On 2/4/07, Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, I get it! You are not asking for "disengagement of the hindquarters" > only; you are asking for the Circle Game with a disengagement at the end. > Right?
Yes, exactly! Sorry for the confusion, I didn't explain myself well enough. > In asking for the stop, you'll drop that energy down to the ground. Slump > your shoulders if you have to. Look down, if you have to. Let everything > in your body melt. Oh, OK--I wasn't doing this at first and the horses went faster. When I 'gave up' trying to get them to stop I just relaxed and stood there and they slowed down to a stop on their own--so I guess, in the end, I was doing the right thing without knowing it!! > When the horse stops. Let him stop, at first, without asking anything else, > without asking for anything in regard to body position, where to stop, what > to do after that, etc; just a stop. Reward. They did stop and both turned to me on their own so I walked to them and gave them rubs. > We'll do a little back-chaining next.... you've practiced the disengagement > of the hindquarters separately, from a standstill, hopefully, so that you > have it good? I was doing that with the Porcupine and Driving game, right? V
