On 02/09/07, susan cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not Judy, but I personally (in my small little world) > see two basic types: western on loose rein, and > english on heavy contact.
I work on my contact a lot. I think I have bad hands and I want to develop hands that move with my horse. I've come to the conclusion with watching Dagur move and watching him respond to rein contact - that HEAVY contact as seen in dressage or English riding is detrimental to allowing the horse to develop his natural gaits. The horse must be allowed to use that head nod as a fulcrum. We've seen some nice gaitedness bubble up out of Dagur...but Cara is careful about too much rein contact and she's still just using a sidepull. Wanda
