tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344836954494496679.post345933243668786060..comments2023-10-29T09:33:36.668-04:00Comments on Teachings of the Horse: Spring PlanningVictoria Cummingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17267314663679137147noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344836954494496679.post-35689288346698556412008-03-21T18:56:00.000-04:002008-03-21T18:56:00.000-04:00Happy Easter Vistoria!Happy Easter Vistoria!Ewahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02460827662984311538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344836954494496679.post-70703326743597499792008-03-21T14:28:00.000-04:002008-03-21T14:28:00.000-04:00lovely horseslovely horsesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344836954494496679.post-65050151861785675082008-03-21T10:44:00.000-04:002008-03-21T10:44:00.000-04:00WONDERFUL post! Loved reading it!! :)WONDERFUL post! Loved reading it!! :)EquineSpirithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041573346910499278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344836954494496679.post-35912355647000823572008-03-21T08:48:00.000-04:002008-03-21T08:48:00.000-04:00Hope you'll share the long lining adventure here! ...Hope you'll share the long lining adventure here! I've wanted to learn that for a long time but haven't had the time to give to it.. if I had a very young horse I guess I would! <BR/><BR/>In a recent workshop I did with dressage trainer Cindy Sydnor, she reminded us that when you hit a rough place, go back down to the bottom of the training scale and start over - i.e. if shoulder-in isn't working, instead of trying to fix shoulder-in, go back to rhythm and relaxation in the gait, get that working, focus on connection, then try shoulder-in again. <BR/><BR/>If you can't get it under saddle, go back to the ground and build from there.<BR/><BR/>More and more, I see horse training as the work of saints - when done well and with kindness.billiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18187141867284800597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344836954494496679.post-52726177065300650682008-03-21T07:39:00.000-04:002008-03-21T07:39:00.000-04:00Thanks for all your good advice. I have a feeling ...Thanks for all your good advice. I have a feeling that Siete will get the hang of this faster than I do. I think that it's the right first step in training me to be the trainer.Victoria Cummingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267314663679137147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344836954494496679.post-73926805914424728462008-03-21T00:08:00.000-04:002008-03-21T00:08:00.000-04:00Long lining can be as difficult or as simple as yo...Long lining can be as difficult or as simple as you want to make it. You can do most anything long lining you can do on the back of a horse. <BR/><BR/>Of course, you'll want to start out simple and getting tangled in the lines is a valid concern. So if when you're first getting started, you focus on keeping the horse away from you at the end of the lines, you won't have a problem. It's when the horse falls in on the circle and you keep taking up the slack that you get into trouble with those lines wrapping around your legs. Take it from a woman who knows about being tangled. <BR/><BR/>So have a lunge whip (that you can control - too long a one will get in your way) that you can flick at her to push her out away from you. If you start off just at the walk and teach her you want her to stay out there, you can increase the speed as you get more comfortable in your control of the lines abd avoid the pitfalls of those lines tangled around your legs.<BR/><BR/>Don't worry about frame or anthing like that until you have mastered keeping the horse out at the end of the lines at all three gaits. That will be a great foundation to build on and keep you safe. And let us know how it goes.Rising Rainbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04239592070775412669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344836954494496679.post-45783519096479485082008-03-20T18:59:00.000-04:002008-03-20T18:59:00.000-04:00Looking forward is important. I'm glad you are the...Looking forward is important. I'm glad you are the other fretting mother of Siete. I think she deserves two mothers. Best wishes.William Evertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16552959930900393198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344836954494496679.post-9577145063581826502008-03-20T18:29:00.000-04:002008-03-20T18:29:00.000-04:00I think I know how you feel, it is Spring and the ...I think I know how you feel, it is Spring and the weather is starting to turn and you look around and see a million things needing to be done and don't know where to start. Since I have always been an organized sort of person, I usually have a lot of lists with things needing to be done, in the order of what I think is the most important to the least. I think you are starting well with the groundwork and then progressing from there knowing it will take as long as it takes. That is my plan to start everyone out with groundwork and as soon as they are fit enough to start riding again, slowly. I'm kind of a klutz so I don't think I will be signing up for Aikido any time soon, I'm sure it wouldn't be pretty and I'd probably hurt myself.Grey Horse Mattershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05837575441967937196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344836954494496679.post-87009791237369867502008-03-20T18:16:00.000-04:002008-03-20T18:16:00.000-04:00Other than the tangling, ground driving isn't very...Other than the tangling, ground driving isn't very difficult. Monty Roberts has a video on using the halter with a noseband and rings to which you can attach long lines (without using a bit, which is always a little scary to me.) When I ground drive Ace, since I don't have a sirsingle (that doesn't look like it is spelled correctly at all), I put on his saddle, use some twine to secure the stirrups (I run it under his belly, so they are at his sides), and run the long lines through the stirrups. It works pretty well. Then we parade around the arena and do turns and back-ups. Good for those days when I don't want to get on his back and a little more challenging than just lunging.M. C. Valadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06301675413866610210noreply@blogger.com