[tuffydoodle]

I haven't checked the horse.com forum to see what Guido is up to lately. I asked him how he makes a living, he said training and clinics. Let's see, he lives on Long Island, not exactly a hotbed of equestrian activity, he has 3 clinics listed on his schedule and it doesn't look like he owns his own facility. Going by his online behavior, he insults nearly everyone with his know it all ways.

He's either a liar about how he makes his living or he enjoys living in poverty.

[proud_2_B_texasgal]

I haven't checked the horse.com forum to see what Guido is up to lately.

Guido hasn't been around in a couple of days .. I keep hoping he'll do the stupid thing and actually start speaking again .. It was kinda entertaining .. hehe

[Beaker]

Well I read your exchanges on the horse.com forum, and he sounds like an insuferrable, bombastic know-it-all jerk. I was thinking about what he was saying about riding his horse brideless, and he is correct about using your seat to control the horse, especially when changing gaits, but you also need the bridle to help balance the horse and guide him. But how he was using his seat when he was describing what he does is wrong.

Sit deep = stop
-No. Sit deep + lean back means slow down. Stiffen your back means stop. You stiffen yourself and it makes it uncomfortable for the horse to go forward, so he won't.

open shoulder right or left = turn
-mmm... possibly, simply because when you open your shoulder and bring it back, you're shifting your weight to that seat bone, which is why the horse will turn.

lean slightly foward = back up
- Just... no.

Slightly push hip right or left = side pass
-It's so much more than that. This guy is a dope on a rope. And I looked at his pictures that you posted, and he is SO unbalanced, and he's looking down all the time, which is unbalancing himself further, as well as the horse and the horse doesn't look happy to work with him at all. If he had any sense, he wouldn't post those pictures at all.