http://www.horsedir.com/articles en-us N/A alistair@submitzoo.com Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:56:25 CDT 20 http://www.horsedir.com/articles/articles/50/1/Creek-Crossing/Page1.html ]]> no@spam.com (Ed Thornton) Sun, 18 Dec 2005 00:00:00 CST http://www.horsedir.com/articles/articles/50/1/Creek-Crossing/Page1.html http://www.horsedir.com/articles/articles/45/1/Overcoming-Riding-Fears/Page1.html Anyone who has ridden for any length of time would be dishonest if they told you they have never felt fear. If you have any common sense at all, you should have a certain level of “healthy fear” whenever you get on a new horse. Call it “respect” if you prefer, but there is always an awareness that the 1000-pounds or so of bone and muscle you are sitting on is, physically, more powerful than you are.

]]> no@spam.com (Faith Meredith) Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:00:00 CST http://www.horsedir.com/articles/articles/45/1/Overcoming-Riding-Fears/Page1.html http://www.horsedir.com/articles/articles/43/1/Mastering-quotNaturalquot-Horsemanship/Page1.html no@spam.com (Ron Meredith) Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:00:00 CST http://www.horsedir.com/articles/articles/43/1/Mastering-quotNaturalquot-Horsemanship/Page1.html http://www.horsedir.com/articles/articles/42/1/Communicating-by-the-Seat-of-your-Pants/Page1.html no@spam.com (Faith Meredith) Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:00:00 CST http://www.horsedir.com/articles/articles/42/1/Communicating-by-the-Seat-of-your-Pants/Page1.html http://www.horsedir.com/articles/articles/38/1/Dont-Hold-Your-Breath/Page1.html Take a quick poll anywhere you find a bunch of horse people, and you’ll find that the two things riders fear most are coming off their horses and getting run away with. There’s a common solution to both of those problems--don’t hold your breath.

]]> no@spam.com (Ron Meredith) Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:00:00 CST http://www.horsedir.com/articles/articles/38/1/Dont-Hold-Your-Breath/Page1.html http://www.horsedir.com/articles/articles/31/1/Recipes-for-Riding/Page1.html no@spam.com (Ron Meredith) Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:00:00 CST http://www.horsedir.com/articles/articles/31/1/Recipes-for-Riding/Page1.html http://www.horsedir.com/articles/articles/21/1/The-Importance-of-Directing-Every-Stride/Page1.html When you first start training a horse, everything is about getting his attention. Once you've got his attention, you start directing his attention where you want it to go. To get the horse to pay attention to you, however, you first have to pay attention to the horse.

]]> no@spam.com (Ron Meredith) Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:00:00 CST http://www.horsedir.com/articles/articles/21/1/The-Importance-of-Directing-Every-Stride/Page1.html http://www.horsedir.com/articles/articles/11/1/Riding-Tree/Page1.html Before you can clearly communicate to the horse what shapes you want him to take at what gait and in what rhythm, you need to have control over your own body. You cannot simultaneously influence the horse’s shape, gait, and cadence unless you are in the right position over his center of gravity to apply the right sequence of aids with the right degree of pressure and the right timing. To control your body to that extent, you need to have an independent seat.

]]> no@spam.com (Faith Meredith) Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:00:00 CST http://www.horsedir.com/articles/articles/11/1/Riding-Tree/Page1.html http://www.horsedir.com/articles/articles/3/1/Get-Back-to-Basics/Page1.html no@spam.com (Ron Meredith) Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:00:00 CST http://www.horsedir.com/articles/articles/3/1/Get-Back-to-Basics/Page1.html