chaps89
Well-Known Member
A long time! Actually, not strictly true. She was very very green with some bad habits and lots of gaps in her education.
We have cantered all the way through but the primary focus has been on a good foundation in walk and trot.
I'd say it's been 2 years of this and in the last month or so I have an established enough canter to reliably get the correct lead, I can sit to the canter, we can do multiple laps of the school, circles and multiple sets of canter. We've also started flying changes.
It has been a long time building up to this. We have cantered in the school, mostly with a focus on just going forwards on the right lead and out hacking, again with a focus on forwardsness. But on the most part it's been learning (for both of us) how to use our bodies correctly and in conjunction with one another in walk and trot which means we now have a good canter, not just a canter.
It's been tough but one of the best learning curves ever.
We have cantered all the way through but the primary focus has been on a good foundation in walk and trot.
I'd say it's been 2 years of this and in the last month or so I have an established enough canter to reliably get the correct lead, I can sit to the canter, we can do multiple laps of the school, circles and multiple sets of canter. We've also started flying changes.
It has been a long time building up to this. We have cantered in the school, mostly with a focus on just going forwards on the right lead and out hacking, again with a focus on forwardsness. But on the most part it's been learning (for both of us) how to use our bodies correctly and in conjunction with one another in walk and trot which means we now have a good canter, not just a canter.
It's been tough but one of the best learning curves ever.