by Amy Dahlgren | Apr 30, 2017 | Amy, Samantha
Judgement. In the horse world, it is easy to make judgements without any background information which is not doing us any favors. Horse people already can be perceived by outsiders as privileged because of our expensive hobby. So without any further information on the...
by Amy Dahlgren | Apr 16, 2017 | Amy
As a mother of 4, of course I have friends with children. A long time ago, one of my friends who had kids in middle school and high school (while mine were still little) told me how she would always call out: “Make good choices!” whenever they would leave the house....
by Amy Dahlgren | Mar 27, 2017 | Amy, Tips
Communication. If there was one word that I think of when it comes to dressage that would be it. From the very beginning of when I learned to ride and knew what dressage was I was fascinated by it. How does an FEI rider get their horse to do all those things and...
by Amy Dahlgren | Mar 7, 2017 | Amy, Samantha, Showing, Tips
Dahlgren Dressage is lucky enough to be located in central Virginia where there are a lot of local riding clubs that put on inexpensive, casual dressage and combined training shows. We typically have at least one winter show series as well, which is nice as that can...
by Amy Dahlgren | Feb 15, 2017 | Amy, Samantha, Tips, Winter
For those of us who are not lucky enough to head south for the winter, we are struggling through the daily battles of freezing temperatures, snow, ice, frozen water, the lack of daylight, and just plain lack of motivation. Some of us are taking care of our own horses...
Amy Dahlgren of Dahlgren Dressage is a USDF Bronze and Silver medalist offering quality dressage instruction in central Virginia.