Checking if she's disunited

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Is there any way to check if my horse is disunited in canter without someone looking at her from the ground?

Sometimes she feels like she's gone disunited but I'm not sure, and no matter how much I try to look behind me I can't seem to figure out if she's disunited or not.
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You will def feel it beleive me. When he does it bring him back to trot and strike him off again. Sometimes if horses start doing this regular it can take many months to correct. (once all the usual checks have been done and cleared) With one of my horses it was balance issue combined with a slight mechanical issue. Keep at it !
 
Yeah she's normally very bouncy but smooth if that makes sense - everything seems to be in the right place, but recently she feels very uncomfortable, though it may be because I'm in the school more with the darker nights and she doesn't like it. I haven't noticed it when out hacking tbh so maybe it's just a schooling thing
 
Oh believe me, you can deff feel it! my pony does it if your not clear with your aids, he never use to until starting having lessons to get him wokring properly and using his back end
 
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Yeah she's normally very bouncy but smooth if that makes sense - everything seems to be in the right place, but recently she feels very uncomfortable, though it may be because I'm in the school more with the darker nights and she doesn't like it. I haven't noticed it when out hacking tbh so maybe it's just a schooling thing

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If she is feeling uncomfortable and doing it mainly in the school, circles and etc then it may be good idea to have your horses back checked, pelvis could be out etc.
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it's usually pretty obvious... but - my horse who'd had a bad back and had taken to cantering disunited as it was most comfortable for her so got into the habit - then it felt remarkably smooth - esp when normal canter felt stiff for her at that point..
luckily we're mostly (unless we turn a corner - ask for change and miss the back end etc) over that now
 
It will deffo feel odd when a horse goes disunited - a bit like riding a bicycle with a puncture. I tended to feel as it I was being rocked about from side to side when my horse choped behind and went disunited. Do recommend that you get your horses back checked it she really is going disunited regularly. Mine used to chop behind when learning medium canter. I was always told to just keep cantering and he would sort himself out but he was quite happy to canter round the school disunited whereas my four year old corrects himself almost immediately.
 
Sorry Kenzo, I'm on the work comp that doesn't show the sigs so can't see it!

Am I right in thinking if I canter her on the lunge she'll probs go disunited if she's doing it in the school and on circles?
 
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