Thursday, June 5, 2014
Another quick update
I had my coaching call with Julia today and we talked about Dublin leaving me at liberty. She suggested not putting pressure on him when he does that, just following him and letting him assume the leadership role. So tonight when I brought him off pasture, we went in the arena and tried it for a few minutes. Really works! I put him at liberty, he followed my lead for a bit and then took off. I've been trying to make that uncomfortable for him by putting pressure on him, but this time I just quietly followed him to the corner he picked and when he looked at me, I stopped. In a few moments, he left the corner to come to me! Then he followed me at liberty again, going from walk to trot to stop to back-up. He even matched me at the canter for a few steps, and then jumped the barrels (I trotted around the barrels. I ain't no long-legged Thoroughbred!). We quit on that high note. Fun!
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Update
Hmmm...not doing so well on my resolution to post. Also not doing so well on my resolution to do something with the horse every day. Well, that's not true. Every day I feed and turn out the horse. I've had to make a conscious decision to focus on work and family the last month so no time left for horses.
This afternoon, though, I had planned on helping a friend with something, and that got canceled, so as long as I had the afternoon blocked off, I did go out and play with both horses on the ground. I'm hoping to get Dublin working well at Liberty, but today it didn't happen so much. Lots of departures on his part! So he went back on line. He's doing perfectly on line but tends to leave me at liberty. So back on line, and I'm working more on having him work with the belly of the rope on the ground, so our connection is more mental than physical, and then start weaning him off the rope.
I brought my camera out with me, since it has also been getting neglected, so I can share a few pics of both my boys. Just for fun!
This afternoon, though, I had planned on helping a friend with something, and that got canceled, so as long as I had the afternoon blocked off, I did go out and play with both horses on the ground. I'm hoping to get Dublin working well at Liberty, but today it didn't happen so much. Lots of departures on his part! So he went back on line. He's doing perfectly on line but tends to leave me at liberty. So back on line, and I'm working more on having him work with the belly of the rope on the ground, so our connection is more mental than physical, and then start weaning him off the rope.
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| About to jump? Nope! Went around. |
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| Cowboy over a barrel |
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| Cowboy's best side |
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| The best part as far as they're concerned! |
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