paso fino

a small clip of my paso fino filly

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Pets & Animals

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• filly
• horse
• paso
• fino

[dytrdr5]

The gait is called paso fino. No offense taken as I am not the guy riding the horse. That is the trainer and yes he is a bit hefty, but amazing at training. As a norm paso fino horses are much smaller than other horses commonly found in the states. Thanks for the comments.

[bandgirl987]

Yeah, but this isn't dressage.. this is a natural gait that's been refined a little for riding purposes.. Also, dressage was originally used to train war horses. It certainly wasn't useless or "retarded" back then.. Oh, and everything we do with horses is harnessing things horses do naturally on their own and producing them on request. That's all it is.

[randompanda89]

Their walk, canter and gallop are the same as any other horse.

[QH1100]

So much ignorant criticisms here - makes me sick.

[Emura100]

@AQHAwonder Plus if you want to talk about dead tails there are a lot of people who deaden the tails of Quarter Horses so that they won't move them in competition.

[Emura100]

@AQHAwonder The tail is not dead. It is being held out of the way so if the train backs up it won't step on its tail and rip it out. You don't want a dead tail in Paso Finos because in a competition if two horses are perfectly matched in every way shape and form, and one holds its tail prettier than the other, the one with the pretty tail will win because it gives a better picture.

[AQHAwonder]

Dead tail

[2Hot2TrotGoPasoFino]

His hands look light and supple, they only tension on the head, is on the jaquima not the bit. Some people put a butt strap on their Pasos to help them with their rear collection- either this horse has worn one, or the trainer prefers to ONLY tie the tail. tying the tail is a similar idea of training as the butt strap, it's not abusive at all, just used as a reminder or a "line" so to speak for the horse. Animals learn by doing, ya know. Just like most people and we all need a "line" to cross

[2Hot2TrotGoPasoFino]

@Nordkuhmaedchen it is not "tail bondage". Why do draft horses that pull have docked tails? Because they get in the way, to make pulling safer for the animal, correct? the tail on the Paso, is tied to keep it out of the way. It is sometimes used as a training method, but it depends upon the horse. I don't usu tie my Pasos tails. Yes, this horse DOES need some more rear drive and a little more hock action; but considering it's obvious that the horse is still green, he/she looks great. Way to go!

[2Hot2TrotGoPasoFino]

@Nordkuhmaedchen it is not "tail bondage". Why do draft horses that pull have docked tails? Because they get in the way, to make pulling safer for the animal, correct? the tail on the Paso, is tied to keep it out of the way. It is sometimes used as a training method, but it depends upon the horse. I don't usu tie my Pasos tails. Yes, this horse DOES need some more rear drive and a little more hock action; but considering it's obvious that the horse is still green, he/she looks great. Way to go!

[Nordkuhmaedchen]

Well, I don´t think, he really activates the hindquarters. He uses the bit his hands and very short reins to straighten up the neck. That´s wrong, the neck should straighten up as a result of stronger bending in the back.(Hips, Knees, hocks). Correct collection would make look the hind end lower than the withers.

no suppleness (step 2 in scale of training, 1 = rythm) so the horse can´t obey. To demand step 6 (collection) before step 2 (supplement) by using strong bits & ties is abuse (IMO)

[staticvel0city]

Besides the tail being tied to the side (which is NOT a "normal" part of training a Paso Fino), what is wrong with this video?

This trainer is asking the horse to collect up and engage its hindquarters, thus making the horse's strides shorter. How is this abuse? Certainly then asking a horse to jump over an obstacle in show jumping or asking a horse to do spins in reining is also abuse by your standards!

Btw - have you even watched ANY other videos of Paso Finos gaiting besides this one?

[Nordkuhmaedchen]

Doing something traditional does not mean doing it right. And it doesn´t mean, that there are no better/stressless/less painful ways.

Why reason for using "tail-bondage"? Why expresses it bustle and stressed tension? Why are the strides short, hectic and are losing the tact/pulse?

And no, I definitely don´t want to see a "traditional paso fino show", ´cause if you can call the training in this video "good" I would thr.... up seeing worse examples. (And yes I know there ARE worse!)