http://www.janesavoie.com/blog/sit-centered-and-balanced-for-effective-horseback-riding/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:55:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.janesavoie.com/blog/sit-centered-and-balanced-for-effective-horseback-riding/comment-page-1/#comment-173279 Horse riding techniques Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:15:30 +0000 http://www.janesavoie.com/blog/?p=304#comment-173279 Your objective is to keep the horse's attention on you without making any loud moves. So before something else gets his attention, you want to make just a little bit bigger move to get his attention back to you--jiggle a whip, raise a hand, or walk in a little closer or a little farther back from that shoulder line. his head down and starts eating grass or whatever, you're going to have to be loud with your actions to get his attention back. You'll startle him, he'll run from your "attack," and it will take longer for him to trust you. Your objective is to keep the horse’s attention on you without making any loud moves. So before something else gets his attention, you want to make just a little bit bigger move to get his attention back to you–jiggle a whip, raise a hand, or walk in a little closer or a little farther back from that shoulder line. his head down and starts eating grass or whatever, you’re going to have to be loud with your actions to get his attention back. You’ll startle him, he’ll run from your “attack,” and it will take longer for him to trust you.

]]> http://www.janesavoie.com/blog/sit-centered-and-balanced-for-effective-horseback-riding/comment-page-1/#comment-173183 Horse riding techniques Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:33:33 +0000 http://www.janesavoie.com/blog/?p=304#comment-173183 The horse begins to associate that posture with the freedom to move forward. When you step behind this line, you put pressure on the horse to move forward. If you step ahead of this line, you restrict him a little. As you and your horse get to playing together and paying more attention to one another, you can eventually use these actions to encourage the horse to turn another direction or change speed. For example, you can step ahead of the shoulder line, turn, and ask the horse for a turn. The horse begins to associate that posture with the freedom to move forward. When you step behind this line, you put pressure on the horse to move forward. If you step ahead of this line, you restrict him a little. As you and your horse get to playing together and paying more attention to one another, you can eventually use these actions to encourage the horse to turn another direction or change speed. For example, you can step ahead of the shoulder line, turn, and ask the horse for a turn.

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