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| Posted: Mon Jan 3rd, 2011 03:20 pm |
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sisbarbo G.O.G Community Member 
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Thank You....for ALL of your wonderful advice!!!! We've really been doing alot of ground work lately. I've taken him right back to basics which was suggested on this board. We've been doing alot of work on respect, stopping and standing while on a lead, free lunging. When he stops and stands he gets rewarded (usually carrots...he'll do anything for a carrot ...LOL) If he moves when he's not supposed to....we BACK UP! We have made HUGE progress with things like standing while mounting and flexion exercises. Our trust in each other is growing each day as well. He still fiddles with the bit to begin with, but I've been working on MY riding techniques using one rein at a time and not giving him any resistance, and also using my seat and keeping my hands low while asking for a whoa...you'd be amazed at the difference. He still resists while he's gaiting, but we'll get there .... on step at a time!!!! Unfortunately its so cold where I live and I don't get out there daily to work with him, but now that we've got the basics started we have the rest of winter and all of spring to perfect it and we should be ready for trails by summer!!!! If I can get my wonderful husband to brave the cold again... I'll try to post some video of our progress! Barbi and Onyx Last edited on Mon Jan 3rd, 2011 03:22 pm by sisbarbo |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 4th, 2011 01:43 pm |
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Brenda Im Pasture Boss 
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Good for you, Barb! It's difficult for most of us to have the patience to go back to basics as you have, but horses that have been rushed to start with benefit greatly from the process. Thank you for sharing your progress - and please, do keep us posted. PB 
____________________ Always forgive your enemies. It's good for you - and really messes with their heads! |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 4th, 2011 09:14 pm |
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sisbarbo G.O.G Community Member
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Well, Thank you Brenda...however.... I guess I spoke too soon!!!! I went out there today and I started him out by free lunging him for a bit, then we went on to the ground work. He was bending left and right. Standing and stopping, and backing. I even clipped him today. Good as gold on the ground. But that is no secret...this horse thinks he's a dog and will do anything on the ground willingly. So... I thought hmmm...maybe I'll just get on him bareback it'll be good for my trust level, and I'll just walk him around and work on using one rein at a time, get him to do some bending. Nothing major. He stood as still as night as I got on and I even needed a stool plus an extra boost to get up there....he still stood still. Pretty good so far..... huh???? Well I get up there and we get walking around and I see his whole demeanor change. Ears are forward he's dancing around (nothing scary) he starts trying to gait....I get him reined in....do some circles, telling him walk, walk. Still acting up. Soooo... I decide I'm going to get in the saddle and really work him. I get in the saddle...which again he stood still as night for me to get on. We gaited around a few times, but I could see that he was still resisting me. All of a sudden he "got the bit" and he took off!!!! I tried seesawing the reins...no luck. I tried one rein stop....the more I tried to pull his head around...the more he pulled back...couldn't get his head around. So now I'm flying around the arena....no whoa.....the guys were cleaning stalls so I started saying "hellooooo" could use some help here.....hellooooo..." meanwhile I try to run him into a corner and he hesitated, but didn't stop. I almost fell off! I got resituated in the saddle and one of the guys came out at that moment and we got him stopped. I got off the horse.... I ran him around the arena (in free lunge format) until he couldn't run anymore. I let him stand for a moment to catch 1/2 of his breath and off we went again. This went on for approx. 35-45 min. I got back on him, and made him walk. Then I made him gait SLOWLY....he was seriously still defying me in the saddle. He was sooo mad that I got back on him, he was just too tired to do too much about it. I continued to make him go around until he did it right. After a few times around I got off of him and unsaddled him. We did more ground work. Walk....stop.....back. He refused to back.... I got after him and backed him hard. Again....walk...stop....back....we did this until he submitted. WHAT A CHALLENGE!!!!!! ANY SUGGESTIONS???????
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| Posted: Wed Jan 5th, 2011 03:55 am |
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Lakota G.O.G Community Member 
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If it was me I would have done the very same thing. Good for you for not letting him run the show. When you can't control him from the saddle, get off and be safe and do it on the ground. Then, try him again in the saddle. (Wash-rinse-repeat, lol) You done good.
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