This message is from: Kathleen Spiegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > As an educator (people) and long time supervisor - I will add amen to the > positive reinforcement. --people or animals regardless of position. It > doesn't mean relaxing rigor or expectations, just a far more powerful and > expedient way to guide individuals to achieve to the best of their ability. > Unfortunately, it is not always an innate response to keep your cool and > accentruate the positive when what you would really like to do is " twist off > their heads and spit down their windpipes" ( a method of training favored by > some of my colleagues) and most of us need reminding.
> On another subject - anyone in the vicinity of Southeastern Idaho- there will > be a driving clinic on Saturday March 2-starting at 9 AM at the Rock-N-Horse > Arena in Pocatello Idaho. Participants $30.00-Observers $15.00. There will > be a program in the morning which will include fitting harnesses - starting > horses to drive and other topics. There will then be times to work with > individual participants throughout the day. There is an indoor and outdoor > arena and there will be two clinicians. In the late afternoon, they will do > some demonstrations on starting green horses - one mule and one fjord. Del > Barney and his son will conduct the clinic. They are part of the > multigenerational Barney family from the upper valley who for many years been > the premier drivers, showers and breeders of draft horses and mules. ( They > also seem to win most of the competitions, from Big hitches to ladies cart > classes). This clinic is not part of a formal club or anything, just a > group > of people who like to drive or would like to learn to drive who got together > and asked for help. It should be a fun and relaxed event and a chance to meet > people with similar interests. Contact me if you are interested and I will put you in touch with the organizers. If you are bringing your horse from a distance, there may be stabling arrangements available. There will also be refreshments. Kathy in SE Idaho - where I see the posts from Fairbanks and wonder if I should move north - this weekend was the first day we had a low that was near zero ( it has been 15 - 33 below forever) and the high got close to 30 ( 0-10 has been all we could manage) Don't let it scare you off from the clinic though- Pocatello runs 20 or more degrees warmer than my house.
