RE: [RC] [RC] "headsetting" Clarifying - Donna J. Coss
Your
horse is not balanced and his back is not strong enough to assume the nose down
and collection you are looking for. You must build the back muscles
first! Go back to the beginning, use long lining with a mild snaffle
and start over. If you don't do this, you will have a horse that is
ruined for proper riding. When you use a draw rein, you are building up
resistance muscles in the neck, just exactly what you do not
want!
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Clarifying
I'm already using draw reins and having
them work. Thank you for the suggestion, but he did not respond as well to the
martingale as he does the draw reins.
My question was, should I continue to work
him with building those muscles every time I ride. Or should I alternate
between work collecting and work distance.
