tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20450839646345816682024-03-13T13:53:04.335+01:00Going STraightTrying to note down our ST-journey, started with registration to Mastery in February 2019. Starring: Paradise Road, aka "Radieserl", 20 year old gaited StandardbredSvadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14637063752699542178noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045083964634581668.post-555118004794961002019-04-15T16:10:00.003+02:002019-04-16T12:16:09.485+02:00day 20 to 23 since starting ST<b>11.04.2019 BREAK :(</b><br />
<b>12.04.2019 BREAK :(</b><br />
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both days with unexpected things that stole my time :(<br />
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<b>13.04.2019 10th time doing GW</b><br />
I did not much warming up this day, but started very soon with the stand-still exercises. It was a sunny day, so the cyclists were out en masse and of course Radieserl had to take a look as again one hard breathing bright yellow dressed guy came out of the woods. It was ok, it was a bit distracting but ok. But after a few attempts of forward down one of the cyclists stopped at the fence and called me - it was a friend of my better half, so I released Radieserl to do something on his own to have a chat with the guy - I didn't want to be impolite.<br />
After 10 minutes chatting I called Radieserl back, but he was not that fond. We did again forward down and stelling, then my boyfriend came at the yard and I had to stop again.<br />
Then the stable owner came - again I had to stop. Then one of the girls stopped by - again.<br />
This was quite annoying for both of us. Sometime we managed a bit of LFS on circle and straight and he remembered haunches-in at the right hand very well. We got three steps :)<br />
But it was so discontinuously that day. And I still do not have a plan with the licking-nipping. Redirection doesn't work, ignoring doesn't work, no treats (just praising) doesn't work, reprimanding doesn't work, more and more relaxing doesn't work, no pressure doesn't work. I am slowly getting the impression it is the cavecon again. I will try again with putting in a curb (just putting in) and see if he is more relaxed then.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We are very experienced in the nipping-biting-game!!</td></tr>
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We did a bit liberty, also tried haunches-in but we were at the arena too long already and both of us we not that motivated anymore.<br />
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Overall: when we got the chance to do someting, it was ok, haunches-in was very good in my opinion, but the circumstances were not the best this day.<br />
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<b>14.04.2019 BREAK</b><br />
It took me more than 3 hours to get "the thing they used to call my horse" clean. No more motivation for work was left after and my arms were falling off like leaves in autumn.<br />
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The Email Coaching told me I can move further to module 4 or to advanced groundwork, but I am thinking of getting into the liberty module now. Hm. Unsure. Can I do longeing and liberty simultanously? I have to ponder a bit and my ask in the group later.Svadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14637063752699542178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045083964634581668.post-60674274400903697722019-04-10T09:47:00.001+02:002019-04-10T09:47:52.482+02:00day 17 to 19 since starting GW<b>07.04.2019 8th time doing GW</b><br />
I had a visit from a good old friend who is also deeply into the AAoR. We know each other for quite some time and had lots of discussion about AAoR and Riding in general. She always has been the much better person for groundwork than me, but she also knows Radieserl and how difficult it could get with him.<br />
Shortly said: I failed completely. Her presence and the presence of her camera made me very nervous, although I did not be aware of that first. I was told to be "hectical" - well, the ones who know me will laugh now. I am really never ever hectical, sometimes people even ask me how I can stay THAT calm in certain moments. Except if I am hungry or freezing, I have to admit ;)<br />
I usually never fail with patience. But this day I was under pressure to show what I reached in the two weeks ST and I f***ing wanted to show that Mr. I-don't-know-what-the f*ck-haunches-in-should-be does haunches in, in small steps though.<br />
We did not even came to movement. We failed with stelling and yes, I was so disappointed I tried to get over the stelling quickly, but of course she won't let me cheat. And of course she did never ever believe me that it worked without this greater fails two days before, but how should she? :D I still stuck a bit to the bad work with the BB-Trainer a few years ago, which caused much more problems in groundwork after. I am aware now, that I am not consequent enough due to the fear to get similiar results as the BB-Trainer caused. I should soon stop this thought, but being afraid of something is always hard to turn off. No matter if it is fear of falling down and hurting or if it is fear of doing something bad.<br />
She drew my attention on my body language, telling me I am quite braced and Mr. P. mirrors that very much. His mirroring makes me even more stressed and so we came into a vicious circle where work is not possible any more.<br />
