>>> Do we need to think of why a horse may not want to speed up, and get to
>>> the cause, before reverting to a whip to encourage it?
Absolutely. Liz does a section in some of her clinics about "finding the
joy" in our lives as a way to get our energy up, to get the horses to move
out more e
well like my jas. he is just lazy and I always let him get away with
it. its such a petty offense when I ride with so many heathens. but
stonewall oh jeez he needs to learn things bad.
janice
>>>Its just with a cue from behind they are magically being pushed, instead of
>>>having cues from the seat or on their sides, which I do not believe are
>>>really intuitive for a horse to get especially in the beginning of their
>>>training.
OK, I can see it for horses that aren't finished in
> Oh come one - I'm a huge Gene Autry fan. I never carry a whip with
> Hunter,
> but every now and then he just goes to sleep under me (can't believe
> I'd
> ever write that) and short of cutting a switch off a tree, the only
> thing I
> have at hand it the short bight on my reins, which I do i
with jas in times when I had to ask him to really move it I swung the reins
from one side of withers to the other. like gene autry hyi!
Oh come one - I'm a huge Gene Autry fan. I never carry a whip with Hunter,
but every now and then he just goes to sleep under me (can't believe I'd
ever
asking teev to go fast I would kick and he would put his ears back,
forward, back like " wait lets get this straight... you are telling
MOI what to do?! " then would sorta launch into the next gear like
"hold on to your dentures granny" haha. man his canter was powerful.
I saw my donkey do a rare
with jas in times when I had to ask him to really move it I swung the
reins from one side of withers to the other. like gene autry hyi!
hyi! chasing banditos. it made him burst into a blistering 2 mph land
speed record, an all time personal high.
janice
--- On Sun, 6/29/08, Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I never use it to hit them, only as an aid for proper
> cues. It just seems like it is more natural for a horse to
> learn aids from behind.
> Interesting. I haven't heard this before.
> Which cues are from behind?
The ones that say
>
> Interesting. I haven't heard this before.
>
> Which cues are from behind?
waving the whip in the air toward nasi's butt as I pony him and he
starts to lag behind. Other than that I guess it is tapping the butt
to make them go? I always just tap with the feet.
Janice--
even good horses have
> Well, I ride with a small whip with 2 of my horses. Some of Baldurs cues are
> from behind, and it is much easier with a whip than not to have one.
> I never use it to hit them, only as an aid for proper cues. It just seems
> like it is more natural for a horse to learn aids from behind.
I
Linda Tellington Jones has a white riding whip that is very nice to
ride with. <<
they are good for ponying too. For holding out in case the ponied
horse wants to pass too forward or wave like Skye said, from behind to
get them to quit dragging and make slack in the rope. But hey Skye,
Jeffers
funny how if i smack jas on the shoulder for snatching bites, he puts
his ears back a little and swishes his tail. Or if really maddern
fire will snake his head a little. But I can whack a yellowfly
between his ears with all my might and he doesnt notice it at all. :)
Yes, they are masters at per
--- On Sat, 6/28/08, Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Interesting topic on the dressage list, with this comment:
>
> "... interesting that the riders I have ridden with or
> taught and that have had trouble holding a whip saying "It is distracting
> and too much in my hands" are the on
>>> i think a coincidence... because i ride with a crop and if it doesnt have
>>> a handle it
>>> is a huge pita to me! But i need one for brushing spider webs out of the
>>> way and
>>> whacking jas when he snatches bites off blueberry bushes.
I tend to think it coincidence too. When I wa
But i need one for brushingspider webs out of the way and whacking jas
when he snatches bites off
blueberry bushes.
The girl I ride with uses hers for spider webs, to push berry vines out of
the trail and to brush flies off her horse's face. I've never seen her use
it in any other way. M
On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 7:13 PM, Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Interesting topic on the dressage list, with this comment:
>
> "... interesting that the riders I have ridden with or taught and that have
> had trouble holding a whip saying "It is distracting and too much in my
> hands" are
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