ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: [endurance] Jigging

Re: [endurance] Jigging

HARVEY_HELEN@tandem.com
3 May 96 10:44:00 -0700

Circles never worked for me with Bella either (unless I had about
1/2 hour). Keeping her in a slow jog (no jigging) and asking for
leg yields, shallow serpentines, an occasional circle, half halt,
transition to walk (about 2 steps of walk), back to jog and repeat
seems to work best. NOTE: the resulting movements bear little
resemblance to actual leg yields etc., but at least she has to think a
bit, and is being asked to do something, instead of just fighting to
get her to walk. The periods of getting an actual walking gait do
increase. Trying to execute this type of sequence can be more than a
little challenging, depending on the number of other riders. We tend
to start over every spring; it's amazing what she can 'forget' over
the winter, not that we ever get to the point where I can always
depend on her walking when requested.

Helen
harvey_helen@tandem.com

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SENT 05-03-96 FROM SMTPGATE (hall@cc.denison.edu)

Kat in no. Cal & Magnum wrote:

>Lynette brings up a good training tool with circling when your horse is
>not paying attention. I'd like to add my experiences to the pool. I
>tried circling with Magnum horse with mixed results. Once, it worked
>great. More often I thought he was just going to explode into little
>bay fragments and take me with him. He got VERY upset and quit listening
>to me. Almost like a panic attack. Then he continues to try to go
>in the forward direction no matter which way we are facing... he'll
>flip around forward, or scoot backwards really fast and hop up and
>down. It was like eventually he'd learn how to rear.
>

good ideas snipped....

Kat - I'm was so happy to read your post. Sometimes I
feel like the only person out there who has a horse that
doesn't respond to circling to slow down, etc. My horse
gets very "stiff-necked" if I try that, definitely
doesn't listen to me, will continue forward sideways
(not even paying attention to where the trail is) and
also feels like he will explode into little sorrel
fragments! ;*) An assortment of spins, hops and
bounces - a feeling of being out of control....

I have had success with doing what you mentioned - I
guess since I am not actually *turning* away from the
others, he can handle it and eventually relaxes back
into a walk....

Jude Hall
central Ohio
& Kentucky Redbud (aka the racking racehorse)