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I stopped the session after the best stelling to the right we did get, played a bit in liberty and chased each other crosswise through the arena, played the nipping-biting game on purpose and let him roll.<br />
Then he got food and we watched him chasing the youngsters in the paddock and being a bit of an asshole to the Irish Cob. It has been a nice day though and I learnt a lot about my reaction to distraction, at what I should work on more.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Duration: don't have a clue - 20 minutes and another 20 minutes of playing?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Exercises: not to mention this time</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Food: Derby Apple Mash + 100 g iWest Magnolythe S100 + 10 g MSM + 70 ml EWALIA</span><br />
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<b>08.04.2019 BREAK</b><br />
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<b>09.04.2019 9th time doing GW</b><br />
I was late that day and Radieserl was not so much convinced to do work now, but I filled my pockets with treats ;)<br />
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I paid more attention to prepare my demands better and did not ask twice the same way for something. That worked very fine with the warming-up program and I sorted my voice cues again, since this is still a topic where I am not following the straight line. I still mix up the cues.<br />
As I was told I cut up the parts of forward down, stelling and bending in stand still instead of doing it in a chain. Needless to say, it worked from the beginning and I had the feeling he wanted to say "Stupid human, I already know all this stuff but cheap treats are always fine."<br />
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I ignored the small feeling of annoyance in me and used the cutting up of the exercise for me and the improvement of my voice cues. Oh my... I have to work on that. Maybe I will stick more on stuff he does easily just to fix the cues in my head.<br />
LFS on the left was ok, but I had trouble adding the movement. I don't know exactly if it was me who had less energy in that moment or him, fixed to doing stand-still exercises? I am not sure, because I reflected my aids after the first try, but could not find the mistake. Funnily on the right hand side the movement was immediatly there.<br />
We did a few circles and I paid much more attention to the right timing of the voice cues and of course of the correct cues than to his bending and stepping under. Everytime he showed a proper LFS coincidentally I released and rewarded him like he did win the Olympic games in all disciplines. He seemed to understand and I got him on the straight line a few times. Sometimes LFS on the straight is easier than on the circle and sometimes nothing is much more difficult than LFS on the straight.<br />
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In the end I wanted to do our destaster-exercise haunches-in again. On the left I went on LFS on the straight and during the movement I turned myself backwards and there was the right hindleg. Aaaaaaaaaaw! I did not really give an aid with the hand on the neck or the whip, he just did. Maybe it was coincidence, but whatever... REWARDS!!<br />
The next attempt was not that easy although he already stood in a quarter-in position, but adding movement to that is always difficult for me. I needed the hand on the neck.<br />
With the third try I managed to keep the head in a stelling, and the rewards were raining.<br />
On the left he needed much more help, but again turning during the movement was easier. I ran out of rewards, so I just did two attempts and then he was released. There is still much work to do on the left.<br />
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I told him, to do a break and get on his own, while it got something to drink. He walked around the arena and came immediately when I came back. I did not feel for liberty work, so I clipped in the reins and sat on his back for a few rounds in walk. He was so nice and next time - if the feeling is alright - I might try to ride without reins and halter. Yes... I am much much better in riding than in groundwork, but it was very nice to check if stopping and LFS would work while riding too. (Yes, it does ;) )<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Duration: all-in-one about 1 hour, incl. long break after groundwork</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Exercises: leading, stopping, forward down, forward down, forward down, forward down... stelling, little bit of bending, forward down, forward down, forw.... LFS on circle, LFS on straight, haunches-in, while riding: stopping, LFS on circle, neck reining</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Food: Derby Apple Mash + 100 g iWest Magnolythe S100 + 10 g MSM + 70 ml EWALIA</span><br />
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<b>10.04.2019 BREAK</b><br />
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Sorry, I ran out of pictures ;)<br />
<br />Svadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14637063752699542178noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045083964634581668.post-14852470561883122982019-04-06T13:55:00.000+02:002019-04-10T15:28:58.889+02:00days 12 to 16 since starting GW<b>03.04.2019 BREAK</b><br />
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<b>04.04.2019 7th time doing GW</b><br />
