Hi, All, My gelding, Jazz, has been clicker trained throughout all his saddle work. He is extremely smart and talented and like a smart and talented...
Help C/T Friends: Does anyone know of a good place to board my horse for a day or two in the Portland, Maine area. My shipper only goes as far as Portland, and...
"Without slewing at the waist , lifting a leg weights that seat bone and lightens the opposite one . Huh ? " Its the reverse the seat bone of the leg not being...
Hi Anna, Well.you have lured me out of lurkdom. Or maybe it's because it is 100 degrees out and I really would rather sit inside and at the moment, the kids...
Hi Patricia, I wanted to answer your post, but then I realized some additional information would keep me from going down the wrong path. So, how do you ask him...
Hi, Elaine, We do all new work from the ground (round pen) first. When I ask him to extend his trot, I lift the whip (which has been in a lower, driving...
I nearly choked on my coffee when I read your post , in surprise . We have just bought a yearling colt , Declan , who is of egyptian / polish breeding . We...
I am really envious of those of you who managed to attend a clinic with Alex this year. I almost did attend one in Scotland in June, but unfortunately family...
Thankyou for your post , its kind of you to take the trouble to marshall your thoughts , at a level far beyond most people do . I'd been quite content to...
... <katie.bartlett@...> wrote: Hi Katie, I just wanted to thank you for this wonderful post. I printed and have read it over several times. I am working day...
Hi Anna (and Linda - thanks for you comments too), Well, I am packing up for a 3 day weekend with Alex, so I'll give you some food for thought for the weekend....
I'm so excited! The farrier just left. She trimmed Gambler's back foot with no problem! I had her stop with one foot. It was too good to risk going for 2. ...
Donna, This is great! Thank you for sharing your success! Tanya Donna <abcpet@...> wrote: I'm so excited! The farrier just left. She trimmed Gambler's back...
Hi Donna: Good for you! It's so nice to hear from other people who keep on with clicker work in the face of disapproval from friends. I have the same problem,...
Thanks for that most intersting post , Katie , I hope your little girl didnt overfeed the dieting cat again while you were typing ... I'd like to pick up on...
I think a lot of normal riding is sort of rebounding one bit off another - for a specific example : backing . The normal thing is to ask for foreward , the...
Some really wonderful comments from Katie et al I would add that much of the concepts of riding with your skeleton is well documented with good visuals and...
Try and explain again .. perhaps if I say Red is energy , fades down to white , bumbling along half asleep . Footfalls are silver raindrops , a drop for...
All these cues would be ' constant on ' in a sense in that they would be following the horse unless you wanted to ask for a change in what he was doing , which...
... looking ... Turn off your brain- get on your horse and FOLLOW him- and YES get in harmony with what he is doing - YOU follow HIM- don't ask him to do ...
... with your legs and hold with your hands , for all 4 ; and if you ask for detail , they just say it is about harmony and you are too beginnery to...
Tanya, This is very late, and not "on-species" to your request about "laying down" a horse. From "The Other End of the Leash," pp 137-138, by Patricia B. ...
Elaine, since it sounds like Hannah may actually be physically "stiff" on the left, why not work on flexion and gives from the ground. Just ask for tiny baby...
Thanks for you thoughtful reply, Cindy. I had been working with gives from the ground before I got on her, but I never asked her to bend and lift at the same...
I can't think of a better way to spend a weekend than recharging your clicker batteries with wonderful people, clever horses and Alex Kurland. I would like to...
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