Strai
Crooked Horse
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our
By Cate Crismani
ow many times have you a diagonal shift backward, working and self awareness is a successful
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been told your horse is in the trot only, to accomplish this horse and an enjoyable mount,”
off, lame, dismissed as correction. states Schoneich.
‘unrideable’ or worse, The Schoneich’s system of The overwhelming demand by
may have a neurological problem? corrections is standardly applied to trainers and owners to continue
More than you can count? each horse, with consideration of its educating and applying the theory
According to the authors of breed, breeding purpose, ancestry, of the Schoneich’s system to our
their third book, Straightening the horses has prompted the couple
Crooked Horse, Klaus Schoneich to return exclusively to Lion Heart
and Gabriele Rachen-Schoneich with two more clinics scheduled
maintain that the majority of these in April and September 2008. The
problems are symptoms of physical Lion Heart Ranch premiere clinic,
discomfort caused by one thing; the “Straightening the Crooked Horse”
innate crookedness in all horses. A was filled to capacity.
technique has been developed over “I enrolled in the Schoneich’s
25 years, by the Schoneichs, at their clinic at Lion Heart Ranch with a
facility, Center for Anatomically ‘sometimes bratty’ 5 year old Irish
Correct Horsemanship (ARR), in Cob that is no foreigner to throwing
Bedburg-Hau, Germany. Not to tantrums when his training gets
be misconstrued as a miracle cure, hard. Klaus & Gabby worked with
the systems individual success him on the first day explaining that
takes patience, communication and not only was the pony crooked,
dedication with your horse and but fore-limb dominant. After four
is a finite solution to a persisting days of work with Klaus, the pony
problem, innate crookedness. was straightened and connecting
“When we speak of the horse we from behind. On the fifth day
must speak of the crookedness as the he was under saddle and with
first issue to address”, says Schoneich. the Schoneich’s system, the pony
“With over 25 years of perfecting developed movement I thought
our system, and straightening 4,500 would never exist! The Schoneich’s
horses in Germany, I along with my gave me tools to use while riding to
wife, Gabriele, believe we know of continue correction in the pony but
what we speak”. also in my heavy handiness. I was
The “diagonal shift” and on the smallest, chunkiest horse in
“longissimus muscle” are two the clinic and the benefits we both
frequently heard terms during the got proves that you can use the
clinic and are crucial theories to Schoneich’s system to straighten any
understand towards the practical crooked horse so they all feel like
application of these corrective 17h Warmbloods!
techniques. Natural crookedness
causes a diagonal shift forward
Lauren Lawley,
into the dominant shoulder, right- experiential track and previous
Trainer & Ranch Manager
handed or left-handed, shifting the training, to achieve the desired result
Make your reservations early as space is limited
horses’ weight forward and this of a straightened and well-balanced
and clinics in nearly at full capacity. April 30 -
May 13, 2008 and September 17 - September
imbalance has everything to do with equine.
30, 2008
the horses absent center of gravity “A horse that is free from
Contact Lauren/Manager at Lion Heart
and problematic performance. physical discomfort and with a
Ranch 818.865.0118
Therefore it can be neutralized by renewed sense of self confidence
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