On January 7 I posted my view on the importance of educating a horse to follow the feel of the inside rein with its thoughts when teaching it to turn or circle.
I have recently been in discussion with somebody who asked me how to marry the concept of using the outside rein when neck reining a horse with my opposition to using the outside rein in two-handed riding.
Every horse should be a fun riding horse before they are an Olympic dressage horse or a pony club games pony. Be brave. Try things with your horse that nobody ever thought of trying.
At a guess, I’d say 90+% of horses I have met were pretty rude or pretty stressed when offered treats. Yet, we take it for granted that all our horses are relaxed and polite to be hand treated.
