Zeppelin, a Friesian, owned by Jody Cabot, came in for training this month. Jody is going to document his training on video. How exciting it will to go back and look at his progress over time all in one sitting. The first step I had Sandy do, was to free lunge him. I sat with Jody explaining the complexity of the free lungeing, so she could see the half halts, Sandy was able to do on the ground. Zeppelin was so focused on her body and where she would move to, that she was able to engage the hind legs up under him with her lunge whip. The more she used the lunge whip the slower his trot became until he was practically doing half steps. Sandra has become an expert in the art of free engagement. Zeppelin loved it. He seemed quite proud of himself as he clearly understood everything he was asked to do. The training will continue to follow steps layed out in the Aspirant Technique series of Training Horse and Rider. We will keep you posted of his progress and someday it will all be on video.
The art of free lungeing with half halts on the ground and engagement are outline in Book Three.
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