redzip
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Post by redzip on May 16, 2015 11:51:46 GMT
As to tight circles, the instructor I just went to discussed this with me.
I talked of Zippy having a hard time collecting himself, staying in a frame on the long sides of the ring,
he suggested if he acts like this, go into tight circles, get him collected, then REWARD him on the straightaway.
If he becomes uncollected again, tight circle for a few loops, then straightaway in a collected frame as reward.
It has been very effective advice to use the straightaway as a reward.
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Post by abpalis on May 16, 2015 16:09:25 GMT
I do loads of the tight circles for refocusing. I don't have to do them as much with Fox in the arena because she's a little worker in there and they only work for her some of the time away from her buddies because she's so ballistic about it. My coach used to always get me to do a few of them as soon as I got on so that Hemi knew "okay, we are getting down to work now." You could always get one of those airbag vests for when you get bucked off, might make the horse spook even more but hey at least you'll bounce when you face plant haha. We'll get this figured out between the two of them. I will say last night when I went out to give Fox her Keep Calm herbs she was much more snuggly than usual. Not sure if the herbs are working or if she was particularly cuddly. She was fascinated to watch me lunge Prince, actually left her feed to watch, then when I stopped she went back over to eating. Maybe she was watching him lunge so nicely and thought "oooh I'm NOT supposed to tear around like a maniac"... Yea.... right....  |
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nhg
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Post by nhg on May 16, 2015 17:33:02 GMT
For the record, we make them do tight circles if they think they're going to walk away when we go to get on. It's a mild punishment. But we're leading the horse in a tight circle, not riding them. And then try to get on again. If it happens again, repeat the circle.
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