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No.10 /June 2006                  Subscribe

 

What's New

We've had two fun weekends of demos last month. Folks seem to be enjoying and joining in. That's resulted in some visits to farms to demonstrate first hand the power of clicker training. Of note, was one farm where there was a quarter horse described as distant, aloof, run-over-the top of you kind of horse. The owner had practiced Parelli, the horse was well trained and ride-able. But, this horse was smart. She seemed disconnected because as a sensitive horse. She realized that no one was listening to her at the level to which she was capable. She easily gave her hip from the left and was polite so I started right in with some gentle lateral work. She responded so fast that it could not be missed.  I then worked with the person to show her how subtle clicker training allowed her to be. And, as I left she could see the softness that had come to the mare's eye and body. She looked like a happy contented horse. Very rewarding. 

Schedule

Jun 4 Open House Demo Day White Birch Stable Exit 17 of the Northway call Dolores - 1-877-937-6248 for details. Come visit with us.
Jun 22-25 Clicking for Good Vibrations and Success Demo Clayton Woosley Memorial Derby featuring the 2006 Adequan/USEF Open Reining Championships - Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY
July 22, 23 Success Insurance Get-away Retreat Start off the Saratoga Racing season in style. Enjoy a weekend of pampering, success presentations, clicker training, horses and most of all FUN and Lots of Smiles  Contact: Dolores - 1-877-937-6248 or Marilyn - 1-877-600-COACH
Sept 23 Saratoga Therapeutic Equestrian Program - STEP The Clicker Demo Team™ rides again to support the kids and horses. 1-4PM in Charlton, NY Contact www.s-t-e-p.com           or Dolores 1-877-937-6248
Oct 5, 6 Learning Spa™ Business Building Seminar, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania - Find out more here: http://snipurl.com/pu5m

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I wanted to recommend Coming Together: Use Body Language to Establish Leadership, Friendship, and Trust by Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling but there is only one copy available via an Amazon reseller. This was a beautiful DVD which will really show you how to use your body when you communicate with horses.
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Balance in Movement - DVD

I've had the book by the same title for a long time. While the book is an excellent resource seeing is sometimes much more powerful. This lovely DVD will really add to your understanding of riding in balance and harmony with your horse. _____________________________________________________________________________________

John Lyons' Troubleshooting

This month we are please to come back to John. Much of the teaching that comes from Zen Horsemanship is based on John Lyon's work. The material is timeless and can be seen in all of the books and videos by Alexandra Kurland. In this series of reprint articles we see the principles of Lyons training in action. This book is well worth adding to your collection if you are a clicker trainer or not.

To order these or books like these, please visit www.zenhorsemanship.com/7502.html

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 To Improve your Stops, Lead Changes, Circles and Head-Position You Need Only  One Simple Training Technique

That technique is called “joy“. Do everything in joy, with joy and with a desire to create more joy!

Take charge of emotions remove emotions from the training area. Remove negative emotions from your life to find a new freedom; the freedom to choose how you feel, the freedom to add pleasure to everything you or your horse does.

Feeling frustrated. Change that thought. What’s going right? What can you highlight today? Horses communicate not with words, neighs, knickers or whinnies but with body language.  They read us like the proverbial book.

Horses have a much easier time staying in the moment, very present in NOW. That gives them great power but it can get them into trouble at the same time. Horses remember really well. But, this trait may not always enhance our relationship with them.  

You are talking to your horse with your micro movements created by thoughts all the time. As you approach the narrow path, you feel that there may be danger ahead.  It puts him on guard.  Then a bunch of interested, mostly non-threatening, cows storm up to the fence.  "Whew!  That wasn't it," thinks your horse.  Then he sees the aggressive gelding with pinned ears charging and he figures he's in deep trouble.  The first thing you have to do is stop telling your horse and stop telling YOU that there is danger ahead.   

If your “what if“ fear is of getting hurt, get off and lead your horse through this narrow path.  Bring some tasty snacks for your horse and for you. I suggest hay stretchers for the horse and chocolate for you. And when you get to the aggressive gelding, stop and feed your horse the carrots. Eat a couple of chocolates. Each day you should ride as only as far as you are comfortable. Get off, stop by the gelding or silly cows, feed carrots, eat chocolates.  Eventually you will get to the point that you know your horse's biggest "spook" will be his whipping his head around to get his treat. You won't be afraid anymore and you won't be telling your horse there is danger ahead. 

