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Zusatztext "A valuable resource! whether you're an experienced owner or buying your first easy-gaited horse?.Ziegler's approach stresses gentle! humane training using the principles of good horsemanship." Trail Rider Magazine "Lee presents the what! why! and how of easy gaits?.A must-read for those who mistakenly believe gaits are best achieved through pain and force." Natural Horse "A thorough! well-written look at training the pleasure horse?.Ziegler is a top clinician in Germany and the United States and brings 30 years' experience with gaited breeds to this book. It's a keeper." Horsemen's Yankee Pedlar Informationen zum Autor Lee Ziegler writes on easy-gaited horses for such publications as The Fox Trotter Journal, Horse and Horseman, Walking Way, Gaitway Magazine, The Canadian Walking Horse News, and The Gaited Horse. She lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Klappentext Discover the comfort of easy gaits! It's easy to fall in love with gaited horses, says author Lee Ziegler, and not just because they tend to be handsome animals with good dispositions. More important, their special gaits are comfortable to ride over long distances (unlike the jarring trot), making them a trail rider's dream come true. Whether it's the running walk of the Tennessee Walker, the fox trot of the Missouri Fox Trotter, the Rocky Mountain Horse's saddle gait, the Icelandic Horse's tolt, the Paso Fino's largo, or the Peruvian Paso's sobreandando, each easy gait can be smooth and delightful to experience. Riding and training one of these horses, however, may be like changing from a one-gear pedal bicycle to a 20-speed model. Easy-gaited horses are complex, multi-geared individuals and present unique challenges for a horse owner who is more familiar with the simple walk, trot, and canter. Ziegler guides you through the fine points of developing and maintaining these extra gaits, using humane training methods that stress good horsemanship. The book includes: * Charts comparing the different gaits * Best equipment for easy-gaited horses * Ground exercises to develop coordination, flexibility, and trust * Solutions to common gait problems * Mounted exercises to improve the easy gaits * Sample lesson plans Zusammenfassung She explains how to ride a multi-gaited horse, how to handle gait problems, and even how to retrain an easy-gaited show horse for pleasure riding. Ziegler also discusses how to train gaited foals and colts, and explains what preparation is necessary before taking the young horse on his first ride. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Rhonda Hart PoeIntroduction1 What Are the Easy Gaits?2 The Why and How of Easy Gaits3 Before You Ride4 Ground Work5 Developing the Ordinary Walk6 The Flat Walk, or Slow Paso Llano7 The Stepping Pace, Amble, or Sobreandando8 Introducing the Easy Gaits9 The Pace Problem and How to Solve It10 Improving the Flat Walk and Intermediate Gaits11 The Canter12 Finishing Touches13 Foals & Young Gaited HorsesAppendix A: Sample Lesson Plans for Developing and Improving GaitAppendix B: Names of Gaits and Gaited BreedsIndex ...
