Getting your horse soft..Im a fanatic about flexing my horses because I believe that you can never get a horse too soft or supple. How many times have you heard someone complain that their horse is too light and responsive? Not often I bet. But people are always complaining about their horses being stiff and resistant. What most people don’t realize is that lateral flexion - flexing your horse’s head from side to side - is the key to vertical flexion and true collection. But before you can teach your horse how to flex his head under saddle, you first have to teach him the lesson on the ground. The answer is I started teaching them to soften to pressure from the first day I started working with them. The sooner you can teach your horse to soften and give to pressure, the lighter and more responsive he’ll be. If he knows how to give to pressure on the ground, it will be ten times easier to get him to do the same thing when you get on his back.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 17:34:26 +0000
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