Pushing, Driving and Following

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Ground work is the foundation for everything.

I can’t stress enough just how important ground work is to the horse/rider relationship. And if you are going to work with a horse on the ground, there are three ways to move them around. It’s important to know the difference if you’re going to use them effectively.[/x_text][/x_column][/x_row][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_custom_headline level=”h2″ looks_like=”h3″ accent=”false”]Pushing[/x_custom_headline][x_text]This is when you move the horse out of your personal space. You can push them by pushing at their chest to move them backward, pushing at their shoulder to move their frontend, or pushing at their flank to move their backend.[/x_text][x_block_grid type=”two-up”][x_block_grid_item][/x_block_grid_item][x_block_grid_item][/x_block_grid_item][/x_block_grid][/x_column][/x_row][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_custom_headline level=”h2″ looks_like=”h3″ accent=”false”]Driving[/x_custom_headline][x_text]This is when you are moving the horse forward by standing behind—or at least behind enough to see both their butt cheeks. Think of driving a cart or lunging.[/x_text][x_block_grid type=”two-up”][x_block_grid_item][/x_block_grid_item][x_block_grid_item][/x_block_grid_item][/x_block_grid][/x_column][/x_row][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_custom_headline level=”h2″ looks_like=”h3″ accent=”false”]Following[/x_custom_headline][x_text]Following is when the horse follows your movement in order to stay at your side—either when you move away from them and they have to move toward you to follow or when you move toward them and they have to move out of your way to stay with you.[/x_text][x_block_grid type=”two-up”][x_block_grid_item][/x_block_grid_item][x_block_grid_item][/x_block_grid_item][/x_block_grid][/x_column][/x_row][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_video_embed no_container=”false” type=”16:9″][/x_video_embed][/x_column][/x_row][/x_section]