tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102014432675371300.post11355911456466058..comments2024-01-03T02:52:41.237-08:00Comments on All Horse Stuff: Returning to the arenaallhorsestuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05301081722884351021noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102014432675371300.post-65412741334780238842008-08-05T02:02:00.000-07:002008-08-05T02:02:00.000-07:00I am hapy to report that the Passenger sessions I ...I am hapy to report that the Passenger sessions I recently have been employing are making a nicely soft differance in my mare's attitude...Yippie! Maybe I will get to canter for my clinic after all!(and not be too scarey!)allhorsestuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05301081722884351021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102014432675371300.post-57565659887663149482008-07-29T20:50:00.000-07:002008-07-29T20:50:00.000-07:00Thanks Jules, I have always wanted to do this with...Thanks Jules, I have always wanted to do this with Wa...but need to have solid footing and solid walls. I have the solid walls now...but the footing.<BR/> May see about new place and have Dan and His wife help me out on this..I am in agreeance with you all the way...and would love your support too! XO Kacallhorsestuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05301081722884351021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102014432675371300.post-60898063806780897682008-07-28T20:59:00.000-07:002008-07-28T20:59:00.000-07:00I would suggest a full week of passenger lessons a...I would suggest a full week of passenger lessons at the trot and canter. 20 minutes trot, allowing her to go where ever she wants on a complete loose rein, shutting her down only if she breaks gait and ask again to trot---squeeze, cluck, spank if she walks...graduate this into the canter on a loose rein...allow her to go where ever she wants. I think this exercise would be very liberating for Wa. I loved what this did for Maddy....we were fighting around the arena and once I let her determine her path, she has decided it is just as well that I lead.photogchichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14822162590502709534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102014432675371300.post-86806231890320818392008-07-21T19:23:00.000-07:002008-07-21T19:23:00.000-07:00Your "old" arena looks familiar, only the last tim...Your "old" arena looks familiar, only the last time I saw it the stalls hadn't yet been built...if it's the one I believe it is. <BR/><BR/>Hang in there. My Arabian gelding didn't blast off at the canter...he didn't want to pick it up, and when he did it was a Mixmaster gait. Very difficult for an amateur rider to correct and ride. And even proved tricky for my then-trainer. But we've worked through it.<BR/><BR/>Amazing how similar our horses can be to getting the feel of a clutch with a manual transmition!Oregon Equestrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10074291602447053774noreply@blogger.com