Yearly Archives: 2011

Help Your Horse Feel Secure It’s almost Christmas and a good time to do something special for your horse and yourself. What I would like to see is folks teach their horses that they can be secure when they are with their human leader. Of course the human has to act like a good leader.…

Softening the Poll One of the most difficult skills to master as a leader is the softening at the poll. This article will offer a new spin on an old Classical Dressage technique that used to be called “breaking the resistance at the poll.” I personally hate the choice of words. Anything to do with…