It is all connected
[Photo Credit: The Equine Documentalist]
This is a great visual example of the "strings" I often talk about throughout the horse's body. The trickle-down effect of how one body part influences another, even if literally at the other end of the horse's body.
I've used the analogy of the string on a dog food bag; you start pulling one end, and the whole thing unravels.
When people tell me about a horse that is heavy on the bit, resistant in the backing, difficult to hold a canter or lope lead, etc., there are usually multiple other factors contributing to the unwanted physical behaviors.
