Part II - Q&A Webinar Straightness Training - Marijke de Jong

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Questions & Answers Webinar with Marijke de Jong about Straightness Training

The questions are:

Hi Marijke-thank you so much for making so much information available to us. How can a horse be "straight" on a circle? Thank you!
Jamie

Hi Marijke,
first thank you for all I learned from you.
Although you already explained it: Wy do the curb and the snaffle bit work so different. I didn´t understand that. You said how they work but I don´t understand why. Can you explain that again please?
And how can I train my eye to see when the horse is falling on the inside or outside shoulder? If this is not really obvious this makes me problems.
Thanks a lot for all what you are doing
Viviane

Hi Marijke!
First of all, I love your explanations about Straightness Training. It`s so important for the horses health.
Now my question. I got recently a 6 year old Frisian Mare, a big, sporty type (1,68 m at the withers and long long legs). She is not ridden much yet, and had a foal last year. Raina is uneven at her back. The left side seems to be lower than the right side. When you sit on her, the saddle goes automatically to the left side, which causes problems for her and for me (i get also back pains on my left side). She can`t step so much under with her left foot, it`s a different from nearly a hoof length. She seems to be stiv, has no happyness at work. Hardly to move forward. (in the past she was ridden with too short reins, so she has a wrong neck position)
I started with the Straightness training you explain, but it seems she does not progress, she just get tired.
Can you give me some helpfull tips what I can do to come on the right way? How can I motivate her properly to like to bend and work. Is it ok to ride her, or would you just work with her from the ground? I ordered an corrigation pad to rise the left side of the saddle, can you recommend this or would you like to build the muscles equally up before mounting her again?
A lot of questions...would love you come to Norway a time, so that we in the North can learn from you!
Thank you!
Best regards
Sabine & Raina


Hello,
I have a question. I was wondering if you have a very competent physio-therapist/osteopath working with the horses to eliminate physical biomechanics imbalances so you can get the most out of the training and the most happiness and comfort out of the horses?
Thanks! looking forward to the 8th!
Savannah Aly Jackson

Hello! I have a horse that I have been using your straigntness training techniques, and he is coming along beautifully. He is starting to develop a head tilt, with myself and other riders. He literally will look like this: /
I am unsure how to proceed from here. I have tried different bits, had his ears and teeth checked, lowered my hands, raised the hands, etc, and nothing seems to work. He seems to do this as an escape, and nobody I have worked with can say how to fix it. How do I have a horse travel straight, when his head and neck are slightly twisted? Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated!
With kind regards,
Shannon Hudson

Looking forward to another one:)
I have an Icelandic gelding who deeply mistrusts humans- he is ok from the ground with me by now after six months, but not truly anyone else........ children are ok but not if they try to mount him- he freezes up like a statue, shakes all over and then chooses flight. I don't know how to proceed and he needs more work due to weight problems- any good advice?
Br, a big fan:-D
Charlotte Møller Pedersen

Is it correct that the rider can make a horse crooked? if so do you have a method of knowing if the rider is crooked and that I could use to see if I'm straight or not. RA

Hi,

I'm a disabled rider with a very weak right leg due to polio. I have my own young horse who with help I backed. He's quite unbalanced and I'm aware that my imbalances could be affecting him (I get him checked over regularly by either an equine touch person or a physio). He falls in on the right rein and again I'm concerned some of this is down to my inability to support him on the inside with my right leg and possibly blocking him with the left.
Out hacking he sometimes seems to walk like a banana rather than go straight but not to one particular side, but I think this is more him just looking around!
Andrea Procter

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[kk4u7777]

i learn so much from you..Thanks so so much!!!

[2324466]

Thank you Marijke for taking so much time to carefully explain and portray every detail in your videos,

[stinahumana]

this is a really good video, thank you for sharing,