The Training Arena of the Western Dressage Association® website is the place where you will find all kinds of advice & tips on how to train your horse for western dressage. It will have blog posts, published articles, videos, and other resources from various contributors in the western dressage equine world.
Video Velocity has announced a new DVD release, “Lameness and Its Cause and Prevention“, by Western Dressage Association® of America Advisory Board member Dr. Robert Miller DVM. In this 93 minute production, Miller discusses 11 major causes of lameness in horses — age, nutrition, lack of exercise, injury from unsafe environments, inappropriate footing, improper [...]
Submitted April 7, 2012 With the early modern era and with the move away from heavy cavalry and toward light cavalry dressage finally came into its own. Young lords and other officers, armed with early pistols, muskets, and eventually rifles, had not only to maneuver in combat in order to survive, but also to [...]
Notes From Julie Goodnight Julie Goodnight takes on topics you want to know more about in her blog. Here, in this excerpt from her blog, she answers an intriguing question about horse and human relationships. For more thoughts from Julie, watch her Horse Master TV show each Monday and Saturday night on RFD-TV and read [...]
Pearls from the Manure Pile #3 February 2010 In my last “Pearl” I discussed the importance of FORWARD MOTION. In this article I wish to elaborate a bit more on it’s importance and application. Let us take a 1000 lb horse as an example. This horse will carry approximately 400 lbs on the hind legs [...]
Pearls from the Manure Pile IV – July 2010 Collection, Engagement and Headset. What is What in the World of Cowboy Dressage? One of the things I most often find myself doing at clinics is talking a lot about Collection and defining it. There are so many misconceptions that it always needs clarification. For some [...]
TEACHING THE HORSE TO MOVE FORWARD AND STOP BASIC PRINCIPLES OF TRAINING Whether it is a matter of breaking in, mounting or doing the first work under saddle, I always begin a horse’s early lessons in a round pen or confined area-never out in the open. I do not go out of the safety area [...]
