Adjust the Ride to the Weather
The days are shorter and colder right now so it's harder to get motivated to get to the barn, tack up your horse, and ride. Then you have...
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Danielle Perry
USDF Bronze & Silver Medalist, USDF L Graduate*, and Trainer
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Danielle Perry
- Dec 15, 2016
- 4 min
The Very Boring Dirty Secret to Fantastic Riding is...
I was walking a student through the aids to ask for a walk-canter transition. It was her very first. She was so intent on every word that...
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Danielle Perry
- Dec 7, 2016
- 3 min
Freezing and Unfreezing your Body Parts
Riding horses is such a challenge in balance and motion. Focusing on all of the motion you are experiencing and just the sensation of...
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Danielle Perry
- Nov 29, 2016
- 3 min
Thankful Riding and Pinkies on the Pommel
I believe the hardest thing about riding is really what's between our ears! It's the thoughts we think as we ride that make or break a...
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Danielle Perry
- Nov 23, 2016
- 3 min
The Chicken Dance Song--Helping with Rein Connection
So, now that you have the reins in your hands and all you can think of while riding your horse is squeezing and releasing the sponge,...
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Danielle Perry
- Nov 23, 2016
- 2 min
A Rein by Any Other Name Is Still a Rein
You talk to your horse through the rein. Gasp--I said it out loud! We're so focused on not touching the reins so much we forget they are...
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Danielle Perry
- Nov 8, 2016
- 2 min
Progress Needs a Plan
How do you know you are progressing? Does a show prove it? What if you have an unbelievably disastrous show of no fault of your own?...
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Danielle Perry
- Nov 2, 2016
- 2 min
Finding Your Horse's Inner Saint
The day after Halloween is referred to as All Saints’ Day. Sometimes you feel like your horse is the same—one day dressed up like a scary...
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Danielle Perry
- Oct 11, 2016
- 2 min
Improve your Lateral Work - The Diagonal Aids
Today's Two-Minute Training Tip introduces the "Squiggles" for lateral work. The "squiggles" is a popular exercise that I've put my own...
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