When I started horse riding I started like all novice riders. My instructor taught me The Basics. I learned how to adjust the stirrup leathers and get in the saddle, to sit straight and what I had to do to transition from a halt to a walk and how to turn. Later on I learned […]
What is so exciting about the boring \’basics\’ in horse training? Read More »
Many equine clicker trainers ask me: \’How do you start clicker training under saddle?\’ and \’Do you have a video of clicker training while riding?\’ They expect something spectaculair in a video. In this blog I explain one of the biggest struggle points of taking my clicker training from the ground into the saddle. I
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Often when I watch people ride I see struggle. I see a lot of frustration and it seems so difficult to learn how to ride. Truth is, that it\’s partially in the way riding is taught, but it doesn\’t have to be like that. Riding and learning to ride can be relatively easy and effortless if
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To be honest most riding lessons I attend look more like a \’struggle\’ than fun. Not only for the rider, but also for the horse. Does it sound weird if I say this depresses me? It doesn\’t have to be like that. Really, horse riding can be easy and fun, for both rider and horse.
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Why would you give your child a whip when it start to ride? Isn\’t that weird. If you think about it… Think about it!
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