Horse Sense and Sensibility

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But I’ll be back in the riding arena next spring (unless I track down a student with an indoor arena first! Willoughby had spent the preceding evening with them, and Margaret, by being left some time in the parlour with only him and Marianne, had had opportunity for observations, which, with a most important face, she communicated to her eldest sister, when they were next by themselves.

Great timing on your post – over the last month or so I’ve had the chance to teach two students, both very accomplished riders, and we organised a couple of lessons at their riding school, with horses included. I have just recently started riding, but right away I noticed how every horse became restless after putting their saddle on. That last remark got me thinking about the nature of Alexander Technique exchanges between humans and animals.

It will only be sending Betty by the coach and I hope I can afford that, we three will be able to go very well in my chaise. Her name is Karen Pryor and her seminal 1984 (1999 paperback) book was titled: “Don’t Shoot The Dog. Most unwilling was she to awaken from such a dream of felicity, to comprehend all the unhappy truths which attended the affair, and for some time she refused to submit to them.

Margaret,' said Marianne, with great warmth, 'you know that all this is an invention of your own, and that there is no such person in existence. Also please remember that we cannot provide veterinary advice and will defer specific veterinary questions to your chosen equine practitioner. Just like an AT teacher will patiently help a student sort out going wrong, a schoolmaster will pleasantly ignore incorrect cues from their student.Willoughby had spent the preceding evening with them, and Margaret, being left some time in the parlour with only him and Marianne, had had opportunity for observations, which, with a most important face, she communicated to her eldest sister, when they were next by themselves.