  Your horse will be so focused on getting his treat (which are real) the thought of getting killed by that threatening gelding (which never happens) will never enter his mind.  

After you can ride past these horses without your being afraid, you can take your horse and watch him to see his reaction.  He may surprise you by being interested in scary things. Even if you feel yourself tense up, your new horse may ignore that in favor of paying attention to these new "toys" which in his mind only bring tasty morsels. 

You never leave home without your purses, so just in case, bring the little treats that will allow you to buy some joy for you and your horse. And there is a side benefit to all those treats; The beginnings of collection via the give spots. 

True collection is oftentimes a misunderstood concept. Yet, its application is essential for top performance, especially for the stop and lead changes. And it's really not that difficult to achieve, once you understand it.

Unfortunately however, most people think if the horse merely flexes at the poll, he is collected. They are mistaken, and as a result end up with a horse that performs way below it's potential. Many horses are capable of doing way more that what their riders realize including eating while trotting down the trail in balance.

Horses really can multi-task!

Collection begins with balance and that allows you to position the horse's body to perform beautiful stops with very little effort. True collection is what keeps your horse using his hindquarters no matter what maneuver he performs or what gait you're in.

So, what is collection? Collection is a way of riding your horse that teaches him to round his back, lower his croup and travel with his hocks farther under his body. When done correctly, collection also teaches a horse to flex at the poll, relax his lower jaw and become soft, supple and light.

Here are just a few of the benefits of getting your horse collected:

Your horse's stops will be deeper and and at the same time his mouth will feel softer. His neck and shoulders will also be more relaxed.
 

Flying lead changes will be more controlled and precise with far fewer missed hind leads.
 

Spins and turn-a-rounds will be more free and smoother too. Usually, a well-collected horse will have a better (more level) top-line when spinning.
 

Your horse will lope smoother and more balanced because he'll be striding with his hind legs farther under his body. His lope will be more controlled.
 

Better head-position while performing any maneuver.

Once you ride a horse that is truly collected, you will wonder how your training program ever got along without it.  

At first balance and collection will slow leg speed. That’s because the horse has to think so much harder about how to use his body. Here is an exercise for you the human to experience what the horse is learning.

The tag point is “bone in front. Stand, walk sit with a rounded back and pubic bone in front of your ribcage. Feel how that rounds and lengthens your back. The equivalent in the horse is in the “give spots“ ala John Lyons.

Next when you walk bend your knee over your toes and try to maintain the ability to “freeze frame“ at any point in the steps. At the same time keep your balance centered over the middle. Now, take this to your riding. Bone in front, knees over toes.

The third thing to add is to lift the leg that you want to put down when you feel unbalanced. Ready?  Pockets loaded? Go ride. And remember to smile for at least 60 seconds while you are out there.

Did you know that yielding the hindquarters to take away power also sets you up for balance and poise. Models are typically taught to cross over while walking forward to stabilize their walk in those high stiletto heels. Try it.

Dolores Arste


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Dogs Use Psycho-Cybernetics To Accomplish Goals

Dogs picture in their minds an event of an activity they wish to perform whether it hunting a rodent, greeting their human companions at the door or retrieving a stick. This helps them set goals similar to psycho-cybernetic human intent goal oriented human endeavors. We know dogs do this for two reasons. One, when they sleep their paws move as if they are running. Some might say that this is nervous system reactions, but RMI scans show these are simultaneously happening with motor areas of the brain. Secondly the memory of motions for dogs is evident in the way they approach problem solving while moving toward an object such as a bone or Frisbee. If the Frisbee is thrown in a standard fashion the dog jumps and takes it the same every time and commits the action to muscle memory, which is an indication of that reflex of motion being done over and over again in its mind.

Some who have said to have connections with their animals occasionally pick up low frequency dreams of their pets. Some might say this is utter non-sense yet those who study such mind connections with animals seem to have shown a telepathy transfer of thought there. One such researcher has documented that pets and their masters do send out subconscious signals to one another. The rare occasions where humans claim they pick up visual stimuli in the form of pictures from their animals comes when both are asleep. In these dreams the humans say they see sequences of images in their dreams from the perspective of the animal. In other words a perspective from being very low to the ground and running around doing normal dog or animal activities, such as jumping into a vehicle, running around a tree or jumping off a deck and tumbling. If this is true and these dreams are in fact coming from the animal this proves the visual psycho-cybernetic tendencies of canines, perhaps all mammals, birds, fish and reptiles. This would make sense considering the memory imprinting that we believe these brains do operate. Even if the dreams are merely wishful thinking on the part of the human taken into the human’s unconsciousness as one tries to empathize with their pets this would not negate the probability of such psycho-cybernetic learning and goal achievement strategies for canine intent. In fact there is enough evidence now to conclude that most all-higher mammals do in fact achieve their goals this way. Probably birds too. Birds like Eagles can be fooled by their own visual memory, which fills in details of objects far away, meaning the imprintation of that memory is there? The question is only how are they using it or are they using it in their subconscious thoughts? Dream? Think on this.

