Well, I was still sick and Try a bit distant ...
Warmup: touch it, lovely pedestal, ball on the rail--best ever (and Try did not even recognize these at Mary's Wed--tho she did "level 4" stand on the barrel LOL
Circle on line for bend: I think we had it--taking chalk with me and will ask BA to help as it is hard for me to see from the side.
Figure 8 online--great. liberty not so much--alternated as Tuesday with Try leaving, circling in a relaxed manner then coming back to me. Better draw than Tuesday.
Forgot: to check Try's attitude coming in to me but it was likely ok, also forgot to play with the exercise diseng HQ to get two eyes, stick behind the back and driving FQ with 2 hands on the stick.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
even more catchups
things to consider in dressage patterns:
1. bend on the circle
2. ask clearly for the canter and short reins stay low
3. canter to trot wait a few strides to begin posting, calm energy
4. walk on a loose rein - still have to steer
5. be aware of Try's tendency to go to the gate, especially at the end
1. bend on the circle
2. ask clearly for the canter and short reins stay low
3. canter to trot wait a few strides to begin posting, calm energy
4. walk on a loose rein - still have to steer
5. be aware of Try's tendency to go to the gate, especially at the end
more catchups
Last week
DVD Pilates for dressage: did basic exercises two days--felt really good and once did 5 exercises todo as riding warmup and elaborated on them:
1. 100s
2. roll down
3. arm circle
4. saw
5. open chest to sky
also started Sally Swift's centered riding
4 basics
soft eyes
breathing
core
alignment
DVD Pilates for dressage: did basic exercises two days--felt really good and once did 5 exercises todo as riding warmup and elaborated on them:
1. 100s
2. roll down
3. arm circle
4. saw
5. open chest to sky
also started Sally Swift's centered riding
4 basics
soft eyes
breathing
core
alignment
Friday, October 30
Catchup post
Last week: One really great morning with Try and I just playing at liberty--other than figure 8 and circle we have the rest--great flow--great energy. Try would focus on an obstacle--we would go there--play with it--treat/rest and try another. I felt like I understood the meaning of just playing with your horse.
riding lesson: Keystone had colic and was resting up so Try and I did the usual English including 4 laps no stirrups without stopping then the next dressage pattern which went really well--first time in English saddle and canter went really well.
THEN: sick chills and fever. went to dr. tamiflu and told not to do first day of Kelly's clinic. I was so disappointed. I did go the second day--good private session and watched wonderful young horses session online.
Private session:
1. some great ideas for a warmup i.e. starting easy is fine, no need to copy anyone else and that touch it makes a great warmup--Try gets to move her feet as much as she wants and feel really successful.
2. Circling game: Try has been hugging my side to avoid this game. Kelly had me go back online where I found that I have not been getting the bend thru the ribs I need for Try to be on the circle and therefor in mental contact with me.
3. Respect: I have been gradually losing respect as I've tried to keep Try happy so she will do liberty tasks and have been having trouble with any of the tasks that require much movement (LBI)--she takes off and has a temper tantrum when I ask for more than she want to give. SOOOOO time for me to take back the leadership--and if she wants to leave then she can do so on the circle until she asks to come in (and that this is ok to do especially if this is a left brain thing). Susan or Sara are loading me their copy of the Catch Me game to help.
4. Also Yoyo, drive and draw need to be reestabllished
5. Figure 8: isolate and separate--just do one circle at a time.
Last week: One really great morning with Try and I just playing at liberty--other than figure 8 and circle we have the rest--great flow--great energy. Try would focus on an obstacle--we would go there--play with it--treat/rest and try another. I felt like I understood the meaning of just playing with your horse.
riding lesson: Keystone had colic and was resting up so Try and I did the usual English including 4 laps no stirrups without stopping then the next dressage pattern which went really well--first time in English saddle and canter went really well.
THEN: sick chills and fever. went to dr. tamiflu and told not to do first day of Kelly's clinic. I was so disappointed. I did go the second day--good private session and watched wonderful young horses session online.
