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In combined driving the navigator one of the most critical members of your team. A great CDE navigator will not only keep your carriage upright, they’ll keep you on-course and penalty free. Learn what your navigator needs to know (and what you need to teach them) in this online class. This class features features about 3 hours of instruction that you can view right now! (Don't worry, I broke the class into smaller segments, so you don't have to watch it all at once.) Add this class to your cart, and you'll have instant access as soon as you've checked out. -
If you're looking to advance your skills and communication with your horse, this lesson plan will be a great place to start! 9 exercises will help you develop a clear, reliable half halt. This lesson plan can be used for riding, carriage driving or long lining. **This lesson plan is included in the course materials in my online course, "Building a Half Halt." You may want to check that course out for more comprehensive coaching on the half halt.
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It’s one thing to understand the outside rein, it’s another to explain it to your horse! This lesson plan will give you the steps to develop your horse’s outside rein. Get this lesson plan Free when you sign up for the Outside Rein Online class.
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Contact is one of the most important principles in carriage driving. Contact is the connection from the driver, through the reins, to the bit, and ultimately the horse, that allows communication to flow between the horse and driver.
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Teaching a horse how to move off the whip through in-hand ground training is the best way to build his understanding of this important communication aid. This lesson plan also features a section for helping the whip-shy horse overcome his fear of the whip.
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Long lining is easily the most valuable tool that I’ve ever learned and continued to develop as a horse trainer. This invaluable tool has helped bring horses from green broke to elegant mounts for both riding and driving. You may never lunge a horse again once you've learned to longline!
Get this article for free when you purchase the online class Long Lining 101!
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As a driver, your reins communicate the vast majority of your intentions to your horse. However, most drivers make this one critical error in their driving that makes it much more difficult for the horse to hear those communications.
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This is a core lesson plan that many of my other lesson plans are built upon. Use it on its own, or as a warmup for other work.
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Have you been longing for a lengthening out of your horse since the day you met? There is a way to help your horse develop a lengthening without chasing him into it. This lesson plan will help!
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It can be pretty intimidating when your horse spooks in the carriage. Employing the right strategies can keep a simple spook from boiling over into a full-blown runaway. This article gives you the tips and tricks get past the spooks and keep them from turning into something worse.
* 2019 Revised Edition ~ With more info and illustrations
Receive this lesson plan free with your purchase of the online class "Drive Past the Spook."
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Training for cones courses involves more than randomly driving from one set of cones to another. This lesson plan helps develop skills that can be applied to any cones course with any horse or pony.
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Do you ever feel “stuck” in your horse’s training? You know you want to improve, but you just don’t know what you should be focused on?
Understanding the training scale can help you identify the places where the roadblocks are in your training, and how to move beyond them. This class will breakdown the training scale in way that you’ll be able easily understand, and put to use.
