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It's Spring - Time to Just Take It Easy Thanks to ____________________________________________________________________________________ Clicker News! Just heard that a local "Natural Horsemanship" Trainer taught a horse who had been in a trailer wreck to load. Guess how he did it? He freely admitted he used "Clicker Training". Cost - $1000- ____________________________________________________________________________________ Still Crazy After All These Years Two of us fearless Clicker Demo Team Ladies are going for the gusto and attending a Schooling Dressage show on Father's Day. This will only be the second horse show of my entire life as a participant. Years of Dog Showing as an amateur, breeder, professional and judge tell me "no big deal" but I still needed to go and find some encouraging words. That encouragement comes from Jane Savoie and her blog this month. Find more of her wisdom at: http://janesavoie.wordpress.com/ Thank you Jane. It’s Still Fun!June 13th, 2007 by janesavoie Here’s an excerpt from my free special report, 3 Secrets to Making Every Ride a Great Ride. To get a copy of this report and also my free Special Report on 5 Tips to Demolish Fear, go to my website www.janesavoie.com and click on the icon in the upper right corner of the About Jane page.
I think Leslie Thorsen from Vermont sums up an attitude of gratitude brilliantly in her article called, “It’s Still Fun.” Here’s what Leslie has to say about the joy of riding and competing. So, you’ve had your horse at an indoor arena all winter, and you have religiously worked with your trainer. Your horse’s teeth have been floated, your saddle is newly flocked, and you know your test inside and out. So what do you do when your horse has had the perfect warm up, his back is up, he is on your aids, but as you pass A to ride the perfect centerline, your little darling gallops like a Kentucky Derby horse (and he isn’t even a thoroughbred!)? You do what any blue-blooded dressage rider would do, you smile and say to yourself “Boy… this sure is fun!” And what you don’t even realize at the time is you have already lost points before you have earned them (error -3). Continuing on with the day, you help your daughter with her warm up. Right when the ring steward announces to her, “You are on deck”, you detect the slightest lameness on the front right leg. The timing is impeccable! Could this be? Does this seasoned show horse actually now understand the meaning of the words, “You are on deck?” After a winter of complete and utter soundness, my daughter and I were still thinking how much fun we both were having when we had to scratch First level, test four. And as the beautiful spring day began to unfold, I looked around and saw other riders deal with their expectations for their own horses. A stall mate remarked, “We can’t move up because we can’t get the flying changes.” Yet, I saw an incredible sight. I saw that same rider with a great big smile on her face while she rode a beautiful Second level test. I saw all the preparations for Third level even though they still haven’t found that bridge yet. Her smile confirmed to me “Yep, she’s still having fun.” I saw another rider with arthritis to beat the band. Yet, she painstakingly braided and prepared herself and her horse for a perfectly accurate and fabulously ridden Third level test. The joy she receives from this partnership makes her ignore her own pain. And yes, astonishingly enough, I have to admit… she is still having fun! So, why do we keep coming back for more? With all the money spent on how to get the perfect bend, halt, and impulsion, we could be driving a Maserati, which by the way stops, goes, turns left and turns right the same way every time!! The answer to the question is because maybe your horse didn’t have it in him that day to bring home the blue, or do the flying change, or trot the centerline, but it’s all the other days that came before this one. All those days that developed the very privileged, and yet very humbling relationship we all have with our animals. And finally, when the day is all said and done, and you are collapsing into your bed from sheer exhaustion, you realize somewhat sleepily to yourself, whether you win, lose, get eliminated, or have to scratch………it’s still fun!!! _______________________________________________________________________________
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Saddle Fitting by Dave 518 461-3460 _________________________________________________________________________________ PROVIDENCE, R.I. July 28, 2007 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and July 29, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Johnson & Wales University and Equestrian Education Systems (EES) will present the Balimo Seat Symposium, an educational event for trainers and riders, on The Seat Symposium, which will take place at Johnson & Wales Center for Equine Studies, 29 Francis St., Rehoboth, Mass., is designed for riders and trainers across disciplines and levels of experience. Eckart Meyners http://www.equestrianeducation.org/eckart_meyners.htm is a professor of Sports Physiology and Movement at the Sports University in Lüneburg, Germany. He has worked with the German FN (National Equestrian Federation) for twenty-five years, and has been instrumental in developing the progress of equestrian instruction/methodology and rider training in Germany. He has authored three books in English: Fit for Riding, Effective Teaching & Riding: Exploring Balance and Motion, Program for Better Riding: Books 1-5 and the DVD, Balimo(tm) Equestrian Exercise Program, as well as numerous books and articles on the development of the rider's seat and instructor education in German. Meyners believes that form follows function, and that each rider is a unique individual in body and mind. He provides exercises that enable the rider to effectively move in harmony with their horse by unlocking points of resistance. To achieve this he integrates the concepts of biomechanics, Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais and more. This symposium is unique in its integration of auditors. Audience members actively participate in unmounted exercises and thus gain a greater self-awareness of their own bodies. Most auditors experience immediate results and are able to carry those feelings into their next ride. Meyners will be teaching four demonstration riders of varying levels. The focus during the sessions is to create "balance in motion"- upon identifying and removing blockages, riders will integrate this with the correct training techniques, thus improving their performance. Deadline for general registration is July 1, 2007. Late registrations accepted if space available until July 20, 2007. Regular registration: $110.00, late registration July 1 - 20: $140.00. Members, instructors and volunteers of Therapeutic Riding Organizations will receive a 20% discount. Registration fees include a box lunch on Saturday. For more information contact Equestrian Education Systems at EquestrianEdu2@... or 406-626-4191.or contact Beth Beukema bbeukema@... Call for the latest schedule and/or one on one coaching.
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