DN Licensed Instructor Shawna Lewis shares a typical online warm up she does with her green horse, Clover. Clover can tend to be a bit tense and spooky. You will see an entire on line session where she uses several different exercises to help Clover end up moving freely forward in a more relaxed way that will set him up for finding the Sweet Spot when ridden.
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Asking For Attention - Atomic On Line...
Karen shares a strategy for asking for a horse's attention in order to help keep him more calm. This has been one of Karen and Atomic's biggest challenges together, so you will see the real un-glamorous process! This video is good for anyone with a horse who gets tense when distracted.
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First Steps with a Tense Distracted H...
This is a continuation of Part 1 with the same horse. Now Karen incorporates more movement to see if she can add energy, then return to relaxation easily. This is an important piece, as so many times horses like this can seem relaxed unless they are moving. We don’t want to have to choose between...
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First Steps with a Tense, Distracted ...
Karen plays with a lovely horse who has a history of getting tense and then explosive. She was brought in by the person helping this horse, in order to get more advice on how to help her. In this video Karen goes through some of the basic concepts that she would use, including how to get the hors...
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