Articles:
Lessons in 'Feel'
Enjoy your journey!
Karen
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with Leslie Desmond
  Seven
trainers from Colorado, Ohio, Tennessee, Italy, Sweden and the UK, all mentored
by Leslie, came together for six days to start colts under Leslie’s guidance at
Flying D Ranch in Bozeman, Montana. Karen Musson, coach, trainer and
clinician (www.TheArtOfRiding.com),
based in Granville, OH, writes a 15 part series highlighting key elements of
handling young horses through feel.
TABLE of CONTENTS
Introduction: It was not the typical first ride
1. Spring out of
the start gate
2. First Step: Leaving
the pen!
3. A foundation for
lightness
4. Taking a fresh
start: haltering
5. The importance of
meaning in a foundation
6. Feel and Release...
what does that mean?
7. Feel and Release in
the round pen
8. Building a new
foundation: accessing the mind
9. Building a new
foundation: accessing the feet
10. Building a new
foundation: restoring natural movement
11. Building a new
foundation: understanding confinement
12. Bridling through
feel and release
13. Saddling through
feel and release
14. What about those
feet – the colt starting check list had one hole left to fill
15. Ready for the
first ride
With sincere thanks to Leslie Desmond, Lisa Popowich, Rowan Evans and Aidan McFall for their support and time dedicated to
review, edits and comments.
Photo Flying D Ranch, Montana
(photograph by
Trine Bohnsdalen)
By
Karen Musson
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