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Re: [RC] Training new horse----don't get too cocky!!! - Karen SullivanOh,I know, and am much more a proponent of trail training than arena work. Frankly, I just hate arena work! It is a chore to do it, but with this very good and patient person to help me, it is easy to follow directions, and also points out where she needs additional work. My youngster is very surefooted and balanced on the trail due to all the ponying and running loose. Things she does not "get" yet, are giving to the bit at the gaits (she will slow down or stop with a seat and light rein cue), but she does not yet understand how to come up under herself and into the bit; if I am explaining that right. IT means most of our work at a walk and trot, she is still strung out; not carring herself lightly....which bleeds over into it being hard to introduce the concept of leg yielding...as unschooled as I am, I can easily tell the difference when she DOES get it right! Since I never send her to a professional trainer,and have been muddling along dong this myself, I can see that there would be very little gained at this point to pay someone to ride her out on the trail....but a lot to be gained by having a professional teach her to move better off the leg,etc. My retired, very cranky, hot and difficult Arab/walker was the kind of horse I rode ":uphill" for the first two years I had her. She could go all day, usually arguing with me over speed, and I found all the long, steep hills in the county to humble her! However, she had had two really great trainers in her past, one Western cutting type, and one English. She was so well trained you could put her anywhere with your legs; open gates, that sort of thing. I REALLY had fun with it, and my goal with this horse (which cost me more as a baby than any of my others), is to put that time and training into her to the same degree if possible.... Another friend has a very nice Arab gelding she bought summer of 02. She rides him almost every day on the trail,with the exception of one weekly lesson with the same person. The difference is remarkable, especially compared to my youngster.... K ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan Ruprecht" <jruprecht@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Karen Sullivan" <greymare56@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "sharp penny" <penelope_75647@xxxxxxxxx>; "Carol Stiles" <cstiles@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 6:02 AM Subject: Re: [RC] Training new horse----don't get too cocky!!! I was 64 when my last baby was born, to my own horse from my own stallion. I did not expect to train her, but of course I have. We have never had rings etc. Just trails and beaches if you like them. But we have allways had experienced horses of our own to ride the babies with. It does work. Joan =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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