Lateral in-Flexion

[makoiyi]

I have been advised, after the ride, to practise lots of lateral flexion with Katana. Given, and I quote others, this is a 'boss' mare, getting on top of her, without kirbing her enthusiasms, is and will be a good thing. I agree. I have a cracking horse, whose nature is good, but if she gets the upper hand, it isn't a case of getting away with it,

Comments

[joycemocha]

Putting her in positions where she has to figure things out for herself is also a good thing as well. I know some people are not fond of bitting a horse up, but if you do it in such a manner that the horse learns to give to pressure, then balance themselves over poles or fences or other obstacles on their own...well, it's a very useful technique. That's one of those "learn for themselves" tricks.

Cones and poles and small obstacles are also good for a mare like this. Work it up so that she has to figure out the puzzle for herself. That can really get them engaged.

[makoiyi]

Thank you. Yes, some good ideas there. It's interesting, too, for me, because when I ride her alone and the other horse is hollering and she's wanting back to him, I have ridden her along lines of trees, in and out etc, which did totally engage her to forget about Sabre hollering. So I can see puzzles working for her very well.