Well, im not totally beginner at dressage, as I have been taking dressage lessons for 6ish years, but I will be the first to admit that I do have a very beginner dressage potision. Bear has been a hunter his whole life, so dressage is pretty new to him, haha. I am taking dressage on with him because 1.) it is an awesome foundation for all of the things I want to do with him (including dressage); 2.) I have always wanted to show dressage and really work at becoming good at it; 3.) Bear seems to like dressage just as much as I do; and 4.) its a new challange. The stills that our out doors (in my arena) are from 10/12/09 and the stills from the indoor arena are from 10/14/09, which was our first full riding lesson together.
So here we go...
^^ this one is more on him, I was patting him in this.
^^ asking him to trot, him being lazy, nice working walk though. This one is on him!
^^ This was Bear and I doing dressage for the first time together, this was about two-three weeks ago I think.
Bear and I arent going to do jumping for a while, maybe another two weeks to a month I really want to work on just flat work and getting more weight and muscle on him before we start jumping. We will be doing dressage, huntseat and western, but mainly dressage while we are on that break. Then I will slowly bring him back into jumping.
PLEASE CRITIQUE! Be as harsh as you want, both on Bear and I.
PS: What do you guys think of my stirrup? To short?
So here we go...
^^ this one is more on him, I was patting him in this.
^^ asking him to trot, him being lazy, nice working walk though. This one is on him!
^^ This was Bear and I doing dressage for the first time together, this was about two-three weeks ago I think.
Bear and I arent going to do jumping for a while, maybe another two weeks to a month I really want to work on just flat work and getting more weight and muscle on him before we start jumping. We will be doing dressage, huntseat and western, but mainly dressage while we are on that break. Then I will slowly bring him back into jumping.
PLEASE CRITIQUE! Be as harsh as you want, both on Bear and I.
PS: What do you guys think of my stirrup? To short?