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Unfortunately, Venus has had a bad back for the last two weeks. Something is really hurting and annoying her. I can see in her movements, in her yes and feel in my hand that something is wrong when I take her on the circle, especially to the left. Perhaps she has slipped in the mud and hopefully it is "only" muscle tensions easy to repair, but I´m worried. She hasn´t been like this for three or maybe four years and I have truly difficulties in keeping up the positive spirit for the moment. Today she will get examined by a physiotherapist. I keep my fingers crossed...
Yet, Venus and I have started to explore the first touchstone in groundwork. In the Academic Art of Riding I´m used to walk backwards in this training component. Now I realize that my dutch warmblood is pushing with her hindlegs far too much. There are several positive aspects with the backwards position but when going forward next to my horse I can ask her more easily with the whip to get soft in her inside hindleg. I can also "observe" with my hand and feel at once if she starts to push. And this is the biggest and most important difference for me in GW, the feeling in my hand. Again, a new insight :) The straight lines are of course the most difficult ones but the repeated half halts and short breaks seem to work. We should have been practising for the coming evaluation now but we are taking it very easy. Venus is in pain and I´m a little sad so we do the exercises now and then only in purpose to stretch out her muscles, not very harmonic I´m afraid :S
On the right hand, ususally the most difficult one, Venus still manages to find an LFS and shoulderfreedom
Usually Venus has no problems with the stellning and bending to the left. But now... look at her neck, her hip and flat back
#StraightnessTraining #ArtofRiding #Ridkonst #Dressyr
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