phone call 11/30/11
Specifics
1. Not finding a place to stop 30 min BB/BL: ??no curiosity, goes to sleep or says I am supposed to maintain gait. Suggestion: increase the intensity, ask more out of her, add tack for my safety and up the gait, etc. She could be waiting for me to tell her what to do and I want her to be interested, curious and ask questions. Passenger game doesn’t work for horse a. afraid and needing leadership (Target/Keystone) or b. one with no druthers who is happy to keep going until cued.
2. Steady rein:
a. For next time: don’t do it during first part of session. Be careful if it’s a walk that I am neutral not energiless—passenger frame of mind. Pattern and trot may be good idea.
b. Dan: strong focus, my hohum walk, perhaps ask for an EVEN slower walk. Be prepared to play thru the ugly and use spurs or carrot stick if necessary. Try needs to know I am committed to us learning the steady rein. That it means something. So Try will say dang you really want this, don’t you? So she finds the steady rein as a good deal—cause her to care about the good deal.
3. The GATE:
a. altho improved coming out of ring area, others still a problem—Try just picks up this little burst of energy—it isn’t really anything b ad but its not emotionally fit.
b. Dan: match her energy +4 and yoyo, snappy backup at high level then go forward just as hard—continue yoyo until she asks if we could just tone it down. I don’t win the game until she wants to give up on the intensity first. Show horses often gate has become sweet spot i.e. just let me outa here!
What we have been doing—lots of time away—trail ride for BA horse, trip to another farm—Try great—just a tad of extra E—new place, rain, in season and other horses taken away from her. Good for boredom issue as well as confidence.
Negative and positive charts: I see some improvement and the biggest thing that shows up on the chart is Try being bored, disinterested and just doing stuff to please me rather than curious, interested, alive. I used to think that energy was great cause I felt so safe but I now realize its not.
Priorities from 300 hr Thanksgiving summary
1. Emot RBE intensity is our friend
2. Boredom
3. Me—phasing, zero tolerance, waiting for Try to process, take the T it takes etc
4. The phys conditioning for both of us—lateral for Try
5. Then L4 task
Intensity Discussion:
I need to plan various levels of intensity into our sessions not just let them happen. Then Try can be comfortable with my applying low and high levels of intensity.
Boredom, disinterest
Varying intensity will help with this also. i.e. fig 8—1st half fast as possible and 2nd half slow as possible then keep changing it up as Try learns a pattern so quickly. Then she will need to listen, pay attention not be on autopilot. So intensity then is not only for relaxation and confidence. Dan noted that for hunters a relaxed consistency is desirable. Try’s relaxed, safe bored energy could actually be a dream come true for many riders. For interest, Dan continues to say putting things to a purpose. i.e. games with other riders.
END GOAL??????????? Unicorn and wood nymph Dan says this is not unrealistic but to begin from where Try is and what she is capable of. This would be the stick to me—slow i.e. like line dancing or riding at a trot or canter to music. I mentioned Blue Hors Matinee and discovered that the horse is like the girl in ballet and you are showing off the horse and the rider is directing the horse similar to the boy in ballet partnering. Also Dave Lichman and the dance/horse troupe that worked with natural dressage. I think I can start with playing music and asking for a little liberty and see what fits and use what Try offers and dance a little myself. Film the whole thing and edit out any little bits I like.
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