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#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Now I don't know Xena and her habits, but we did go through having to do this with Boomer in order to sharpen up his downward transitions. Yes, he responds to the seat, but he got to a point where he had a good enough grasp of the concept that he had to learn to be sharper about it. He would tend to take 5-6 strides to make the transition, so what we did was ask with the leg and seat but if he wasn't walking or halting within 2 strides he got a quick jerk on the bit to make him pay attention. He decided he wasn't so crazy about having that happen and now comes back much better and is more inclined to listen to my seat in the first place. He wasn't really paying attention and taking me seriously. I find with dressage training that when you initially push for better self-carriage and collection that it can create some tension until the horse gets more comfortable with the idea. Sometimes you have to take a step or two backwards short-term to achieve something that will be better in the long-term.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#The trouble with clinics is that different trainers have different methods. Most of the time that can be a good thing, but some horses do have very specific things that work for them, which the clinician won't know from one lesson. It's too bad for you that this was one of those times, and that she hadn't learned your name, etc. I don't know anything specifically about her so I can't comment, I've never had a lesson or clinic with her.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#I'm glad to hear you liked Daphne Haagmans, she is in my area, and was someone I was thinking about approaching if we outgrow the current coach. He won't take me past 4th and we're schooling the upper end of 3rd now, so it's not an immediate issue, but it's on the distant horizon soundness willing.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#xena_n_joss wrote:#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# She was telling me to yank on her mouth because she wasnt paying attention. #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#
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