Private session:
1. some great ideas for a warmup i.e. starting easy is fine, no need to copy anyone else and that touch it makes a great warmup--Try gets to move her feet as much as she wants and feel really successful.
2. Circling game: Try has been hugging my side to avoid this game. Kelly had me go back online where I found that I have not been getting the bend thru the ribs I need for Try to be on the circle and therefor in mental contact with me.
3. Respect: I have been gradually losing respect as I've tried to keep Try happy so she will do liberty tasks and have been having trouble with any of the tasks that require much movement (LBI)--she takes off and has a temper tantrum when I ask for more than she want to give. SOOOOO time for me to take back the leadership--and if she wants to leave then she can do so on the circle until she asks to come in (and that this is ok to do especially if this is a left brain thing). Susan or Sara are loading me their copy of the Catch Me game to help.
4. Also Yoyo, drive and draw need to be reestabllished
5. Figure 8: isolate and separate--just do one circle at a time.
Friday, October 16, 2009
This week ... home from lakeland
Mon: flight home
Tue: round corral with Try: tried out Linda warmup with Remmer-liberty. Try got up really quickly but not obedient. Not a good bonding session. I need to rethink this as I am not Linda and Try is way more sensitive (and less athletic conformation) than Remmer. End--dwell, treats etc in round corral to change energy.
Wed: fun day--rainy and cold, basic riding lesson with Keystone, 16'2' TB--I get tired much quicker from his big stride w/suspension but feel really safe and comfortable. L3 impulsion scale. We did ??4 laps each 2 point, posting trot and canter and 2 laps no stirrups posting trot--the second lap at 2 point. Try--played friendly in the pasture.
Thur: Try - round corral lovely day, sideways 2 barrels away and toward, little circling w/diseng HQ game over, pushed the ball on the rail 2-3 pushes per treat. Then we had our first riding lesson with dressage pattern #1--we had worked on it and were able to do it with few corrections i.e. asking for canter to trot transition effectively. Try was lovely, knew her pattern and I think felt really smart today.
Fri am: wet, cold again. Try not anxious to come in from pasture. Slow warmup, great with one step and wait and sideways at the rail and wait but not licking and chewing but I was not intense in my energy. We played with squeeze over pole and towel and turn and face--first on line and then just fine at liberty. Little bit of stick to me fast and slow walks, back, little canter. One time our stop and back wasn't as good, she looked for treat, got none, we repeated and she had it just right. Also nice little bit of circling/change of direction online so I could check how I change hands w/the stick--I don't pass under--I change when rope goes behind my back.
Tue: round corral with Try: tried out Linda warmup with Remmer-liberty. Try got up really quickly but not obedient. Not a good bonding session. I need to rethink this as I am not Linda and Try is way more sensitive (and less athletic conformation) than Remmer. End--dwell, treats etc in round corral to change energy.
Wed: fun day--rainy and cold, basic riding lesson with Keystone, 16'2' TB--I get tired much quicker from his big stride w/suspension but feel really safe and comfortable. L3 impulsion scale. We did ??4 laps each 2 point, posting trot and canter and 2 laps no stirrups posting trot--the second lap at 2 point. Try--played friendly in the pasture.
Thur: Try - round corral lovely day, sideways 2 barrels away and toward, little circling w/diseng HQ game over, pushed the ball on the rail 2-3 pushes per treat. Then we had our first riding lesson with dressage pattern #1--we had worked on it and were able to do it with few corrections i.e. asking for canter to trot transition effectively. Try was lovely, knew her pattern and I think felt really smart today.
Fri am: wet, cold again. Try not anxious to come in from pasture. Slow warmup, great with one step and wait and sideways at the rail and wait but not licking and chewing but I was not intense in my energy. We played with squeeze over pole and towel and turn and face--first on line and then just fine at liberty. Little bit of stick to me fast and slow walks, back, little canter. One time our stop and back wasn't as good, she looked for treat, got none, we repeated and she had it just right. Also nice little bit of circling/change of direction online so I could check how I change hands w/the stick--I don't pass under--I change when rope goes behind my back.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
lakeland notes: Linda on liberty w/LBI and LBE
Lakeland Oct 2009
Saturday afternoon – Linda – Liberty with LBE and LBI
Remmer and West Point!
