Amazing day of learning for me.
online savvy only--did part of course set up for audition. Thinking of watching my cueing--light, not nagging, not criticizing, not over asking etc
round pen warmup: friendly including slapping ground while walking 360. bounced ball on Try, lead by hocks was wonderful and she offered much with lead by tail--one ofthe best ever. Also a little hide the hiney from a look--she quickly gave 2 eyes
sideways towards: super even walking to me as I backed up. Lots a treats.
circle game: took my time and allowed Try time to decide to play just calmly reasked until we had walk/trot/stop/back in one direction. Then resend the other direction at a trot, asked for canter and got three laps of sloppy canter and called game over and gave treats. Figure that blew her mind that I didn't up my phases and demand a proper canter.
(If Try were a human, I would never have demanded a proper canter--just asked nicely, explained etc.)
Jump towards and back up--took my time keeping hq in line on the back.
Finished with knock cone off barrel--took a few tries but I believe Try understood the game!! Try did not seem to want our time together to end.
Try was offering lots of stuff i.e. going to a cone and straddling it, touch it games.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Wednesday, May 13 Another Great Day
Today:
set up arena for online audition toys/obstacles/patterns
took my time as much as I could as a LBE and treated, rest, strokes, don't know how long it took
I learned:
1. spread out the toys--confusing for us both
2. plan how we get from one toy to another
3. do not over cue--let her do it
4. see if better to do circle game before weave--both a big sluggish and Try not really focusing by that time.
Later:
no stirrups 4 laps
AND Question Box pattern: English saddle, no reins hooked to saddle--using body weight and leg only--no stick. Started great to do at a walk by the time we got to the final small circle Try started not listening to my leg which I may have been overcueing by that point so I upped phases. Then we did beautiful two large circle posting trots, my relaxing into my balance point to bring her back to the walk thru the ? box. Quit then on a good note.
set up arena for online audition toys/obstacles/patterns
took my time as much as I could as a LBE and treated, rest, strokes, don't know how long it took
I learned:
1. spread out the toys--confusing for us both
2. plan how we get from one toy to another
3. do not over cue--let her do it
4. see if better to do circle game before weave--both a big sluggish and Try not really focusing by that time.
Later:
no stirrups 4 laps
AND Question Box pattern: English saddle, no reins hooked to saddle--using body weight and leg only--no stick. Started great to do at a walk by the time we got to the final small circle Try started not listening to my leg which I may have been overcueing by that point so I upped phases. Then we did beautiful two large circle posting trots, my relaxing into my balance point to bring her back to the walk thru the ? box. Quit then on a good note.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Tuesday, May 12 Glorious Day
Wonderful day.
drove up w/ plan for online and no stirrups--ba asked if we could do Thur lesson.
lesson: question box and corners patterns, western saddle, haltamore ropes over saddle and one carrot stick. Biggest lesson for ? box is lightness with cues and constant conscious awareness of what I am overdoing with the carrot sticks. Pattern at a walk is place to check that Try is with me mentally and up phase with stick--not constant nagging and use of stick through out.
Corners: sidepass with stick???? I need to SLOWLY ask for shoulder/HQ bit by bit and not rush.
Showed ba online improvements: fabulous extreme friendly and 8 strides of sideways towards!!
Showed off pedestal to Cathy's BF Matt.
After looked for help in Level 3 pack for sideways with sticks and didn't see it. Rewatched the fabulous funny dvd w/Linda, Lois and Clyde LBE human and LBI horse.
drove up w/ plan for online and no stirrups--ba asked if we could do Thur lesson.
lesson: question box and corners patterns, western saddle, haltamore ropes over saddle and one carrot stick. Biggest lesson for ? box is lightness with cues and constant conscious awareness of what I am overdoing with the carrot sticks. Pattern at a walk is place to check that Try is with me mentally and up phase with stick--not constant nagging and use of stick through out.
Corners: sidepass with stick???? I need to SLOWLY ask for shoulder/HQ bit by bit and not rush.
Showed ba online improvements: fabulous extreme friendly and 8 strides of sideways towards!!
Showed off pedestal to Cathy's BF Matt.
After looked for help in Level 3 pack for sideways with sticks and didn't see it. Rewatched the fabulous funny dvd w/Linda, Lois and Clyde LBE human and LBI horse.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Monday, May 11
Rained out but got to do some online stuff:
1. Great helicopter 360 degrees and slap ground from z5 and walk away
2. Try is really offering sideways towards and curious about all objects
3. 4 barrels/treats/sideways faster--just starting to give Try the idea
4. drive to saddle and sniff--not an issue
Then the rains came--ggg.
1. Great helicopter 360 degrees and slap ground from z5 and walk away
2. Try is really offering sideways towards and curious about all objects
3. 4 barrels/treats/sideways faster--just starting to give Try the idea
4. drive to saddle and sniff--not an issue
Then the rains came--ggg.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Sunday, May 10 How Interesting!
Lovely morning, horses inside as it will be close to 90 degrees soon.
Try glad to see me.
