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Showing posts with label Chris Irwin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chris Irwin. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

“Letting Go”…. Or “Making Go”

Understanding the difference between these concepts is important.
When working with our horses on the ground or in the saddle, if we “let a horse go” when we needed to “make a horse go” then the horse will not respect us. On the other hand, if we “make a horse go” when we needed to “allow a horse to go” then it will not trust us.

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

March 2015 - Chris Irwin

Half Halt & Bump the Horse Industry - “Thou Shall Not Pull Thy Horse” should be first of 10 industry commandments.
by Chris Irwin
The english riding concept of the half halt, what western riders call the “bump,” is so widely misunderstood...

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