Many horses are NOT interested in the work we do with them. Some horses show a lack of interest in appearing lethargic or lazy, others tense up and become enormously hot.

In both cases, we can experience nervousness, such as the horse looking around, seeing ghosts, or jumping to the side. And many other things than just the ones I mention here can occur. But there is a logical explanation for the horse's lack of interest in the work.

All horses should learn to work over their backs and over time this will develop a strong topline on the horse. That's what the horse needs in order to be able to be ridden. If you do not teach the horse to work correctly over the back and if you do not give the horse the time it needs in order to develop correctly, the horse will eventually get problems, which will most often appear as various lameness.

In this post, I will show a video with some lunge work with Amaze and I will comment on something that we talk a lot about - activity.

A little bit about Amaze

Amaze has or had kissing spine just behind her wither and she has a change in her joint in the left hock. For a long time she was irregular moving, but today you can hardly see it. These things have occurred because of a shoulder injury she had as 3,5 years old. For a few years she was compensating and it has given her wear elsewhere in the body.