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"I have read the "steer the tail" and the "hip-shoulder-shoulder" exercises. Could you please explain what the difference is?"
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Dear Keith...
Friday, May 18, 2007
Hi Keith,
I enjoy your articles so much and have learned many wonderful things to help me train my horse. I have a quick question for you, I have read and reread the "steer the tail" and the "hip-shoulder-shoulder" excercises, I can't seem to differentiate between them. Could you please explain what the difference is? Or is it a reinforcement of the same maneuver?
Thanks,
Pat H |
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One leads to the next: The steer the tail exercise works to calm the horse down and begins giving you control over the horse’s hips. You would practice the hip shoulder shoulder exercise after (steer the tail). You begin HSS with the same disengaging of the hindquarters – but it then asks the horse to back. Hip shoulder shoulder is best practiced when somebody has had a chance to train their horse to continue moving forward and not “balk” when it hits the bit (as they would when first beginning with steer the tail). The disengaging portion is outlined again in HSS for folks who might have skipped straight to it.
Keith
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