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| Posted: Wed Apr 11th, 2012 02:11 am |
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wannabecowgirl G.O.G Community Member 
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Stay with it! Ditto all the above, I had to break myself of the leaning forward and clenching my legs at the first sign of faster than a walk! Relax! was the best advice I got!! My horse doesn't like to gait well in the round pen but get her out on the trail and watch out! LOL Especially on the way home.... Good Luck!
____________________ The wind of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears. ~Arabian Proverb |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 6th, 2012 04:41 am |
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slipslider G.O.G Community Member 
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PS: If this is a go button horse, my guess is you over cued the horse and perhaps you were tense as well. Again relax and just slowly move her up to the gait, when she gets in the gait, try holding her there by keeping a light contact on the rein, meaning no slack, and relax, lol. This is just my guess. You will get it in no time at all. Just keep at it.
____________________ LaVonne Summertime Stables, LLC Life's journey is not to arrive safely in a grave in a well preserved body But rather to slide in sideways, Totally worn out, Yelling......What a Ride ! |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 6th, 2012 04:35 am |
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slipslider G.O.G Community Member
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Most of all Jane, just have fun. I sometimes think instructors give too much for one to think about at once. Instead you should concentrate on one thing at a time. Most of all relax and breathe. IF you are having a hard time concentrating on too many things at once and it is making you tense, let your instructor know this. Ask her to allow you to just relax and concentrate on the horse first and get to know it. Then you can start concentrating on hands, seat, legs, ect. I have a student that is a timid rider, she gets scared and tense as soon as the horse goes faster then a walk. So i allow her to just ride and get to know the horse. I showed her what to do when the horses goes faster and then told her to just ride around the pasture with me. when she was ready she could ask for a faster gait and then bring the horse back down to a walk, to practice going from walk to gait and back down to walk again. I told her once she did this a few times she would get more relaxed and comfortable and would stop worrying that the horse was going to run away with her. Sure enough after riding a short while she was smiling and said it was much easier. She was tensing up so much it was throwing her forward in the saddle and actually causing the horse to go faster. Once she learned to relax and trust the horse, they were both doing fine.
____________________ LaVonne Summertime Stables, LLC Life's journey is not to arrive safely in a grave in a well preserved body But rather to slide in sideways, Totally worn out, Yelling......What a Ride ! |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 6th, 2012 02:11 am |
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janeellen41 G.O.G Community Member
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Dear Whatta, Thanks so much for replying! To answer some of your questions ... Yes, I watched the instructor ride her before I got on. She seemed to do fine. No trotting. No we didn't go outside the arena. I'm sure that I just didn't know and give the right cues. But it really caught me by surprise. I don't want to overthink this. But I seemed to have a lot to think about: hands, seat, balance, legs (particularly legs!) blah blah. I certainly need to relax more, don't I?  Guess I expect it to all come back in a rush! It'll be good tomorrow. Then I'm meeting my Mom to drive to the KY Horse Park to see the exhibition on The Horse. It will be its last day. So we're going to sqeak it in! Nothing like a day off from work to play horsey!  Thanks again! Jane
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| Posted: Thu Apr 5th, 2012 11:10 am |
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whattarack Pasture Boss 
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Maybe you were over collecting the horse or maybe the horse doesn't gait well for any rider? Did your instructor ride her first to show you her gaited ability. Did she trot with the instructor? Also, I can't imagine a horse gaiting well in a small area. Did you take her outside the arena? There are lots of reasons why the horse could have trotted. I hope she does better on Friday. Just relax and try not to over ride her. I've always had the thought that a horse gaits the best when you figure out how to get out of his way and just go with it. Good Luck!
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| Posted: Thu Apr 5th, 2012 01:23 am |
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janeellen41 G.O.G Community Member
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Hi - this is Jane (Horseless but still dreaming!) I so appreciated the comments when I joined this board in January about learning all I could before owning (dreaming about owning) a horse. Well, in order to pursue the dream logically (is there anything logical about loving horses?) I finally found some lessons on a walking horse. I was a little jumping out of my skin getting there (this was going to be my FIRST ride on a walking horse and I so wanted to feel this smooth gait!) and was pleasantly greeted, met all of the horses and got down to business. My mount was a 15 yo mare who had been ridden a little to warm her up (was told she had a motor). We got to know each other, leading her, getting on her, checking hands seat, balance, listening, etc, etc. We walked around inside a small arena, walked through poles, turned, stopped, etc. I was told when I was tready to go, I would just need to chirp at her at she would go on into a gait. Well, I chirped, and she TROTTED!! I pulled her back down, readjusted, asked her to go and I got a couple of gaited steps and more TROTTING! I finally got her gaiting around the length of the arena and then she bounced into a trot and we ended the lesson. I was a little surprised that I rode on an English cutaway saddle, and the instructor said that I would probably ride western the next time (balance or security problems?) Well the next time is this Friday. I guess I was expecting a little more "push button", and I'm sure that it's something I'm doing or not doing, confusion on cues, blah, blah. Can anyone give me some ideas on how to get the gait going and keep it? (I know, that's why I'm taking lessons!  ) Sorry to be so long winded, and I know this is not a quick fix. But I want to glide, not bounce!Jane
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