tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650503331857488880.post4354626423284881293..comments2023-12-08T02:23:53.284-08:00Comments on Dances With Horses: My easy-in, easy-out braiding methodMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650503331857488880.post-45165828595907313712012-05-21T16:56:14.102-07:002012-05-21T16:56:14.102-07:00Thanks for the braiding tutorial! I have never hea...Thanks for the braiding tutorial! I have never heard that tip about starting with the same strand to make them lie the same way. Neat. Sorry you had a disappointing show, well done for still getting out and doing it though even with the rainy start of the day. Thanks again, I appreciate the braiding guide and have bookmarked it for future reference.Shulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04357891034163165341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650503331857488880.post-68253448016364186372012-05-21T08:50:27.198-07:002012-05-21T08:50:27.198-07:00I think so. At home I do a lot of walking on a lon...I think so. At home I do a lot of walking on a long, loose rein, and Larry takes full advantage of the opportunity to stretch his nose to the ground. Then I pick him up and we do some work on contact, interspersed by walk breaks. My mistake was to do both walking and working as warm-up for both tests, and that's AFTER he'd worked some for me and the trainer in the morning!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650503331857488880.post-63783229817380299192012-05-21T06:43:48.972-07:002012-05-21T06:43:48.972-07:00Back in the day I watched a lot of home-made video...Back in the day I watched a lot of home-made videos on dressage.com and one of them was the warmup at a German dressage show featuring Farbenfroh. Nadine Capellmann (sp?) did a lot of walking on a loose rein. A LOT of walking. Then some piaffe-passage. Then a LOT MORE WALKING.<br /><br />Another veteran California dressage person (who has scribed at the Olympics) mentioned the same thing watching the Europeans warm up at the World Cup when it was held in Las Vegas maybe six years ago. Lots of walking on a loose rein.<br /><br />Maybe that's the key ;o)TBDancerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03889066602819359591noreply@blogger.com