It was very windy, I would even say a bit stormy but there are no excuses anymore and a simple session should be possible.<br />
He was "on fire" as we got to the riding place and the wind was cold and my fingers freezed already after the first round leading. Radieserl was fast and I decided to make a short session, just asking all the things we learned till now.<br />
I kept the exercises in stand-still short, ignoring tilting and nipping and rewarding the few attempts without. He already knew what was coming, so he did the stelling and bending himself.<br />
Adding movement to the stelling was simple this time, because Radieserl was still a bit distracted due to the wind. But I was glad, he did not spook. It was just a bit more effort to get his attention.<br />
I like the LFS on the circle, although it was a bit pushy.<br />
This time I paid more attention to be more in front of his incoming shoulders on the right side, so I could correct the shoulder much better. I also was aware of my hands, not putting to much pressure on the head all the time.<br />
We changed very soon to LFS on straight and it was much better. As he was so fast that day I sometimes hang on the rein and accidentally pulled on his head, but it got better. On the right he pushed me in a lot and I tried to redirect him on the straight. It was ok, I did not expect to get perfect with this weather.<br />
In the meanwhile my hands were freezed, the wind got icy and harsh but I did not want to stop before one try of haunches-in. He was pushy and wanted to push me forwards and I had to back him up a few times, but then he gave me his outside hindleg. It was raining treats and he stopped with pushing and concentrated on another attempt. At the third try he even managed one step forward and I was satisfied, he got a whole hand full of treats and many many praises.<br />
Till now I only did haunches in to the left soI changed hands and stopped him an the fence for ONE try to the right. He immediately got it and moved with the outside hindleg without greater effort, so rewards rewards rewards and two further tries were good too. Of course the stelling got lost and he tilted and nipped every now and then, but I ignored. It was much more important that he finally got the point of haunches-in. We could work on the correct shape as soon as the aid is fixed.<br />
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I stopped the session after that and got into the stable without a liberty add-on. I was freezing and I did not want to destroy the very good session although it had been more difficult due to the strong wind today.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Duration: 10 minutes</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Exercises: Leading, stopping, backup, changing tempo, forward down & stelling/bending in stand-still, LFS on circle, LFS on straight, Haunches-in to the left&right</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Food: Derby Apple Mash + 100 g iWest Magnolythe S100 + 10 g MSM + 70 ml EWALIA</span><br />
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<b>05.04.2019 unplanned BREAK because of time issues </b><br />
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<b>06.04.2019 BREAK</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">This time no nice pic: Radieserl fighting with a BB-Trainer in 2016 while trying to learn haunches-in...</span></td></tr>
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<b><br /></b>Svadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14637063752699542178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045083964634581668.post-59042563031842092682019-04-02T21:10:00.003+02:002019-04-03T10:24:46.502+02:0010 + 11 day, GW<b>01.04.2019 day 10 - BREAK</b><br />
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<b>02.04.2019 6th time doing GW, day 11</b><br />
What a great day! First I was unsure if I should take another break, but the weather was so nice, so I decided to get up and out.<br />
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We did a quick clean, I wanted to get on the outdoor riding arena before the sun leaves. A few people were at the yard, but no much distraction this time.<br />
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We started as always with leading and the first rounds I just walked without greater expectation and he just followed. We changed direction and he responded good to my body language which already made me happy :D<br />
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Changing the tempo was a bit stiff, but halt and backing up was good. We did lots of walking before I went to the exercises in stand-still.<br />
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The forward down in stand-still is a bit broken. It already was more fluently but a lot better than last session. I decided not to try it too much and ignored nipping and twisting as good as I could and went into the LFS on a circle very soon. He did well with his shoulders and I tried to pay attention on my hands and the reins. Again I used the longer whip but I think the shorter one suits me better. It is a bit hard to tap him for getting more hollow with the long thing.<br />
