I think the thing that I have learned this year that has made the biggest difference is how important a horse's opinion is. I have become firm friends with a...
... From: Elva J. ... Well, hoping I don't sound argumentative here, I don't believe it is a question of whether or not we are going to let the horse stop and...
... From: Elva J. ... partnership you are looking for with your horse. ... I don't mind my horse reading the signs along the way, just as I wouldn't object to...
... That is wonderful! You obviously have wonderful relationships with your horses and that's what it's all about. ... Hmmmmm....well, I don't see it as the...
... I liked your whole post but especially this part Janie....and I do agree with you. I'll have to look it up for the page number, but I remember Bill saying...
Hi Barb! How are you? Boy, I "feel" ;-) you put a lot of important points in this post. ... You said this so well! And I absolutely agree. I was out with...
'He started talking about the hindquarters of the horse. He said, "You know Buck, if you can move the hindquarters right or left on a horse you can get him...
Thank you all so much for all the real useful answers concerning my relationship to Svala, the young mare who rather sniffs poop than listen to my requests to...
Everyone, I'd like to get some thoughts about what is what Bill calls overexposer of the horse, he has it in the back of the book in defining terms. p.343 I'm...
Try pages 8 and 9, and I think you will find some answers. I had highlighted the sentences on page 8 that said, "This refers to anything that the horse can't ...
Rachel, I interpreted "overexposing" the horse as allowing the horse to come into contact with too much unfamiliar sensory stimuli at the same time. I am also...
Another possible definition that agrees with Bill's is putting the horse into a situation that makes the horse go from thinking to reacting, from living to...
Everyone's thoughts, As you can see I've been reading and thinking about things. I came across this word Patterns and how Bill define's them. Sometimes I'll...
Rachel, If you do a search in the archives of this list, you will get a lot of good posts about overexposing. I just looked under "overexpose". I remember...
... From: rbeatricebarrett ... Thanks for the comments on over exposing, from your replies I think I was on track in my own mind. Rachel Something that no one...
... I agree with that 100% Rachel, I can surely identify with where you are going with your thoughts. I don't have "real" jobs for my horse to do, *yet*....
... Janie, Good Post. Somewhere in your post you mentioned not making up the plan as you go along and you felt that the horse knew the difference. That's what...
... Good question. It is one thing to focus on the letter you are heading for, and I do that also, but there is something about the completion of the entire...
Everyone, On this exersize when the horse is feeling of you, would he be kind of following the rope around in a easy following way as if he is going with the...
That is my impression. It would be a combination of following the feel of the rein and also following your body language. A friend of mine gave me a GREAT tip...
Hi all At Leslie's clinic recently in Fort Collins, CO, she made a comment I've never thought of before. Watch the positioning of the horses front leg and the...
... Yes. It can be fun to also experiment with bending the head around without a halter or lead rope. Getting the horse's attention, bringing up his life the...
Hi everyone, I'm Sue and have never posted but am an interested reader of all that's written here. I thought that there should be a soft kind of a feel in the...
Another question for everyone. I been thinking about this "getting with the horse so he can get with you." And I think I understand it, but it must be a fine...
Rachel wrote: It seems to me it might be a tricky place to understand the time to get with the horses so he can get with your feel and letting him take over. ...
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