Recent Cinnamon Video
Thanks for the responses on my last post about how to cue for gait and trot on a five gaited horse.
After another couple months off and on I am gearing up to work Cinnamon in earnest and hopefully get her well-broke instead of just green as she has been the last four years....
This is ride two. I noticed her canter is a little lateral on occasion and she does do some intermediate gait steps from walk to trot while lungeing.
I think we're doing a little better separating the gait and the trot, using "trot" and both legs for trot and "step-up" with alternating leg aids for the gait. Not as much success in getting her to hold the gait, but I figure so long as she's trying it's good in my book.
Cell phone on the mounting block, feel free to ignore the random conversation with a client and turn down the volume. I trimmed up the parts where we disappeared from the framr. I did cut out about 5-8 minutes of lungeing her in the middle after she kicked out at my "go" aid, which is something she did a lot when I first got back on her a year ago after the other trainer worked with her. Escalating my aids causes her to escalate her response so I've learned to keep asking quietly and if I get a grumpy response we "talk" about it on the ground and then she goes much better.
I think the hardest part right now is following with my elbows as I ask her to gait as she wants to invert a bit right now. She's OK, but not at her best. I think I'm still working through some recalcitrance built up with the other trainer. I thought I had worked through it last spring, but life happens and she sat again so there you go.
Still working towards relaxed and forward and hoping that if I can manage two or three rides a week on her we can make actual progress and I can hang up the vest. My arena is fairly small and I do have access to a larger one, but she's worked in this one for years and is fairly comfortable. I figure after a month or so of consistent work we can think about working in the other one.
Commentary welcome. I think she looks at least a little better than the last video I posted, but I admit she hasn't had a whole lot of work between then and now (so many horses so little time).
Part of my goal is to get her to where one of my more advanced students can pick up the ride on her and she can get miles put on her better than I can manage (two kids, six horses, riding lesson business, etc., in-law's mare takes a bit of a back seat unfortunately).
After another couple months off and on I am gearing up to work Cinnamon in earnest and hopefully get her well-broke instead of just green as she has been the last four years....
This is ride two. I noticed her canter is a little lateral on occasion and she does do some intermediate gait steps from walk to trot while lungeing.
I think we're doing a little better separating the gait and the trot, using "trot" and both legs for trot and "step-up" with alternating leg aids for the gait. Not as much success in getting her to hold the gait, but I figure so long as she's trying it's good in my book.
Click to viewCell phone on the mounting block, feel free to ignore the random conversation with a client and turn down the volume. I trimmed up the parts where we disappeared from the framr. I did cut out about 5-8 minutes of lungeing her in the middle after she kicked out at my "go" aid, which is something she did a lot when I first got back on her a year ago after the other trainer worked with her. Escalating my aids causes her to escalate her response so I've learned to keep asking quietly and if I get a grumpy response we "talk" about it on the ground and then she goes much better.
I think the hardest part right now is following with my elbows as I ask her to gait as she wants to invert a bit right now. She's OK, but not at her best. I think I'm still working through some recalcitrance built up with the other trainer. I thought I had worked through it last spring, but life happens and she sat again so there you go.
Still working towards relaxed and forward and hoping that if I can manage two or three rides a week on her we can make actual progress and I can hang up the vest. My arena is fairly small and I do have access to a larger one, but she's worked in this one for years and is fairly comfortable. I figure after a month or so of consistent work we can think about working in the other one.
Commentary welcome. I think she looks at least a little better than the last video I posted, but I admit she hasn't had a whole lot of work between then and now (so many horses so little time).
Part of my goal is to get her to where one of my more advanced students can pick up the ride on her and she can get miles put on her better than I can manage (two kids, six horses, riding lesson business, etc., in-law's mare takes a bit of a back seat unfortunately).