Jane Savoie's Blog – November 2010 Archive (4)

Second Happy Horse Clip is Up!

In today’s clip on the walk, I’ll show you
how to ask your horse to stretch during the free walk and
give you some ideas on what to do if your horse is either
lazy in the walk or gets nervous and wants to jig.

www.janesavoie.com/happyhorse/special/2
Enjoy!
Jane

Added by Jane Savoie on November 30, 2010 at 7:15am — No Comments

Happy Horse Course is Almost Baaaaccckkk!!

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if your horse could read your mind? Riding would be so much simpler if your horse could instantly understand every thought you had about what you’d like him to do.

Well, of course, your horse can’t really read your mind. But there are some very subtle and elegant ways to control your body and give crystal clear aids so it’s almost like he IS reading your mind.

So to help you see that it really IS possible to clearly communicate with your horse,… Continue

Added by Jane Savoie on November 28, 2010 at 9:19am — No Comments

How to Eliminate Resistance in the Leg Yield

Hi Guys,

People often tell me that their horses leg yield very well as far as going sideways is concerned, but they tend to toss their heads and show resistance to the reins. In desperation, some riders even use a tie down to put pressure on the nose to discourage their horses from yanking at the reins.

If your horse finds it fairly easy to cross his legs and move sideways with his body, yet he's tossing his head during leg yields, it sounds like he's objecting to your contact… Continue

Added by Jane Savoie on November 26, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Introducing New Work: Part Two

Last week, I started this series to help you decide how and when to introduce new work. That blog focused on Training and First Levels. What follows is Part 2 of that series.

Let's say your horse is solid at first level. Look ahead to the Second Level movements. Check out the dressage tests. You'll see that you need to work on shoulder-in, haunches-in,… Continue

Added by Jane Savoie on November 12, 2010 at 2:30pm — No Comments