Category Archives: Long-Reining

Long-Reining – Blog 12 – Piaffe, Canter

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Long-reining – Part 12  Arbeit am langen Zügel – Teil 12 In the last part we cheered up our horses by teaching them to feel grand doing the Spanish Step on the long-reins, because the half-pass (which we will continuously …

Long-reining – Blog 11 – the Spanish Step

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Long-reining –  Part 11 Arbeit am langen Zügel – Teil 11 In the last part we worked on the Pirouette and the half-pass. Practising this takes a long time and was (at least in my case) at times quite frustrating. …

Long-Reining – Blog 10 – Pirouette & Half-pass

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Long-Reining – Part 10 Arbeit am langen Zügel – Teil 10 In the last part we taught our horses the lateral movement of “Travers”. The pirouette: When the horse is in the travers position, with the correct bend, it is easy …

Long-reining – Blog 09 – Travers

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Long-reining – Part 09 Arbeit am langen Zügel – Teil 09 Travers: In the last part we discussed how to teach our horse to bend his neck, while walking on a straight line. This serves as a preparation for lateral …

Long-reining – Blog 08 – Straight Bends

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Longreining – Part 8 Arbeit am langen Zügel – Teil 8 Straight bends In the last Blog we started on lateral work with the shoulder-in. Now we want to refine our rein aids further and introduce the horse to the …

Long-Reining – Blog 07 – Shoulder-in

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Long-Reining – Part 07 Arbeit am langen Zügel – Teil 07 In the last part we learned a clean rein-back on the long-reins with the appropriate prep-games. We showed how to teach the horse to lower his croup and get …

Long-Reining – Blog 06 – Rein-Back, tilt pelvis

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Longreining – Part 06 Arbeit am langen Zügel – Teil 06 Rein-back, lower Croup In the last Blog we started working in trot. We practised various positions and hand-changes, which need more coordination in trot. We added voltes and serpentines lines …

Long-Reining – Blog 05 – Trot, Positions, Circles, Fig.-8

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  Work on the Long-reins – Part 05 Arbeit am langen Zügel – Teil 05 Last time we refined our rein-aids in such a way that the horse understood the difference between the request for a bend and the request …

Long-reining – Blog 04 – Circles, Pos. 3 and 4, Fig.Eights

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Work on the long-reins – Part 04 Arbeit am langen Zügel – Teil 04 In the last Blog we practised how to bend the horse and get him through the corner cleanly. When the horse faces the wall at the …

Long-reining – Blog 03: Bending, Diagonal, 3rd track

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Work on the Long-reins – Part 03 Arbeit am langen Zügel – Teil 03 Up to here: In the last Blog we discussed how to hold the equipment – the lunge line in such a way to prevent getting tangled, and …

Long-reining – Blog 02: How to start, mobilize jaw, positions

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Long-Reining – Part 02 Am langen Zügel –Teil 02 How to start: Equipment: It is not necessary to discuss any special equipment. I use a simple snaffle bridle with cheeks and my lunge line, into the hand loop of which …

Long-Reining – Blog 01: Introduction – why do it?

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Long-Reining – Part 1 Arbeit am langen Zügel – Teil 1 Introduction: In my book „From Leading to Liberty“, in which I present 100 training games for Learning with FUN for you and your horse, there are also some games …

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