Legolas and Amber
San Diego Horse Trainer Will Faerber gives you an update on Legolas and his associate trainer Amber.
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Will, hello. I’ve been following your guidelines for stretching over the topline with active hind legs in all my warm up work…and between more collected work. My boy is a home bred Dutch Warmblood Thoroughbred cross, Aeroplay, 8 years old. He has become so much stronger and there is no hollow behind the saddle! He is sensitive, and fairly willing, but has a temper. He is going through a stage where he LOVES to stretch and move freely forward …but when I take up the rein to bring him up into more of a frame I feel that he actually resents it. Occasionally he will balk, kick out or move a little sideways. I know he is strong enough for the work. I believe that my contact is light and elastic. Have you ever experienced this with another horse? Any suggestions? PS. His teeth should be fine, done this fall, and no lameness issues.
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Kali says:
We experience this all the time. In most cases, the horse is trying to tell you that that is the only place he is comfortable. So let him stay there for a while, a week or two, then try to bring his head and neck up without taking the neck back toward you. As the horse grows stronger he will naturally carry his head and neck higher. It sounds like you are on the right track, listen to the horse and he will be your best partner in the training, above all have the patience to wait for the horse to develop. If you are doing it correctly it will.
Endea says: …. Wondering, how long are the reins Amber was using?
Thanks
Will, hello. I’ve been following your guidelines for stretching over the topline with active hind legs in all my warm up work…and between more collected work. My boy is a home bred Dutch Warmblood Thoroughbred cross, Aeroplay, 8 years old. He has become so much stronger and there is no hollow behind the saddle! He is sensitive, and fairly willing, but has a temper. He is going through a stage where he LOVES to stretch and move freely forward …but when I take up the rein to bring him up into more of a frame I feel that he actually resents it. Occasionally he will balk, kick out or move a little sideways. I know he is strong enough for the work. I believe that my contact is light and elastic. Have you ever experienced this with another horse? Any suggestions? PS. His teeth should be fine, done this fall, and no lameness issues.
We experience this all the time. In most cases, the horse is trying to tell you that that is the only place he is comfortable. So let him stay there for a while, a week or two, then try to bring his head and neck up without taking the neck back toward you. As the horse grows stronger he will naturally carry his head and neck higher. It sounds like you are on the right track, listen to the horse and he will be your best partner in the training, above all have the patience to wait for the horse to develop. If you are doing it correctly it will.
…. Wondering, how long are the reins Amber was using?
Thanks