Post by ladymcts on Nov 4, 2015 12:31:32 GMT
So excited, I "can't wait," and yet it seems like it's coming up super fast! There's going to be an outside instructor coming to Reggie's boarding barn for a dressage clinic on November 14 & 15. I've got to work all day November 14, but have signed up for two lessons on the 15th. One will be semi-private with a rider who's WAY more advanced than I (I tried to talk her out of it becuase I don't want to hold her back, but she's eager to save money by not going private). Then they made it cheap to tack on a group lesson as well.
I'm hoping Reggie will be sound enough ... abscesses continue to plague us, and I never know when the next one is going to blow. He's sound enough at the moment, although seeming a little stiff and not too willing to work. Found out he's anemic again, so hopefully a daily dose of red cell will fix that.
In the meantime, I feel like I'm such a complete novice, I don't really know where to start. Last year I bought a dressage book and read thru it. Then my friend who pet sits for me frequently saw it, and I know I let her take it. I just can't remember if I said she could borrow it or keep it (because of the pet sitting, I think I said she could keep it). Since I can't remember which, there's no way I want to say, "hey can I get that book back?" :-)
So, I hit up Youtube for some ideas. The first one I came to was a really interesting series .. I've watched it all the way thru. He starts out with a young horse and explains some of the things you want to be mindful of to train it the right way. Made me feel woefully inadequate for poor Reggie. I'm such a novice I didn't even know what concepts were like "getting behind the bit" and I still have trouble with things like knowing whether the horse is bending, and how to keep him off the forehand.
But then the series progresses on to a more trained horse, and it's so interesting to see some of the things they can do with both untrained and trained. I'm probably going to keep looking for more videos, but I watched this one all the way thru and it gave me a lot to think about (and work on).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj3SvvZ91w4&list=PLPhXtRUwxiqjIWF1CqMPAhGs-hgV_Te-e
I'm hoping Reggie will be sound enough ... abscesses continue to plague us, and I never know when the next one is going to blow. He's sound enough at the moment, although seeming a little stiff and not too willing to work. Found out he's anemic again, so hopefully a daily dose of red cell will fix that.
In the meantime, I feel like I'm such a complete novice, I don't really know where to start. Last year I bought a dressage book and read thru it. Then my friend who pet sits for me frequently saw it, and I know I let her take it. I just can't remember if I said she could borrow it or keep it (because of the pet sitting, I think I said she could keep it). Since I can't remember which, there's no way I want to say, "hey can I get that book back?" :-)
So, I hit up Youtube for some ideas. The first one I came to was a really interesting series .. I've watched it all the way thru. He starts out with a young horse and explains some of the things you want to be mindful of to train it the right way. Made me feel woefully inadequate for poor Reggie. I'm such a novice I didn't even know what concepts were like "getting behind the bit" and I still have trouble with things like knowing whether the horse is bending, and how to keep him off the forehand.
But then the series progresses on to a more trained horse, and it's so interesting to see some of the things they can do with both untrained and trained. I'm probably going to keep looking for more videos, but I watched this one all the way thru and it gave me a lot to think about (and work on).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj3SvvZ91w4&list=PLPhXtRUwxiqjIWF1CqMPAhGs-hgV_Te-e
