The School Halt
The "full" school halt is at the near end of all the work we can do in halt. The goal is not the school halt itself but what it can bring to
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Angelica Hesselius
- Nov 6
- 3 min
Teaching your horse lunging with mats
When we work with positive reinforcement we often have to think a little bit out of the box in how to set up the exercises we want....
Angelica Hesselius
- Jul 14
- 1 min
Hoof targets for reward based training. What can we actually do with them?
HOOF TARGET: To touch or walk towards objects with hooves/legs. Stationary or in movement. Standing on a mat is often the first...
Angelica Hesselius
- Apr 14
- 2 min
Transitions as exit points
Transitions are all about balance. We can make transitions within the gaits or between them. We can make transitions between exercises....
Angelica Hesselius
- Apr 10
- 3 min
Can Bruce Lee teach us about horse training?
So at the start of the year I choose a word for 2023, along with some friends. With the idea to help guide you and encourage some...
Angelica Hesselius
- Mar 4
- 3 min
Exercise your older horse
Training our older horses physically is a subject dear to heart. Think there’s so many great side effects from keeping doing regular...
Angelica Hesselius
- Jan 18
- 3 min
Build a reward based foundation for your horse part 1
Depending on what trainer or system you choose to work with these behaviors might be called different things and be somewhat different...
Angelica Hesselius
- Dec 18, 2022
- 2 min
Tactile Cues in reward based training
Tactile cues instead of pressure based cues
Angelica Hesselius
- Nov 22, 2022
- 1 min
Reward Based Riding-a podcast about balance
Finally first real episode is published. You can listen here or wherever you find your podcast. I'm really exited to get going and...
Angelica Hesselius
- Mar 16, 2022
- 3 min
Half pass from the ground
Half pass build up with positive reinforcement techniques
Angelica Hesselius
- Jan 30, 2022
- 1 min
From the ground to the saddle
Moving behaviors up to mounted riding can sometimes be challenging. But if we take care to prepare and work with the environment it can...
Angelica Hesselius
- Apr 20, 2021
- 0 min
R+ Dressage Building Blocks
Build your foundation for dressage in this 5 week long course
Angelica Hesselius
- Apr 12, 2021
- 2 min
Building Long Reining R+
I am very passionate about the work on the long reins and as some of you might have seen Ive introduced Tiny to this work recently. It's...
Angelica Hesselius
- Mar 3, 2021
- 2 min
Creating Space
The groundwork position is a quite strong position for many horses. Many lack the balance to move as slowly as their rider in the beginning
Angelica Hesselius
- Jan 1, 2021
- 3 min
Reward-based Art of Riding
Reward based art of riding. A strive to combine the principles of positive reinforcement with the art of riding. Old ideals, new pedagogy.
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