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Post by Calaminty Jane on Feb 13, 2008 10:11:25 GMT -5
He travels with his head to the outside of the circle. How do I get him to look at me? .......Jane
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Post by kx on Feb 13, 2008 14:19:50 GMT -5
Well.. when I'm working with Ana (my green girl).. I do a little more open-reining to get her to bend her head to the inside. So, let's say I'm turning right in a circle.. I move my right hand to the right of her withers (opening the hand) and I soften my left (outside) hand so she can bend her head and neck away to the right.. as for legs, my inside leg (the right one) is one the girth to tell her to move forward, and my outside (left) leg is a little behind the girth to control how much I want her butt to move. If you find that Apollo's head is too far in, soften the inside hand and have a little more pressure on the outside rein (I like to think of the outside hand as a "support"). I've always been taught you just want to see the horse's inside eye, not his whole head and neck. As time goes by, you can make these signals less obvious. This works for me and my guys.. I hope it helps!
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Post by tuffysmom on Feb 13, 2008 17:20:14 GMT -5
Jane are you talking about circling on the ground (lungeing)?
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Post by Calaminty Jane on Feb 13, 2008 18:34:15 GMT -5
Yes, when I play my games before mounting. When I do the circling game, he hangs his head to the outside of the circle. I have been bumping him and he brings it in for a moment but right back to the outside. I have to read my book again because I know that I am doing something wrong.
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Post by kx on Feb 13, 2008 18:35:49 GMT -5
oh, I thought you meant circling undersaddle.. I don't know anything about the circling game.. sorry.
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Post by tuffysmom on Feb 13, 2008 18:57:33 GMT -5
Jane you are correct to bump him to the inside, he may return immediatly to looking to the outside, but just keep doing it bump and release, when he looks out again bump and release. Eventually he will start to look to the inside longer and longer until he just finds it easier to look to the inside. If you want to check it out, Clinton goes over this on his DVD Gaining respect and control on the ground level one. Lungeing for respect.
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Post by tuffysmom on Feb 13, 2008 18:59:21 GMT -5
Katy, I thought that was good advice for under saddle
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Post by Calaminty Jane on Feb 13, 2008 19:06:03 GMT -5
The circling game is Parelli's version of lungeing. He is good when I ride him as we are learning to bend the way you outline above but my riding time is limited. He has a stifle problem right rear which shows up in his left front. The vet told me to ride him up hills and zig zag down but there are no hills in the indoor so we are using ground poles. He is also girthy. I put the saddle on with loose girth and play, tighten one hole and play some more until he is comfortable. This horse does nothing wrong under saddle and is perfect on trails. I just keep having to deal with his lameness so things progress too slow.
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Post by Carol on Feb 21, 2008 19:05:38 GMT -5
Hi Jane, Some horses may respond better if you set your hand on the line and turn your belly button toward your horses rib cage as you both circle. You may have to twirl the tail of your line or point your flag (stick) toward the ribs. The pressue placed at the ribs will bring the horses attention back to you and the head will come in. A stride or two will usually work. Carol
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Post by Katy on Feb 25, 2008 22:25:35 GMT -5
Thanks!!
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