Now that we know about horse look at Pegasus to work with behavior, let’s “The Way” horses. Pegasus ‘The Way’ break down horse language and see what we are unintentionally saying to our Let’s horses. Then we will learn how to be intentional with our body language. As mentioned previously, horse language is based on prey behavior which includes pushes and blocks. begin with the Let’s halt… In Example 1, notice how the In Example 2 the horse has front feet horse’s it’s front legs are staggard, ( the left is squared up,(side by side), the horse is behind the right). The horse is telling us now telling us that it plans on standing that it plans on standing for a very short for a long time and will be less likely to time and will soon try to walk off. walk off. Example 2 is the correct “Halt for stopping in class. The Position” horses absolutely need to be in this while mounting and “Halt Position” dismounting. now look at the from the correct on Let’s “Back Up” “Halt Position.” Remember pulling the horse stiffens the body and errodes respect and trust. So we need to use our core energy and a block to correctly the horse. “Back Up”
Now that we know about horse behavior, let’s look at “The Pegasus Way” to work with horses. ‘The Pegasus Way’ Let’s break down horse language and see what we are unintentionally saying to our horses. Then we will learn how to be intentional with our body language. As mentioned previously, horse language is based on prey behavior which includes pushes and blocks. Let’s begin with the halt… In Example 1, notice how the horse’s front legs are staggard, ( the left is behind the right). The horse is telling us that it plans on standing for a very short time and will soon try to walk off. In Example 2 the horse has it’s front feet squared up,(side by side), the horse is now telling us that it plans on standing for a long time and will be less likely to walk off. Example 2 is the correct “Halt Position” for stopping in class. The horses absolutely need to be in this “Halt Position” while mounting and dismounting. Let’s now look at the “Back Up” from the correct “Halt Position.” Remember pulling on the horse stiffens the body and errodes respect and trust. So we need to use our core energy and a block to correctly “Back Up” the horse.
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