khalswitz
Well-Known Member
Here's some food for thought.
A friend of mine claims that the 'correct' way of doing things, ie working from back to front, getting the forward and the engagement before worrying about the head, is the ideal, but that is many reschooling cases it doesn't work. She says there are cases when she is reschooling where she teaches the horse to soften first on the forehand before getting the hindquarters going.
I used to agree with her, that there are many roads to Rome, but with my current instructor I think I've learned how you can apply the same principles in different ways but still doing things 'correctly' - Geoff has responded fabulously to it despite loads of issues.
At a recent Pammy Hutton demo she mentioned that 'we aren't BHS here - sometimes we do have to work from front to back, or using outside leg and inside hand'. My friend was jubilant.
What is your opinion? What sort of alternative approaches have you found successful, or not successful, in teaching a horse how to 'go' correctly? And do you believe in rules, no rules, or exceptions to the rules?
A friend of mine claims that the 'correct' way of doing things, ie working from back to front, getting the forward and the engagement before worrying about the head, is the ideal, but that is many reschooling cases it doesn't work. She says there are cases when she is reschooling where she teaches the horse to soften first on the forehand before getting the hindquarters going.
I used to agree with her, that there are many roads to Rome, but with my current instructor I think I've learned how you can apply the same principles in different ways but still doing things 'correctly' - Geoff has responded fabulously to it despite loads of issues.
At a recent Pammy Hutton demo she mentioned that 'we aren't BHS here - sometimes we do have to work from front to back, or using outside leg and inside hand'. My friend was jubilant.
What is your opinion? What sort of alternative approaches have you found successful, or not successful, in teaching a horse how to 'go' correctly? And do you believe in rules, no rules, or exceptions to the rules?