siani1989
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anyone enlighten me on helping my horse go from walk to canter - trot to canter transitions lovely cant really do much with my legs as my horse is soo sensitive with me squeezing so any ideas
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vikkiandmonica
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Only thing I did when teaching my gelding how to do it, was really exaggerate a canter aid, and make sure he had a good inside bend. He got it pretty quickly by doing this
If you don't want to use your legs too much, why not do trot to canter transitions, and gradually reduce the amount of trot strides you do before cantering, until you don't need to trot?
If you don't want to use your legs too much, why not do trot to canter transitions, and gradually reduce the amount of trot strides you do before cantering, until you don't need to trot?
Booboos
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If your horse understands the canter aids, ask for a really engaged, forward walk and apply the canter aids, with a bit of luck you should get canter in which case give him a lot of praise.
Another way to try is to think trot and immediately canter, so that you go from walk to a couple of strides of trot and then immediately canter. As the horse becomes stronger over his back you can cut down on the strides of trot and eventually do walk to canter.
Another way to try is to think trot and immediately canter, so that you go from walk to a couple of strides of trot and then immediately canter. As the horse becomes stronger over his back you can cut down on the strides of trot and eventually do walk to canter.
Achinghips
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Voice train the transitions on the lunge first?
PurplePickle
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Have the other problem, one of ours goes walk canter all the time , although he does it so well I wish he would trot! lol sorry wasnt much help was it
jendie
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Mine responds to voice, in fact I find she responds more to voice than to aids!! I didn't train her like this but apparently sometime iin her past she was driven and voice commands are commonly used with driven horses.
CSYMolly
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Don't avoid the issue, it will come back to bite you big time, your horse needs to learn to accept your leg. Practise walking with your leg on gently untill he accepts it then just think canter and use your seat and the gentlest of leg aids. To teach him to accept your legs do lots of walk leg yielding across the school, walk pirrouttes, half passes etc.
Kat
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You don't have to squeeze to give the aids, just slide your outside leg well back, keep the inside one on the girth, sit up and onto your outside bum cheek (so you don't tip forward and in) and apply the usual amount of pressure. The aid for walk to canter need not be any stronger than the aid for walk to trot or trot to canter, it is all about how you ask.
First few times you may need to accept some trot strides but you can reduce this with time.
First few times you may need to accept some trot strides but you can reduce this with time.
dressagecrazy
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Echo CSYMolly, horse really needs to accept the leg before anything.
If you think of trotting with the hind legs & walking the front you will get an active walk, which you can then Canter from. Do not allow the horse to walk faster though.
If the walk is behind the leg or the horse is not sufficiently collected you will not achieve a Walk to Cater transition.
If you think of trotting with the hind legs & walking the front you will get an active walk, which you can then Canter from. Do not allow the horse to walk faster though.
If the walk is behind the leg or the horse is not sufficiently collected you will not achieve a Walk to Cater transition.
eggs
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Don't avoid the issue, it will come back to bite you big time, your horse needs to learn to accept your leg. Practise walking with your leg on gently untill he accepts it then just think canter and use your seat and the gentlest of leg aids. To teach him to accept your legs do lots of walk leg yielding across the school, walk pirrouttes, half passes etc.
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Ditto this. An old teacher of mine advised that with very sensitive horses you have to give a slightly exaggerated aid and a dull horse should have a lighter aid.
Don't avoid the issue, it will come back to bite you big time, your horse needs to learn to accept your leg. Practise walking with your leg on gently untill he accepts it then just think canter and use your seat and the gentlest of leg aids. To teach him to accept your legs do lots of walk leg yielding across the school, walk pirrouttes, half passes etc.
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Ditto this. An old teacher of mine advised that with very sensitive horses you have to give a slightly exaggerated aid and a dull horse should have a lighter aid.