Yvet Blokesch

We continue our groundwork by finding softness through the hindquarter yield. It’s important to help him find softness through a bend in his body like this because he will need it when things get more difficult.  Related videos Go back to Video Library

Diego is a little bit insecure and therefor he finds it difficult to follow her body. We need to help him open up by showing him it’s okay to follow us forwards and backwards. To get there we sometimes have to make the signals a bit bigger, because he blocks, but that is okay, as

The first thing that I always ask owners to do is simply walking stopping and backing up. This tells me a lot about the connection and focus between human and horse. You can tell Diego is relaxed in the beginning, but he is not fully focussed. When his owner asks him to go back there