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On the right side the LFS on the circle was ok too, his reaction to the aid was very prompt but it is still hard work on the shoulder. Also I need to pay more attention to my body on this side, because I tend to bend myself a lot into the wrong direction. When he is yielding correctly it is much more easier for me to keep my body arranged. I also noticed that I have to walk forward with more energy, my steps are a bit unsecure and hesitant, maybe this distracts him too.<br />
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I also kept an eye or better an ear to my voice cues and changed the language to English, since I always mix up the cues in German to my used words. I think it is not always clear enough if I give a "keep going" or an "almost there" cue. In English it is easier for me to strictly separate the signals, because I am using words I don't use normally. I might stay with english words.<br />
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I changed to LFS on the long side and it was very nice on the left. I had the feeling that the twisting got better, I even had the chance to stop it with a few half-halts. I also noticed that he is doing great with half-halts, he nicely shifts his COM. I asked for more stepping under as soon as the bending was good enough.<br />
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On the left Mr. P. was very pushy first. We did a few steps, then he fell to the inside and ignored my aid on his shoulder. I turned him to a circle and started new but after a few steps he came inside again. His shoulder pushed against me and I poked back with more effort. Radieserl was outraged and tried to bite the poking whip knob - we both were a bit terrified in this moment but I immediately released the rein as he got off of his shoulder and then he relaxed, but was much more aware of the aid on the shoulder.<br />
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I gave him a break and let him think and relax and I was thinking too. :D I was not sure, if I should stop now. It was a good session but not excellent, he did around 70 percent well and 100 % better than last time. Since I had the feeling we were both in a good mood, I tried the haunches-in.<br />
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I was a bit afraid of haunches-in, because this exercise brought us into fights for years. I tried thousands methods of teaching it and sometimes he did, sometimes he said "What??? NEVER HEARD OF THAT!" One day he did, next day he refused and I did never know why.<br />
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I did not have any expectations. I did not think that it would fail, I did not think it would work. I started with a LFS, stopped him and encouraged him to give me his outside hindleg while touching the "haunches-in-point" on the neck and surprisingly he gave me a reaction in the right direction promptly. I released immediately, praised and pat him, told him he is the best pony ever. I had the feeling he was proud of himself :)<br />
Repetition is the key, so I asked again and the reaction came once more - again I covered him in rewards. The third try was a complete and correct step, he got a mass of rewards and I was happy like hell. I took of the rein and decided to stop the training, since this was a huge step forward.<br />
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But he did not leave. He looked at me like asking "And now? What can we do next?" and I just went a few steps and he followed. I went into a circle and he followed in a nice shape. I stopped - he stopped. I walked on - he came with me.<br />
I stopped again, raised loads of energy, gave a voice cue and he jumped into trot with me and trotted next to me. I stopped after a few steps to tell him how great and supercool he is and tried two times more and it worked perfectly. I was very very proud, because he stood with me all the time although there was no rein and no whip.<br />
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Then I really stopped the training, before it gets too much. He made the impression to do more and as I sat down on the small stool and relaxed he waited a few minutes there with me before he accepted that the training is really over now. He walked a few rounds, looked around, searched for grass and came back to me.<br />
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It was a very cool session with lots of great moments and we were both very satisfied when we came back to the stable. I especially joyed about the haunches-in and he seemed to be proud about him being Mr. Best-Pony-Ever.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Duration: 30 minutes</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Exercices: leading, stopping, back-up, forward down and stelling/bending in stand-still, LFS on circle, LFS on straight line, haunches-in, leading and transition to trot in liberty.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Food: Derby Apple Mash + 100 g iWest Magnolythe + 10 g MSM + 70 ml EWALIA</span><br />
<br />Svadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14637063752699542178noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045083964634581668.post-60331376221177107482019-03-31T19:00:00.000+02:002019-04-01T10:28:44.695+02:005-9. day GW <b>27.03.2019 day 5 - BREAK</b><br />
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<b>28.03.2019 day 6 - not planned BREAK - had terrible headache</b><br />
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<b>29.03.2019 4th time doing groundwork, day 7</b><br />
It was a bit breezy but very sunny, so I decided to get on the outdoor arena. While I was grooming one of the girls asked me, if I am not riding anymore and I explained her shortly why I am doing groundwork but I don't think she was much impressed :D<br />
