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Posted by Ali on December 27, 2011
I got to thinking the other day.. When was the last time I rode a horse? Well… 4-5 months I believe. The weird thing is I don’t have the drive to ride right now. There are reasons, I still love horses and working with them. But this got me thinking to why I haven’t ridden… Well, we only have 1 horse that I could ride [...]
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Posted by Ali on December 13, 2011
I’m working with Annie on the straightness training. Our current exercises include the LFS (lateral bending, forward down, and stepping under) at a walk on a circle, short bursts of LFS on a line, and the shoulder-in. One of the problems I have been having with Annie was her walking to fast. All of this [...]
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Posted by Ali on December 10, 2011
I decided recently Brady should get some more ground work attention. We usually take him on walks and brush him, even tack him up for his walks. But I think it’s time for me to ask a little more of him. Not too much more, just some trotting and some ground poles. Using his brain [...]
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Posted by Ali on December 9, 2011
Yep, ready… for… the next step in his training. Still short sessions, but some more trotting and work. He’s a big boy and he’s put on some weight since being at the new barn. He felt so great the other night he kept pawing while I was leading him and eventually reared up. He was [...]
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Posted by Ali on September 13, 2011
VIDEO! Angel’s NH (natural horsemanship) training is going well. She’s very willing, seems confident – i.e. knows what I’m asking and knows the difference between sensitizing/desensitizing pressures. We will continue with the natural horsemanship training a while, until I feel she can [...]
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Posted by Ali on September 5, 2011
VIDEO! Annie and I are working on the shoulder-in from the ground, part of the straightness training from the Academic Art of Riding. This is the second time we tried the shoulder-in. The first time, I basically got one step from her each way and we stopped for the day. This day I think [...]
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Posted by Ali on September 4, 2011
VIDEO! Annie has picked this up and is doing fabulous! She is bending her neck and bring her head in very nicely in both directions. She is left sided, so the circles to the right are harder for her, which is part of the reason I work on circles to the right a little more. I’m very fortunate [...]
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Posted by Ali on August 31, 2011
Last night I decided to start Annie’s straightness training (visit Academic Art of Riding for more info!) The first thing we worked on was lateral bending on the ground. I walked Annie in a circle and tried to get her to bend around the circle. I used the whip to try to push her shoulder [...]
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Posted by Ali on August 30, 2011
After working with Annie the other day over the barrel I did (and am still doing) a lot of thinking. That day we also worked on some ground work where I walked kind of into her on a diagonal line and asked her to walk sideways/half pass with me. I also tried this with Brady, [...]
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Posted by Ali on August 29, 2011
The start of our session was a little worry-some for me, as I put him in the cross ties to brush him down and he was rather anxious and fussy. He is still getting used to cross ties, so I try to put him in them (even if only for a few minutes) before and [...]
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