2012 5 17 Dan
Try – 3 hours
· Started with the catching game in the
field
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Phase
1 is the INVITATION, stop when she looks up, walk slowly and use stick and
string as appropriate.
· All about where do we go from here
with HQ/FQ
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Lead
to powering up for upward transitions, lead changes, canter departures
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Extreme
friendly to warmup, get energy up
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Varying
Sbend, falling leaf, driving FQ/HQ ?? when which—speeds up its HQ, goal is bend
in the body—where is Try thinking? With me.
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Another
variation is to ask for bend circling around me in zone 1.
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What
is the purpose? To be able to talk to any body part.
· Riding a continuation of the same
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Mount
from the wrong side the next 50 times as Try was only willing to pick me up
with me on her left side.
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Drifting
out maintaining the bend
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Bend
and counter bend into figure 8 on smallish circle—yikes that counter bend was
difficult. ??use inside of round pen??
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Patterns:
used weave—can be any
§ Normal
§ HQ, wheelbarrow turn (tea for two
warmup)
§ Swing shoulder to turn
§ When to ask is important.
· Later: zone 5 driving with Dan’s
reins—yacht braid.
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Porcupine
to start
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One
rein if starts to back
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Go
some where she wants to go in the beginning—passenger
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Fluid
rein to turn
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Build
I become the leader, do Parelli patterns etc
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Putting
it to purpose
Keystone –
½ hour talk, 1 hour on line, exploration
· At lunch discussed ideas to build
connection safely.
· Still looking for mind games
· Misc ideas:
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Cavaletti
poles
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Hill
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Weave
not requiring hq step
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Carrot
stick riding
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Point
to point
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Match
my energy
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Slow
medium and fast walk/trot/canter
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Ride
in the field with casual rein if not doing finesse
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Ride
Parelli patterns (big circles if any)
· Extreme friendly – 3 lbs so only 1
pound of pressure PRIORITY
· Did zone 5 driving—passenger, go
places he wants to go
· Catch me game in his field same as
Try.
