Roll back not a waltz

This maneuver, which is not used much in a liberty act, is sometimes mistakenly called a waltz if they come completely around or a reverse it they continue in the opposite direction. It is a roll back, where they are blocked and chased in the opposite direction. A good training tool for saddle horses in a round pen to teach them to rock back on their hock and to reverse and move on the proper lead. Disadvantageous in liberty training because you are teaching the animal to go away from you instead of coming into you, and the horse will often use it to escape or "go away" instead of always coming to you, or into you. Sometimes it is inadvertently trained because it is easier to chase an animal away from you, then to bring it to you. One of the first, most basic things a liberty horse is taught it to go ahead. If you are scared or confuse "come into me" we can work it out. Never go away.