Glad you did this one! I'm working on all the same things with my horse but it will be a while before we are ready for lead changes. I can see why horses learning to move the quarters in (with the nose tipped inwards) will tend to turn their nose outwards. It is much less hard work as they don't have to bend their body and use that back end correctly. It's good that you point out all these potential mistakes . We need to be aware and correct it before the horse learns the wrong way.
Excellent video. Going through this now with a training horse. But it is lope departure. Good reminder also that once trained doesn't mean forever trained. Just like respect, it is earned and maintained not given and forever
Great information ! I didn’t realize the head & hip needed to be in the same direction,
Glad you did this one! I'm working on all the same things with my horse but it will be a while before we are ready for lead changes.
I can see why horses learning to move the quarters in (with the nose tipped inwards) will tend to turn their nose outwards. It is much less hard work as they don't have to bend their body and use that back end correctly.
It's good that you point out all these potential mistakes . We need to be aware and correct it before the horse learns the wrong way.
A really good horseman once described a lead change as a leg yield to a haunches-in. It has served me well for many years.
Excellent video. Going through this now with a training horse. But it is lope departure. Good reminder also that once trained doesn't mean forever trained. Just like respect, it is earned and maintained not given and forever