Leg Aids Clarified
In this day and age, it often seems that the “correct” use of the aids is with emphasis on the legs for most of the work, and little is left to the hands. Just how do the leg aids interact with the horse to communicate our wishes? In this article, you’ll learn how [...]

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Why Horses Really Run Away
 
Your huffing and puffing, cursing the very horse that you wish wanted to be with you badly enough to stop running away. Likely you have broken a sweat, your halter and lead have become a tangled mess beyond recognition, and you could have ridden two horses in the time it’s taken [...]

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Defining and Solving
 
Resistance in the horse can come in several forms, at times violent and on the other end of the spectrum, passive. Both forms are harmful, frustrating and a sign that the horse does not fully understand what is being asked of him. Let us take a deeper look at the forms of resistance [...]

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What is ego, and where does it belong in the act of riding, training and otherwise interacting with horses?
Ego; noun
1. Self-aggrandizement: an act undertaken to increase your own power and influence or to draw attention to your own importance.
2. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
I would like to take the stance [...]

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