by janesavoie | May 21, 2013 | Dressage, Dressage Tips, Dressage Training Solutions
Teach your horse to be reactive to the sideways leg aid in the same way that you teach him to react to the forward driving aid. That is: Give a light aid. If he ignores you, make a correction. Go back to what you were doing originally and RETEST with the same light...
by janesavoie | May 2, 2013 | Motivation
Horses live in the moment. We really enjoy physical sensations because we are NOW. We don’t think much about the future or the past. We live in the present. Jane and I are back in Vermont now. The air here is so different from Florida! The smell of the spring...
by janesavoie | May 2, 2013 | Motivation
When I was a puppy and still with my canine family, I had lots of arguments with my brothers and sisters. We were always fighting over the attention of our mom, the best place to sleep, and the most advantageous location at the fence to bark at people walking by. At...