Do dressage horses "like" doing dressage??

[Starbucks]

Like in the same way that a proper XC horse loves doing XC? Or do they just do it because they are told to?

Was just wondering to myself today thats all so thought I'd ask!

 

[Reashi]

Look at the ears on the horse on the front cover of this weeks H&H

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[kerilli]

i think some do. i've heard of horses actually doing test movements while turned out in the field (not just passaging around showing off to their mates!) some seem to really rise to the occasion and enjoy showing off.

 

[Starbucks]

Yea I was thinking that.. I guess the show off ones will be best at it too!

 

[cobden99]

I think its like XC in that its not something they would choose to do on their own - if you know what I mean

But I think some horses definitely enjoy having something challenging to think about when they are being worked

 

[Nailed]

ive worked with dressage horses and yes they do genuinally enjoy it. especially on party days.

Lou x

 

[pocket]

Think my boy loves it, my instructor is riding him for me at the mo until my op and they are have real boy time......my instructor was doing the girth up last week in the school and Ralph leg yelded across the school, perfect cross overs front and back

 

[chriscrogul]

One of the comments on my test sheet last week was "horse really happy in his work"!

 

[_April_]

April doesn't like schooling at home and can be quite lazy but when i take her to a DR show she turns into a different horse and works beautifully so i know she enjoys the posing side

 

[oinkmoooink]

Its quite funny, last year i went down to a carriage driving center with my driven shettie and my ridden wilshie, and my friend bought her dressage horse
she did some schooling while i had lessons, on one of their out door arenas, we saw the white boards and i swear he thought he was doing a dressage test, he got really into it. My instructors were amazied, they tohught he looked like a donkey in the stable and were shockedwhen she said he was a dressage horse!
He loves it though
My section d gets herself in a state whenever we do anything vaguly lateral, but shes not a dressgae horse, she loveds endurance, but i dont do that, so she has to put up with schooling and jumping, which shes happy to do unless she goers a week without a hack!

 

[aimeerose]

My mare didnt!!

She hated the 'pressure' and just didnt enjoy the job .. so we found her a new one!
My old ponio LOVED it, found it all very easy and played the the judges

 

[CastleMouse]

Ali certainly loves strutting his stuff!!