Shavings
Well-Known Member
ok bare with me on this one
had my lessons yesterday (Sunday)
with instructor, we only been having lessons with his man since December, but we are doing well and i am happy with hi, Chance really likes him and does try to snake in to the middle of the school to see if he has mints (when he is meant to be working!)
so often getting the forwards can be difficult for us at the moment, which i am not complaining about as when i went to buy another horse i was very clear i didnt want some think fasting away with me !
any way yesterday to try and focus more on my hands then fighting for the forwards i was given a schooling whip!
well what a difference we got 2 whole laps of the arenas with out braking (often its a real fight to get half of one!) i didn't "beat" or "hit" chance with the whip at all, when he did back off or try to brake i was told just to "touch" him (behind saddle) and sure enough he get carried on, now in all honest-ness i was asked to touch him 5 times in the whole hours lessons so dont feel it was over used and out of those 5 times i am pretty sure i only touched him twice as i am no balanced yet as we are really a new pair in our riding career/relationship!
plus twice i managed to miss him completely and goes over his bottom, i tapped my leg with the same focus i am touching him and it didn't hurt now did it string
however ever time i touched chance with the whip he would swish his tail, do you think this is pain? or just a little protest at the fact he is being made to work and go forward?
instructor said he thinks its because chance has had it so easy for the last 18 month (3 days after i got him to the island i broke my elbow in a work accident) so he has either been hacking on the buckle once every 14 days or field ornament
but i just wanted some one elses few on the matter, we are currently working on chance going forward and lowering his frame so i dont have a lot of contact on the front at the moment, if i do he tenses up and curly his head in like a swan which isn't good for him and can put me on edge, instructor has been very supportive and made me feel at easy and like i can get back to riding
Editted to say saddle is checked as are teeth and physio , we have a Richard Maxwell lesson in April coming too
had my lessons yesterday (Sunday)
with instructor, we only been having lessons with his man since December, but we are doing well and i am happy with hi, Chance really likes him and does try to snake in to the middle of the school to see if he has mints (when he is meant to be working!)
so often getting the forwards can be difficult for us at the moment, which i am not complaining about as when i went to buy another horse i was very clear i didnt want some think fasting away with me !
any way yesterday to try and focus more on my hands then fighting for the forwards i was given a schooling whip!
well what a difference we got 2 whole laps of the arenas with out braking (often its a real fight to get half of one!) i didn't "beat" or "hit" chance with the whip at all, when he did back off or try to brake i was told just to "touch" him (behind saddle) and sure enough he get carried on, now in all honest-ness i was asked to touch him 5 times in the whole hours lessons so dont feel it was over used and out of those 5 times i am pretty sure i only touched him twice as i am no balanced yet as we are really a new pair in our riding career/relationship!
plus twice i managed to miss him completely and goes over his bottom, i tapped my leg with the same focus i am touching him and it didn't hurt now did it string
however ever time i touched chance with the whip he would swish his tail, do you think this is pain? or just a little protest at the fact he is being made to work and go forward?
instructor said he thinks its because chance has had it so easy for the last 18 month (3 days after i got him to the island i broke my elbow in a work accident) so he has either been hacking on the buckle once every 14 days or field ornament
but i just wanted some one elses few on the matter, we are currently working on chance going forward and lowering his frame so i dont have a lot of contact on the front at the moment, if i do he tenses up and curly his head in like a swan which isn't good for him and can put me on edge, instructor has been very supportive and made me feel at easy and like i can get back to riding
Editted to say saddle is checked as are teeth and physio , we have a Richard Maxwell lesson in April coming too