“graduate” the horse and rider to where they can move away from supervision.
• put in enough time and patience to give things a chance to work. realize there are going to be ups and downs, and that progress is always two steps forward, one steps back. ask your trainer for homework, and play with your horse between lessons/ formal training sessions. ask yourself: “how many young horses have i trained?” if the answer is none, the journey is going to take some time.
• listen to the people you are paying to help you. we’re here so you don’t have to make the same “mistakes” we did along the way, to 