The Balanced Horse
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The Balanced Horse
The Aids by Feel, Not
Force
This
book is about developing that "perfect understanding" which is so
important in our riding relationships. Whether you practice dressage, hack,
event, show, enjoy long distance riding, natural horsemanship or Western, the
improvement of your horse through an understanding of "his" language,
should allow him greater ability, confidence and enjoyment in all your work
together.
The
Language of the Aids is not as well understood today as it should be and it
seems that it is frequently forgotten or fragmented, and it will be the horse
that suffers most when this happens. Incorrect aiding can have a very adverse
effect.
The
aim of The Balanced Horse is to confirm in people's minds what they should be
doing for each and every request, and what they must avoid. Every instruction
is based on what the horse needs to feel - at that moment in time. Each aid is
based on the psychological and physiological effect placed on that sensitive
animal underneath us. Over time, applying each aid correctly can elicit a
response as instant and involuntary as the knee jerk reaction in our own.