I am riveted by Oliver Hilberger's "Schooling Exercises In Hand".
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Schooling-Exercises-Hand-Suppleness-Confidence/dp/3861279649/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1299527171&sr=1-1
I would love to try it, as I think it would be good for Ziggy and for me. But it looks awfully easy to get wrong, and I wonder if there is a trainer around in the South East who could help me to apply these High School in-hand techniques and advise on, for example, whether a bitless bridle could be an alternative to a lunge cavesson.
Is anyone aware of such a trainer????
PS the "leading man" in the book, Malcolm, is a lovely Arab who was written off at age 3 for a sway back. But my favourite picture is of the Haflinger doing a beautiful courbette!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Schooling-Exercises-Hand-Suppleness-Confidence/dp/3861279649/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1299527171&sr=1-1
I would love to try it, as I think it would be good for Ziggy and for me. But it looks awfully easy to get wrong, and I wonder if there is a trainer around in the South East who could help me to apply these High School in-hand techniques and advise on, for example, whether a bitless bridle could be an alternative to a lunge cavesson.
Is anyone aware of such a trainer????
PS the "leading man" in the book, Malcolm, is a lovely Arab who was written off at age 3 for a sway back. But my favourite picture is of the Haflinger doing a beautiful courbette!