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High on Straightness Training

9/13/2017

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​I’ve been watching Marijke de Jong’s Straightness Training (ST) program for a couple of years and finally decided to take the plunge and sign up for a course.
Wow! I’m blown away by the way it clarifies my understanding about training horses. The language and concepts in the ST program are familiar to me; I have a long history with classical dressage, beginning with training at the Potomac Horse Center in Gaithersburg, MD in the 1970’s, but the focus and clarity this course brings is welcomed.
I am doing case studies with my 5 year-old Arabian mare, Jalila, and another Arabian mare, Shiraz. Jalila’s compromises were not caused at the hand of man, but Shiraz has experienced the full brunt of misguided training and suffered both physically and mentally from it. The two are exact opposites in their needs and responses; so working with both them is a perfect storm to enhance my learning curve.
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    Jalila Is 5
    2017

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    ​Nancy Camp

    No excuses! It wasn’t until June that I got myself together to get this project fired up again after a long and difficult winter here in Idaho. I now have inspiration and moral support and we’ll see where this summer takes us.

    Meet Jalila pg.1
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