Mr. P was lazy as hell and slept at the grooming place and I had to push him into the riding arena. I guess, I got him out of his lunch nap.<br />
We started as always with leading, stopping and back-up but he really was incredibly lazy. I tried to wake him up with changing the tempo, but I needed lots of energy and he responded delayed.<br />
This made me annoyed and I think he began to mirror my annoyance at this point.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMy4-J6IlrM463ysQAmH8XDs1CfQOPiyLA9M0TSYxpsUDT1hs8xALffZDddWrYLHk8GpJ_ywaQJYPG9Ve-uTWsAEEtuhHXSdM2DY8_M9X-MUVuASlTA0zfpOcS-_cvLuO4Ss90gtY5k7Q/s1600/IMG_20160904_020416.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMy4-J6IlrM463ysQAmH8XDs1CfQOPiyLA9M0TSYxpsUDT1hs8xALffZDddWrYLHk8GpJ_ywaQJYPG9Ve-uTWsAEEtuhHXSdM2DY8_M9X-MUVuASlTA0zfpOcS-_cvLuO4Ss90gtY5k7Q/s320/IMG_20160904_020416.jpg" width="240" /></a>The forward down was ok, but not as good as the first two days. I had to ask twice and triple times and the stelling was hard work, interrupted with nipping-licking-biting-twisting. Then we started the LFS on the circle and I had some problems with the coordination, but we managed to get 2 circles in a proper way, but he twisted again his head and I were not able to redirect. I think I gave to steady pressure but for some strange reason I did not notice that in this moment.<br />
On the other hand (right) we were fighting. First he refused to do a proper stelling, then he stood there like a donkey and did not want to move forward. I was screaming in the inside and we all know, this is not a good inner picture/inner feeling for a good training. :D<br />
Finally I got him into a circle, but his shoulder stuck on me and pushed into the inside, then I poked and he nipped and twisted, I gave half-halts and he twisted much more and I had to start again a few times, before we got ONE complete circle without greater desaster.<br />
A collegue put his stallion out on the meadow and Radieserl had to stare like he has never seen the stallion before. O.m.g. So exciting. I was more annoyed.<br />
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I should have stopped, but I wanted to go out with a good result of something or other, so I asked him for LFS on the long side to try something new. I dont' want to pretend it worked fine, but we got a few steps and I was happy about that. We also tried on the right, his right shoulder pushed like a bulldozer and he twisted and twisted, but there has been also a few steps and I was satisfied.<br />
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When I released him he followed, but then he decided to look for grass. For me this was a sign, that the session was not really good, but well... Shit happens.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Duration: 15 minutes</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Exercises: leading, stopping, back-up, changing tempo, forward down and stelling/bending in stand-still, LFS on the circle, LFS on the straight line.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Food: Derby Apple Mash + 100 g iWest Magnolythe S100 + 10 g MSM + 70 ml EWALIA Leber/Niere</span><br />
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<b>30.03.2019 5th time doing groundwork, day 8</b><br />
Again a wonderful sunny day! I came to the stables late in the afternoon although I planned to work again on lunch time. First I changed the rope on the cavecon to some lighter and thinner rein, because I thought I might sat on for a round or two if the situation allows it. I also took the smaller whip with me.<br />
Other people also discovered that riding outdoors at this wonderful day is much nicer than the riding hall, so I waited outside of the place until they finished their Western training and Radieserl was allowed to search for grass. Lots of people were sitting in the sun and watched the stopping and spinning and some others prepared the barbecue grill for the first barbecue at the saloon. So: lots of distraction again but I was hopeful.<br />
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Leading was ok this time, stopping and back-up worked nicely. Changing to faster or slower needed a bit time and a bit more energy, but hey: at least it worked.<br />
Then I asked for forward down and... nothing happend. He was not listening to me, he listenend to the people outside who were talking and laughing and the guys preparing the grill - everything was interesting but me.<br />
I finally got a hesitant forward down and I decided to accept it, since I had the feeling it would not get better. I ignored the nipping and twisting, I did not want to get annoyed again.<br />
I asked two more times and then I decided to get into the circle-LFS very soon, to get him in movement and may focus more on me, than on the other people.<br />
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Movement. Yes. I had the feeling of pulling two tons. He just creeped through the sand and my patience got lost in this moment. Although I know I should not get angry, I exploded. For the whole week I had been nice and patiently and calmly and asked pretty please.<br />
