How to improve the contact with your horse? | Begijnhoeve | How to #5

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

What would you like to see in this how-to series?

[@veerlehaak2940]

Misschien het gebruik van de achterbenen als motor. Mijn paard gebruikt vooral haar voorbenen 😅

[@margokoorn1688]

ja hoe je een jong dresuur paard wat een nerveus karakter heeft, kan voorbereiden op een eerste wedstrijd op een ander gebied

[@JannaSelier1]

Hey, I love your video's! Maybe I get a bit old, but the background music is a bit loud I have the idea. It makes it more difficult to understand what you are saying. Is it an idea to balance that a bit more? If I am the only one who experience that problem, just forget what I said ;)

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Ow thnx I will look into it 😊

[@marleen4508]

Het aanleren van middendraf en vervolgens uitstrekken

[@allisonhulley5970]

Very helpful. Having unsteady contact at times with my young horse. Would love to see more videos training the very young horses and also lunging.

[@patrycjadirac7429]

Your channel is what I really need... Your explanations are clear and understandable, I wish I could join your classes some day

[@joedavey6187]

Really enjoying these uncomplicated, informative videos I have used your techniques training a young mare with great results thank you

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

That’s really good 😊 thnx 🤗

[@valking3197]

Your solid seat makes it easier for her to play the give and take game with you. I was out of riding for many years and it has taken me a full year to get even close to still in the saddle again so that my limbs can work well with my horses needs. Your tips are super helpful, thank you.😊

[@brookeharris7575]

Awww, this horse is so beautiful. She keeps wiggling her top lip as well, very sweet, I think she's very happy and content. Thanks for the awesome video, I'm just teaching contact to my horse and this was extremely straightforward and helpful.

[@kottakutta]

This video is so helpful. Thank you so much for putting it up. I'm riding a young horse now and the only thing he's doing is running away and be very hectic. So the contact was always very tight and rarely loose. I didn't really know what to do. After seeing your video I have a better idea of what I want the horse to do. It's also my first time to train such a young horse. So I will keep all of your ideas in my mind while training him next time. And try to focus on one thing at a time. Please do more videos on young horses especially maybe when breaking them for the first time. Thank you so much! You both are amazing!!

[@joekevandermei7459]

@Tommie, heldere. Duidelijke uitleg, en je laat ook zien dat respect voor paard en paardenmond meer dan uitstekend samengaan met topsport, top!!!

[@kikiza123]

Lovely horse that loves her job, look at those ears :) This is a wonderful example of dressage

[@evitawolter3948]

Wat zijn jullie videos leerzaam zeg!! Kan nu al niet wachten op de volgende! Top, bedankt :)

[@georginalester4303]

Love this video, at last a contact method my horse accepts. Whoo!

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

😁

[@suebenbow6860]

I have listerned to this 8 times. Very well explained. Thku Tommie

[@BeaKing-ob7fq]

Very good. Like how you use BOTH hands to give. There is quite a fashion of holding the outside rein and only giving on the inside. Here you release on both which is steadier and clearer. This is a confusing area for so many riders - which rein, which leg etc and inside leg to outside rein confuses more.

[@brendaoenema6889]

Heren, ik kan jullie wel zoenen. Ik ben heel visueel ingesteld. Van kijken naar goed voorbeeld (ik heb de meeste video's wel een paar keer bekeken om het echt goed te snappen en te voelen) in combinatie met de trainingen die ik krijg van mijn instructrice (die ik geweldig vind) leer ik en dat gaat hierdoor heel snel. Ik heb deze how to's een paar weken geleden ontdekt op KZbin. Deze training video's hebben mij zo enorm geholpen om de communicatie met mijn zeer sensitieve merrie goed te krijgen. We gaan nu met sprongen vooruit. Enorm bedankt voor het delen van deze super fijne trainingsvideo's en ga vooral zo door. Ik had deze reactie onder iedere video kunnen plaatsen, maar, net als alles begint goed rijden met goed contact met je paard. Dus de beste plaats voor mijn reactie dacht ik zo. Hartelijke groet, Brenda

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Ah fijn! Dank je wel 🥰🤠

[@kmohegan]

This lesson demo helped me so much with my young Knabstrupper

[@jcarroccio7844]

Excellent video! Your explanations are so clear! My horse is currently under rehab for hind end suspensory surgery, so we are just doing walk. I am going back to retraining, so your training videos come at a perfect time! Thank you 😉

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Super! Good luck 🍀🍀

[@lindavanderkooi-reitsma9555]

Ook "How to" is weer een super serie! Erg helder uitgelegd ook weer in deze video. Echt super leuk om naar te kijken en morgen weer mee te nemen in de training. Echt weer even bewustwording. Thanks!

