... update: I did some stretching with him yesterday & today, asking him to bring his head into his chest, touch his hip, reach inbetween his legs, ect... and...
"While sitting up there I ask him to turn his head from side to side and I've noticed that he's ok going to the left and will even stay there a while and sniff...
<< I'm trying to reconcile this bumping with Bill's admonition against jerking.>> My perspective on jerk vs bump..... Jerking leads to more pulling and a...
I looked back at what I wrote and think I left out a part of the description of the bump that would make it more clear. ... [moderator's note: brackets point...
... the bump that would make it more clear. ... 'space' where you first observed your hand to be .... so again only a few inches. (this is the release). This...
<<Yes. This is what a 'snatch' is, as in 'snatch' his (the horse's) head back>> (got those brackets right this time :) [moderator's note: brackets point >>...
... Just the other day I was asked to hold a horse for a young lady. The mare was very pushy and fussy and jerking on the lead, even bumping me with her head....
... I have two horses like this. Leslie says in her audio book (sorry, don't know which disc or track!) that pulling teaches horses about pulling, and I can...
... jerking.<< My perspective on jerk vs bump..... Jerking leads to more pulling and a tug-of-war you generally lose and which the horse learns is effective...
Hi Janie, just been reading your post and have some thoughts on the subject that I would like to share. First thought is that you shouldn't feel "bad" for...
... Janie, when this has happened to me I'll work my gelding on the ground, getting him soft and relaxed and maintaining a float in the lead rope. After he...
July 10 2009 – Submission to Bill's Book Discussion Group from Leslie Desmond copyright 2009 Leslie Desmond For all . . . who are in pursuit of the mastery...
With remarkable finesse he r-e-l-e-a-s-e-d them. Amongst the wealth of information in Leslie's document this sentence stood out for me (Page 13). Those hyphens...
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Hi Everybody, Leslie asked me to let all list members know that she is releasing the first in a series of newsletters for her students. To subscribe to the...
... Hello All, I am new to the list and I hope I am not being pushy myself. I have handled some pretty pushy horses. I am in the process of re-reading THTF....
... You could try checking his ear for ticks, foxtails, infection. Check his eye out as well for occlusion in the lense. I am new so I hope this helps. Happy...
... i have a horse, fox, honestly, if someone else had him he would be a wild renegade and have to be put down i bet. because if you manhandle or force him or...
Janice, you answered your own question. You do as little as it takes and try to do as little as possible anyway. Perhaps with a deft change of subject and...
... Please, this is my interpretation of what I am reading. I certainly don't know as much as Bill did. I, like you, am just trying to learn and apply. I...
As I get older I realize that the mistakes I make, seem to be more my fault for not paying attention to the horse. If the horse is getting anxious, I try to...
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... Knee jerk reacting: I think we all do it sometime. I am learning to handle it because it was a learned response on my part. I have a horse right now that...
... My understanding of doubling was that it was a pull or stop in one direction and doubling back in the other. Pull meant stop. If it was taken out of the...
... You did not say whether she got upset when you take her out of the barn with or without the paint horse she has buddied up with. I think the reason the...
Doubling is a hard pull and slack of the reins. It does not mean the turning of your horse 180 degrees. However it is used in conjunction with the turn...
Publication of the first issue of Leslie's newsletter, The Feel of the Horse News, is imminent. To receive the newsletter, you must sign up for a free...
Riding With Bill Ride along as Bill Dorrance teaches a student how to "walk the talk." By Leslie Desmond Editor's note: In the mid to late 1990s, horsewoman...
"Pressure: This is what we are trying to get away from, so we might not mention it. Maybe you could say "excess of pressure" because that is what any of it is ...
... This was a really great posting that I appreciated so much. For over a year I have been working on re-educating a pony who has been nothing but dragged,...
A poster asked for some details, which I had written earlier, but decided not to post. I try to let the principals guide my details and if you are working with...
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