In this moment I did not want to be the supplicant and do more begging, I am the leader in our own pecking order and now the begging has to stop. I raised energy, gave a clean commando and used the whip empathically. The first step was in a rush, but then he understood that I seriously want to WORK. He behaved better than, did a nice stepping under and I concentrated to release my hand with the rein soon enough and better, but the twisting did show as always. I don't have the right idea yet how to get rid of this habit, but I think since he is doing this for all his life (the pre-owners confirmed), it's really a great challenge.<br />
Right hand was better than the day before, not good but better. LFS on the straight was fine on the left, I was surprised how nice he stays in the stelling/bending for more than a half long side. On the right I had to go into a small circle after every two or three steps, but at least he tried.<br />
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Although it has not been a good session again, I wanted to give him a new challenge and the chance to get a biiiig reward. So I asked for trot while we did the last LFS on a circle - just for fun and just for doing something different. And he did nicely - in a good tempo, without pushing and even staying in LFS. Good result, big reward, time to finish for this day.<br />
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Svadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14637063752699542178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045083964634581668.post-54420896503903592312019-03-26T20:30:00.000+01:002019-04-16T12:17:14.551+02:003rd and 4th day GW<b>25.03.2019 BREAK</b><br />
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It has not been the best day, I came home very late and so it was already getting dark when I arrived at the yard. So I had to go into the riding hall.<br />
Unfortunately we were not alone, one of the girls prepared her horse for lungeing as we stepped in. Another horse in the hall is usually not really a problem, so I was not worried about that. But let's come to that later.<br />
I parked Radieserl in the middle of the hall and told him to wait while I was getting some pylons to mark a circle for me :D He waited patiently.<br />
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Then we did the usual warming up with leading, going faster, going slower, halt, backing up and so on. He was lazy and I needed more cues to get him in flow. Also he tried to ignore my back-up aids a bit.<br />
When we finished the warming-up I led him into the pylon circle and did the exercises in stand-still. But he was heavily distracted by the noise of the upper circle, where the other horse got lunged. I tried to ignore, but then I caught myself that I had my own eyes and ears on the other horse every now and then. I don't know exactly, why it was so distracting to me. I did not like the way the horse got lunged and I did not like the way the horse moved, but it was not the first time I have seen this couple and usually I don't care about.<br />
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So... we had problems with the forward down and the stelling/bending, also the nipping/biting/twisting/licking was present again. We managed a few good tries, then I let him walk again a few rounds.<br />
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Then it was time for LFS on the circle and at the first try I did it completely wrong myself. For some strange reason I still have been in leading mode, had the whip and the rein in the wrong hand and forgot to form my inner picture. Thinking about it now, I may also have been at the other horse with my mind. Of course it failed and I did not recognize it right off.<br />
I stopped after one circle and then I recognized what bullshit I have done, felt embaressed and pity for my confused horse. We did again in a correct way, but I came not into the flow anymore. There has been a few good steps, but I missed the ease I felt on the second day and I felt a bit overwhelmed with looking at the pylons, looking at the head, looking at the hindquarters. Usually this is not that big problem for me.<br />
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I also had big problems with the timing of my cues. I praised a lot, but not always with the correct cue (mixed up "Keep going" and "Almost there") and my timing was a disaster.<br />
So I have to admit there was no progress this time and the left hand has been just slightly better than the right, both were just bad.<br />
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But I did not feel really bad and of course I did not blame Radieserl, I know I was not concentrated enough this evening and such things would happen.<br />
I parked him in the circle while I put away the pylons and he again waited patiently, at least this was working perfectly. :) Next time will be better.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Food: Derby Apple Mash + 100 g iWest Magnolythe S100 + 10 g MSM + 70 ml EWALIA Leber/Niere</span><br />
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<br />Svadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14637063752699542178noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045083964634581668.post-29031211584015180712019-03-24T17:30:00.000+01:002019-03-26T16:03:57.187+01:002nd day GWWe got in the arena and I remembered immediately: soft eyes, do not stare at the ground. Radieserl was a bit lazy, so I raised my energy and walked in front, resolute and energetic.<br />
It took a few seconds, then he came with me.<br />
We did a stop and a shifting of his COM, then we walked again. He is lovely, he just needs a small signal for the first step.<br />