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

😊 thnx

[@lindasvensson4855]

Love youre videos! Would like to see this in a snaffle! And with a young horse!🙏💕

[@kate9882]

Love your videos! So educational and lots of helpful tips 🤗 would love to see some groundwork/lunging videos in the future!

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Thanks 😊

[@TudorSings]

My HERO TOMMIE...bravo kind sir...you are clear & precise. Dr. Tudor

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Haha thanks 🤗

[@RalphEidams-jo9kr]

Super uitleg! heel leerzaam, duidelijk en steeds in harmonie met het paard. een dikke tien

[@bethbrown4670]

Great description of how to make better contact!

[@EquestrianWomen]

your fantastic, patient and nice way of teaching, come to America! Clinic, where does the manure go from that whole in the stall?

[@bambini5973]

Could you make a video on how to use reins, I mean the role of the outer rein, the inside rein....which one do you think is more important...such basics for a recreational rider ;)

[@katejackson4778]

This helped me a great deal in my training session today! Really enjoying your videos and can’t wait to watch more! Brilliant series. Thankyou

[@jameskelly6216]

Love this Tommy. My coach trains me with the exact technique ❤

[@tatyana8965]

Thank you, it’s very helpful for me

[@anaoterodesertrose]

Love your videos! 👌🏻😊 thank you for sharing your knowledge

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

😁

[@arwentersteegfotografie7216]

Super fijne uitleg, erg respectvol naar het paard toe ook! Heerlijk om naar te kijken en luisteren.

[@ingridpontier92]

wat een super fijne uitleg ! heel duidelijk en leerzaam. en wat een prachtige paarden hebben jullie toch :)

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Dank je wel 😊

[@dancing.with.adagio]

Thank you!! This was very helpful. ☺️

[@donnaschuckman5965]

I would love to see a video about how to sit properly. I want to know how to keep my own body relaxed while riding.

[@geri.sw.sanswsfleming2351]

Fantastic lesson

[@petrazwart5918]

Fijne en goede uitleg 👍 die eerlijke soepele hand in combinatie met de paarden mond helemaal goed!

[@hawaii1995]

Thank you for sharing! Even though your contact here is not perfect it is way above where I am at the moment. So I was wondering if you mind sharing how is the contact with a really green horse before it gets as stable as we can see it in this video :-)

[@abbylong6668]

I have only just discovered this channel, but I am thoroughly enjoying the explanations. It's lovely to see the softness in the way you ride. I am working with a mare for a pupil who has a tendency to lean on the left contact only until she is properly through. I have been pushing her with my left leg to encourage her more into my right hand, whilst concentrating on staying soft in my left hand as a correction. Would this be how you would fix a horse that was unlevel in the hand?

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Thx ! Maybe have a look at the how yo ride a young horse videos ?

[@malcolmmcinnes9068]

Thank you for this very useful……🙏

[@brendaoenema6889]

Question, in your video you suggest if the horse does not take contact to stand stil and try to restore the contact by tacking a little contact with both hands and wait untill she softens. Do I understand your explenation correct? My horse puts her neck in between and it takes ages for her to soften. When she does, I immediate release and apprase her with my voice. Do I keep going on doing this until she accepts the contact immidiatly or is there a nother way for me to make her understand what I want her to do? By the way, she has a great contact in her canter. Walk and trot are her lowspots. I do a lot of transitions to make these gates and contact better.

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

It’s difficult for me to say without seeing it. When the horse don’t take contact It’s most of the time because the hind legs are not active enough that’s mabe the case with you in canter it’s more active🤷🏻‍♂️ I also like to do some leg yielding in circles to have a better connection I’ll explain in a video soon! 😎

[@viserysyvaine7484]

Iam going to do this to my mare, thank you so much Tommie. I also have a question when a horse have a strong mouth on one side how to teach them to be softer on that spesific side? She is also more nervous whenever we do the usual trot and canter on the track left (her right mouth is so strong caused her body to go inside the arena but her neck to the outside arena) :(

[@JavierBonillaC]

This is the best explanation I have heard about “contact”. I am starting to ride Grand Prix but I have so much to learn! Thank you. Where are you located? What is your name? Is your channel produced by you or by several riders? Thank you, I am a subscriber. If you have Patreon I will gladly join.

