blitznbobs
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How early in a horse’s training do you teach a half halt?
Do you actively teach it or is it just kinda learnt by osmosis?
Do you actively teach it or is it just kinda learnt by osmosis?
Half halts
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shortstuff99
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I don't know what others do but I actively teach it and I teach it from the start.
Pinkvboots
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I would always start using them early on.
millitiger
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For me, sensitive horses don't really need to be taught how to half halt but can take time to understand to not overreact and to stay in rhythm.
I find slightly more onward bound horses, you might need to make the half halts a little bigger and more deliberate to help the horse to wait and really understand the hindlegs coming under and the shoulder lifting. You can almost feel the cogs turning!
I think you almost do it subconsciously, particularly in trot and canter, when coming up to corners, before transitions etc. rather than specifically having a session on teaching half halt.
I find slightly more onward bound horses, you might need to make the half halts a little bigger and more deliberate to help the horse to wait and really understand the hindlegs coming under and the shoulder lifting. You can almost feel the cogs turning!
I think you almost do it subconsciously, particularly in trot and canter, when coming up to corners, before transitions etc. rather than specifically having a session on teaching half halt.
ycbm
Einstein would be proud of my Insanity...
Right from the start, same aids, but in a young horse it would be more to rebalance a loss of balance than to create more engagement. I've never really thought about it as teaching it, I just do it.
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Fingers crossed for a vetting this week?
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