We went out back and did basic friendly and rubbing then extreme friendly. helicopter walking in circle around her followed by one slap in Z4-A5 and then walk away and reward with treat. Did that twice then did it two slaps and walk away--treat and end of game.
sideways towards!!!!!!!!!!! Went to the fence and asked and she gave me a 1/2 dozen steps right off the bat. Rewarded. did it again but took a minute for Try to offer the 2nd time. Treats, dwell time.
walking and mirroring--up to the other barn and back. then dwell time in arena and play with cavaletti--treats.
shower (not tied), fly stuff, treats, back in stall.
Try glad to see me.
We went out back and did basic friendly and rubbing then extreme friendly. helicopter walking in circle around her followed by one slap in Z4-A5 and then walk away and reward with treat. Did that twice then did it two slaps and walk away--treat and end of game.
sideways towards!!!!!!!!!!! Went to the fence and asked and she gave me a 1/2 dozen steps right off the bat. Rewarded. did it again but took a minute for Try to offer the 2nd time. Treats, dwell time.
walking and mirroring--up to the other barn and back. then dwell time in arena and play with cavaletti--treats.
shower (not tied), fly stuff, treats, back in stall.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Friday, May 8, private time with Kelly Sigler!!
Thank you Kelly.
GREAT private session with Instructor Kelly Sigler yesterday, we concentrated on LBI horse and LBE human!! Kelly pointed out instances where I thought my horse had higher energy than I did and the reverse was true.
I feel so ready to be a better human for the LBI I love. How interesting? and isn't this stuff just the greatest? I love Parelli horsemanship.
Online Savvy
1. Extreme friendly in zone 5: one slap and turn and walk away to take the pressure off.
2. Sideways towards: helper on the other side to reinforce/treats
3. Sideways faster: barrels treats, helper would be good to place treats
4. Stick to me: I need to mirror her not just demand that she mirror me!! And be more aware of her true energy level and mine as well.
5. Circle—played with just walking places, stop, nose on object treat—letting her choose the obj.
6. Pedestal: no 4 feet won’t fit
7. Try offered all sorts of stuff, trot, canter, walking over bridge, cavalettis—often I misread where she would like to go.
8. Lots of treats and rest
9. I know I over cue—conscious awareness—Try responds to lighter and lighter cues—her phase one and my phase one are not in synch.
Riding
1. Got to play with Parelli western saddle, pad, shims and cradle bridle. Fantastic opportunity.
2. Like my saddle better, I like the deeper seat that puts me on my balance point—should send pic to Kelly
3. I learned: when Try is away from home she is more up and my usual freestyle riding falls apart.
4. I was relying on reins and voice too much for slowing. Need to stop/slow riding in my body. At home why can I ride with no reins for an entire session???
5. Over cueing turns—go back to neutral rein as soon as she starts making the turn.
6. Saddle kept slipping to the right—left shoulder?? Check this
7. Point to point and figure 8.
8. Be prepared to spend 20 minutes with Try on girthiness program.
Other
1. Kelly suggested emailing her for cookie info, checking ulcer info for girthiness and offered to watch our videos for audition on youtube before submitting
2. Will consider coming back to Mary’s in the fall—hope that works!
3. This was a very helpful session for me—just what I needed at the just the right time, full of up to date LBI help.
GREAT private session with Instructor Kelly Sigler yesterday, we concentrated on LBI horse and LBE human!! Kelly pointed out instances where I thought my horse had higher energy than I did and the reverse was true.
I feel so ready to be a better human for the LBI I love. How interesting? and isn't this stuff just the greatest? I love Parelli horsemanship.
Online Savvy
1. Extreme friendly in zone 5: one slap and turn and walk away to take the pressure off.
2. Sideways towards: helper on the other side to reinforce/treats
3. Sideways faster: barrels treats, helper would be good to place treats
4. Stick to me: I need to mirror her not just demand that she mirror me!! And be more aware of her true energy level and mine as well.
5. Circle—played with just walking places, stop, nose on object treat—letting her choose the obj.
6. Pedestal: no 4 feet won’t fit
7. Try offered all sorts of stuff, trot, canter, walking over bridge, cavalettis—often I misread where she would like to go.
8. Lots of treats and rest
9. I know I over cue—conscious awareness—Try responds to lighter and lighter cues—her phase one and my phase one are not in synch.
Riding
1. Got to play with Parelli western saddle, pad, shims and cradle bridle. Fantastic opportunity.
2. Like my saddle better, I like the deeper seat that puts me on my balance point—should send pic to Kelly
3. I learned: when Try is away from home she is more up and my usual freestyle riding falls apart.
4. I was relying on reins and voice too much for slowing. Need to stop/slow riding in my body. At home why can I ride with no reins for an entire session???
5. Over cueing turns—go back to neutral rein as soon as she starts making the turn.
6. Saddle kept slipping to the right—left shoulder?? Check this
7. Point to point and figure 8.
8. Be prepared to spend 20 minutes with Try on girthiness program.
Other
1. Kelly suggested emailing her for cookie info, checking ulcer info for girthiness and offered to watch our videos for audition on youtube before submitting
2. Will consider coming back to Mary’s in the fall—hope that works!
3. This was a very helpful session for me—just what I needed at the just the right time, full of up to date LBI help.
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