Dressage Naturally -playing around with collection

Karen Rohlf does Dressage, Naturally... plays with her horse at liberty, bridle-less and with a bridle. Pirouettes, piaffe, stretching and collection.

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Pets & Animals

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• dressage
• naturally
• karen
• rohlf
• natural
• piaffe
• pirouettes

[IluvJoeJonas101hot]

may I ask why his head is so low?? usually the horses heads are a bit higher. great riding and horseman ship!!

[kssage]

Hi... well, it is only low when i am asking him to stretch, it comes up when i ask him to come up! Just wanted to show how much the neck and body can change shape just through talking to the body.

thanks for the compliments!

[TheMoyse]

Can someone clarify a couple of things for me:

How do you tell if a horse is happy?

All training must involve an element of force/pressure - so isn't natural horsemanship just about getting a reponse to a different set of cues? eg waving the stick in the air, touching the neck etc etc

[kssage]

Hi...

how do we know they are happy?... it is always a 'best guess' but I think when you do things at liberty or bridleless the horse certainly has opportunities to leave or do as they prefer... but yes, people could be cruel and forceful even in liberty work... I guess the main thing is how willingly they choose to show up the next day for more of the same!!

What do when given options?

And how can it be done in a way that I can sleep at night! :-)

[SarcasticMule]

Dressage with no string attached. I like it. This is how it should alway be, not with tight side reins, and all the other mecanical stuff dressage riders use.

[SweetJudith12345]

This is the way dressage was suppose to always be...Natural and beautiful...

My overwhelming compliments..

[Dr3ssage]

This is simply beautiful, such great horsemanship.

[RyuNovafan]

Lol

[michel140170]

No saddle, no spurs : amazing.

[sardonic12]

What a wonderful sight! Maybe one dayI will figure out how to be more comfortable bareback and see what happens.

[RedFoxeh]

you couldnt have picked a more perfect song. beautiful

[jett888]

@SarcasticMule "mecanical stuff" SOME "dressage riders use"- remember, not all drassage is

done through force, this is why it's so refreshing and rewarding to watch Karen work with her and

her clients horses

[lippystic]

Gosh, to me, this is the epitome of horsemanship. Horse and rider/handler are in complete unison......I have been striving for this for the last 25 years and I can only imagine what it would be like to achieve even a snippet of what you have accomplished.....I commend you.

[amannie11]

thats amazing!

[marigold321]

REAL horsemanship.

[Marixxen2]

What I like best about this is how the horse is more or less always keeping the head on/over the vertical linje (wich is good, in the competition dressage most horses are a bit behind etc.. -.-') But where can I teach this? I can without problem ride my horse bridless and train with him from the ground, but i'd like to know more about the dressage and how to get "results" without force etc. =)