1. I told Dan about Try showing a gorgeous trot at liberty: powering up, tracking up, neck—rhythm, relaxation and contact with me—motivated I think by seeing Forrest more than by anything I did. Actually I saw this at Wendy Batten’s also. Alive, powerful—Wendy said “Breyer” horse look. Dan said he has seen his horse AJ like this—looking like a dressage horse and he’s just a little QH. That Try has shown me she CAN do it—now in the future will be my learning how to get her to do it on purpose. Issue is Try knowing how to carry herself (and me carry myself?). Adrenalin isn’t always bad.
2. Try on the line between LBI and RBI. When she is sweet, open and responsive—horsenality just a tool to use for me to adjust/flex/experiment. If I wait on Try, checking her out for either RBI feeling pressured or LBI dominance. Sounds like Try has moved onto positive chart.
3. Lots of improvements for Try—have worked on programs for RBE stuff or things that make Try emotional—still an issue is the girth.
a. I asked about making a program of distracting her or interrupting the pattern i.e. saddling out in the field with grass or giving her a bucket of grain. ORb. Treating this an LB long term habit: copping an attitude—knock it off. Rather than smack her I am saying HEY DON’T DO THAT by moving her feet—interrupting her pattern with my leadership—some short and sweet game (?sideways) and may be helpful to do this with the bareback pad. Make a program of this.
c. Shouldn’t take long to get results if this is LB behavior.
4. The big issue for this call: help in changing myself from busy, busy, busy to powerful and effective.
a. It’s about time: my ability to take that time it takes.b. Videotape to prove to myself: that everything goes better between Try and I when I am effective rather than wimpy.
c. Plan carefully the game—what my phase 1 and 4 will be—visualize myself following the plan. Then video and see how I did.
d. Effective is doing less. Some situations busy can be better i.e. RBI horse. LB horse like Try needs me to be effective/non-wimpy leader. Powerful phasing. Then put it to purpose.
e. Helps to play with lots of different horses.
f. Only play with one horse—get a different horsenality and fall apart. i.e. Nickers—solution there to get Sara to coach me on what to do.
g. For L4 good to take at least two more horses through L3—different horsenalities than Try.
h. LBE in your face horse—if I get pissed and whack em so what.
i. For me fear is an issue with a horse who moves feet. Need plan or assistance i.e Marianne Bennett—playing with Skip.
j. Check out the way a horse plays naturally: compare Try’s play with Suduko!
5. Me—having the power and conditioning to be the athlete Try needs—to be able to mirror what I would like to see in Try as to powering up.
a. Remember my huge E from watching the colt start, from ballet.b. Remembering Try’s trot/at Wendy’s.
c. How much athleticism does it take?
d. Me back to the gym: consider not just aerobics etc but exercise to increase power i.e. weight lifting. Attitude what creates than sense of power. Dan says don’t worry I will still retain the necessary refinement.
e. Imagine Try in her power trot and how I can mirror that with my body. Experiment. FUN HOMEWORK for me.
6. Specific tasks and cueing
a. Pedestal
i. Go ahead and ask her phase 1 to come forward
ii. Then go to a phase 4—experiment w/ creative phase4 that matters
iii. She needs to hunt for the answer—the good deal
b. Yoyo
i. Yes don’t deliberately bring forth RBI escape.
ii. Instead put to purpose by progressing the game
Faster Obstacles Weave
iii. Then be watching for rb and be ready to bring life back up and keep going til she figures it out.
iv. Taking her to the edge of confidence and expanding her confidence box
c. Sideways
i. Not trying—need to get her back in the game.
ii. Phase 1 to 4
iii. Purpose: be creative?? Distance, faster, pattern, obstacles
d. Circling game
i. Clear purpose: i.e. shape, attitude, distance after getting rhythm, relaxation and contact put it to purpose
ii. If she is maintaining gait then use it to advance transitions or change of direction or distance on the circle etc.
iii. Use it to achieve relaxed jumping: small jumps, vary. She needs to be good at jumping with herself so this is better accomplished from circling than a squeeze. Repetition and flow to help her relax and then use just the energy she needs for the jump.
e. Carrot stick riding
i. Walk to halt or trot to halt – bad attitude
1. Purpose, creativity
2. Trot to fence and ask for stop ?3-4 feet in advance my life down THINK BAKCUP then phase 2 is 2 sticks
3. Using the sticks to keep her straight not turning.
4. Or do it to a jump focusing over the jump
5. Commi8tment timing, add sticks as tools and part of the game not as the game itself
6. Feel her Energy come to a stop and shift her weight back especially if I put energy going into it and then quit going forward
7. Progress canter to a jump, life down, backup—checking into the game
f. Backing from HQ yields
i. Life up, hunker down, me shift back and forth—porcupine not driving
ii. Can speed it up later
iii. Riding fr4om the HQ not backing from driving the shoulders
iv. My level of urgency is what will make this progress
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