tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437348241610519470.post3349944474444089591..comments2023-11-02T08:04:57.357+00:00Comments on Clicker Training Three Baroque Dressage Horses: Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16636162286931270812noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437348241610519470.post-88813375990411251212008-11-18T08:37:00.000+00:002008-11-18T08:37:00.000+00:00Muriel said "Horses have been sent on Earth to tea...Muriel said "Horses have been sent on Earth to teach us to face and to control our emotions!"<BR/><BR/>Yes, so has my cat!!!!!!!!!!!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16636162286931270812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437348241610519470.post-64004581225973908442008-11-18T07:51:00.001+00:002008-11-18T07:51:00.001+00:00I am sending you an email about CT, but it is not ...I am sending you an email about CT, but it is not about this blog so I do it privately ^-^Murielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05491691754938320621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437348241610519470.post-7809913754965443272008-11-18T07:51:00.000+00:002008-11-18T07:51:00.000+00:00****cat?! ^-^ LOL I laughted out loud this morning...****cat?! ^-^ LOL I laughted out loud this morning! I am owned by two cats, so I can relate to this!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the advice, I find so hard to live "the right here and right now". Slowly I am able to develop an "happy place" in my brain, where I am unemotional, I am "just" there in a waiting state.<BR/>So hard for me, I have zero patience, and when Cutter can transition from walk to canter in a thought I find very frustrating he does not slow down the same way. Then I go in "what if" mode, and then I become tense.<BR/>Vicious cycle, but I am working on my "happy place" ^-^<BR/>Horses have been sent on Earth to teach us to face and to control our emotions!Murielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05491691754938320621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437348241610519470.post-68659888666748813522008-11-17T20:48:00.000+00:002008-11-17T20:48:00.000+00:00I meant to say that concentrating on what we are t...I meant to say that concentrating on what we are trying to do together is what keeps me relaxed too. It stops me worrying about 'what ifs', like if the ****** cat is going to leap out on Jack's bad eye side, and when I don't worry about it he doesn't either, but it's taken a lot of training of both of us, to get us there!<BR/><BR/>Thank you both for the great comments!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16636162286931270812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437348241610519470.post-20190702932261459362008-11-17T20:38:00.000+00:002008-11-17T20:38:00.000+00:00Muriel, it can be so hard to do though, relax when...Muriel, it can be so hard to do though, relax when you'rs on a tense horse, can't it? I find that I ride best these days when I keep all of my mind on what the horse and I are trying to achieve together, and don't think at all about what we might be doing as seperate entities. That seems to be what keeps them relaxed and 'with' me, especially Jack.<BR/><BR/>Maryka, that sounds very much like the games Bella used to play with me. One thing I found very effective, instead of getting frustrated or annoyed with her (which I did to begin with) was to laugh and tell her that I'd just wait until she was ready to play my game. I'd then walk around on the buckle, admiring the scenery, and refuse to interact with her until I could feel her pleading with me to do so. I used to repeat this every time she stopped trying.<BR/><BR/>It used to happen several times every session - now it's about once every couple of months!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16636162286931270812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437348241610519470.post-40821564594269549962008-11-17T11:46:00.000+00:002008-11-17T11:46:00.000+00:00Yes I do think they probably pick up on some minut...Yes I do think they probably pick up on some minute movement Helen. This morning I found myself overaiding as that blasted pony "worked" me to his advantage arrrgh ! Went right back to getting a decent halt walk transition with the lightest aid possible & rewarding it when I got it, goodness I really have to watch it with him he's sooo clever & manipulative he does make life hard for me sometimes.As soon as I did the minute aids we were off again,will really have to pay attention to what comes first him slowing or me overaiding.Who was it said natives were easy ? No wonder he's got such a broad forehead his head's chock full of brainmarykahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07836469433875199731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437348241610519470.post-31363098426207535772008-11-17T05:22:00.000+00:002008-11-17T05:22:00.000+00:00I agree with you about us making subconscious micr...I agree with you about us making subconscious micromovement.<BR/>Cutter canters with me thinking canter. It means my body prepares himself for canter.<BR/>The same Baby ( our cob-like beginners mare) will stop at a thought.<BR/>I was cantering her arriving at "B" I thought that I would make a downtransition at "C". She just did it.<BR/>I do not think it is "telepathie" or else, but horses train with weight aids will respond at the tension in our bodies. that is why Western horses do.<BR/>No it odes not require an advanced training.<BR/>It is non non-sense traning with weight aids!<BR/><BR/>Horses are amazingly sensitive creatures. I adore them, but I do not see in them anything magical or supernatural.<BR/>I am fascinated with their NATURAL sensibility to read us. I guess they can feel, or smell see us.<BR/><BR/>That is why I move so much away from pseudo dressage classical dressage, it is too "stuffy", too rigid.<BR/>I prefer much more natural approach. Just be relax in your body and your horse will relax.<BR/>Real cowboys have an amazing seat.Murielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05491691754938320621noreply@blogger.com