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Thank you so much! I forgot to PM you but thought you'd probably find this thread anyway.
I gave her a nudge .
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Thank you so much! I forgot to PM you but thought you'd probably find this thread anyway.
You my friend, have just described her to a T. She has over-reacted to things when she doesn't like it by rearing (broke my leg earlier this year) but she has only threatened three times and has been met with a telling off before she went up.. she didn't try after, will try and if I feel she is going to threaten I'll stop.
When she is jumping her canter is like a "normal" horse's canter - balanced and collected!
I gave her a nudge .
I think Frank'$ canter ha$ alway$ been quite nice, I love it! and could $it there all day
What ever you do don't forget to praise her for any little try. Welshies have an inbred sense of fairness and despite their temper tantrums love being praised and will try twice as hard for you
Oh most definitely - She goes on the bit in trot consistently now just because I repeat good girl when she is down and when she isn't I ask then when she accepts I say good girl.. she aims to please when she's in a working mood.
You my friend, have just described her to a T. She has over-reacted to things when she doesn't like it by rearing (broke my leg earlier this year) but she has only threatened three times and has been met with a telling off before she went up.. she didn't try after, will try and if I feel she is going to threaten I'll stop.
When she is jumping her canter is like a "normal" horse's canter - balanced and collected!
Because she is focusing on the jumping and forgetting the canter bit all the time she cantering she is developing the strength and balance in the canter have you tried dotting looks of poles round the school when you school on the flat that might help.
If you concentrate on being completely consistent in the transition always use a mild shoulder in positioning make sure your outside leg is back and give an clear aid from the inside leg then in time the transition in trot will come .
The shoulder in positioning can be used in the canter to correct the balance when you get a bit further on it's really the base for sorting this issue .
I have been there with my mare as well - another Welsh x! I struggled and struggled to work on her canter in the school, and never seemed to be getting anywhere. My mare was a bit of a late starter - came to me at 10yo, and spent the first 3 years being unrideable and then being a broody.
So for right or wrong, I gave up for a while! I went and did some endurance rides, and I did a lot of canter work in preparation. I am moderately local to a beach, so I would box up and do canter work on the beach. (two things here - loading and travelling practice, and then canter work at the beach!). I did a few months of nothing but cantering in straight lines and getting my mare really really fit and strong. When we went back to the school, the difference was amazing - so much so we actually did out first elementary at the weekend and got 7's and 8's for our collected canter
My mare is now nearly 18 - and this last 18 months I have done literally nothing but concentrate on this mare to get her to canter nicely! Trust me - you will have a lot more blood, sweat and tears before you get there yet - but it will be worth it!
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Thank you. i can Imagine there will be a LOT more tears and sweat.. hopefully not too much blood.
lol - obviously your mare is more pleasant than mine!
My girl is a bit of a late bloomer, and this year we have done RC camp, qualified for Petplans and BD Regionals, qualified for the RC nationals, took part in quadrille and done our first elementary. It can be done - you just need to be more stubborn (even if your horse doesn't know it and she thinks it is all her own idea - top tip there!!) than your mare is
Sorry for late reply, I haven't tried dotting poles around as she jumps canter poles - another issue needed to be worked on. I will make sure today we get the shoulder in even if just in walk (she's a very looong horse who doesn't really "bend") so we can go from there.
You could be talking about my mare. She is long and jumps canter poles. However if I keep her nice and calm and walk over them, then trot (rewarding her when she doesn't jump them) then we can canter over them. (Doesn't always work but mostly it does)
yep got two - jump and a flat, flat did very little canter as we focused on other more needed things.. like brakes and my SJ does walk to canter.. good but not helpful with trot > canter transitions!
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Little Update: Today we did a bit of schooling in the 'field' and it came to canter.. I took her to walk and let her do a few steps of trot before asking to canter on the right rein then once in a nice collected canter went for about two strides, brought her back to walk and patted.. left rein was a bit more difficult as I found out.. so brought her back to walk and then really over-exaggerated by canter aids from a few steps of trot and had a nice collected canter on the right leg (eek!) and then took her back to walk and patted - left it there after that.
After trotting her for 30mins straight I thought she'd be tired enough to try a bit of canter.. boy was I wrong - she was full of beans still...
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Turns out mine had mild arthritis in her hocks, making it painful to engage her rear, she has just had stem cell treatment ????Not sure if this is helpful but our chiro advised me to canter him on the lunge with a pessoa (short sessions only) to help him find his balance in canter. Mine is a 7 year old Welsh D.
Oh, that’s spooky so did mine! Let us know how the stem cell treatment goes.Turns out mine had mild arthritis in her hocks, making it painful to engage her rear, she has just had stem cell treatment ????
On day 15 of rehab atm still working in walk, will let you know, although secretly dreading our first canter just in case ? it's a way off yet.Oh, that’s spooky so did mine! Let us know how the stem cell treatment goes.
Mine has had his hocks medicated and is now shod with lateral extensions on his hinds. He’s doing well so far.