>>>>"lift his front end". >> >> he sometimes at soft gaits will get heavy on the forehand, sort of >> dragging himself along by the front legs rather than driving from the >> back. i want him to step further under himself and lighten the forehand >> by using more of his rear. does that make sense? i'm notsure i havea >> pair of pictures here to contrast, but i'll look.
Yes, OK. Will look forward to seeing some pictures. "On the forehand" in trot versus easy gaits is a little different. Maybe we can talk about that. > This is interesting to me because asking Dagur to gradually develop > working from his back end instead of being on the forehand is > something we need to work on. I was told that to encourage him to > engage his back end, we need to apply leg when he's setting down his > inside hind. I haven't quite formulated that in my mind yet. So any > input on this subject is welcome. You'll want to work on that at the walk and the trot (when the time comes for him to trot with a rider), but it's not something that you would be so concerned with at this point for him. Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com
