Horses seem to be stiff on one side or the other. Sometimes when we get one side soft and flexible, they then struggle on the other side. It is very important to remember to do all initial training at a walk and not to try it trotting until the horse is soft at the walk. I like to walk them collected and up in the bridle, yet flexing from left to right and do this again and again without the nose popping back out. There are other ways to get them soft. If I am really struggling, I will round pen with them tied back to one side only to help get them accepting my "ask" in the cart. Treasure was soooo stiff to the right that we thought at one time that there was something physically wrong, but she is improving with leaps and bounds.
There are 4 videos in this blog that I tend to send to people when they ask me questions. They are in posts below or here they are for you to easily access: https://youtu.be/OzIYx1yowds https://youtu.be/LoDkm8zoWqY https://youtu.be/AMigJKW2nE8 https://youtu.be/A19POG9wap4
Friday, June 10, 2016
One sided stiffness in the driving horse
Horses seem to be stiff on one side or the other. Sometimes when we get one side soft and flexible, they then struggle on the other side. It is very important to remember to do all initial training at a walk and not to try it trotting until the horse is soft at the walk. I like to walk them collected and up in the bridle, yet flexing from left to right and do this again and again without the nose popping back out. There are other ways to get them soft. If I am really struggling, I will round pen with them tied back to one side only to help get them accepting my "ask" in the cart. Treasure was soooo stiff to the right that we thought at one time that there was something physically wrong, but she is improving with leaps and bounds.
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