Linda commented on natural horsemanship: only 5% of horse owners are following natural horsemanship and the # needs to be greater. It is especially important to stop unintentional abuse of horses.
How do you get an extraverted horse ready to concentrate? Linda showed West Point: Lauren’s dressage super horse prospect. ?17’2’ and ??200,000$ and WOW WOW WOW. What a horse!!!!!!!! What an athlete!! Extraverts like to move and are built to move. We watched the two horses at play. Remmer has much less desire to run around and is dominant. Note: dominant horse goes behind and drives the herd.
We need to be ambassadors of yes—not holding back the horse who wants to move. You can ruin a LBE by suppression.
Remmer can be very athletic for a short time. He is mental and loves to outsmart humans—you need to get to his mind. West Point you need to get to his feet. Note: left brain horses it is harder to move their front end; right brain, the hind end.
Linda speeds up her movement to draw West Point.
Remmer LBI – getting him prepared to concentrate
LBI’s are thinking thoughts all the time AND not necessarily good ones! LBI’s are the perfect horse for you if you don’t want to go fast and love to trail ride. But as you move up in the levels, they can be challenging unless you can get to their MINDS!
What does Try love? TREATS—so are you using them? What’s in it for her? She says—what do I need to do to get a cookie? Issue: becoming the human PEZ dispenser. ANSWER: become more interesting than the cookie. Use occasionally for incentive.
Linda starts the session with Remmer not interested in moving.
1. She asks him to move ONLY one foot at a time and got a bit more animation.
2. Then she asks for only one hind foot and starts to get more effort.
3. Then one step sideways.
So by this time, Remmer’s mind is saying what is going on here?
Linda is very intense and slow in her body while asking for few steps. Moving slowly and meaning more—slow but particular.
Next Linda yoyos Remmer back to the rail—while keeping him from assuming that the circle game is coming and leaving her—stopping with his butt against the rail. Then she moves him to position sideways next to the rail and asks him to stop and NOT move.
She is waiting for significant lip licking to know he is with her and ready to do something i.e. that she is getting to his brain. She repeats the sideways stop several other places on the rail, getting sorta ?s and mild licking which is not good enough. Then finally she gets a big sigh (letting out the tension) and significant lip licking, with a different look on his face.
Now Linda can use the go BUT she uses it to ask him to go SLOWER i.e. walk when he wants to trot.
Challenge: Getting Laps at the Canter
(Still in a warmup mode) Linda asks for the canter. Remmer responds with a slow lope-like canter but doesn’t break to a trot and Linda accepts that! (both directions) Note: Linda did NOT correct Remmer for the speed of the canter.
Linda says the worst thing you can do is to keep pushing Zone 5—IMPORTANT—let him make the mistake of changing gait THEN either
1. Bring him in and resend or
2. use a change of direction
Change of direction: SLAP (i.e. KILL) the spot where he should not be. This changes his energy and she got two gorgeous 360s. GAME OVER. Rewarded with rest. Important to reward at the right time.
Let the spin flow and tag the spot they should have left—you are NOT trying to smack the horse. Touch where the tail is when you have the thought.
GAME ON!! GAME OF TAG! HAVE FUN YOURSELF! SMILE!!
Making the Figure 8 Interesting
Step 1.
Set up the round pen so barrels are closer to the fence so horse will have to go around the barrels. Make it a game of tag. (Linda stepping back and forward to draw and drive.) Again, slap the spot where he shouldn’t be. Remmers life comes up and his mind is engaged. If its fun for you that makes it fun and a game. (Joy). Linda sees lots of liberty w/LBI’s where the human isn’t smiling unless it’s a slow LBI task with treats.
Step 2.
Move the barrels closer to each other. Step 2 is mental pressure. Move back more if the horse isn’t drawing to you. Use softer cues. Linda is now going slower and meaning more—very intense. Remmer is really licking his lips. Stop: rest, reward.
