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Re: [RC] Starting an older horse - heidiAll horses get bored with mundane details and going around in circles when there is no purpose in doing the drilling and circles. Drilling and circles (read - getting the horse to do everything from the ground you will want the horse to do from the saddle) in a well thought out sequence with definite goals is never boring and absolutely crucial to rapid minimal hassle training. I guess I should elaborate more. Many intelligent horses catch on to the "goal" of the drill or the circle with only a few repetitions. In my experience, that number of reps is even lower for mature intelligent horses. You may need to drill or circle to get something taught, but they accept it far better if a few reps or circles are thrown in in handy spots along a trail, for instance, than in an arena. The more mature the horse (and the more intelligent the horse) the more one has to be creative to KEEP drills and circles from being boring. To that end, I consider every ride a "training" ride in a sense, in that one looks for opportunities to teach as one rides. But my main point here is that mature (and intelligent) horses are far more apt to see the point to the drill if it is actually combined with the work the horse is expected to do. Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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