Recent content by Nuraya112

I just wanted to thank everyone for their help on my post, as with some of the exercises suggest, we now have a very consistent outline so thank you everyone! this is what this forum is about helping each other :D

Both his parents are 5 panel negative, would he still be at risk of PSSM? he doesn't display any signs x

I completely understand where your coming from He is definitely not unhappy, he enjoys his work and is the sort of horse if he was unhappy he’d of certainly told me long ago as he is very sensitive, If anything he is really keen to get going, he absolutely loves dressage and thrives off of it...

I completely understand what your saying, but this is something I already did long ago, and was something I considered and thought through when I first brought him, his not built like a western pleasure horse at all, he is from reining bloodlines so would be naturally be built to round up...

In my lessons we use circles of various sizes, half volts, volts, extensions of the paces, serpentines, turn on the forehand, and we seem to get the outline for parts of the lesson but its always on a reeeeeally long contact, if I shorten it even gradually he just pokes his nose and resists, and...

Yes I would say he is working through correctly from behind as he wouldn’t have the muscle like he does, and I always make sure he is working and thinking forwards, he has improved so much from when he was first broken in, as if you tried to get more impulsion he would start skipping into a lope...

Thank you for replying on my post :) I'd say a mixture of both, unless I ride him near enough at the end of the buckle he will poke his nose, but for dressage this would be considered really overbent, so its a case of trying to bring him up even if it's just a bit without him poking his nose...

I was wondering if anyone can help (Sorry about the essay) I am feeling quite disheartened at the moment :( I have a 6 year old american paint horse (basically a coloured quarter horse) who I have produced myself from a completely wild and problematic 3yo he has been under saddle for 2...