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Post by gotkiger on Apr 23, 2012 18:39:08 GMT -5
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Post by DianneC on Apr 23, 2012 19:01:52 GMT -5
Wow, her top line looks really good, you can sure see that she's been working.
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Post by fantasykiger on Apr 24, 2012 12:42:21 GMT -5
Dollie is looking wonderful  |
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Post by gotkiger on Apr 24, 2012 13:24:47 GMT -5
Thanks. She was ridden every day while she was away so she got back into shape nicely. Today she had a little temperament test with our small angus herd as we weaned last years calves, and preg checked and tagged the cows. Normally she wants to eat the cows but today she was content to just stand by and watch. I am hoping to ride and take more pictures tonight.
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Post by gotkiger on Apr 24, 2012 21:37:05 GMT -5
Ok so I got out and worked Dollie a little this evening and was a little bummed. She came back with no breaks and no desire to listen or move. I am hoping she will get over this in the next week or that a different bit will work better maybe.
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Post by Michelle Clarke on Apr 25, 2012 8:43:39 GMT -5
Are we still doing our thing???
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Post by fantasykiger on Apr 25, 2012 10:41:44 GMT -5
Something to consider...because these mares are so smart, Dollie came home and for her nothing has changed.The trainer expects a certian level of good behavoir and work from her so she does her job there. But back home she knows when you ride her you don't make her do that stuff  I only know this because, the same thing happened when I sent Fantasy to a trainer for 90 days. While he did fix her over reactive behavoir for me. The trainer could make her do remarkable things in the arena and when I rode her back home in the arena she rammed me against the panels and charged for the gate chest first, it was a disaster. I had to go back to the trainers with Fantasy and take some leassons there to learn to ride her how he had trained her. |
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Post by gotkiger on Apr 25, 2012 13:03:05 GMT -5
Michelle - if you are still up for it I would love to still do our thing. The Farrier comes out on 4/30 to take her shoes off and check her feet. Her feet seem so soft even my hoof pick was cutting into them last night. I would like to start after i know for sure what is going on there and she has a chance to dry out a little.
Tiffany - you dont have to tell me twice that these mares are super smart, lol. I was trying to get her to do what the trainer had her doing and then what she was doing on "vacation", which was pretty much the same thing as at the trainers but more relaxed and in a more relaxed environment. Im not sure if it was more that It was a pretty eventful weekend for her, I dont know how to ride her the proper way to get what she knows, or if she was just testing me to the extreem. She was on a trailer for three hours (not getting off until 1am), left for a day at a strange location , then back into a trailer that smelled like sick and injured cows, and back home, where she got a day off then we preg checked and seperated cows and calves, and she was left between them screaming all day. For the last two months she was ridden in a half smooth half twisted snaffle and then a smooth snaffle. I was trying to ride her in a smooth snaffle when I use to ride her in a double broken mouthpeice with a small shank, or a hackamore (i did just buy myself a side pull hackamore with a single rope noseband to try on her)..
To be honest Im not quite sure what to do with her at this point. She has almost no energy at all. even with spurs as encouragement she was just super sluggish. I have started getting her back onto her grain and she will start with a little pasture time once the calves are moved out of her pasture.
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Post by gotkiger on Apr 25, 2012 21:55:56 GMT -5
Today's ride was much better than yesterday. Today I used the side pull hackamore and she was deffinately more responsive tk that than the smooth snaffle. She has breaks at the walk and trot but they are now different from what they were.
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Post by gotkiger on Apr 30, 2012 0:11:56 GMT -5
Okay, so here is a video of me riding Dollie Sunday (4/29/12). All comments are welcome. Please note however that I have never had proper instruction. I have also had about a year and a half off from riding. Dollie just returned to me one week ago after being gone for two months. This was our third ride and the second in the side-pull hackamore. I will be attempting another video with a twisted snaffle (yes I know that is harsher but she did absolutely nothing with a smooth snaffle). Also I normally ride in an Aussie saddle but i had a stirrup break and I have not had it replaced yet. I will be doing the other video in my circle y western saddle. I actually do ride a lot with the bareback pad as it seems to help me finds my balance and relearn how to stay on through anything better (and i mean anything including the occasional short jump, cow sorting, coyote chasing, etc...). Half of the time I use to ride in converse or barefoot. I should have taken a video of me riding her before she left so I had a base to look at as to where we bother were at the very beginning. Yes I know my hands are at my knees and they need to be up, I was trying to get her head down and that was the best leverage point to do so without hanging on her face. I am hoping the other bit will get a different response. Also my legs are atrocious as well. I was trying to follow what I was told when I talked to the trainer who had her and then the friend who had her. Lets just say it isn't pretty. I need to me in a saddle to keep me placed where I need to be Turning with leg pressure, side passing, and breaks and backing by throwing the feet out and forward are new. Her old breaks was bit pressure and backing the same. Thanks youtu.be/pHeLzED9L2E |
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Post by fantasykiger on Apr 30, 2012 13:16:59 GMT -5
You looked pretty good to me for a third ride and Dollie is not eating grass that is where my horses head would be at...LOL. Hey..your side passing nicely, Fantasy and I are still working on that. Dollie has that nice little trot I like. The only thing I am curious about is when you back and ask Dollie to bring her front end around you were putting your heal pressure behind the girth to move the front. Is this how the trainer taught her to move her front or just an oops. I was always taught in front of girth moves the front shoulder, at girth go forward and behind girth moves the hip. You can't just rely on the neck reining to bring her around. |
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Post by gotkiger on Apr 30, 2012 15:09:27 GMT -5
I guess just an oops. He didn't teach her that. I had that down before she left for working with cows but she was not doing it well so we have been working on it. A trainer I talked to a while ago said everything needs to stay behing the girth. But I could be completely wrong
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Post by fantasykiger on Apr 30, 2012 18:00:55 GMT -5
Your not wrong there are just differant training methods and differant styles of riding. Horses are great at adapting so even if all your leg ques are behind the girth and just inches apart they will get it when you are consistant. I have a hard time being consistant just a few inches apart ..LOL, for me it is just easier to remember in front of girth shoulder, middle go and behind hip. I know it is not very suttle but it works for us as I improve on my riding.
Keep the updates coming it is fun to see you and Dollie working together.
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Post by gotkiger on May 2, 2012 23:10:02 GMT -5
Ok so a little vent and update. The farrier came earlier this week and pulled dollies shoes and gave both her and Frodo a trim. So first grrr is she had shoes, seriously!!!! That made had amazing feet and the best my farrier had ever seen. So Dollie has been home for a week and I noticed she had gnarly thrush all around, grrr number two. All four feet have no frog because of it. Then her front left foot had a decent sized abscess in her heal, grrr number three. So if that was it I would have said ok whatever and just forgotten about it. But no it got better. All four feet were very bruised. That trainer screwed her feet up. Luckily she is strong and doesn't show she is hurting. I love that mare
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Post by fantasykiger on May 3, 2012 15:22:29 GMT -5
I would be curious to know if he bruised her feet first ..noticed she was sore, so applied the shoes. As nice as Fantasy's hooves are, day in day out riding on tuff services sored her front feet. My trainer gave her time off until they healed and front shoes only were applied and then he procceeded on with her training. After consulting with me how to proceed and I had my farrier do the work. I would be concerned that your trainer may not have allowed Dolly time to heal up before applying the shoes or at the very least not consulted with you first. I would be making a phone call to ask why he placed the shoes on her feet and let him know what you found. Poor girl with bruises and an abscess still trying her hardest, what a sweetheart |
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