This may be the best video that I've ever seen on training the canter. I'm no expert but I've learned that I like to isolate each leg and the head. (It's the flow-through that I need to get better.) Yet, you're the ONLY person I've seen that realizes that this is so important! I'm very impressed.
I just tried some of this on longlines with an unbroke horse that rushed when coached into canter and he picked it up himself without asking, staying in the same soft rythym from the trot; something he'd never done. Breilliant.
You're going to love some of my upcoming videos, as I flail around jumping over logs 😂 I'm no jumper, but have serious respect for those of you who are!
I’ve been doing this at a walk and trot. Believe it or not there are many riders that don’t get the support inside leg thing. I don’t know how they achieve lope without that. Maybe they do that and are not aware? I even tap my inside heel on the girth line to get a lope. I like the weight shift idea! I’m going to try that. I know I lean forward too much when I cue for lope. I just can’t stop that and I think it’s probably because the mare gets right under in the hind to push? I don’t know.
Of course! Take a look at our clinic schedule here, facebook.com/169615946472379/posts/pfbid0puua9jcssr8vyLaqZeXoMV4fQpj8MdLQFep5sKH2G9f94QDgswuzWmy3bcwx7s1sl/?mibextid=Nif5oz please let me know if that link does not work.
Interesting. I have a Friesian X that won't pick up the right lead. He's been vetted, chiro'd, etc. I'm going to try this, he is a bit chubby. He was a starvation case - so food is very important to him
Maybe an odd question… but do you have yourself tied on to the saddle? It looks like it and I’ve seen other trainers with a similar setup and haven’t ever heard it explained.
No, what you’re seeing is the mecate rein. It has several purposes, but holding you in the saddle isn’t one of them. It hangs around the saddle horn then folds through your belt. If you were to fall off, it simply pulls through your belt and comes out.
This can absolutely be done without a round pen, something I do often. Teach each one of the body yields individually, and then teach the pattern that you want to ride at a trot, usually a circle. Using a pattern your horse knows gives them somewhere to go when you get to cantering.
@@_thenaturalhorseman thank you for your help , I will work on that , I came across your channel only recently learned already a lot !It is very much appreciated!
My mare needs this so badly but though I have ridden for 60 years, I don't think I have the skill to teach her this... do you think i can. You coukd tell right away she was in the wrong lead.. .. will the round pen help? I have an arena but I can turn one end into an arena if necessary...
I’d recommend isolating the different body yields, separate them in motion, dial in on your walk to trot transitions, and give it a shot. The first couple days look like a lot of trotting in the shape of the canter. Be patient until it shapes up for you.
@@_thenaturalhorseman Exactly. The absolute key to success.. patience. Rome wasn't built in a day. I'm not headed to the olympics, so I have all the time in the world. 😉
@@_thenaturalhorseman can you show a video on the above..i feel like the woman above..i' can ride a trained canter..but not sure i can train one..i have a mare who . yes bucks a tad at the canter..sometimes..and comes in to the center w the shoulder..so i think this will help but wondering if you'd show your explanation to the Linda Moore person w a video?
Use your inside rein and leg for shaping and elevating the inside of the horse, and your outside supporting rein for elevation of the outside front. This along with your position in the saddle will encourage the weight shift in the horse.
I'm flowing you mostly...it's a little too advanced for .e right now, and it's a really good intro for me to start my research. Can you send me a link to teaching this on the ground please? Haha i always tell my horse " don't give me those ears missy/mister " too. That makes me happy that I'm not the only one.
Thank YOU so much for making your videos for ppl like me who want to seriously study good horsemanship and who needs everything broken down point by point. Excellent videos.
