Three guidelines for Billsbook: For the benefit of our newer List members, and as a reminder to anyone who would welcome the occasional reminder: The subject...
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May 1, 2004 1:31 pm
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P276 - "it takes time to learn about feel. It takes even more time to learn how to operate with feel" Watching an inexperienced person trying to get their...
... witching for water? Shirley Hi Shirley I am a new gal on the block, the last couple of days here in Scotland being my 2nd Leslie D clinic in the last 2...
... "For someone that doesn't have a lot of experience around horses, a horse's sureness is what makes him safe to be around." We have a horse that came to us...
Rick: I don't know how helpful I might be, but I experienced the identical situation about 3 yrs ago, with a 6 yr old Arabian gelding I had *rescued*. I had ...
Hi Rick, I don't have a lot of answers but I can say, I had a reprogramming challenge with a wonderful QH mare. The one-rein stop would only wind her up more....
... Letha, Reprogramming sounds kinda harsh, but I love your idea about serpentines. Especially if they are done tactfully, offering lots of opportunities for...
... Rick, I think your answers are somewhere connected with these two sentences of yours. He was generous from what you describe, giving you plenty of time to...
Hi Rick, My now 5 year old Quarab mare is very simular to your horse. I got her as a two year old and started with two years of groundwork and walking long ...
I agree with what several others have said about taking it slow with your bucking bronco, Rick. Though I have not personally worked through something like...
Hi Rick, Enjoyed your articulate post, as always. I had a horse with the very same inclinations as you describe. One trainer friend called him "impulsive."...
FROM THE BOOK "If you don't have much time, it's best not to start working with a horse. It's going to take time to build feel into a horse. You send a kid...
<< It appeared to me that he did not differentiate between energy radiated away from him and energy directed at him or at his feet. >> << Then I directed the...
... Dear Margaret, Nice catch. My intention was to claim the space under his feet. I was looking at the feet. But the language of my post reveals that I...
... Hi All, Spent some more time with this horse again yesterday. He doesn't seem to have trouble with changing eyes. However, I'd say that if he's liable to...
Hi Rick, Your recent bucking episode descriptions reminded me of some issues my pony has had and that still live but in a much reduced manner. Bill says in...
... Dear Melanie, Two pieces of your most thoughtful post resonate for me. Riding for years in an English saddle, the Wade tree saddle is new to me. I have...
I know you all are trying to get your horses used to alot of things but the back cinch is easy to remove if it causes a disproportionate bucking problem. Once...
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May 28, 2004 2:28 am
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Aaarrrgg....I can't find my copy of Bill's book...my living room is full of things to be sorted and I can't get to all of the books. However, if I remember...
. I think the reason Bill likes the back cinch tight or at least snug is because if a horse gets to bucking or galloping they might get a back foot caught in...
I have been mulling over a response to Melanie's original reply to Rick, about the back cinch. Haven't really found a specific place in Bill's book that I can...
Unfortunately Bill doesn't say much that I could find about back cinches in his book. Leslie mentioned at a clinic before that things like branches etc. could...
Three guidelines for Billsbook: For the benefit of our newer List members, and as a reminder to anyone who would welcome the occasional reminder: The subject...
billsbook@yahoogroups...
Jun 1, 2004 3:00 pm
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From Top of Page 112: "If a person isn't already real handy with a reata, using a lass rope halter is not advised. Even if you're experienced, surprising...
Hello, I have a question about handfeeding. Everyone does. I do too but not with every horse, depending on the horse. But in "True Horsemanship Through Feel"...
... Hi Liza, First of all, I will preface my comments by saying how glad I am that you wrote in. Last week, someone from the UK called our house asking about...
-Moving when mounted (You yield when you're at my shoulder, what makes you think I understand any better how to stop and wait ...(read that as respect )for you...
... Hi Katie, While I cannot speak about what Leslie was thinking specifically when she wrote that, I can offer my own interpretation. In my experience, many...
Just this last weekend I presented a clinic I called the "I am a Good Horse" Ground Skills clinic. It consisted almost entirely of selections and exercises...
Rick L said "<it is so satisfying to invest a bit of time on the ground, and have a better shot at a GREAT ride nearly every time."> Sounds like you did some...
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