... sidestepping when I walk towards her to mount and then ends up facing me. She used to stand perfectly still for mounting so I am trying to figure out what...
Hi all, I need some advice with introducing horses to the herd. First off a little history. The only history I have on my 1st horse, Scotty, is from the time...
... in ... yield ... Bill ... brushing, ... Carla and Cody, I have a riding student with a horse that has the same sort of evasion, moving before the rider...
pg. 314 I understand why the horse is dropping his shoulder, and because I wasn't aware of it, and I can't really see him drop his shoulder, I do see his head...
... Carla, When I got my highly sensitive and very tall mare back from the trainer, she stood stock still for me to get on and ready. On the fourth mounting...
... apply ... to move ahead with a straight rein back to your hand. Is she being asked to collect or to in any way GO STRAIGHT FORWARD?, or just forward on her...
... block, ... head, ... stand ... there ... I was riding an ex ranch horse this summer that had unlikely seen a mounting block. However I required one. Once I...
Hi, I'm somewhat new to this list, have been lurking for a few months and reading all the posts. I started my journey in natural horsemanship with Bill's book...
... I have never posted before but felt that another view might be food for thought here. I have Icelandic horses and use natural horse training techniques to...
OK,when you have the knee against the shoulder, you ensure that your toe does not inadvertently poke her in the ribs when you rotate across the left hip (your)...
... Hi Carla, Reading your message, I was drawn to Chapter 9: Meanings, specifically page 345 and the two subjects: Presence and Presentation. Presence:...
... Hi, Rhiannon! Funny you should bring this up ... I know a 7-year-old gelding (also happens to be an Appaloosa) who does the same thing. We know for a...
In a message dated 10/4/2006 9:14:58 A.M. Central Standard Time, horsemanship@... writes: For the safety of your horse, and you, please consider making...
I appreciate everyones suggestions. Today, I took a list of them, my book THTF, and my best friend to the pasture to try them out. Star came to me and before I...
... Hi Kaite, I am wondering where you are positioned while you "see" the offering of the foot. Are you "asking" him to lift the foot at the same time by...
... of the ... touching ... the ... was ... Good question, Janie! No, I have refined my "seeing" to include the whole desired result and I position myself to...
... proper ... Ok, When a horse drops It's shoulder, his weight shifts onto that leg. Even at a standstill a horse can be dropping a shoulder. Be aware of ...
Thank you Katie for writing back! Since I sent this e mail to the list we have made progress by standing her facing the barn so she can't go forwards that...
Cody, Thanks for the reply. Honestly, I didn't understand the visual you exsplained.. When I tried the exercise on paper, the front of the pen was to the...
I know we are way ahead of this part, but yesterday something happened that reminded me of it. I was trying to load my very green horse Fox into the trailer,...
Hi everyone, I have two hard to load horses, one came that way from the get go, and one loaded pretty good and then stopped. But the hardest to load, Kody, ...
... Hi Patti, In the visual I was triing to get you to see was the "Direction" that each end of the pen was reaching for. The front/leading end "HAS TO" Reach...
... Cody, Thank you so much for this post. I was unable to attend the clinic...too bad for me, but this one passage gave me a great deal. You have no idea how...
Well Montana I have to say Thank You to You!! The quote following appeared in Re; Dropping the shoulder pg 314. Please forgive me for not researching the pages...
"I'm right now on the phone again with ISP tech, breathing deeply to calm myself..." This is a quote from one of your list moderators that was distributed to...
Thanks for the reply, Cody & Katelyn wrote: Than take my attention off my horse ... down. ... chosen ... My response to that is, did she mention anything about...
... that is awesome. I cant wait to try walking with fox without being a "dark presence" hahaha. When I read that I thought, thats what I am! I am so on...
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