The dish on her left front will have something to do with the canter lead difficulty, it sometimes means they are locked up on that shoulder and it makes them fall through that shoulder which makes the canter on that lead. Has she had body work on that leg/shoulder for that dish? Just found you vlogs 🫶 love them love you Love your training ❤❤❤❤
Oh my gosh yes! Their hooves play such a huge role in every bit of movement. At the time I was really only noticing her toe-first landings as impacting her movement (and wanting to improve that), but looking back now that dish also plays a big role. After this video I gave her quite a few months off, to allow her hooves time to grow/change, and did heaps of body work + cavaletti work to help her even out. A year later and her hooves are still evolving and improving, I think it will truly be another year until her feet are able to fully let go of that dish/flare that was there for the first 5years of her life with shoddy farrier work!
Love the work you're putting into her and the results you are getting! Hope to get an ex racer of my own at some point :) Sometimes lunging near the trailer helps, and just walking in with the lunge line immediately after a couple of circles. Also, if you can turn her out with the trailer for a day and leave hay or grain near the entrance she might be more willing to be near it if that is possible for you in your setup.
I'm loving having an ex racer, they are heaps of fun! Your idea with feeding hay/grain near the trailer is spot on and what I ended up doing at first. For about 2 weeks, I would feed her grain exclusively in the trailer which helped get the front feet on the ramp. From there it was small steps forward (with proper rewards) until where we are now, with her fully loading once again!
We absolutely want to make more episodes, but unfortunately both my sister and I have been side tracked by life recently and have had no time! We're hoping to get back to it, we just don't know when
The dish on her left front will have something to do with the canter lead difficulty, it sometimes means they are locked up on that shoulder and it makes them fall through that shoulder which makes the canter on that lead.
Has she had body work on that leg/shoulder for that dish?
Just found you vlogs 🫶 love them love you
Love your training ❤❤❤❤
Oh my gosh yes! Their hooves play such a huge role in every bit of movement. At the time I was really only noticing her toe-first landings as impacting her movement (and wanting to improve that), but looking back now that dish also plays a big role.
After this video I gave her quite a few months off, to allow her hooves time to grow/change, and did heaps of body work + cavaletti work to help her even out. A year later and her hooves are still evolving and improving, I think it will truly be another year until her feet are able to fully let go of that dish/flare that was there for the first 5years of her life with shoddy farrier work!
Love the work you're putting into her and the results you are getting! Hope to get an ex racer of my own at some point :)
Sometimes lunging near the trailer helps, and just walking in with the lunge line immediately after a couple of circles. Also, if you can turn her out with the trailer for a day and leave hay or grain near the entrance she might be more willing to be near it if that is possible for you in your setup.
I'm loving having an ex racer, they are heaps of fun!
Your idea with feeding hay/grain near the trailer is spot on and what I ended up doing at first. For about 2 weeks, I would feed her grain exclusively in the trailer which helped get the front feet on the ramp. From there it was small steps forward (with proper rewards) until where we are now, with her fully loading once again!
I'm glad it worked out! Loading is so important and a lot of people don't take the time to do it right
Great legs 😁
Awesome video as always! Will you be making new podcast episodes soon?
We absolutely want to make more episodes, but unfortunately both my sister and I have been side tracked by life recently and have had no time! We're hoping to get back to it, we just don't know when