Some video

Hello World, and who else might be reading ;)

I feel like sharing some video from the training the other day, so here goes. We still have a lot of stuff to work on, my seat, how I hold my hands, how I look down in her neck instead of up etc... a For Dulle-horse it is strengthening her left side, as you can see in the video, it is her weaker side, making her more relaxed, working with her entire body and not go to deep on the bridle, but with an amateur rider and young horse, it is a work in progress ;)

I intially thought to not share the videos with anyone but myself, but then I thought, what the heck, maybe someone else will find it interesting, and also to see the progress in the future :)

Well enough excuses here are the videos:

Tess and back in the saddle.

We started riding again and it feels great. This video is from today, when I was lounging her. Pre-ride :) She has a little trouble keeping the balance in gallop on this side which causes her to cross gallop, but we are training hard on it, and it is becoming better and better. We had a horse-massage therapist out twice, and she found some tensions in Tess's back. This is probably from when she fell this summer, but luckily the therapist could already tell a big difference from the first till second time she was here. She is coming back in a month, and I hope she will tell us it is going in the right direction with the tension.

This wednesday we have dressage training again with Pelle Duvefelt, and I hope Tess will continue in our current direction, since it is positive and taking huge steps towards our future goals :)- Best horse in the world currently :)

Youtube Goodies: Q goes Country

I have decided to add a new "category" to my blog, thinking that once a week I will share a "youtube goodie" video. Since it is fun seeing other riders and also getting inspired by other amateurs aswell ;)
 I found this video by chance, and it put a big smile on my face. I just think this video really shows both rider and horse enjoying themselves, even though it is new to the horse.

Horse Jumping with Malin Baryard - H&M Life

About her horse missing one eye: http://www.chronofhorse.com/article/even-better-without

Puppy loves horse

Breeze loves his teddy!

Spreading some positive dressage energies

I feel like I need to share some positive dressage videos after my latest blogposts. I want to point out, I love horses and riding (and almost everything it entails), but I do think we have a responsibility to treat horses correct, since we chose to use them for our own purpose (riding). I am in no way an angel, I have made plenty of mistakes myself, but one day I woke up, smelled the coffee and corrected my ways, because that is what we owe to our beloved horses. They arent just a tool used to achieve our goals, but deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.

I also want to point out that I absolutely love dressage, but I feel some of these methods used on elite levels (and below) are abusive and unfortunatly getting rewarded for it (people riding on elite levels KNOW better, and they should set the standard and be an example to follow, not make people frown and turn the other way). There has always been ugly riding present on all levels, from riding school to the top, but the world of riding, and especially dressage has taken a turn where it is no longer frowned upon using these ugly methods openly, and people using them are also getting rewarded with prizes and medals, and my animal-loving-heart bleeds because of it, and that is why I refuse to shut up about it, and why I write about it here on my blog.

So as I was saying, I feel I want to show some beautiful dressage, worth watching, worth respecting. So without further ado:


I love watching Uta Gräf riding, so beautiful and effortless. Amazing.


I also like this video with Carola Koppelmann. Not giving me the chills like the Uta video, but still this is what dressage should look like.

Will Faerber on the Olympics 2012

I got to say I really like this guy, he makes great videoes regarding his training methods and gives good advice to riders on a "hobby" level, who are trying to retrain "problem" horses, or riding young horses. In this video I think he brings up some great points and shares his point of view.