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Hi, I purchased a 4 year old horse. After riding him for a few weeks, he keeps stumbling on his front leg. Is there something wrong with his front legs? Do i need to get him checked?

I love how you get straight to the point and convey the key information clearly and directly in your videos.

Background noise is distracting but all your videos are great and well done!

Really appreciate the comment concerning a troubled horse needing help shifting to positive mood state. This really rang a bell for me. We have a 10 yr old gelding that I have spent over 5 yrs rehabilitating after sending him to a trainer when he would have benefitted from a much needed rest from stressful training. It was an honest mistake, but I have been paying very heavily for it these last five years. He is now much more well adjusted, but has back problems diagnosed as kissing spine in the lumbar area. I recognize it starts conformationally, but I do theorize his emotions kept him so tight, while he tried to comply with training that he compressed his spine. L1 and L2 are overlapping, and he has continual discomfort.

Thank you Jec and Lynn, Love your chats and the ability to go back and re-listen. This one hits on many issues that are present for me.

So appreciated!!

Very good point about the spine -going into 2 point or rising trot . The woman who won the gold on Dalera warms up her horse in a 2 point position

Love these chats and thank you girls!!!

Thank you, it was a pleasure to watch ❤

So sorry I missed it. So happy you record and post the recording. Thanks Jec!😊😊

When a stifle "locks:" at the walk, is it dangerous to trot? I am working on rerhabbing my geldings stifle. I've been ponying him for 2 mos and now riding.. Can it happen at trot?

Very informative, thank you so much for sharing

I had a trainer with a degree in animal science come help me with my mare. She grabbed the lead rope and was going to tell my mare what to do and my mare tried to come to me. I said did she just try to come to me? The trainer said no! she was trying to go in the barn because she didn't want to be told what to do. This just lets me know that my gut was right in that moment. I will NEVER be asking a trainer for help with my horse again. I've had a total of 3 trainers help me with her and I am left to fix what they did to her.

Love all your videos

As always, thanks so much for sharing your wisdom here!

Person talking in background annoying and distracting

Never thought about horses physical activity, consistency, being so similar to ours . Totally agree after listening to this .

One of my geldings was in a pasture which backs up to a state park. One morning, early, I was refilling his water and fluffing up his breakfast hay while he was eating his alfalfa mash and all of a sudden he alerted me that there was something or someone weird in the woods behind the paddock. He moved left his tasty meal to stand in between me and the forest. He squared up and stomped several times. He waited in that position for a few minutes and stayed until he relaxed and felt safe enough to continue eating. Another time he refused to go down the trail we almost always went down. Most of the time he would automatically turn (that’s how often we used this particular trail.) This one day he refused so I trusted him. He’s a spectacular horse and I chose to go an alternate route around the woods. On our way around, we came upon a bunch of cops accompanied by a dive team… apparently a rapist had chased a woman into the woods and he was hiding along the trail that my horse and I usually ride on. They will absolutely protect us. I do t expect them to and I feel that we should be the o es to protect them, but God created us all with different strengths and weaknesses and horses have such incredible senses they are willing to share with us. All we have to do is listen to them. Thank you you Lord for horses. ✝️🕊️💝

THANK YOU Jec! Wasn't sure if you got/read my message. You obviously did. 😊 I'm so glad I was able to join your live session. These are so very helpful! Thanks again.

Is there a recommended frequency and/or duration of those bursts you talked about?

beautiful, thank you!!! How do you tell the horse to start with the front leg you wish to start with? Thank you so so much!!

Question: Please give some ideas for taking a horse with negative emotion to an inquisitive state. Thank you.

This is absolutely a wonderful, insightful, and well spoken description of horse's behavior and emotions!!! I am an equine body therapist for the past 35 years with all types of horses and I have discovered many of these things and have changed my interactions with my clients horses over the years with great results. Unfortunately, with my own P.R.E. gelding with an unintentional bad early foal experience, I have not had a successful inroad to him and his stressed personality. I believe watching this gives me a better understanding for yet another go at breaking through with him. He is now 13 and it has been a 12 year project!!! Thank you!

❤probably the best pod yet, thank you.

Thank you both for this excellent video. Both my mares were taken away from mothers at 6 months, & Zadie (Friesian) was imported straight away from Holland, & until I bought her, aged nearly 10 had done very little. She has made me consider 'training' more than any other horse I've owned. In the past I rarely bought anything much over 3 years old. She is now 17 & we still have our moments, she is always on 'guard duty' & we spend a long time looking around & touching & smelling things. We have done a lot of obstacle training which she is happy & confident with & now really enjoys just riding out. I would recommend that everyone should watch this session. There is always something new to learn in all your conversations together.

Where did you get the CAvesson you use in this video? I have a very heavy German cavesson but have noticed some lighter weight, simpler ones from Spanish trainers.

Was she tested for EPM/PSSM?

Clear and makes sense. Thank you!

Hi Jec, so an injury to the iliopsoas muscle (vet diagnosis) may be a contributing factor to being very on the forehand? Would some exercises in lifting the neck be helpful or do you start by addressing the HQ issue with some targeted exercises or both? I have your books so maybe you could refer to those pages for ideas to help the horse. Thank you!!! CH

I should clarify that I do NOT normally use such a large clip as the one in this video. It was simply the closest rope when I started filming, so I grabbed it to demonstrate attachment. I prefer a smaller/lighter and non-intrusive clip.

Thank you so much!

What is the length of the Paracord loop? Do you buy it as a loop or is it tied into a loop?

Yes they are very helpful thank you! My question is if horse has mild impingement of T14-15 and narrowing at 15-16 would you want to be up in a three-point position therefore putting more weight on that area when riding or would you want to be further back (can’t imagine that would be good either). Thx Jec!

Just curious did you have her tested for PSSM? going lame after light work sounds a lot like exercise intolerance which is a symptom.

How do you spell the author's name?

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Great info as always :-)

Thanks Jec -great info and insight

Very helpful information and kind of confirms sort of kind of what I've been doing but without knowing why!

Great topic! Really enjoying these sessions!

Love this thank you -when my mare blows out -I do too -riding or ground work -she loves this

Thank you -the dressage community really needs to see this !!! Relaxation variety and investigation behavior ! Keep up the good work

This video was easy to follow and understand. Thank you

Does this work for horses with shoes?

Thanks

This is going to be long winded. I hope that’s okay?? First, I really appreciate the information and am trying to figure out how to use it with my 10 yr old Caspian mare. I got her as a 7 yr old, who’s only interaction with people was being run into a tipping chute to have her feet trimmed once a yr. I’ve had her for 3 yrs now. I trained her to lead, load and drive both single and in a pair. Always open bridle. She’s a brave little horse. BUT she is scared of hands. She hates hands. Trimming her feet is a nightmare. No trust at all when it comes to handling her feet. But I can harness her, scratch her head, hitch her to the carriage with no problems. We have worked out how to catch her. But I’ll have to say, it’s more that she feels she doesn’t have a choice, rather than because she wants to be caught. It’s the same thing with her feet. She knows she doesn’t have a choice and she just shuts down. She won’t take food out of your hand. As I said, she doesn’t like hands. Any ideas on how I can use your methods to get her over this?

Turn on the forehand from the ground

This exercise would also serve for the decompensation of the left glute, how many circles do you do? It can also be done in straight line. Thank you.

Congrats on the new book!🎉