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lilym
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I was just wondering what niggles and problems other people have - For me my bugbear is right canter.....
sea_view
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Right canter is a bit 'unbalanced' to say the least and then wrong bend on the right rein at times too.
Katie__Connie
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Mine is getting a good quality canter... new girlie has a strange canter and either rushes or falls out of the canter..... I'm just spoiled as my last pony was a dream on the flat!
Charmaine18
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Haha, we barely do anything right schooling - it would take hours to list everything we do wrong!
Scoobs is very heavy on the forehand, doesn't bend well (steers like a 10 tonne lorry!), never engages his back end, can't canter round a corner (we do one side, then back to trot for the corner, then another side...). My instructor originally told me just to focus on getting some of the weight off him before worrying about schooling - now that he's lost some, we've started working on all this. He's already getting a lot lighter on the hands, he used to pull like a train but doesn't do that at all now, and today he did some lovely bendiness - so we are getting there!
Sol
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Just the right rein! He leans on my right hand, ignores my right leg, and the harder I ask him to work, the more he protests xD
Silly stroppy horse....
However, he will occasionally prove that he can be perfect - just... not all that often... *sigh*
Silly stroppy horse....
However, he will occasionally prove that he can be perfect - just... not all that often... *sigh*
emmanash
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where do I start?!! Just getting down the school has been a challenge - there were pigs in the field at the end and Tawny does NOT like piggies!!
I find it hard getting her to listen to me, she's so damned nosey. Working on the left rein is a lot harder for her. We're both quite novicey in the school and are having lessons to help us improve.
I find it hard getting her to listen to me, she's so damned nosey. Working on the left rein is a lot harder for her. We're both quite novicey in the school and are having lessons to help us improve.
Kallibear
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Not being able to relax! He spends so much of his time being anxious and alert that we can't do much productiive. When he does finally relax he's still very green but doesn't really have an 'issue' with anything other than trying to bugger off out the school every now and again.
LadyRascasse
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left canter on the mare and she also leans on the left rein
trendybraincell
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I haven't got any major issues right now, I just have small things that need work. Tension in the neck, a sudden lack of impulsion when I ask for right half pass, and we're trying to open the shoulder in the canter to produce more defined transitions within the pace
brucea
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I was just wondering what niggles and problems other people have - For me my bugbear is right canter.....
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Don't know if your problem is getting the right lead lilly - but a bit of help I was given by a V senior dressage coach was to turn the head slightly to the outside and bring the inside hip back - all trying to lighten and free that inside leg to lead with. Make it obvious to begin with and once the correct lead is established better then phase it out.
Worked a treat - but it's obviously best in a corner!
I was just wondering what niggles and problems other people have - For me my bugbear is right canter.....
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Don't know if your problem is getting the right lead lilly - but a bit of help I was given by a V senior dressage coach was to turn the head slightly to the outside and bring the inside hip back - all trying to lighten and free that inside leg to lead with. Make it obvious to begin with and once the correct lead is established better then phase it out.
Worked a treat - but it's obviously best in a corner!