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We tried with walking faster and slower and I gave too much energy sometimes, he started to trot a few steps instead of just walking faster. Although I didn’t want him to trot, I was incredibly happy because in the past I really had troubles to get him into trot in Groundwork. I of course rewarded him a lot and figured out how I have to dose my energy. He needed more energy when I was walking at the right hand side. I am not sure if his right eye is as good as the left.<br />
He tried to catch the rein a few times, for one moment I caught myself in getting angry, but I managed to shift in a redirection and asked for a back-up.<br />
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I asked for forward down and he was completely calm, pinned his ears in concentration-mode and followed my slow hand into the deep. No nipping, biting, twisting, chewing. I told him, he had done great and released, but remained with my body into that posture and he waited too. Again a reward for this patience!<br />
I asked for stelling to the left and the right and tried to keep the left stelling until the neck is straight again, but he was faster mostl od the time. I could see the tilting of the mane base very good and also I could see the movement of the hip. I had to ponder a bit about that, because Radieserls hip movement was very small, compared to the movement I have noticed earlier today at a horse of one of my riding students. Maybe Radieserl has really gotten a bit stiff during the last months….<br />
Sometimes I released before going back to straight, but I wanted to avoid to provocate the nipping-licking-behaviour and I wanted to release before he was showing stress signals.<br />
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Then we tried the LFS on the circle again and he did really really well - he remembered the movement with the whip hand to get his shoulder out and he let me touch him with the whip to ask for more stepping under. He had a really nice bending and behaved calm and concentrated. But I definately have to learn to walk circles!<br />
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On the right hand it was much much better today! He did not shift and tilt and I did not need so much weight against him to keep him out of the circle, although it was of course still harder than on the left. I even got the chance to ask for more stepping under, but it was hard for him.<br />
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We tried again on both sides and then I released him to liberty, but he chose to follow me. I could do some turns and changed the hand, but I didn’t want to do too much. I have not peaked into the liberty module yet, so better not to go too far without coaching.<br />
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He came with me to put his head into the halter, out of the arena, got his special menu and back to the herd. We were BOTH happy!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Working time: 20 minutes</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Exercises: leading, faster/slower, stop, back-up, shifting COM, in stand-still: forward down, stelling, bending, LFS on circle</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Food: Derby Apple Mash + 100 g iWest Magnolythe S100 + 10 g MSM + 70 ml EWALIA Leber/Niere</span><br />
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Svadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14637063752699542178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045083964634581668.post-23224731387752292822019-03-23T17:00:00.000+01:002019-03-26T16:16:39.183+01:001st day GWAfter following the Email Coaching really Step-by-Step, today has been the day - we started with Groundwork.<br />
I did not read the part for the “advanced” in Marijkes Email, I started with the "novice practising tipps". I don’t want to get in with the same feelings and the same stuff as I always did. I wanted to start as beginner, not as experienced rider.<br />
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First I noticed I tend to look at the ground all the time. I forced myself to look straight ahead, having soft eyes. Radieserl is a bit lazy when following me, he is trained to walk next to me and I did accept that and allowed him to move up with his head to my hips. He learnt to follow my hand and I think it is not a big deal, if he walks next to me instead of behind me.</div>
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Stopping was ok, as always. He knows the cue very well usually and he stops fine.<br />
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<i>Back-up was a big big big deal in the past. I sometimes had to force him with lots of pressure and under the saddle he did not show it voluntarily. I remember being really bad with him in riding and I regret this a lot.</i><br />
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<i>We did not use the backing up in riding in the Academic Art of Riding. When I had to move into another stable I lost my AAoR-Trainer and took a few lessons at the local trainer - in Western Riding. He forced us into backing-up and I still feel very sorry I did not open my mouth and refuse but followed the instructions which came in a very harsh way. I know, it was harmful. </i></div>
