Piaffe In-hand (the first basic step) 

Extremely educational. I like how you compared teaching this to your horse for the first time to letting a little kiddo scribbled with a pencil when you first begin to teach them to write. I really like your heart in all this !

Revive the 4 weeks to piaffe (2.0)! Loved that series. The reason I became a fan and subscriber.

Love these videos with wisdom!

Thanks for the great information! Have started this with my Big guy! It's fun too watch him process what I'm asking! He's getting quicker too!

I love your support and awareness of him as you are training! He yawned and licked his lips as you were giving him time to destress ❤

Educational video! I so love your understanding of the horse♥️ Great information Joseph!

Great info. Believe it or not, I used this technique to teach my boxer to go one step at a time into the pool. I am already in the pool and tap with my hand. He lifts and I place the foot. He backs right down the steps now that he is 3. Then, lots of cheese puffs for reward. 😁

Thanks Joseph!!!

Smart horse!!

How lightly is the tapping? He doesn't seem phased by it however he catches on quickly. Would it be okay to use the dressage whip's thicker end to do the same? Saw you using that approach in a video sometime ago. How often doing it? Once a day or more often?

Q: since most horses are heavy on forehand and light in hind-(imbalanced) would lifting hind not put horse more on the forehand? What are you trying to accomplish with this exercise- as in biomechanics (I know the goal is piaffe).

How come tapping on front of right hind leg but back of left hind leg? Wouldn’t you want the aid to be the same on both legs?

It's reaction vs responsiveness.

Your music tells us a story of your soul. just a peek. you are so sensitive and shy with your feelings. what are you searching for ???

The moment you picked up the broom, I saw his eyes flicker like "Are you going to hit me?" I think that it would have been really good for you to take the time to show him the broom first so he could see it, smell it, and then maybe you could move the broom over yourself so he could see what it is and that it didn't hurt you.