Horse Behavior - How to Slow a Horse Down Naturally, Part 1

[GiddeeUpGirl]

deffinetly, when u see her next can u give her a pat oon the back for me, its hard riding a youngster when ur little. She did really well..and seemed to understand what to do and did it great

[welcometopemberley]

Sure, I totally will. She'll be stoked :) Katie is a natural with riding. She has huge drive and pretty natural balance. Like most of us, she's probably spend 24 hours a day with horses if it were possible, lol

[GiddeeUpGirl]

Great :) thanx so much. I wish i had students like her, shes a lil ripper

[GiddeeUpGirl]

great vid, good riding of the lil girl for the circumstances :) gawg pony,, good comentary too :)

[welcometopemberley]

Thanks! Katie did great. Molly was hard to ride that day. They're both superstars tho :)

[colormecoloryou]

Big changes from the start to finish.

[susancoombes]

This is a really great video. Thanks for making your sessions public on youtube. I find this exercise very useful for my pacey icelandic too. Your commentary is exceptional.

Sue

[welcometopemberley]

What a nice comment, thank you! Is it a harder exercise to do with a gaited horse, do you think? I've never tried it.

[susancoombes]

It is hard for me as she is my first horse. She is very young (4) so I don't do too tight a turn. We do semicircles across a diagonal at the moment, large snakes. I have David Lichman's DVD's. I noticed that when we move into her favoured rein is the best time to get trot or a good tolt. Otherwise we have stepping pace which is also smooth anyway.

You really must try a gaited horse it is such fun as long as you expect the unexpected a lot.

Sue

[welcometopemberley]

That's great that you have found a way to get her to tolt. From what I understand, it can be hard to set up the right conditions. I'll be on the lookout for an Icelandic to try sometime :) I was fascinated by them with their heavy manes as a child. The Discovery Channel always had really beautiful shots of them trotting through cold mist in Iceland.

[kathleenrawls]

This is a great video which explains and also illustrates your subject - slowing how your horse/pony without a fight.

[welcometopemberley]

Thanks, I was just excited Katie was able to do it. It was a lot to ask of Molly, too, because I put her in a jumping hackamore (just a noseband with reins) to save her mouth. She had only gone in the jumping hackamore one time before this so it shows how light she is.

[evanswelsh]

Nice job Molly and Katie! Can't wait for Molly's first foal.

[welcometopemberley]

It's going to be an awesome baby.