You use the same technique as the natural horsemanship teaches. Tap gently and increase your tapping until the horse makes the slightest response. Immediately stop and praise your horse. It make take a bit for the horse to figure out what you want. The key is to immediately stop tapping and praise.
@lovebobo14 pick the le up for them and then ive them a treat, tap the the again and if no response in the slightest lift the le up yourself again then praise... vice versa this is a great way to start duno y people are slating it!
Very good! i like it and nobody who is working with his horse and teaching his horse new things is a bad person. horses love attention and love to learn.
I do agree that a piaffe is a diagonal movement with the weight on the hindquarters; piaffe is also a movement carried through the entire body-not just a leg movement. I find that developing communication with my horse is never completely worthless.
this excercise is completely worthless for teaching a real piaffe. a piaffe is a diagonal trot with an extreme collection and way more weight on the hindquarters than in any other gait. a piaffe is good, when the frontlegs are tapping vertical and the hindlegs are coming way under the horses body. any other diagonal tapping of the horse is worthless.
@workingdogbarney I completely disagree with you, this is not completely worthless. Your disrespect for this person's work puts you in a position to be pounced on just the same. By the way do also say that the piaffe has to be performed on the spot or with very reduced forward movement when you give those neat definitions. This is a very simple and therefore good way to initiate piaffe and passage. I am glad you use other ways, but this is not worthless.
@TheStephenhuber you tap until they pick it up. Increase the tap every 3 seconds. Stop as soon as they move it, then start again, starting with the lightest tap. They will eventually pick them up by pointing at them. This also teaching respect.
lovely horse.Take care of him,give him good food and a lot of sugar,i can see,that he has good jump.
OxanaBarratt 1 week ago
This has nothing to do with a correct piaffe. This is just some trick.
MichlPiano 1 month ago 3
The reason he's confused it because you keep tapping when he's picked up the foot. You're not rewarding at that point.
SlashJunky 1 month ago
Ive only done this exercise twice with my Thoroughbred but hes already starting to hold his legs for a couple of seconds, so hes learning :).
Futureshowjumper 1 month ago
You use the same technique as the natural horsemanship teaches. Tap gently and increase your tapping until the horse makes the slightest response. Immediately stop and praise your horse. It make take a bit for the horse to figure out what you want. The key is to immediately stop tapping and praise.
TaraNolanHorses 1 month ago
what to do if the horse doesnt pick up the leg ?
please help ! :/
lovebobo14 2 months ago
@lovebobo14 pick the le up for them and then ive them a treat, tap the the again and if no response in the slightest lift the le up yourself again then praise... vice versa this is a great way to start duno y people are slating it!
JaMeE92 1 month ago
Very good! i like it and nobody who is working with his horse and teaching his horse new things is a bad person. horses love attention and love to learn.
1010nicole1010 3 months ago
I'm thrilled I found this video online. Thank you for posting it! I am excited to try this with some of my horses.
danisjumpers 4 months ago
I do agree that a piaffe is a diagonal movement with the weight on the hindquarters; piaffe is also a movement carried through the entire body-not just a leg movement. I find that developing communication with my horse is never completely worthless.
TaraNolanHorses 5 months ago 5
@TaraNolanHorses well said!
akanewe 4 months ago
this excercise is completely worthless for teaching a real piaffe. a piaffe is a diagonal trot with an extreme collection and way more weight on the hindquarters than in any other gait. a piaffe is good, when the frontlegs are tapping vertical and the hindlegs are coming way under the horses body. any other diagonal tapping of the horse is worthless.
workingdogbarney 6 months ago 9
@workingdogbarney I completely disagree with you, this is not completely worthless. Your disrespect for this person's work puts you in a position to be pounced on just the same. By the way do also say that the piaffe has to be performed on the spot or with very reduced forward movement when you give those neat definitions. This is a very simple and therefore good way to initiate piaffe and passage. I am glad you use other ways, but this is not worthless.
akanewe 4 months ago 6
how do i get my horse to accually pick his feet up like urs does lol xD my horse is rather lazy...
TheStephenhuber 8 months ago
@TheStephenhuber you tap until they pick it up. Increase the tap every 3 seconds. Stop as soon as they move it, then start again, starting with the lightest tap. They will eventually pick them up by pointing at them. This also teaching respect.
Hudson2012 4 months ago
? LOL plzz ttell me
15moonlight 1 year ago
whats part 2
15moonlight 1 year ago
hey thanks for this, as soon as the snow clears up at my barn, i'm going to start to teach my boy how to do this.
sebbylovespaxton 1 year ago