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Thanks! Rob and me own this channel. Doing everything ourself🤠. Greets Tommie

[@spaziocasainterioare1656]

Hello! I like very much your videos and explanations! I am wondering if you have a video which regards the "warm up"? The timing at each gate and how :) Surely it is to be personalized on each horse as they are all different, yet, this would be so much precious :) Thank you!!

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

We have a How to Playlist. There is a video about the warm up 🤗

[@spaziocasainterioare1656]

@@Begijnhoeve_official Thank you so much for your kind reply! Yes, I saw it actually one week ago or so! In the above video you clearly explain what to do facing different situations. In the warm up video, very interesting as usual, i think you can show us more :) Or maybe the warm up is regarding only what we see. But i am quite sure it is not :) :)

[@emiliecarre]

Really helpful video ! Great tips that I will used in my next ride. I’ve à mare that have some unequal contact when things become harder for her. She becomes stronger or open her mouth. I have an other mare and I don’t have issue with the contact. Every horse is different ! I really enjoyed your videos ! I would love to listen your tips about the flying changes. Some horse is easier than others. What is your tools to teach them to your horse and what you had face with a difficult one. Thanks 💖

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

I think we have one or two How to video’s of Flying Changes. You can find them In the How to Playlist

[@alexp.4764]

Another great video:-)what to do with a horse that is lazy and doesn't push from behind and doesn't want to be soft especially on the right rain? It's almost mission impossible to ride on two reins as the horse gets really crooked. Moreover, it's a mare...so she is very stubborn and huge 175cm.

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Well most of the time when a horse doesn’t get soft in the connection the hindlegs are not active enough or the horse runs away from it ….. so I would say don’t mind the front focus on foreward 😎

[@jolienhcg4755]

Zo ontzettend goed en duidelijk uitgelegd. Top!!!👌🏻

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Dank je 😊

[@AnaPaolaMigoya]

Great explanation thank you 😊

[@alisonholtom160]

Plain snaffle bridle, [no flash/crank caverson noseband] videos please ...

[@elaineserjeant7730]

Oh wow I have just watched and I nearly fell off my sofa when you announced the winner of your competition!! I have emailed you - Elaine 😁

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Super! Congrats 🥳

[@malcolmmcinnes9068]

I will try it 🙏

[@newimagetc]

I have an Arabian who I have been training since he was 7. He was very spooky and out of control in the beginning but now he is coming along and he is just now learning to accept the contact. But he continues to come above the bit if something gets his attention so I do lots of shoulder in and circles to keep his attention on his work. I'm showing him in training and first level with scores in the mid to upper 60's. Would like to develop more lightness in the front so he can lift more and take more weight on the hind end. Do you have any suggestions for a horse that doesn't have natural self carriage. Should I do more trot to walk to trot transitions if so how many steps ect. I am trying to develop his medium trot which requires self carriage. Also do you do or view videos of other people's horses with problems,? Then make suggestions for them?

[@azulramirez4356]

Very helpful thanks so much

[@karokaps6812]

I have a student who I just started teaching. Her horse curls behind the vertical even though she is light with her hands. How can we encourage her horse to come to the bit? I am informed this young horse was ridden in a Pelham by the previous trainer and wonder if this could be the source of the mistrust. She is now in a simple eggbutt snaffle bit.

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Go foreward until the horse start making more connection when it gets ‘too much’ than slow down again. See video transitions 😉

[@guilainerehberg6631]

Hallo Tommie, ich bin zufällig auf eueren Kanal gestoßen…gefällt mir 👍🏻 gleich geliked und abonniert. Liebe Grüße Guilaine aus Frankfurt/Deutschland 🇩🇪

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Hi my German is not so well haha but thank you 🥰

[@guilainerehberg6631]

Sorry, I thought you speek german as you mentioned the german Term „überstreichen“ as a control of selfcarriage. As I don‘t speak dutch let‘s choose english. It‘s the same with our horses, we have to choose a language they understand to communicate with them🙃 Have a nice day 🤗

[@Silfverlyktansdressyr]

Nice 😊 Kurious what brand/model of saddle you ride in on this video? Really happy to see a rider with quiet hands 🐴✨

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

In this video I ride with custom saddle ☺️

[@Silfverlyktansdressyr]

Looks really comfortable :) Love the videos, making some over here in Sweden.

