OH, no haven't been out that way, you will have to show me.
Don't forget you can always school out on a ride - every now and again do a 20 metre circle or two, ask him to move off your leg and leg yield across the trail. Opening and shutting gates. Ask him to do different striding etc.
It's nice to see you feeling more settled about things...sometimes after agonizing over a relationship, just having closure and knowing how to move forward is nice. Taz sounds so cute! And I agree with you about what you said about Beej; yeah I've always wanted a gorgeous scopey horse with great movement too, and yes Beej is all that...but these days I am just incredibly happy to have my smooth-trotting, sane, not-very-spooky Curly. The glitz and glam doesn't matter to me as much anymore, not nearly as much as just being able to go have fun...
Wow, Tazzie sound fucking amazing! A nice, fun and safe horse. Yay for cantering! Yay for fun! :D You haven't posted a whole lot about him, nor have you posted endless pics (remembers Blitzy posts *sigh*), but I love this little guy already.
For the bit issue, it seems like you should switch him to something less bendy. And also, you can get a little rubber piece that attaches to the bit that will keep him from putting his tongue over it. Lemme see if I can find what I'm talking about...
XL had big tongue over the bit issues when I started riding him and I changed him to a hanoverian noseband and a mullen mouth bit and have not had an issue since so it's worth checking out.
I second the schooling on the trail idea. I do it all the time. Leg yields, stride length changes, heaps of transitions, bending ect.
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Don't forget you can always school out on a ride - every now and again do a 20 metre circle or two, ask him to move off your leg and leg yield across the trail. Opening and shutting gates.
Ask him to do different striding etc.
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Taz sounds so cute! And I agree with you about what you said about Beej; yeah I've always wanted a gorgeous scopey horse with great movement too, and yes Beej is all that...but these days I am just incredibly happy to have my smooth-trotting, sane, not-very-spooky Curly. The glitz and glam doesn't matter to me as much anymore, not nearly as much as just being able to go have fun...
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For the bit issue, it seems like you should switch him to something less bendy. And also, you can get a little rubber piece that attaches to the bit that will keep him from putting his tongue over it. Lemme see if I can find what I'm talking about...
Ah yes, a rubber bit port.
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I second the schooling on the trail idea. I do it all the time. Leg yields, stride length changes, heaps of transitions, bending ect.
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Some day, maybe I will get some sense in my head and sell Zahra.
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