[drivingpairs] Leaning from the Pole & uneven pairs

I wrote my long piece yesterday before I had any of all the other answers 
which came in by now, and a lot of good stuff has been said. Note, that 
Merrie's 
problem was the opposite, they were leaning INTO each other, same as 
Beverly's.  So in that case, yes, sure, use the whip on the inside of the 
horse, e.g. 
in that case on the pole to get them out, but you have to be very good with 
your whip to not touch the wrong one there. We see horses leaning against each 
other much less than the ones pulling away from the pole. So in general the 
whip 
should be used much more on the outside of the horses, and then in a turn on 
the inside horse. Sorry, if it gets confusing of what is inside and outside, 
as sometimes I talk about inside of the turn, rather than in between the 
horses. So what I mean is: In general: On a turn to the right, use the whip on 
the 
right horse on the right side, and on a turn to the left, use the whip on the 
left side of the left horse. 
To Rachel's problem of the uneven pair: Yes, your lazy horse needs to learn 
to pull first and then needs to learn proper work attitude. So do that with him 
single. With one lazy and one hot, voice is no good, as it also gets the hot 
one hotter. Only whip on the lazy one works, but if you need too much whip to 
upset the hot one even with that when you only use it on the lazy one, well, 
then you must find a way to use it more quiet only on the lazy one - again, get 
him single first and used to the idea that when you use the whip you mean 
business. In addition, see also if you can perk him up more with feeding him 
differently, more grain, more iron? But if he still is too laid back and if 
that's 
his personality, you might not be able to change that, then unfortunately not 
all two horses make a good pair.

And of course, all the stuff also what I wrote yesterday, I fully realize is 
much easier written than done. But also, not all problems are fixable. The 
straightness problems should be fixable, but the one lazy one eager is only 
fixable, if the difference is not too much and can overcome with feeding and 
training. But if you really have one Porsche and one Mack Truck, well, they 
just 
don't make a good pair. 
Happy driving.
Hardy  


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