Further case studies
Serenity
Focus on serenity and emotional balance in order to maintain the horse’s harmony of movement and enjoyment of work during training.
Gelding Mister
Breed: Quarterhorse
Age at start of training: 7 years
Previous history: excessively hard western training had traumatized the gelding many years before he started training
Customer: Sandra Groiss
Lesson interval and adjustment of the training plan: every 12 weeks
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Before
The horse’s rider, who also works as a horse trainer herself, had taken the horse on as a fellow rider and had already rebuilt his confidence on the ground.
However, the gelding continued to be very nervous when ridden and rolled badly with every bridle and bitless bridle.
His mouth and ears expressed a strong feeling of discomfort.
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After Equisensomotoric® training
There were two reasons for this gelding’s nervousness: psychological trauma caused by excessively harsh punishments in the past and a pronounced physical twisting of the spine due to improper Western training.
These reasons were first analyzed in detail and then corrected with various Equisensomotoric® exercises.
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Before
Ignorant riding style and excessive pressure on the horse to perform had put the gelding on the forehand and taught him an unphysiological over-reining (wrong bend).
He was unable to accept the rider’s corrective rein aids.
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After Equisensomotoric® training
The gelding has learned a more physiological movement sequence and can already muscularly maintain this for several canter jumps.
The load on the forehand is already lighter.
If he falls back into his old movement pattern, he can now accept the rider’s upright rein aids.