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465		Pam Partow pamp@...	Mar 1, 2000 3:29 pm
	Being an engineer by training, I hear you as far as trying to work in a right brained world. However, I would caution you about trying to solve things step by...
466		BertilleL@...	Mar 1, 2000 6:17 pm
	Following are a few more thoughts about what Bill might have meant. In a message dated 2/29/00 8:20:45 AM Pacific Standard Time, joea@... writes: <<...
467		Hauser Family mysticknoll@...	Mar 1, 2000 8:33 pm
	Pam Partow wrote:However, I would caution you about trying to solve things step by step in an instruction book way. ... Pam, I agree very much with you, and...
468		Washington, G. DR CHEM mg7906@...	Mar 1, 2000 8:34 pm
	Hi Renita, I understand your situation. I have a gelding mustang, 6 years old and when I got him 2 yrs ago he had never been in a barn and was very nervous...
469		renita renita@...	Mar 2, 2000 12:27 am
	Gary, Your tips are very help full, i have been there when she is eating,i did get to touch her on her side but when i started to move up on her neck she spun ...
470		Sharon Foley sfoley@...	Mar 2, 2000 3:16 am
	Recent discussions on another list re placement of the bit reminded me of some things that Leslie had said in a clinic last summer. After thinking about it I...
471		Joe & Kim Andrews joea@...	Mar 2, 2000 4:50 am
	... have ... Hi Sharon, To set the bit placement I start out with the bit quite low, when the horse picks the bit up, and holds it, I adjust the cheek piece...
472		Elva Mico ej@...	Mar 2, 2000 5:00 am
	Hi Sharon, I have heard pro and con on placement. I am assuming you are talking about a snaffle? I used to seek a "smile" but decided to try different...
473		Gail Gallagher gail_gallagher@...	Mar 2, 2000 5:39 am
	I would like to jump into the discussion about page 54 where Bill was talking about how he got Beaut switched around from mindless jerking and turning to...
474		Esther Reiss esther.reiss@...	Mar 2, 2000 1:57 pm
	... much ... Vicki wrote: I'm wondering if this is not ... create ... Just want to say, Brian, that I think your letter was beautifully clearly written. When...
475		Brian Whalen bpwhalen@...	Mar 2, 2000 2:21 pm
	Like Bill says every horse is different. With Teaspoon, he has had alot of groundwork and the work in the saddle has always included longitudinal flexion...
476		Leslie Desmond Diamondlu@...	Mar 2, 2000 8:10 pm
	Hello again, Well, on this topic I believe it is covered very well. The conversation has turned towards, and I believe has become and therefore acheived, the...
477		Gail Gallagher gail_gallagher@...	Mar 2, 2000 8:11 pm
	Ester reading your post on your experience on a narrow trail hit home with me as I used to ride a lot on narrow trails that were on the side of hills. This...
478		Rita Winter livinglegend_mustangs...	Mar 2, 2000 8:14 pm
	Hello all, Just a quick note..there is great information in Bill's book about bit adjustment. It is earlier on in Chapter 4, I THINK, since I don't have my...
479		BertilleL@...	Mar 3, 2000 4:19 am
	Thank you very much for your post Brian. As I try to understand how to follow the feel of the horse, your post with all its details and insights was very...
480		Esther Reiss esther.reiss@...	Mar 3, 2000 10:51 am
	Thank you for your post, Gail. The way you describe is about exactly the same way I've been working myself - a lot. I'm normally riding alone, so I have time...
481		Steve Clark jsteven42@...	Mar 3, 2000 3:26 pm
	I'm not sure where exactly my request for help fits in with Billsbook. Could be a number of places I suppose. Anyway, since this is a non-specific thing and...
482		Pam Partow pamp@...	Mar 3, 2000 3:28 pm
	Esther, I'm finding that I have problems when I don't balance things out. If I ask for backing too much, I don't get forward and vice-versa. Same thing with...
483		Brian Whalen bpwhalen@...	Mar 3, 2000 3:31 pm
	Feel with one rein and collection To me, the one rein stop is the beginning of communicating with the horse a desire to slow down or eventually stop. While...
484		Rita Winter livinglegend_mustangs...	Mar 3, 2000 8:11 pm
	... Gail and All; You said it gal! This time it is my turn to print it out and take it home for future reference..LOL...This is pretty much the same thing I...
485		Rita Winter livinglegend_mustangs...	Mar 3, 2000 8:20 pm
	... how she is when she is mounted and with what Bill says about that. He does not say that one should practice one rein in a mounting situation - that puzzles...
486		Gail Gallagher gail_gallagher@...	Mar 3, 2000 9:35 pm
	A 2 rein boundary seems to me to be akin to pulling back with both reins to stop. I have been working to not using that as my goal is to advance through the...
487		Brian Whalen bpwhalen@...	Mar 4, 2000 1:32 am
	I want to try to head this off now. I am not sure if this discussion is more about what Bill might have written in his next book. The title might have been...
488		okeefe@...	Mar 4, 2000 3:05 am
	I had a new experience with feel the other day. I turned out 2 of my horses together. Bear and Domherr. There is a small area, about 30 meters round with...
489		rsandi5218@...	Mar 4, 2000 4:12 am
	In a message dated 3/3/00 12:51:03 PM Pacific Standard Time, livinglegend_mustangs@... writes: << I reach up and grab the saddle horn and pull toward...
490		rsandi5218@...	Mar 4, 2000 4:13 am
	In a message dated 3/3/00 1:36:48 PM Pacific Standard Time, gail_gallagher@... writes: << A 2 rein boundary seems to me to be akin to pulling back with...
491		Elva Mico ej@...	Mar 4, 2000 5:00 am
	My question also Randy, I cue with one rein and try to keep the other one soft - to stop. Elva Corrales, NM ~TWH's~...
492		Tori Seavey Natrlhorse@...	Mar 4, 2000 5:09 am
	LOL the colt I had in Leslie And Bill's clinics (known in the book as "one colt that didn't lead up") was or is rather an incredible little jumper. Probably...
493		dAVE r hANSEN VickiHansen@...	Mar 4, 2000 2:42 pm
	... Good morning Brian, Esther and all, I understand what you are saying, Esther, when you talk about slowing or stopping a horse, using one rein in a narrow...
494		Pam Partow pamp@...	Mar 4, 2000 7:09 pm
	I think this is where you get a hind foot connected to your rein so you get a step under which takes away from the forward movement. Remember this doesn't...

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