tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post9044524606595790431..comments2024-01-06T02:00:05.220-07:00Comments on SprinklerBandits: Under Pressure: Language, Responsibility, and the Intelligent AnimalSprinklerBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948487857418394022noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-52383489288286427292015-09-22T12:34:15.316-06:002015-09-22T12:34:15.316-06:00Knowing when to push through and when to back down...Knowing when to push through and when to back down is the crux of horse training... and it's why I will forever and always happily pay a trainer to help me! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10567094702344719852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-85486701234171989352015-09-18T14:39:19.475-06:002015-09-18T14:39:19.475-06:00Love this post. Love love it.
On Tuesday, I went ...Love this post. Love love it. <br />On Tuesday, I went to the barn in a great mind frame, I got on my horse smiling, and he was perfection. Mirrored my emotions in every single way.<br />Yesterday, I got on in a slightly cranky and stressed mood, and guess what. He was slightly cranky and stressed. <br />They completely mirror us. Kalinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11011912207459834938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-73931778774057392752015-09-17T08:01:57.663-06:002015-09-17T08:01:57.663-06:00Loved, loved, loved this post.
And also: "P...Loved, loved, loved this post. <br /><br />And also: "Pressure doesn't fix a language gap. Shouting doesn't improve comprehension." Amen. Nicole Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09817619834026667737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-65076624248162277622015-09-17T04:18:30.660-06:002015-09-17T04:18:30.660-06:00MOM STAHP YELLING AT MEEEEEE -- PigMOM STAHP YELLING AT MEEEEEE -- PigAustenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13004088333430762406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-15572307332238701602015-09-16T20:23:45.340-06:002015-09-16T20:23:45.340-06:00At the end of the day you need to ride him, and en...At the end of the day you need to ride him, and enjoy it and spend all the money to keep him, so you need to do what feels right. So screw all the trainers that don't get that and yay to the ones who do! I think you're right on about coming to the barn and being in a bad mood and it affecting them. Loved this blog!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-88018360622484720862015-09-16T18:55:13.221-06:002015-09-16T18:55:13.221-06:00Agree 100%!!!Agree 100%!!!Wilbur, Ellie, and Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08620148609694352994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-38096502202941002062015-09-16T18:08:29.923-06:002015-09-16T18:08:29.923-06:00Completely agree in every way. Will check out that...Completely agree in every way. Will check out that book.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15925650148327532110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-32230120420237881952015-09-16T17:38:56.051-06:002015-09-16T17:38:56.051-06:00Get thee over to A Year With Horses blog--she has ...Get thee over to A Year With Horses blog--she has been a Mark Rashid student for quite a long time and has written so much about his teachings. She has taken lessons with Madk himself and his students. I really think you would get a lot out if it (as have I--even for groundwork stuff). Frizzlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03084225669041286128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-43065166875875578542015-09-16T17:24:14.108-06:002015-09-16T17:24:14.108-06:00I'm really glad to read this post. Too many ri...I'm really glad to read this post. Too many riders reflexively blame the horse when they should be looking at themselves first.<br /><br />Mark Rashid is the best. You can't go wrong viewing horsemanship through his prism. He clinics on the west coast through the fall / winter - I think in Colorado - not so far from you. :D<br /><br />Only room for two emotions around horses - generosity and a sense of humor.<br /><br />Calm, Forward, Straighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360276614916635500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-666667005848384982015-09-16T13:43:51.707-06:002015-09-16T13:43:51.707-06:00Love this post! One of my favorite coaches uses th...Love this post! One of my favorite coaches uses the "your horse is your mirror" line all the time.Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05438372155463437107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-49068611001239989292015-09-16T13:11:29.743-06:002015-09-16T13:11:29.743-06:00I found Mark Rashid through "A Year With Hors...I found Mark Rashid through "A Year With Horses" - another blogger - and it wouldn't be false to say I struggle a bit with riding that way. But having read some of his work, I try to carry it with me, mentally, when I ride. Like keeping my self soft and tension free, understanding that Dassah isn't resisting or bracing because she's naughty but because I'm resisting and bracing. <br /><br />I still think my mare can be naughty - but I'm trying to back down from those moments to get back to a place of self-awareness where I return to softness, fluidity, and mental homeostasis. <br /><br />RIDING HORSES IS HARD!SarahWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16182449850066338574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-31408327759538072862015-09-16T12:26:18.281-06:002015-09-16T12:26:18.281-06:00I love this! I've ridden a lot of horses and r...I love this! I've ridden a lot of horses and rarely had one who did well with the pressure-until-give. I've always thought of it like a conversation, where you put on pressure (aid) then wait for a response. You ask a question (outside leg back) then you stop asking for a second to allow the horse to respond (ideally by cantering). But if you're constantly saying something to the horse, they have no time to respond. Some horses (Rico) will simply let you go along what you're saying and ignore you or give you pressure back by leaning/slowing down. Others (Courage) will get overwhelmed with what you're saying. Like HOLD ON SHUT UP IT'S MY TURN TO TALK. <br /><br />The part about him always feeling like he's wrong is so true too. I have a client who is putting on school canter (pirouette canter) on her horse currently. I talked about the idea of pushing the horse to sit down, even if it risks a break to trot, because then we know how much he can handle. But the kid took it too far, where then the horse was breaking almost every time and I could tell that he was feeling less confident because every time he was asked to school canter, he failed. I told the kid that he had to succeed at least 50% of the time, even if that meant not getting as collected. They have to trust you that you're not going to set them up for failure. We have to be so careful to keep them confident and happy in their work. <br /><br />Awesome post!! Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04255900012774193536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-69864642644375389382015-09-16T12:22:36.759-06:002015-09-16T12:22:36.759-06:00Definitely a neck ribbon!Definitely a neck ribbon!horselessinhalifaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12117871996869679176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-31005069829394344882015-09-16T11:59:14.361-06:002015-09-16T11:59:14.361-06:00Agreed! So many of the professionals I interact w...Agreed! So many of the professionals I interact with ask me what's wrong with ME when Murray is struggling, especially with concepts that we had partial comprehension of in the past (and this applies to other horse/rider pairs). But it's all true, really. You have to understand what you're into before you can read your horse right. And also, it's great to have an honest communicator of a horse.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13834098473974912416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-62882840983873641732015-09-16T11:54:58.328-06:002015-09-16T11:54:58.328-06:00wonderful post, i couldn't agree more. "i...wonderful post, i couldn't agree more. "i have time" - what a liberating philosophy! emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-68192239977835178862015-09-16T11:39:40.983-06:002015-09-16T11:39:40.983-06:00It's sort of blindingly obvious once you figur...It's sort of blindingly obvious once you figure it out, but it takes SO MUCH emotional maturity to get there. <br /><br />And even then, it isn't linear. SprinklerBandithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02948487857418394022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-30335057040398082272015-09-16T11:35:57.173-06:002015-09-16T11:35:57.173-06:00I wish there was a ribbon for that.I wish there was a ribbon for that.SprinklerBandithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02948487857418394022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-76797855444734208792015-09-16T11:34:08.470-06:002015-09-16T11:34:08.470-06:00I rarely hate on people who agree with me. What wo...I rarely hate on people who agree with me. What would that say about my self image?!<br /><br />;-) Though I agree--it's a concept that transfers well across species and disciplines. SprinklerBandithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02948487857418394022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-28495495390364886332015-09-16T11:31:07.159-06:002015-09-16T11:31:07.159-06:00Love this times a million. Horses make betters mir...Love this times a million. Horses make betters mirrors than actual mirrors. Karen Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15295452483316864595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-25109644899007074442015-09-16T11:14:11.966-06:002015-09-16T11:14:11.966-06:00Don't hate me here, but this is so relatable t...Don't hate me here, but this is so relatable to everything I'm learning about parenting. I love it, and it is both incredibly freeing and incredibly difficult. Glad you're having good breakthroughs. :)Amandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-22698047773163959642015-09-16T11:04:10.410-06:002015-09-16T11:04:10.410-06:00This is why you win the internet. This is why you win the internet. HolyBullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10938188769695663261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-13460053420432453772015-09-16T10:45:10.158-06:002015-09-16T10:45:10.158-06:00This was excellent. I wholeheartedly agree. Ther...This was excellent. I wholeheartedly agree. There are many things that both my horse and I are still trying to figure out how to do correctly in our new sport, but we are both improving leaps and bounds now that we are in a training program with arguably higher expectations but much less pressure. I love what you said about "what used to be the right answer is now the wrong answer." I think that happens with Tucker sometimes too, and I love how you worded it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13790278181159401158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-33844675926093479942015-09-16T10:25:35.798-06:002015-09-16T10:25:35.798-06:00LOVE THIS POST! With a sensitive OTTB of my own, t...LOVE THIS POST! With a sensitive OTTB of my own, this resonates with me so much. Just bought that book on my kindle thanks!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-87086140602875930352015-09-16T10:02:17.417-06:002015-09-16T10:02:17.417-06:00Yep. JWoff always says "there's no couch ...Yep. JWoff always says "there's no couch at the barn"-- you're not allowed to bring your life garbage there. Winter and early spring sucked for me too, and I remember having a really terrible ride on Mo. M walked up to the ring and said "This better not be because [redacted] was mean to you." Point taken. It was. "You can't put that on a young horse," she said. And when I got THAT message and played the professional tape in my head from the minute I pulled up her driveway, the better my horse got. <br /><br />Now when we have bad days I know it's not because of that, it's because he's a horse, and because I'm not the perfect rider, but you're absolutely right. Your horse doesn't need to deal with your stuff, he needs a clear explanation of what is job is.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03275971301824881125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-33197201076022483512015-09-16T09:03:26.142-06:002015-09-16T09:03:26.142-06:00Yep! Don't take your baggage to the barn with ...Yep! Don't take your baggage to the barn with you!!Cathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15652933884652697666noreply@blogger.com