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Observations & Plan of Action – Posture

6/7/2016

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The first thing I notice about horses is their posture and overall balance. Jalila is high headed, even at rest and cannot comfortably extend her head and neck forward and down. She is disconnected front to back at rest and in movement.
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Body Out Of Balance = Mind Out Of Balance And Vice Versa
I chose these photos out of several pictures of Jalila standing in her pen. All of them reveal her lack of balance and connection front to back and top to bottom. When a horse never stands at ease in a weight bearing, or balanced posture with a leg at each corner and canon bones perpendicular to the ground, it is a sure sign that they lack balance and confidence. Until a horse is comfortable in their own body, they are challenged when asked to interact with the outside world, especially when humans make demands of them. In the photo on the left, we see the horse standing in a posture that leans out over the forehand with her head high. On the right, her legs are more under her, but she is standing base-wide in a braced-to-balance posture that is heavy on the forehand.
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