[@ΜαριαΒαρδακη-γ1ο]

Sometimes I don't feel that I have contact with the mouth of the left side ..he is too soft with the result I feel that I have something empty in my hand ...what exercises can I do to fix the contact with the horse and feel the mouth of my horse in my hand?

[@spaziocasainterioare1656]

Hello! This is a very nice video, thank you so much!!! Very clear and efficient. But, I have one question though :) You are explaining the contact after you did warm up and did transition already. Yet, while doing the warm up you need some how to have a contact. Surely in a different way, as the stage of the scale of training is different. So you face different issues in early stages with the contact. What do you do then? Do we apply the same principles? I guess yes but the horse will not respond as after the warm up. Thank you so much!!

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Hi thnx. Did you see the other videos about warm up and transitions? And what exactly is your question sorry I don’t understand it well 🙃

[@spaziocasainterioare1656]

@@Begijnhoeve_official I saw it few months ago. As you mention it now i will look it again now :) My question is: how do I manage to have a nice contact during the warm up. Conditions are different as the horse cant be in self carriage as u shown here, next to others. How do u face different situations in warm up for contact as you well explained here :) Hope my question is clear now otherwise drop it :) :) I like very much what you say always!! Thank you so much for those precious tips!!! I am riding since quite some time - maybe 10 years or more. The contact is always an issue. Now I bought a new horse, a stallion. Oreo. He is so cute but i think they stressed him evry much in the mouth. So i am focusing on relaxing him, trusting my hands, which are now a bit strong!! I felt off my previous horse and broke a vertebrea. So had to stop for one year. Now I am on saddle again since last week! So i am quite under stress as afraid, yet cant give up the passion i have. So yes, i need to control my hands more then ever, yet he is evry upset. So trying to find nice tips or many things related to this :) Ill go to watch the warm up! Thank you so much for taking time to answer to me :)

[@minderellafox7906]

@@spaziocasainterioare1656 hi, I read your post and understand what you are saying. Even when you pick up your reins to warmup, you are working on contact. This video is just going more into understanding the contact more, and refining the contact. It isn’t like you are suddenly working on contact, you are always working on it. If your horse is very bad in the contact, maybe going back to working on the ground, to get him to move off your hands so he uses his hindlegs more. Bad issues in the contact are usually from the hindlegs being shutdown, maybe due to lots of pulling on the mouth. Good luck 😊😊

[@spaziocasainterioare1656]

@@minderellafox7906 Thank you so so much for taking time to reply to my post! I really appreciate this! Yes, I understand what you say and yes, i bought this horse, Oreo, a stallion of 11 years old as like very much his peaces. He has such a great walk and canter. He was badly managed and yes, pulling over his mouth. I need to train him again. I am very green like him, eventually less :) I am indeed succeeding as i feel improvement. The contact is a real issue and yes i am working a lot on his hinds legs as he does not use them at all :) So i am very happy to read your answer :) Thank you and keep posting as your site is really nice. I love both the guys as very natural, no faking, loving horses and very good riders!!

[@minderellafox7906]

@@spaziocasainterioare1656 good to hear it is improving, it just takes time too 😊. Contact is such an evolving thing, it changes as they progress with their training. Yes I love this channel too, such nice guys, and good training 😊

[@Julia-ju2kn]

How do you correct the horse when it does not get strong when you take contact but lift its head way up and or shake the head?

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Good question difficult to answer without seeing it 😅 most of the time when the horse don’t accept the contact it’s important to teach him that the hand in not to block on but get soft en relaxation. Togheter ofcourse with the tempo Control. I made a video about transitions mabe that’s helpful to watch 😁

[@Julia-ju2kn]

@@Begijnhoeve_official thanks, I saw that video; it inspired my question 🤩

[@lisazwaan3550]

Dit is exact het probleem bij mij en mijn paard. Thx Tom ❤️❤️

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Graag gedaan 😊

[@davidcarter3049]

Really good video..one of the problems with asking for more impulsion is the danger of losing the flexion at the poll and getting behind the bit as the contact becomes firmer..you ride really sensitively and with real empathy but at times still have this problem..so my thought is about muscular development ie strengthening the neck muscles so they are less flexible. I watched a weight training video about human squats, and the expert talked about how important it was not to be flexible in the lower back for strength training..carrying a heavy weight in a squat requires the lower back to be really solid so it doesn’t flex..in a way, asking for a stronger contact with the reins for more impulsion is something similar, particularly when these horses are beautifully supple. I guess my question is what exercises can be done to strengthen the neck muscles so that they are strong enough to resist the rein as more impulsion is asked for?

