Posted by Phil West on 9/11/2009, 9:39 am, in reply to "Re: training"
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Alois Podhajsky on; "In Hand Work" (1)
"...If the trainer thinks that this work is going to require less effort and make matters easier for himself (as in less effort and work for the handler), he will be making a great mistake, and, if it is approached from this point of view, it will do more harm than good. He must realise from the beginning that this work, if correctly done, is very tiring.."
"...Suppling up and bringing the horse in balance may be compared to tuning up the instruments before a concert. Unless the instruments are properly tuned, there can be no good performance. It is the same with work in hand; the result will not be good if the horse is not supple and the action of the reins does not go through the body..."
1) Book: "The Complete Training of Horse and Rider In the Principles of Classical Horsemanship," by Alois Podhajsky, Former Director of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna.
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