Here's Tommie working liberty with his horses Joker and Ace. He is riding bareback on and bridleless on Joker while directing Ace with out any type of restraint. It's quite an amazing thing to see. Most people thinks it takes a lot of training, but it really only takes patience and training in small steps and all starts in the stall. Liberty training is the art of working in harmony with your horse without any tack. Lash whips and dressage whips are used as extensions of you hand to direct them to you and around you. Once they learn your body language you can ultimately use only your hands and they will understand what you are asking. It's basically how they learn to communicate with you and know what you are saying. They want to please you and have fun doing it, but you do have to be the leader.
Ride Fast... Take Chances! karen
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This is a great picture of them playing/working together. Karen, can you elaborate more on "it starts in the stall"? Ours have been in a lot during these winter wet spells so I'm curious what we can be working on in the stall. I do try to work with our two outside getting them to follow, circle, and so forth in the pasture without any leads and such. I've found it a quick way to have 5 minutes of fun before the sun sets after getting home from work. Happy New Year to you and Tommie. Keep up the great work!
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