Chelsie, I printed out the 7 parts on Footfalls. I think it’s great and I loved the way you explained it. Vickie U. from Calimesa, California
Series – How Horses Move Their Bodies and How Riders Can Help Them – PART 1 – Foofalls of the Horse’s Walk
February 10, 2012 By
The First of a Series on how the horse moves its body and how riders can help their horses! Series – How Horses Move Their Bodies and How Riders Can Help Them – PART ONE – Footfalls of the Walk Hello Everyone, As you all know I am a Natural Horsemanship Clinician and Instructor. I [...]
Series – How Horses Move Their Bodies and How Riders Can Help Them – PART 2 – Foofalls of the Horse’s Trot
February 10, 2012 By
The Second of a Series on how the horse moves it’s body and how riders can help their horses! Hello everyone, So last month we talked about Foot Falls. The Foot Falls are how the horse moves their feet. What foot goes when and then what one comes next. And last month we talked about [...]
Series – How Horses Move Their Bodies and How Riders Can Help Them – PART 3 – Foofalls of the Horse’s Canter
February 10, 2012 By
Hello Everyone, This month in the series we are going to talk about the canter foot falls and right and left leads. So let us first start with how many beats in a canter. The Canter has 3 beats. There are 4 legs and only 3 beats, so this means that 2 legs move together [...]
Series – How Horses Move Their Bodies and How Riders Can Help Them – PART 4 – Application of footfalls to how we ask our horses to move
February 10, 2012 By
Hello All, Well last month I left you with that little question. ‘Is a gallop a different gait than the canter?’ Answer: Yes it is! The foot falls for the gallop are: In a right lead, LH, RH, LF,RF, and then in a left lead, RH, LH, RF, LF. So it goes hind, hind, front, [...]
