Danica Yates (reprinted with permission) What happens when you ride your horse and give with the inside rein? Next time you ride, try it out. At any gait, establish contact and softness and then reach your inside hand forward …
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Tagged Bend Oregon, central oregon, danica yates, discipline, dressage, dressage horse, Equestrian, equestrian riding, equine, forward free walk, gaits, half pass, horse, Horse trainer, horse trainers, horseback riding, horseback riding lessons, horsemanship, impulsion, leg aids, leg cues, leg pressure, moving out, Oregon, professional horse training, relaxed, sporthorses, training, western horse
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Quite Hands
by Danica Yates (reprinted with Permission) My partner is tree guy, not a horse person. But he is interested in dressage and asked me one morning at breakfast, “So when you are riding, doing like a half pass or something, …
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Tagged danica yates, discipline, dressage, dressage horse, Equestrian, equestrian riding, equine, forward free walk, gaits, half pass, horse, Horse trainer, horse trainers, horseback riding, horseback riding lessons, horsemanship, impulsion, leg aids, leg cues, leg pressure, moving out, Oregon, professional horse training, relaxed, sporthorses, training, western horse
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Western to Dressage
http://centraloregontrailcourse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/1924450_f520-300x224.jpgby Danica Yates (Reprinted with Permission) Each discipline in equestrian riding has training specifics that make the disciplines what they are. Western disciplines are characterized by short, slow movement and minimal contact on the reins. Dressage is founded on forward …
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Tagged contact, danica yates, discipline, dressage, dressage horse, Equestrian, equestrian riding, equine, forward free walk, gaits, half pass, horse, Horse trainer, horse trainers, horseback riding, horseback riding lessons, horsemanship, impulsion, leg aids, leg cues, leg pressure, moving out, Oregon, professional horse training, relaxed, sporthorses, training, western horse
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Soft Hands for Free Movement
by Danica Yates reprinted with permission In past articles, we have looked at axioms of Classical Dressage. Here is a very important one, ‘ride back to front.’ All too often, we see dressage horses who are pulled together with the …
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Getting your horse ready for trail course obstacle training
http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=centralcom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0028EBTOCBy Shari Maguire If you haven’t read “Making a Pleasure Horse – Part 1 & 2”, than I suggest you do so now; the exercises mentioned in those articles should be applied to all horse training before you begin any …
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