Creative floor work - Ground work is an ideal complement to working with the horse under saddle. It not only offers variety, trains body awareness and is easy on the horse's back and joints, but also helps man and horse to improve their communication and strengthen mutual trust. The self-confidence of anxious riders is boosted as they get to know and understand their horse from the ground in relative safety. For insecure horses, ground work is much easier to understand and more logical than the rider's aids from the saddle, since the horse, being a visually oriented creature, can keep the human in sight at all times. With little effort, ground work can be done virtually anywhere - even if, for example, the ground is frozen in winter, there are only a few minutes of time available with the horse, or other reasons prevent riding. In this basic book for ground work beginners Karin Tillisch explains in a proven lively way everything worth knowing for the first steps together with the horse and shows ideas how to make the training from the ground creative and varied with a few ideas. Those who incorporate this ground work into their dealings with the horse will be optimally prepared for later riding and can then look forward to making much better progress in their work under the saddle.