 Animal to Animal Telepathy

There has been much study on Telepathy in the animal kingdom. Many have experienced telepathy from human to human. Some have experienced telepathy from pets, both sending and even on rare occasion receiving. There are so many studies that show it is not coincidence or explainable by probability. In fact the statistics are so strong that after reading only a few studies and pitting that against your own observations in your ego-centric life experience that any normal human would have to agree.

Now then let me tell you of a theory of mine. It relates to the ability to send and receive thought or signals from one animal to another and perhaps to other species. In my theory I believe that the brain, which is working at a higher level or frequency is able to send better and than the brain working at a lower level. In lower levels it is better to receive thought. In other words the easiest time to receive is when one is a sleep. Now then lets us take both the paranormal theories of the collective consciousness and the current studies being done at MIT, Stanford and other places with telepathy. It appears when joining into the collective consciousness it is best to be a low theta state of mind.

Many would disagree with the theories of sending at higher rates of cognition in the beta or hyper beta realm, yet it appears that you can send information when you mind is running at higher RPMs. Yet there appears to be much advantage at the higher frequency level, in retrieving information stored in the faithful servant side of the brain when at higher Beta Frequencies. If one is drinking caffeine it is often interesting to watch them recall facts very quickly in observing conversations almost to the point of being on a game show. If you watch two people talk both drinking coffee you will see a much faster, detailed type conversation under rapid fire of neurons.

The reason I believe that a brain going at faster Beta waves can send information better has to do with my experience racing motorcycles and in riding on the street. At times I was able to send a thought such as; “look here“ or “don’t pull out of that driveway“ and instantly the driver would stop and look. I got so good at it that I could tell it was me doing it. Even when the wind was blowing the other way and the driver had the air-conditioning and radio on, they did not hear me. This even occurred at times when I was going very fast, but coasting out of gear. Now then other experiences I have had, have been when out running or jogging, when the heart rate was high, not from adrenaline of the motorcycle or the rush of oxygen in combination in the body; but rather from high cardiovascular exercise rates where I could signal to local wildlife on a trail, do not worry, I am just going to run by. Small Squirrels, rabbits or even watchdogs would just watch and stand there as I went by. I could also signal guard dogs to not bark, but they would come running up to the fence to watch me job by. Other times I would send out threatening thoughts to the animals and they would go berserk and try to get over the fence to attack me.

It appears that when you are in hyper beta frequency ranges you can command events to occur or even people to call you that you know. You can send out thoughts to animals or people and even invade the collective with thoughts you wish to get out, information. If you have ever been at a large concert is seems the music is playing into the collective and the excitement seems to allow those on stage to collect the energy and stay in hyper beta, maybe even more so if they are on drugs, thus the send of information thru music is so powerful as they generally are also sending out emotion, which everyone who is there, is freely open to collect.

It also appears to be able to send out information to the collective if you are in hyper-beta while most others are in low or extremely low frequency states of sleep, this too has been my observation. If a dog, cat or parrot, which have all been documented to pick up thoughts from their owners sometimes hundreds of miles a way and they are running on lower frequencies than humans, then this theory makes sense. There are hundreds of thousands of cases of telepathy being picked up by animals from humans and only a few rare cases of humans picking up telepathy signals from animals. Generally these rare cases are from distressed animals at a time when their systems, bodies and mind are in hyper status for them. Animals with bigger ranges in their brain waves seems to have the greater number of cases from animal to human. I will also recommend this book to you:

The Sense of Being Stared At and other aspects of the extended mind“ By Rupert Shelrake.

So, then after studying this and pitting it against your own observations you might come to my conclusion that hyper Beta helps in sending telepathy to others. For receiving it appears to be best for unification of the collective of minds to be at very low frequencies. However two people of similar frequencies in close proximity seem to be able to communicate with a minimal amount of difficulty fairly easily with practice. Anyway think on all this.
 

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And, Don't forget to contact us for all of your saddle fitting needs - Saddle Fitting by Dave

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