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http:// Training Tip Tuesday - Training transitions // Ideally, transitions are trained to be light and occur within three steps of the foreleg after being asked for..., which is something people don't often recognise: the actual time construction of the transition. If the transition takes too long, then it can never be made a habit, so the horse is constantly trawling through its memory to find the right response and answer the question. If you make everything you train a concise unit of training, the horse can form a habit much quicker and then you are ready to move on to further stages of training. All transitions, in dressage at least should be completed by the third step of the foreleg. It is important that you are consistent in what you ask. This is an excerpt of the article series 'Conversations with Dr Andrew McLean', available to purchase here: https://www.esi-education.com//conversations-with-dr-andr/

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Good horsemanship is.... Going out in the dark when its cold and windy and raining to double blanket the retired senior pony who's spent her life working hard... Its patting your horse when you walk out of the ring even if you didn't take home the blue ribbon........ Its going back out in the freezing cold to drag your house downhill so it will drain and the horses can be watered again the following day... Its many hours in the summer heat stacking hay in the loft.... Its all the trudging through mud and snow to feed or check up on the horses... Its spending your last few dollars on a round bail or bag of feed or farrier visit instead of buying those new boots you could really use... It is that thing motivating you too keep going even when your sweating in unbearable heat or feeling like your fingers are frozen to the point its painful to get the barn chores done. Its all those hours spent mucking stalls, riding less then perfect horses because they teach you the most, listening carefully to every vet and dental appointment, and every discussion with your farrier about how to better their hooves. Continuing lessons when you can even if your a talented rider Its every clinic you attend or article you read...any knowledge you can gain is helpful at something in your equestrian journey Good horsemanship is a ton of hard work in less then perfect conditions, when you just don't feel like it but doing it anyway because it's all for the betterment of every horse in your barn, every horse you ride, and every horse you come in contact with.

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http:// Training Tip Tuesday - Step-back // The step-back can deepen the stop response and provide a fast and effective technique to produce lightness of rein aids. ...When training step-back we go through the shaping scale of basic attempt (a step), obedience (a stride), rhythm (multiple strides), and so on. Training step-back is an excellent way to retrain lightness of the stop aid. Once the initial training from basic attempt to obedience has been established, an exercise for training lightness to the rein aids is to signal for single stride of step-back (two steps of the forelegs) and remain immobile for a second or so. Then elicit another stride of step-back, followed by immobility. When the horse has stepped-back in single strides for 10-15m, the stop is typically much lighter and this lightness flows on to all other downward transitions. Only train step-back when the horse is calm and relaxed. (Part excerpt from the book 'Academic Horse Training', p. 170)