Keep Your Head Up – Day 20 Of Being A Better Rider One of my biggest challenges that I have found while riding is to make sure I am looking up. I video myself riding (since I don’t have a trainer) to “see” what I look like while I ride. And the one thing I […]
Being A Better Rider Day 17 – Using Ground Poles
Being A Better Rider Day 17 - Using Ground Poles Yesterday I showed you how to make your very own ground poles. So today, we are going to put them to use!You can use ground poles for your schooling, even if you are not a jumper. Using ground poles have benefits for all riding, no matter what your discipline is. If you are looking for the specifics: … Continue Reading...
Making Ground Poles For Your Arena
Making Ground Poles Today is a little bit different. We are taking a break from being in the saddle, and we are going to be giving your horse a well-deserved day off too. Today we are going to be making ground poles.I love days like today. Because today we are going to be building something! Now don’t panic, there are no tools involved, unless you count a caulking gun, … Continue Reading...
Pamper Your Horse Day 15 Being A Better Rider Challenge
Pamper Your Horse Day 15 Being A Better Rider Challenge We have been riding for a few days now in our being a better rider challenge. And even though I would LOVE to ride every day, sometimes I just don't have the time. But horses still need to be care for on a daily basis regardless of my work schedule. So today I wanted to give you some ideas of how to pamper your horse. … Continue Reading...
Get Your Horse Moving Forward – Day 19 Being A Better Rider Challenge
Get Your Horse Moving Forward - Day 19 Being A Better Rider Challenge I deal with this on a daily basis with my horse Frisby. He is sluggish, lazy, and will do whatever he can to not work. But I am not sure if this is completely his fault. When I bought Frisby, he had very little formal training. … Continue Reading...
Improving Your Horse’s Balance – Day 14 Being A Better Rider Challenge
Improving Your Horse's Balance - Day 14 Being A Better Rider Challenge When we work on having better balance, our horse's need to be balanced too. So that is what day #14 is about. Today we are going to work on improving your horse's balance. … Continue Reading...
Improving Your Balance – Day 13 Of Being A Better Rider Challenge
Improving Your Balance - Day 13 Of Being A Better Rider Challenge Yesterday we had a rest day for our horses. Sorry, you probably did a lot of work yourself, but it was worth it, right? Today our horses will be back at it as we need them today! … Continue Reading...
Rest Day For Your Horse – Busy Day For You
Rest Day For Your Horse - Busy Day For You Well it’s another day in our being a better rider challenge and I know we haven’t been doing extremely strenuous work outs with our horses, but they are still work outs. So today will be a rest day….for the horses. But for me, (and possibly you) I am going to do a few barn projects that I have been meaning to get too. … Continue Reading...
Going Bitless – Day 11 Of Being A Better Rider
Going Bitless - Day 11 Of Being A Better Rider Well it’s another day in our being a better rider challenge and today I wanted to share with you my thoughts on going bitless.About a month ago I had posted about my thoughts on bitless bridles. This is something I had given some very serious thought to, because Ethan just doesn't like the bit. I can't blame him. I don't think … Continue Reading...
