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Jackson Ridge Maverik
Mav and his Hip #
Jackson Ridge Fallon
Primped up for show
About Me
- Jaci Weishaar
- La Grande, Oregon, United States
- I am a graduate of Oregon State University and a Certified Equine Sports Massage Therapist and Canine Massage Therapist. I am a Professional Horseback Riding Instructor, and wouldn't dream of living my life any other way.
Kisses!
Maverik and Kids Saddle!
Maverik Day 2
Mav tied in Round Pen Day 2
Fallon Day 2
Fallon in Arena on Day 2
3 comments:
Jaci, I finally got around to looking at your blog. Nice pictures. We had fun didn't we. You and your mother are so nice and treated us so wonderful. My blog is Lea and her Mustangs @blogspot.com. You can see the horse we picked up in Burns. Lea
Great tips thanks. Now all I have to do is work on the trot. None of them is very good at a trot. It takes a while to get them going. One(my gelding) doesn't even want to trot, I have to use my flag stick to get him going. Mia(she's a huge bay roan) has the trot down pretty well, will have to work on trotting in a figure 8 just in case. The other, Halona, likes to break into a gallop and kick up her heals so I will work on that. Leading isn't a problem they follow me around like a puppy dog. We've been working on loading, all load, but not without a little hesitation. Any tips you can give on any of this would be greatly appreciated. I just started back at school so my training has been cut in half to say the least, so not much time left to get all of this covered. Also what kind of things did you notice in the freestyle performance. I'm hoping i can qualify at least one of my guys. Thanks for all your help, Kirstin.
Well I use Clinton Anderson Methods so see if you can get your hands on his Trailer Loading DVD and learn how to send them in and then the leading in will follow on it's own. As for trotting next to you. Put your arm that is closest to your horse forward first, then slightly lean your upper body forward and cluck and jog off. If they don't follow, keep your hand forward and take a dressage whip or handy stick or stick of somekind and pop them using your left hand. Until they go. Once they start moving, keep your body slightly forward and bring your hand back normal. WHen you want them to slow down or stop, shift your upper body back a little bit and when they stop or slow down go straight with your body. Horses are VERY in tune to our body language because that is how they speak with eachother. Good luck! (Trailer - stand at the edge of the trailer on the ground, point with your left hand (stand on the drivers side) and cluck. then spank them with a stick of somekind. If they move, even LEAN forward. stop and rub them with the stick, don't move yourself though. If they put one foot in, praise them with the stick and lead them away from the trailer. NEVER let them rest just outside of it while your teaching loading. When they get in, make them stay there with and without you, until you say so. If they come out, make them go RIGHT back in. don't slam the door to make the stay there, they should stay there all day with that door wide open unless you tell them to get out. Yours already load, so doing this approach shouldn't take very long. and will have them WANTING and CRAVING the trailer.
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