Stand Still, Please
Here's the question we're answering this week: "How do I get my horse to stand still while I am mounting on a loose rein without flexing his head around?" First, lets understand things from the horse’s perspective. I know, we say that a lot, don’t we? But our good friend Tom Dorrance said that you have to work the horse from where he is. Having said that, understand why the horse may be moving. Have we taught him to stand still without mounting? Are his feet equally spread out to insure balance on his part as we pull ourselves up