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Good question. Well I think that the horses neck is like the cats tail. So the neck helps the horse to be in balance. This is also I think why it’s so difficult the have and keep the right position of it. What I like to do when asking for more activity behind is doing that on a circle wile doing a little bit leg yield. And also if you lose the balance always go back. So I don’t ask voor more impulsion with taking more contact. The idea is that you ask more activity in the hind legs so the horse can go trough the back in the right contact with the riders hand. It’s difficult to explain here in this writing haha so I might make a video about how we can add more engery without getting a tensed contact. Good one! Thanks for your comment 🤠

[@Linda.0708]

@Begijnhoeve , ik ben erg benieuwd naar de video over het creëren van meer activiteit met een GOED contact. Mijn merrie is nogal een heet dametje, erg licht in het contact en voorwaarts. Zodra het wat moeilijk wordt, wordt ze snel vlug en drukt haar tong tegen haar tanden en gehemelte. Ze steekt hem niet uit gelukkig, maar het is lastig om haar weer lekker losjes te laten kauwen. Het schakelen gaat goed.

[@staceylent5079]

I seem to be able to supple my horse better in canter than trot. Lateral work helps him supple in trot after some canter warm up. Any suggestions on improving contact in trot,,I suspect my balance is better in canter but we are continuing to work on the trot work

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Maybe keep making transitions trot - canter ? When your horse feels good in Canter go back to Trot and when you feel your losing the good feeling in Trot go back to Canter.

[@marcusdejong1443]

Very interesting thanks the horse is so awsome

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Thnx 😁

[@mariaassuncao5048]

Why do horses put their head down when you make a connection instead of getting tense and trying to take the pressure of? Does moving fhe bit relax de horse?

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Horses are flight animals so in there nature when something is unknown they flee with there head up. If you sit on them for the first time they mostly get tensed and try to run. The bit itself don’t make them relax but if you are a good rider you can use that tool to build confidence and make your horse trust you and being relaxt! When a horse start to relax then they will put their head down. 😁

[@brendaoenema6889]

Dank je wel voor de video. Ik heb een vraag. Mijn oudere paard is vooral zacht in de aanleuning in wendingen en oefeningen zoals schouder binnenwaarts, traver, wijken, appuyeren in draf en galop, maar heeft moeite om dit vol te houden in de rechte lijnen. Ook heeft hij moeite om zacht te blijven in de stap. Hoe pak ik dit aan?

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Das een goeie haha laat ik t zo zeggen in de proef rijd je ook weinig rechtuit. Dus wanneer t op rechte lijn lastig word zoals je aangeeft dan een volte wijken etc. Ik rijd heel veel voltes!

[@marijkevandermeer2772]

Very nice! ❤

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Thnx 😊

[@jooskevanderspil1646]

Dank voor de duidelijke video! Ik vroeg me af of je ook een ophouding kan geven als je het paard wilt laten nageven, of geef je alleen met beide handen wat ‘tegendruk’? Mijn paard gaat bij het nageeflijk vragen bij halthouden namelijk snel op m’n hand hangen/trekken en houdt dit langer vol dan ik ;)

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Ik ben meestal niet zo van de ophoudingen wat je dan vaak krijgt is dat ze eerder van het bit af komen zoals ik in de video liet zien.... uiteraard zijn er altijd per paard uitzonderingen maar ik heb liever een stille stabiele hand. Als in het halthouden gaan hangen komt t vaak doordat de voorwaartse drang onvoldoende is. In de video over de tansitions kun je meer daarover zien;-) succes !

[@rickvanklaveren1575]

Top video hier hebben we wat aan!

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Dank je 😊

[@debbiedobson5662]

thank you

[@veerlehaak2940]

Als je contact hebt met de mond van je paard, betekent dat dan ook dat ze de rest van hun lichaam goed gebruiken (rug, achterhand)? Ik dacht namelijk van niet, maar misschien dat hier nog een video over gemaakt kan worden :)

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Als ze zacht worden in de verbinding dan worden ze losgelaten in het hele lijf. Dus wanneer een paard op een eerlijke manier nagevelijk is zal de achterhand beter doortreden en de rug meer swingen.

[@tessavaneekeren705]

Hoi Tommie, fijne video! Mijn vraag is: wat doe je als je paard te diep gaat als je contact maakt? Dit gebeurd bij regelmatig in galop. Thanx alvast.

