Establishing Rapport with Duncan - February 2011
Foundation Of Partnership
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28m
Karen meets on the ground with Duncan, a 15 yr old upper level dressage horse in for development and some re-training. Listen and watch as they have their first session together. Karen describes the main intention of what she wants Duncan to understand before digging into the bigger issues
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