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[RC] Changing Diagonals - k s swigartBarbara said: I have a distinct inclination to post on that diagonal all the time, and some horses I have ridden tend to allow that diagonal, but fight my attempts to change to the other. My current horse is doing that and I am working on changing it anyway. We have various fire roads that curve around the contours of the mountains, and I use them to practice changing diagonals. My horse doesn't like that, but after a few moments, he settles in. I have found that if you have a horse that is constantly "fighting" your attemts to change to the other diagonal (i.e. throwing you back onto its preferred diagonal) that the horse is less likely to do this if you change your diagonal often...like every ten strides or so. By doing this, you are teaching the horse to wait for you to change yourself which is easier than the effort of making you change...or by the time the horse figures out that you have changed onto the diagonal it doesn't like, you have already changed back. Just do the same number of strides on each diagonal (10/10,15/15,8/8) whatever and pretty soon the horse just settles in to letting you pick the diagonal. Also, I always stand the half stride for the change. This, too, is less work for the horse. kat Orange County, Calif. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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