Re: faster walk

[flemmerl@rcbhsc.wvu.edu (Flemmer, Linda)]

L Eisele wrote:

> Linda. darn, all this time I have been squeezing with the opposite
> leg...right front left leg to encourage an extended walk.  Does it
> matter, which is correct?

Actually, you are cueing for a deper reach with the hind leg that way.  It
isn't wrong, just different.  For somebody not used to doing it, this cue can
be a little harder as you have to "feel the rhythm"  (NOT a bad dance movie
quote!) to time the cue.  When cueing on, say, the right front leg with the
rider's right leg, you have a visual cue by looking at the shoulder as well as
the "feel".  It's all in the timing :-)

Linda Flemmer