On 3/13/08, Lynn Kinsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On Mar 12, 2008, at 8:37 PM, Lorraine wrote:
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> > I still don't get how to tolt. They just seem to trot
> > and it isn't smooth. I still love them.
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> > Lorraine
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> For most gaited horses, sitting deep in the saddle and putting your
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I'll try to get pictures tonight! It really is pretty bad. Can we say
"choppy, a few bald spots and all together bad?" He had a nice clip last year
from one of the girls at the barn. I thought, what the heck, I'll just "stay
in the lines"! Can't be much harder than coloring and staying in t
Maja is technically due about April 2, and Flekka about April 9, so I'm
officially going on foal watch - although there's nothing to see just yet.
In 2004, I set up a twin bed in my little tack room in the barn. With the
tight quarters, the rusty old refrigerator and all, it had sort of a
Unib
On 3/13/08, Nancy Sturm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > The first thing to try, though, is to run in hand or pony the horse
> > along side a horse that IS gaiting, on a hard surface or next to a wall
> > so the gaiting horse's footfalls can be heard. Again, the horse will
> > often "get it
I feel like gaited breed horses are smarter than non-gaited.
You've obviously never owned a good Arab. :)
Karen Thomas, NC
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For most gaited horses, sitting deep in the saddle and putting your
weight on the loins (or shifting the saddle back) will get the horse to get
under itself and generally will cause it to gait, if it has any tendency at
all.
Maybe I’m taking you too literally, but PLEASE, no weight on the lo
Leg yields are much
> easier on the horses, so they can begin them (lightly, without excessive
> repetition) pretty soon.
What I'm asking right now is that she take one or maybe two steps, while
moving forward, away from my leg. I have also asked for one step to right
or left of either fron
>>> Fjóla has been trained that way. Always with short rein and non-moving
hands (actually I was told to hold the saddle to keep my hands in one
place...). I still have a long way to go with her, she's a young horse and
gets very insecure when I do something she's not used to.
Hey, when you're st
>>> It is probably dressage, because I think the trail models have rings?
The saddles are such that the designs can be customized easily, so rings are
optional on all models I believe. I ordered one of the first G3 dressage
models because I like a straight flap, but I wanted to use it on the tra
The other thing, however, is I believe there are Icelandics who do not
have an intermediate gait. And the other half, Tosca does not trot under
saddle. Since we're still in early stages, I'm not going there.
And the other extreme - the horses who have very little "desirable soft
gait", wit
So some days I really can't follow her movement with my hands and I've never
been able to ride her with long rein (not even walk).
Sometimes you can reward at the end of a ride or training session by
allowing her to walk forward on a long rein, head down and out. Once she
gets the idea t
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> The first thing to try, though, is to run in hand or pony the horse
> along side a horse that IS gaiting, on a hard surface or next to a wall
> so the gaiting horse's footfalls can be heard. Again, the horse will
> often "get it" from the sound.
Good advice Lynn. I was surprised how much
Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> kirjoitti:
> >>> Good question, I have actually no idea ;-) It's variably called dressage
> >>> or English trail on dealer's website, a G3 saddle with a G4 seat.
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> It's gorgeous. It looks like a G4 Dressage to me.
No it is a G3 (looking from pictures a G
On 3/12/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 09:08:00PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I have come to the conclusion that the Icelandic Horse is smarter
> > than other horses I have owned and they were all types of breeds.
> > Anyone out there think so t
right now the hair is too long, but once they blow the winter coat and
still arent slick and clean yet, I like to use one of those bot
blocks, like you clean the bar b que with, and my horses really think
it feels good.
Janice
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even good horses have bad days sometimes.
>>> I still don't get how to tolt. They just seem to trot and it isn't
smooth. I still love them.
I'm glad to read your last sentence, Lorraine. :)
Do you have Lee Ziegler's book? As you may have picked up in our
discussions, there are some Icelandic's who simply don't have a lot of gait
in
Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> kirjoitti:
> >>> What is lightness in regard to hands on the reins? what are soft hands?
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> Soft hands will continuously move very lightly in time with the horse's
> gait - I've always heard them called "following hands." When someone on
> the list told m
On Mar 12, 2008, at 8:37 PM, Lorraine wrote:
I still don't get how to tolt. They just seem to trot
and it isn't smooth. I still love them.
Lorraine
For most gaited horses, sitting deep in the saddle and putting your
weight on the loins (or shifting the saddle back) will get the horse to
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