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I felt truly sorry when asking him to back up but he obeys since that Western sessions. This time I had to ask twice, he may felt I had something else in my mind. Backing up has not been fluently everytime, it never has been.</div>
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After this “warming-up” I took him in the middle of a circle and asked him to stop. I released, took a deep breath (in and out) and relaxed. I was afraid he would show the usual nipping and playing with his tongue, twisting his head and so on.</div>
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I waited a few seconds and asked again and there it was… the nipping, the biting in the rein, the twisting of the head.</div>
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I learnt have to change my approach, so I asked for a second time for the forward down and released and praised him for the slightest attempt.</div>
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Then we walked a small round, I had to get my mind free again and Radieserl chewed on his treat, twisting the head and licking into the air. No, his teeth are fine, he always does this. I think it is a kind of stress signal, a displacement behaviour. </div>
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I remember, I often got angry with this nipping, biting, chewing, licking, twisting, but this time I stayed calm, just walked and thought. </div>
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I got him again into the middle, stopped and asked for a forward down and he catched the rein with this lips. I caught myself getting impatient again and let out a loud “NO!” which caused confused glimpses but then he behaved and waited.</div>
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I immediately stopped my energy and calmed down. Do.Not.Get.Harsh.</div>
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He did the forward done nicely and I asked him in stelling left, bended a bit more and told him he is doing very fine.</div>
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I got back to straight and he already knew what I want and took a stelling to the right before his neck has been straight, but I had to laugh. I bended a little more and got him straight again, rewarded him and relaxed.</div>
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After a few seconds of thinking and looking I asked again and it was ok. At the third attempt he twisted the head and tried to catch the rein again. I rewarded the moment of good looking and relaxed once more. I waited till he was totally calm again and stopping his twisting and chewing. </div>
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I asked again for a forward down, asked for a stelling to the left und a bit of bending - I saw the hip coming with the movement - and then I gave him the signal to go on forward. He needed a bit, but then he understood and we made a small circle with lots of motivation cues, he sometimes fell out of shape but not really really bad and I got the chance to watch his hindquarters, doing a nice stepping under.<br />
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At another circle I asked with the whip for a bit more stepping under and when he came to the inside (left) shoulder - his strong shoulder - a tip with the whip head was enough to get him out again. This was so encouraging! I could really see how he reacted on the whip knob, after a few times he recognized the movement of my whip hand and got of his left foreleg before I touched him. He was such a nice boy, I rewarded him with a big treat and told him he was so fine.</div>
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I gave him a break, let him chew his treat and relax, waiting for his attention.<br />
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Then we tried to the right and oh.my.god. He did a nice forward down, he took his stelling to the right and he walked on with a cue, but he came into the circle immediately. I poked on his shoulder and he twisted the head, I tried to redirect with asking him for at least a bit of stepping under, so he would get a bit nice at the hand again.</div>
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Well. It did work a little bit. I stopped after one and a half circle and tried again but did not get more than 2 circles, then he got pushy and I hang on the rein.</div>
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I changed to do one circle at the left hand again, to stop the training session with something good and he did nice.</div>
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I rewarded and took off his cavecon, took myself a stool and sat down in the arena. He followed me, then he went a few steps away and I thought he might want to roll, but he decided differently and came back to me to be petted and beg for treats - but in a polite way. ;)</div>
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I got him out of the arena, gave him his special “after-work-menu” and brought him back to the meadow. I had the feeling he was satisfied and I felt satisfied too. It was a good first try!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Working time: approx. 30 minutes</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Exercises: leading, stop, back-up, forward down & stelling & bending in stand-still, LFS on circle</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Food: Derby Apple Mash + 100 g iWest Magnolythe S100 + 10 g MSM + 70 ml Ewalia Leber/Niere</span></div>
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