Hi Judy, I would get straightness through slight rotation of my body in either direction and be connected to both reins so that it helps the horse maintain the connection with the hind legs, but then I am not into disengaging the hindquarters so there is just a different belief system. I also don't want a horse to be tipping the nose and coming behind the vertical so I guess we are just on different pages in terms of training.
Robyn Icelandic Horse Farm Robyn Hood & Phil Pretty Vernon BC Canada www.icefarm.com
