Schooling?

When schooling your horse do you give them a break to have a stretch?

When you pick them back up again do they work better?

I have always given Monty a break to stretch midway through schooling but he has decided that after his break he no longer needs to work
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Instead he decides he should try every trick in the book to get out of it
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So it ends up in a fight before finishing our session when before he goes so nicely
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Should I stop giving him a stretch and just do short schooling sessions with a good stretch at the end?
Any suggestions please as losing the will to live
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The best thing to do is to start giving him lots of little breaks, every 5-10 mins so that he gets used to a break not being the end of his work.

It will get gradually better!!
 
I warm up on a long rein at walk and trot for 10 to 15 mins and then allow him to walk and stretch for about 5 mins. Pick him up and work for another 30 to 40 mins with a walk and stretch once or twice depending how hard we are working. He finishes at trot on a buckle end rein stretching down and then gets walked off. He knows he has finished only when we stretch at trot on that long rein.
 
i give my mare breaks, but that is because she started to think she was done every time I stopped and gave her her head for a little bit. This became very annoying when i had lessons and stopped to talk to my trainer.

She tried every trick in the book to resist work. But, once she gets the idea i get much better work from her!!!

Over the past month the fights have gone from bucking, napping, nose in the air to a simple pinning of the ears.

I believe a horse should do what the rider requires and wants it to do. i am not tolerant of the horse dictating the regime (I don't mean that to sound as harsh as it does).
 
I give Adrian a stretch 2 or 3 times in 45 mins. I make him do it properly ie free walk on a long rein a la dressage. He gets tight & cross if he's worked for too long without a stretch & is better afterwards.
 
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