tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29272013.post7175845120339609959..comments2024-03-20T03:44:08.507-04:00Comments on Horses of Follywoods: Training Thoughts on a Cold Winter NightJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029423500476995817noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29272013.post-43740902756433937412012-01-26T15:54:19.104-05:002012-01-26T15:54:19.104-05:00I hope this comment is recieved as it is meant to ...I hope this comment is recieved as it is meant to educate and not insult. I work with Charles Dekunffy who expresses dressage "movements" as, exercises that are theropeutic for the horse. They weren't designed to have the weight of humans on there back and it takes much proper work to achieve a happy healthy horse. We walk on the sides of our feet and hunched over,(an example) that doesn't mean that it is good for us. If we were to maintain proper posture and correctness our bodies shouldn't break down so quickly. Coming from that perspective I look at my riding as I look at going to the gym or the food I eat. It's important to be correct for the well being of the horse.ckdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29272013.post-29774172685759704532012-01-08T21:03:05.017-05:002012-01-08T21:03:05.017-05:00True, but I have to say - as a western rider - an ...True, but I have to say - as a western rider - an uncollected horse is not pleasant to ride. We don't need extreme collection, but we do want the horse to not be 'strung out' and hollow-backed. <br />My new horse has apparently never been ridden in a collected manner, and I'm trying to teach him to pull it together a little more, so his gaits are more comfortable and not so spazy.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01197749741811768215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29272013.post-64968686100077440182012-01-06T02:32:20.770-05:002012-01-06T02:32:20.770-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.tiaolou004https://www.blogger.com/profile/06085301531715506480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29272013.post-41205920981565228682012-01-04T07:25:34.642-05:002012-01-04T07:25:34.642-05:00I agree with you and all the commenters.
There&#...I agree with you and all the commenters. <br /><br />There's an old saying that goes something like this, "A horse already knows how to be a horse; the rider has to learn how to become a rider.<br />A horse without a rider is still a horse; a rider without a horse is no longer a rider.Grey Horse Mattershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05837575441967937196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29272013.post-5116358615478345932012-01-04T06:59:47.618-05:002012-01-04T06:59:47.618-05:00I've been taught that horses know how to move ...I've been taught that horses know how to move perfectly fine without us - in most cases - and that it's largely a matter of getting out of their way and allowing their movement while providing them with direction. There's a tendency to "infantalize" horses and say that they can't do anything themselves when in fact it's all in there if we know where to look.<br /><br />The training scale is like any other system - good as a way of conceptualizing some things but to be taken with a grain of salt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29272013.post-74942357236120314212012-01-04T02:55:07.532-05:002012-01-04T02:55:07.532-05:00Hear! Hear!
I agree at 200%. I have just been on U...Hear! Hear!<br />I agree at 200%. I have just been on UDBB, the Dressage Queen Board Forum. I am amazed how pedantic, arrogant ...and IGNORANT these people are. Very scary place!!!<br /><br />The <i>Cowboy flying changes</i> is to throw the horse form one direction to another...<br />NOT to be mistaken with the <b>WESTERN rider flying changes</b> that is done in straight line, but the horse is not collect.<br />Anyway collection does not exist in Reining ...<br /><br />I also agree with Shannon, I see many English riding horses misbehaving on the ground.<br /><br />It is called BASIC ground work---> DO NOT RUN OVER HUMAN please. <br /><br />On another subject Jean, would you mind to write a post about treeless saddle. I am sure you could send me an email, but perhaps others would like to learn about it.<br /><br />I woudl like to know the theory behind it. Weight distribution, how does it work? Special pad yes? No? How to sit on them? Will standing in the stirrups will create pressure point etc...<br /><br />That will be great!Murielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05491691754938320621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29272013.post-70605321894537610492012-01-03T18:51:02.447-05:002012-01-03T18:51:02.447-05:00Oh, I do agree with this! And I have been thinkin...Oh, I do agree with this! And I have been thinking about it quite a lot, lately. <br /><br />Training is subjective: what is a "trained" horse to me, is very different from what passes as a "trained" horse to others. I think most of what passes as a "dressage horse" is just a green horse! A trained horse can work in the curb, move off just the rider's seat and do all the lateral work. <br /><br />A trained horse is a working horse: if you need to do it, he can do it! That means that if I need to drop my reins to open a gate, cut a limb that's hanging into my arena, or just blast across a field for the sheer pleasure of it, I can do that. And I can bring him back from that and put him to "work". I can take a trained horse anywhere, and he will perform for me, because he is trained. <br /><br />The training is not in a method or an exercise. Those things can help, but they should never be dogma. The training must be tailored to the individual horse and the individual rider. Training scale be damned!A Work In Progresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076863943914879567noreply@blogger.com