Tag Archives: Coffee

Small gifts

Posted on October 28, 2018 by liascott

If there is one piece of wisdom I would wish to impart to anyone who trains horses, it would be this: appreciate the small gifts. If your goal is to win prizes and make money, then that wisdom may not … Continue reading →

Posted in My Journey, Thinking Out Loud | Tagged Coffee, gratitude, horse as teacher, horse behavior, horse human relationship, Horse training, human horse bond, Noble | Leave a comment

What is the goal of training?

Posted on October 12, 2018 by liascott

If you hang around the classical Dressage crowd for any length of time, you will hear someone say something to this effect: “Horses already know how to do the movements, in the field; training only consists of teaching them to … Continue reading →

Posted in Classical Training and Philosophy, Thinking Out Loud | Tagged Ben, Classical Dressage, Classical horsemanship, Coffee, Dressage, Horse training, Noble, Otto Zietzschmann, Ricky, Roxie, The Rider Forms the Horse, Udo Burger | Leave a comment

Sculpting the Equine Body, Pt 2

Posted on September 30, 2018 by liascott

In a recent post, I discussed the general notion of how you can change the horse’s body, for better or worse, based upon the nature of the work. The inspiration for that post came from Coffee. Recently, my mother had … Continue reading →

Posted in Horsemanship, Improving Your "Eye" | Tagged apparent conformation, Classical horsemanship, Coffee, horse anatomy, horse biomechanics, horse conformation, horse movement, Otto Zietzschmann, The Rider Forms the Horse, Udo Burger | Leave a comment

Sculpting the Equine Body, Pt 1

Posted on September 14, 2018 by liascott

One of the aspects of classically based Dressage training is the way in which it changes the horse’s physique. It is true that any equine activity that involves a level of conditioning will tone muscles, and should make the horse … Continue reading →

Posted in Classical Training and Philosophy, Horsemanship, Improving Your "Eye" | Tagged Classical horsemanship, Coffee, correct training, Dressage training, equine biomechanics, Felix Burkner, Herder, Tally, Udo Burger | 1 Comment

Coffee, Confidence Builder

Posted on September 3, 2018 by liascott

In riding, as in life, we require confidence in order to succeed. Most of us have encountered those horses that have helped us in that journey. Perhaps it was the horse who knew his job so well that you could … Continue reading →

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There Are ‘Those’ Days

Posted on August 26, 2018 by liascott

“Good luck with keeping the place up and finding any time to do anything with your horses!” Those were the parting words of the previous tenant of the first little barn that we rented. We’d been boarding our horses at … Continue reading →

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“Then comes a revelation …”

Posted on August 11, 2018 by liascott

“Then comes a revelation, finally feeling that a horse behaves gymnastically correctly, and the new convert displays a fervor the likeness of which has not been known since the conversion of Paul of Tarsus on the road to Damascus.” Charles … Continue reading →

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