Step 3.
Physical pressure added and Remmer is really licking and hooked on. This brings out the leader in the human and is much clearer to the horse.
GAME OVER, Linda invites Remmer is but Remmer does so with his ears pinned. Ears pinned indicating that you aren’t drawing him, but he is driving you. So she sends him back on the circle.
Remmer is now showing LBI exuberance—bucking etc. His obedience is gone. Don’t stop when he is jumpin in the air and kicking out and don’t punish it. BUT when that play drive comes up—don’t let them close! When you get that exuberance, then you need to get the obedience back. Watch for change in facial expression and connection to you.
Remmer next offers to put his foot on the pedestal. Note: Linda says if she had asked him to do this when the session started he would like have been crabby and probably ignored the touch it obstacles i.e. pedestal or barrel. Pretended ignorance—“what barrel, what pedestal”. Too funny. “I didn’t see the barrel”. Or move in reeaaallllly slow motion to the barrel.
Now Remmer’s brain is up and its time for the cool stuff. Linda uses the energy for some great S bends, his gait is springy, loose and fancy—a different horse. She play cutting game with him, he rears up etc.
Ending the session:
Now, when he is on, is NOT a good time for a cookie or to leave. He needs some relaxation. Little circling waiting for his head to lower or for him to come in to her…
If your introvert goes extraverted then you have to get to his feet not his mind like Linda and West Point.
Linda tells of having a bad session with Remmer one day. The next day she goes out and he is hiding behind a tree in the far end of the pasture. She plays Hide and Seek with him in the pasture. The next day she repeats that, brings him into the center of the round pen where she sits and feeds him cookies—game over. The following day they don’t go into the round corral at all.
Saturday afternoon – Linda – Liberty with LBE and LBI
Remmer and West Point!
Linda commented on natural horsemanship: only 5% of horse owners are following natural horsemanship and the # needs to be greater. It is especially important to stop unintentional abuse of horses.
How do you get an extraverted horse ready to concentrate? Linda showed West Point: Lauren’s dressage super horse prospect. ?17’2’ and ??200,000$ and WOW WOW WOW. What a horse!!!!!!!! What an athlete!! Extraverts like to move and are built to move. We watched the two horses at play. Remmer has much less desire to run around and is dominant. Note: dominant horse goes behind and drives the herd.
We need to be ambassadors of yes—not holding back the horse who wants to move. You can ruin a LBE by suppression.
Remmer can be very athletic for a short time. He is mental and loves to outsmart humans—you need to get to his mind. West Point you need to get to his feet. Note: left brain horses it is harder to move their front end; right brain, the hind end.
Linda speeds up her movement to draw West Point.
Remmer LBI – getting him prepared to concentrate
LBI’s are thinking thoughts all the time AND not necessarily good ones! LBI’s are the perfect horse for you if you don’t want to go fast and love to trail ride. But as you move up in the levels, they can be challenging unless you can get to their MINDS!
What does Try love? TREATS—so are you using them? What’s in it for her? She says—what do I need to do to get a cookie? Issue: becoming the human PEZ dispenser. ANSWER: become more interesting than the cookie. Use occasionally for incentive.
Linda starts the session with Remmer not interested in moving.
1. She asks him to move ONLY one foot at a time and got a bit more animation.
2. Then she asks for only one hind foot and starts to get more effort.
3. Then one step sideways.
So by this time, Remmer’s mind is saying what is going on here?
Linda is very intense and slow in her body while asking for few steps. Moving slowly and meaning more—slow but particular.
Next Linda yoyos Remmer back to the rail—while keeping him from assuming that the circle game is coming and leaving her—stopping with his butt against the rail. Then she moves him to position sideways next to the rail and asks him to stop and NOT move.
She is waiting for significant lip licking to know he is with her and ready to do something i.e. that she is getting to his brain. She repeats the sideways stop several other places on the rail, getting sorta ?s and mild licking which is not good enough. Then finally she gets a big sigh (letting out the tension) and significant lip licking, with a different look on his face.
