At a clinic a few days ago I was helping my friend Claire and her mare, Kiv with some groundwork. Claire was getting her thoughts together as she asked Kiv a question. Then to my surprise and amusement Claire made the quote of the year (so far).
STRAIGHTNESS AND EMOTIONS
While a horse is emotionally anxious I know there are many ways we can make crookedness uncomfortable enough to force its body to work with a fair degree of straightness. But I don’t believe that when a horse is emotionally anxious it can find straightness itself - we have to impose it. A chronically troubled horse will always be chronically crooked.