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Vaak zijn ze dan of niet voorwaarts genoeg of ‘rennen’ weg. Als je paard langzamer gaat wanneer hij dat doet moet je voorwaarts gaan. Wanneer ie harder gaat maak je overgang terug. In de video over transitions kun je daar meer over zien 😊

[@tessavaneekeren705]

@@Begijnhoeve_official wow wat een snelle reactie! 😊

[@JannaSelier1]

Wat is het verschil tussen contact zoeken met de mond om het zachter te maken, maar je blijft in het zelfde tempo en contact met de mond om het paard terug te laten komen/lanzamer te laten gaan? Hoe herkent het paard dat?

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Hoi janna goede vraag! Deze was al gesteld het antwoord wat ik gegeven heb kun je vinden tussen de reacties 😊

[@izaliv5345]

Amazing!!!

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Thnx 😁

[@margokoorn1688]

was weer een hele duidelijke uitleg video, en wat is de dresuur trainng ook verandert met jaren geleden dit is veel paard vriendelijker (gellukig), en nu gebeurt het ook met veel meer geduld, en samenwerking, daarom is de uitwerking hoe een paard dan presteerd veel natuurlijker denk ik. Ik heb een vraag, wat is nu de functie van een trens, wat voegt het toe aan het gewone hoofdstel, ik ben een leek op het gebied van trens hoofdstellen en had het kunnen opzoeken op google maar wilde het jou vragen, bestaat het nu ook gewoon uit dat de paarden 2 bitten in hun mond hebben, en waarom zit er altijd een ketting aan. Heel erg bedankt voor weer een geweldige video en ook bedan kt toppertje Fanatique sorry als ik de naam verkeerd geschreven heb lol.

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Tis Fanatique ja dus helemaal goed 😉😎 Ow ja dat is een heeeeel lang verhaal om uit te leggen, kan je toch best online even bekijken 🤪Samengevat is een Stang & Trens ontworpen om een paard makkelijker te laten verzamelen

[@cvb288]

Top uitleg!

[@angelawolgast2960]

You both are such a beautiful team. Explanations are correct, but if you'll continue riding with a back like concrete, the horse might come behind the vertical and " behind the aids" so to say. That hasn't got any to do with lightness. There already is a slightly rythm problem in the walk. The horse will stiffen it's upper line, and in the end, you won't get an adorable collection, because the horse isn't abel to lower it's hindquarter.

[@MsSwingin]

En hoe weet het paard het verschil tussen contact en zacht worden of contact en langzamer? Gezien je in het begin met aanleren je reactie bevestigd op de hand.

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

Goede vraag! Hoe weet je paard bijvoorbeeld ook wanneer je naar stap wilt en wanneer je wilt halthouden? Er zijn meer factoren die mee spelen uiteraard lastig om zo even uit te leggen. Kort samengevat de rest van je lichaam werkt ook door op je paard. Zelfs als je alleen mentaal bijv denkt dat je door wilt rijden ipv langzaam gaan maakt dat al een verschil. 😉

[@hannamulder9587]

Wat doe je als je teugel geeft maar je paard dan direct denkt, nu mag ik rennen of mijn nek strekken? Maak je dan gelijk weer contact? Als je steeds gelijk contact moet maken, hoe “beloon” je je paard dan?

[@Kwebbel48]

Zeer interessant en goed uitgelegd! Vriendelijke manier♥ Dat neusje van haar 16:24 toen je klaar was, te schattig♥♥♥ groetjes x Debby

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

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[@waynestaudt9627]

Why do You always ride in double bridle. Most of us don't ride in double bridle.

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

We don’t always do that it just happen to be that you see those videos. In other videos of us you see we also ride with a snaffle

[@barbaramurua6124]

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[@claramb2]

The problem here is when you are not so subtle with your Aids! Jeje, I’m Kind of Those! 🤣🤦‍♀️

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

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[@thrust461]

Plz let me come Train for a month or 2 this is everything I’ll Inbox I’ll Pay

[@Begijnhoeve_official]

U can always send us an email. [e-mail]

[@RaniTanny]

Does nobody have objections to the horse being btv AND teaching him to be btv? Please people Don't just listen to the words- OPNE YOUR EYES AND SEE!! Does this horse look willing, relaxed and ready to ACTUALLY moving freely?? SOFT IN THE CONTACT??? After you forced the horse to hold painful , overbend contact. This is an abomination of horse training😢