Now Linda can use the go BUT she uses it to ask him to go SLOWER i.e. walk when he wants to trot.
Challenge: Getting Laps at the Canter
(Still in a warmup mode) Linda asks for the canter. Remmer responds with a slow lope-like canter but doesn’t break to a trot and Linda accepts that! (both directions) Note: Linda did NOT correct Remmer for the speed of the canter.
Linda says the worst thing you can do is to keep pushing Zone 5—IMPORTANT—let him make the mistake of changing gait THEN either
1. Bring him in and resend or
2. use a change of direction
Change of direction: SLAP (i.e. KILL) the spot where he should not be. This changes his energy and she got two gorgeous 360s. GAME OVER. Rewarded with rest. Important to reward at the right time.
Let the spin flow and tag the spot they should have left—you are NOT trying to smack the horse. Touch where the tail is when you have the thought.
GAME ON!! GAME OF TAG! HAVE FUN YOURSELF! SMILE!!
Making the Figure 8 Interesting
Step 1.
Set up the round pen so barrels are closer to the fence so horse will have to go around the barrels. Make it a game of tag. (Linda stepping back and forward to draw and drive.) Again, slap the spot where he shouldn’t be. Remmers life comes up and his mind is engaged. If its fun for you that makes it fun and a game. (Joy). Linda sees lots of liberty w/LBI’s where the human isn’t smiling unless it’s a slow LBI task with treats.
Step 2.
Move the barrels closer to each other. Step 2 is mental pressure. Move back more if the horse isn’t drawing to you. Use softer cues. Linda is now going slower and meaning more—very intense. Remmer is really licking his lips. Stop: rest, reward.
Step 3.
Physical pressure added and Remmer is really licking and hooked on. This brings out the leader in the human and is much clearer to the horse.
GAME OVER, Linda invites Remmer is but Remmer does so with his ears pinned. Ears pinned indicating that you aren’t drawing him, but he is driving you. So she sends him back on the circle.
Remmer is now showing LBI exuberance—bucking etc. His obedience is gone. Don’t stop when he is jumpin in the air and kicking out and don’t punish it. BUT when that play drive comes up—don’t let them close! When you get that exuberance, then you need to get the obedience back. Watch for change in facial expression and connection to you.
Remmer next offers to put his foot on the pedestal. Note: Linda says if she had asked him to do this when the session started he would like have been crabby and probably ignored the touch it obstacles i.e. pedestal or barrel. Pretended ignorance—“what barrel, what pedestal”. Too funny. “I didn’t see the barrel”. Or move in reeaaallllly slow motion to the barrel.
Now Remmer’s brain is up and its time for the cool stuff. Linda uses the energy for some great S bends, his gait is springy, loose and fancy—a different horse. She play cutting game with him, he rears up etc.
Ending the session:
Now, when he is on, is NOT a good time for a cookie or to leave. He needs some relaxation. Little circling waiting for his head to lower or for him to come in to her…
If your introvert goes extraverted then you have to get to his feet not his mind like Linda and West Point.
Linda tells of having a bad session with Remmer one day. The next day she goes out and he is hiding behind a tree in the far end of the pasture. She plays Hide and Seek with him in the pasture. The next day she repeats that, brings him into the center of the round pen where she sits and feeds him cookies—game over. The following day they don’t go into the round corral at all.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Catch up
So much going on from coaching/hotline/Pagosa/Beach clinic audit and I am too tired to pull my various notes and thoughts together.
yesterday: had great day w/Try--I think my leadership was better, catching moments, providing motivation yet asking a lot. We did the dressage pattern online sideways over cavaletti pole, vertical straddle, falling leaf and had pretty good rappore going went to round pen and sideways away and toward 2 barrels then test: fold arms, walk, trot, canter, dn trans/turn, halt back etc. Only had to pick up rein for canter in 2nd direction.
today: lesson on Keystone--50 min hack w/little rest, first no stirrups trot w/him he has suspension Try doesn't have & my butt was going way higher. He was sweet but a real effort keeping him going at impulsion level of 3.
