... Hi Claudia! I've bought the Leslie Desmond / Bill Dorrance book, but I haven't finished reading it yet (I find the tone of voice rather off-putting -- to...
Brigit van Loggem
bvloggem@xxxxxx.xxx
Sep 1, 1999 9:56 am
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okay Judy, I'll tell about the clinic if you'll tell about contact. I was able to audit one afternoon out of three days, so other participannts will have more...
claudia
cscully@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 2, 1990 12:36 am
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Hi everybody I never was a friend of riding with too short and tense reins. It keeps surprising me when I see pictures of me riding with such long reins...
Paloma Baertschi-Herr...
paloma@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Sep 1, 1999 1:12 pm
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I've been wondering about this question for while too. A while ago I attending a clinic with Bob Jefferys (a John Lyons certified clinician) and we did a lot...
Andrea Tobias
toltstar@xxxxx.xxxx
Sep 1, 1999 2:16 pm
602
PS - I should add that my horse has naturally good self carriage. Teaching him to hold his own head up has never been an issue. Andrea ...
Andrea Tobias
toltstar@xxxxx.xxxx
Sep 1, 1999 2:18 pm
603
Hi Stef, I'm reading Mary Wanless' The Natural Rider. I am enjoying it a great deal. I have it from the library, but have ordered it from Barnes and Noble as...
Shelton
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Sep 1, 1999 4:23 pm
604
... Tølt is a collected gait, and I don't see why working on collection and lightness through feel should not apply to Icelandic horses as well as other...
Esther Reiss
esther.reiss@xxx.xxxx
Sep 2, 1999 10:22 am
605
I agree completely with Brigit about riding on a loose rein. It has been crucial with Sproti, who bolts. Since he is a former competition horse, I try to...
Stephanie Sher
stephanie@...
Sep 2, 1999 12:02 pm
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... Hi Andrea Have you tried to ride by just signaling your horse what you want and once your horse does what you ask let go? That way you don't need to be...
Paloma Baertschi-Herr...
paloma@...
Sep 2, 1999 1:49 pm
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... I will try this. Right now he will tolt with very, very light contact with the rein - but I think he would trot if I made it completely loose. He would...
Andrea Tobias
toltstar@...
Sep 2, 1999 2:11 pm
608
Dear Stephanie, CAN you teach Iceys to neck rein? When I first bought Sokki, I learned thru reading that the Icelandics skin was to thick and they could not ...
ryzdynski@...
Sep 2, 1999 7:55 pm
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... They can feel flies landing on them, so I'm sure they can feel the rein too. However, I think the problem would be feeling the rein with all that mane! ...
Andrea Tobias
toltstar@...
Sep 2, 1999 8:14 pm
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Stefanie have you seen the new training book for Icelandic horses? Most people think it is great, because it starts where most Icey books/leaflets in English ...
Birgit Nonnenprediger
bnonnenprediger@...
Sep 2, 1999 9:35 pm
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Yes, of course they can neck rein! The mane should have nothing to do with it, altho my guess is that they can feel the touch of anything thru the mane. If...
JudyRyder Duffy
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Sep 2, 1999 10:50 pm
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Hi Claudia. Sorry it's taken me so long to get back to the list about loose contact. However, I'm so happy to see that many others are in agreement that it can...
JudyRyder Duffy
iceryder@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 3, 1999 5:53 pm
613
... Thank you, Judy! I have often wondered about this but was afraid to ask ... several months. I am an old western (loose rein) rider from way back, and...
Laurie Struble
lstruble@xxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 3, 1999 8:36 pm
614
... "But if a rider teach his horse to go with the bridle loose...he would thus lead him to do everything in...pleasure and pride." ~~John Astley Oh, yes,...
JudyRyder Duffy
iceryder@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 3, 1999 8:58 pm
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... This is something I've always wondered about, too. Why do we need to use bits? (Is my radicalism showing? : ) ) Why would we think we "should" get back...
Laurie Struble
lstruble@xxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 3, 1999 9:44 pm
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Hi Steph, ... and ... the ... I'm glad you are enjoying For the Good of the Rider. You might like to visit the brand new Mary Wanless website where there is a...
Tim and Janice
timandj@xxxxxxxxx.xx....
Sep 3, 1999 11:33 pm
617
I was looking at pictures in some Icelandic horse magazines the other day, before I was going to the local horse tack shop. They had asked for information on...
Ulrika Lindstrom
ulrikal@xxxxxxx.xxx
Sep 4, 1999 8:03 am
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Hi Judy and list, I have been getting the digest on this list for a long and while I have different ways of doing things than some of the training ideas I...
rhood@xxxxxxxx.xxxxxx...
rhood@xxxxxxxx.xxxxxx...
Sep 4, 1999 2:55 pm
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Robyn: Thanks so much for adding to the discussion. I REALLY appreciate the input. ... negative ... the ... I agree; particularly with the round-pen stuff....
JudyRyder Duffy
iceryder@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 4, 1999 5:40 pm
620
Hi, I usually keep quiet when it comes to training, as I feel I am in no position to comment on training technique. :-)) I just wanted to say that I am...
hsatterlee@xxxxx.xxxx...
hsatterlee@xxxxx.xxxx...
Sep 5, 1999 11:08 am
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... Yes, it was a very good post, Robyn. I appreciate so much what you have done for Icelandics on your farm. I have read three of Christine's books and a...
Laurie Struble
lstruble@xxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 5, 1999 3:13 pm
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Judy, please let me know a few more details about these back exercises. That is exactly what I or better say my Lyftingur needs. But I could probably use some...
Birgit Nonnenprediger
bnonnenprediger@xxxxx...
Sep 5, 1999 10:07 pm
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... Birgit: Here is Paloma's website: http://www.geocities.com/yosemite/meadows/2084 She has very nice photos of the stretches there. I'm pretty sure that we...
JudyRyder Duffy
iceryder@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 5, 1999 11:16 pm
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Christine here - ( I work for Robyn , training her horses) Judy wrote: I would not expect to "start" a horse in gait on a loose rein, but that it would be...
rhood@xxxxxxxx.xxxxxx...
rhood@xxxxxxxx.xxxxxx...
Sep 6, 1999 4:30 am
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... held ... he ... Awright, Christine! I love the neckrope! If anyone wants to see a photo of it in action, you can go here: ...
JudyRyder Duffy
iceryder@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 6, 1999 4:33 am
626
Hi everyone! I wrote for the first time on onelist about saddle info for my icelandic and I appreciated the info I got from you. Seems like Benni Harmony and...
ebeermann@...
Sep 6, 1999 3:11 pm
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I have heard the Bob Marshall Sport Saddle is good for the Icelandic... I was looking at one of Icelandics at the Bozeman gaited horse show, but then ran into...
