I brought River into the arena last night around 10 just to hang out a bit and brush her. She is a cusp LBE/LBI, and her “winding up” to click over into extrovert mode is pretty subtle. I’m finding that the keys for me are: Trust my intuition. I can feel when she’s starting to [...]
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Starting creates PARTNERSHIPS and BREAKING is the first step to LEARNED HELPLESSNESS. ~ Pat Parelli, The Difference Between Colt Starting and Colt Breaking Every time I start to “help” one of my horses solve a puzzle, I need to chant this until I relax back into the Allow phase.
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Erin’s mailbox is across the street from the main entrance to the ranch. It’s a busy road, the main thoroughfare for this part of the county, and it has a wide variety of vehicle, pedestrian, and bicycle traffic. In the spirit of putting principles to purpose as I am back on my progressive journey after [...]
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The message boards over at the Bay Area Equestrian Network came up with some text codes for horsefolks. Here are some cute ones: HIMB – Hay in My BRA PIHH – Poop Induced Half Halt HRHCF – husband realized horse costs, fainted SLH – Smell like horse HTNHFH – Hiding the new horse from hubby [...]
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Tuesday around 11pm, Dan, Jan, and I got our horses out and headed for the arena. Jan played with Salsa while I warmed up Rocky. I asked Dan to be our cow, but he wasn’t sneaky or fast enough to be very challenging, and then Rocky got excited about driving and almost nipped Dan’s hoodie. [...]
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In which I rhapsodize about the concept of rhythmic pressure and rhythmic motion and show how it helped in teaching Rocky sideways without a fence.
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In which I describe just the merest hint of all that happened today in riding Rocky, his first day (serviceably) sound since the abscess.
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In which I summarize the lessons Rocky and I learned in a session with Erin Murphy yesterday: a new response to stimuli and a new way to communicate with a rider.
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In which I begin to explore our relationship in terms of an RBI/ENFP partnership.
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A brief (really!) observation about ‘it’s not about the…’
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In which I report on a good horse day, and as I write, realize that I did quite a few things right tonight.
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In which I reveal a success with Salsa and a road trip with Rocky.
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In which I reveal in agonizing detail what I did with my horses today, although I took pity and separated it with a jump link.
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In which I record today’s sessions with each horse, and include several pictures.
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In which I bullet point today’s long session, resisting the urge to write 5,000 words about it.
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Dick Francis Novels
I re-read the entire collection of Dick Francis novels at least once a year.