But Try kept hanging around and I swear she seemed to be saying pick me, can we play? In her pasture--as a good by--treats, (no ropes/sticks) yoyo, stick to me, turn on haunches and forehand and sideways.
Tomorrow early off to Tampa and Fri/Sat Lakeland celebration.
yesterday: had great day w/Try--I think my leadership was better, catching moments, providing motivation yet asking a lot. We did the dressage pattern online sideways over cavaletti pole, vertical straddle, falling leaf and had pretty good rappore going went to round pen and sideways away and toward 2 barrels then test: fold arms, walk, trot, canter, dn trans/turn, halt back etc. Only had to pick up rein for canter in 2nd direction.
today: lesson on Keystone--50 min hack w/little rest, first no stirrups trot w/him he has suspension Try doesn't have & my butt was going way higher. He was sweet but a real effort keeping him going at impulsion level of 3.
But Try kept hanging around and I swear she seemed to be saying pick me, can we play? In her pasture--as a good by--treats, (no ropes/sticks) yoyo, stick to me, turn on haunches and forehand and sideways.
Tomorrow early off to Tampa and Fri/Sat Lakeland celebration.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Gina Torrell beach clinic audit
Gina Torrell Beach clinic audit 10/2009
1. Important to play in all 4 savvies
2. Calm, trusting, motivated, obedient: RBE-RBI-LBI-LBE
3. Pat: third rail—tracks 1-3 can you pass another horse in track 2 w/arms folded?
4. Idea: play w/ball on the rail online
Warmup:
1. Wait for the energy/motivation/spark during the beginning of the warmup
2. Dwell, match energy, come to you etc ?? wait for sign that Try is ready to do something
3. Warm-up start with slow stuff and then when ready go to peppier, snappier stuff
4. LBI play with slow stuff for the togetherness—feel that connection before moving on
Session
1. Patterns: progress by having belly of rope on ground, increase the distance, go thru them in order
2. For variety do same stuff in a different place
3. LBI Circling game: do traveling circles point to point in field and stop at the ends to eat grass
4. LBI Circling game: do it near woods or scarey place
5. Sideways point to point: pattern—she should know it—suggestion/don’t nag Should be effortless a suggestion
6. Idea: play with sidepass with me in Z1 instead of Z3.
7. Porcupine game not used enough. Ball vs chair. Rope around legs—follow the feel—your horse needs to be solid with that—less chance of panic i.e. barbed wire.
8. Imp is ability to stand still
9. Being particular—having a plan, stay with it til see improvement even if get off it and come back
Finishing session: Settle for a good try/walk away on a good note
1. Important to play in all 4 savvies
2. Calm, trusting, motivated, obedient: RBE-RBI-LBI-LBE
3. Pat: third rail—tracks 1-3 can you pass another horse in track 2 w/arms folded?
4. Idea: play w/ball on the rail online
Warmup:
1. Wait for the energy/motivation/spark during the beginning of the warmup
2. Dwell, match energy, come to you etc ?? wait for sign that Try is ready to do something
3. Warm-up start with slow stuff and then when ready go to peppier, snappier stuff
4. LBI play with slow stuff for the togetherness—feel that connection before moving on
Session
1. Patterns: progress by having belly of rope on ground, increase the distance, go thru them in order
2. For variety do same stuff in a different place
3. LBI Circling game: do traveling circles point to point in field and stop at the ends to eat grass
4. LBI Circling game: do it near woods or scarey place
5. Sideways point to point: pattern—she should know it—suggestion/don’t nag Should be effortless a suggestion
6. Idea: play with sidepass with me in Z1 instead of Z3.
7. Porcupine game not used enough. Ball vs chair. Rope around legs—follow the feel—your horse needs to be solid with that—less chance of panic i.e. barbed wire.
8. Imp is ability to stand still
9. Being particular—having a plan, stay with it til see improvement even if get off it and come back
Finishing session: Settle for a good try/walk away on a good note
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