How to introduce basic training concepts to young Dressage horses with Tor Van Den Berge

[@carolineoja6243]

I like this trainer and his lovely rider ! Very good coach . Knows his stuff . Very good 😊

[@allenlane5000]

Lots to unpack here on many levels. He doesn't waste a lot of words, very efficient. Lot's of details in the communication and beautiful horse.

[@alexlehane1470]

One of the best training videos I've seen online.

[@heatherwallace1939]

Thanks for this video. It's almost exactly what my instructor is getting me to do. Great seeing a video of somebody else doing it.

[@ameliebellefille4616]

Very helpful! Thank you so much for this video and all the explanations coming along the ride.

[@famillie]

really good lesson, i learn a lot.

[@theodore7716]

I started my now 5 year old ottb 2 years ago for showjumping but now I want to take a few months to get to like atleast a level 2 dressage level with him bc I know it's so good for them to know

[@JG-mt3rp]

Nice riding, nice coaching

[@Catdge]

Awesome stretching throughout, the training session, and horses head is not behind the vertical like most training videos , I have seen

[@DARKhorses73]

Wow what a lesson 😳😳😳 never have I ever had a lesson using wrong diagonal. Makes sense. Amazing. Lots of thinking 🤔

[@lizhadley3803]

I took a lesson with a trainer who had me post on the wrong diagonal not to ask for the canter but because it was easier to squeeze with my inside leg on the sit when my horse's inside leg was coming forward. This helped him move his ribcage over to encourage bend and mobility. It's harder to apply the rider's inside leg when rising. It felt weird, but it worked!

[@lisaroberts7926]

It works well with leg yielding ( riding on wrong diagonal)

[@maggierobbins4511]

Hi Tor I have a 4 year old Lusitano. I'm in Northern California. So when you talk about all your riders who ride young horses have strong legs. So my question is, is it constant pressure with the calves on the horse? Or varying degrees of pressure? When I started riding him with legs on him (actually using constant pressure) He started going really well and respond to it. Thanks in advance. :)

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Hi Maggie! Great question. Yes, for sure on a young and hotter horse using the leg with varying degrees of pressure is the best so as not to surprise the horse or upset them. Check out my youtube channel for more videos: kzbin.info

[@charmainemckinney4064]

Thank you super lesson.

[@marja9877]

Love this!

[@meganpahl3612]

Thanks for the video. You do not find ANY videos to use that show the horse NOT knowing what you are teaching. I have been a trainer my entire life but, not in dressage. I have an 11 year old mare I plan to do just that with. However, I could really use your advice. Could you send me a list of dressage moves to train a green horse? Meaning, 1. leg yield, 2....ect ect?? This way I could focus on each thing in order? I do not want to confuse my horse but I know she is a champion. Leg yields she does well with but for dressage training, I need to know how to teach her from the ground first.

[@bloodystring]

trying to teach my pole horse some dressage, nice

[@enriquecarranza9071]

When you say inside leg what part of the leg

[@bethvanselous6747]

excellent lesson..the rider needs to learn how to pet the horse for praise

[@nikitastacey4017]

What about the horse that’s on the fore hand, runs on and runs through the shoulder?

[@loredelore7286]

Hanovarian Westfalian ?

[@ferretyluv]

This guy has a Dutch name and a thick Australian accent. Mr. International!

[@KKKK-jc5tw]

May I put 3786 thumbs up ?!?,!!!!

[@alialhilali9862]

A 4 years old and they manage to over Flix the neck

[@rachel7113]

It is slightly flexed but not overly tucked in

[@poppycrust6871]

Rider is good but needs a lesson on patting and rewarding his horse and the importance of this basic manner.

[@loredelore7286]

When are you going to let the horse out in front, he is starting to ask and you are ignoring him, do this long enough and you will stiffen him and sour him.

[@sylvanathornton2119]

He's lame in the right hind.

[@Mimi-vt3yc]

I didn't see it at first. The horse seems to be able to hide it quite well, until they changed hand, You can see how it weirdly pulls it up sometimes and the stride is a bit shorter

[@liddykey1856]

Aww

[@alanmakesfilm5253]

Tell me why this is not so very cruel?

[@joaquimsousa2451]

when are so caled horse lovers going to realise that it hurts a horse to have a bit in its mouth plus can i see spurs on the rider ? a good trainer to me is someone who trains without theses !! horses cannot cry they have been subjected to such pain to do tricks ,,--when will people open their eyes and see how they have been treating our poor defenceless horses over the centuries .. please lets start to treat them kindly

[@amix7117]

Joaquim Sousa when are so called horse lovers going to realise, that each horse is different, and putting a bit in the horse’s mouth is not cruel, as long as the horse is relaxed and happy. Each horse has a preference- some are better bitless, and some prefere bits. The horse is fine.

[@Samma_c]

When are so called horse lovers going to realise, that just because these so called 'abusive devices' are in present, doesn't mean that they are being used. Ever called of pressure and release??? All it takes is a horse to realise that when they stop resisting, that pressure is removed. Also, just because a rider had spurs on or is carrying a whip, doesn't mean they have to use them. Toes in, spurs off.

[@kimberlyholloway6888]

I have to wonder why you bother to subject yourself to watching these videos if you feel that way? Seems like you just want to make other people feel bad. Find something else to focus on and leave people alone.

[@jennifermunoz7375]

@@amix7117 exactly as long as you dont pull the reins too much or put too much pressure the horse will be ok