Post by lisamac on Oct 10, 2010 10:52:49 GMT
Thanks to everyone who turned up to the clinic last sunday! It was a great day had by all, with the sunshining for us.
Treasa arrived with her 16hh coloured mare, Roxy. She was 'broken' as a 3yr old and had a few issues such as traffic and the farrier to name a couple..
Sean started out by getting to know the mare and how she was going to respond to pressure, moving through the games Roxy was one minute trying to shut down and go introvert and the next being scared and spooky so it was a matter of finding the balance where she was responding and not reacting or closing up to the things going on around her.
She soon learned where to find the comfort in the friendly game with the stick spinning around and above her, until it came to the legs being touched, here we saw in full the reaction she would have to the farrier.
With a great deal of patience and the help of the rope and carrot stick the legs were handled rubbed picked up and put down. She had big issues on her off hind leg where she kicked out quite viciously untill she started to learn that this did not get rid of the pressure, only by relaxing and standing quiet did that go away.
A very bright mare she was quick to learn..
Porcupine away from and into pressure, including walking towards the stick with a plastic bag she learned how to chase it away from her, driving front and back ends, backing up and coming forward, circling and maintaining pace set, and squeezing through Sean and the fence then over a big sheet of plastic..
She really had her work cut out for her on Sunday and Treasa too, they both went home with alot to think about and many games to play ;D
We met a great many intersting folk with skills to share, Sean helped me fit anwestern saddle on my fat(or possibly pregnant) black cob Kizzie, bare feet were compared to the shod feet of Roxy, who I can now say Treasa has taken the shoes off as she was tender and had contracted heels(well done treasa!)
Sue who is a profesional saddler is helping Flynne and I get tacked up by making us cinches for our western saddles, she is based down near bandon but travels if needs be to fix your tack,
Sally from Waterford has a business of freeze branding horses which is a great deterent for horse thieves and painless for the horse,
Thanks to all of you who turned up, ate all my food and drank all my tea, and filled the kitchen with great conversation!
Planning another for the first weekend in november and I hope to see you all there....
Treasa arrived with her 16hh coloured mare, Roxy. She was 'broken' as a 3yr old and had a few issues such as traffic and the farrier to name a couple..
Sean started out by getting to know the mare and how she was going to respond to pressure, moving through the games Roxy was one minute trying to shut down and go introvert and the next being scared and spooky so it was a matter of finding the balance where she was responding and not reacting or closing up to the things going on around her.
She soon learned where to find the comfort in the friendly game with the stick spinning around and above her, until it came to the legs being touched, here we saw in full the reaction she would have to the farrier.
With a great deal of patience and the help of the rope and carrot stick the legs were handled rubbed picked up and put down. She had big issues on her off hind leg where she kicked out quite viciously untill she started to learn that this did not get rid of the pressure, only by relaxing and standing quiet did that go away.
A very bright mare she was quick to learn..
Porcupine away from and into pressure, including walking towards the stick with a plastic bag she learned how to chase it away from her, driving front and back ends, backing up and coming forward, circling and maintaining pace set, and squeezing through Sean and the fence then over a big sheet of plastic..
She really had her work cut out for her on Sunday and Treasa too, they both went home with alot to think about and many games to play ;D
We met a great many intersting folk with skills to share, Sean helped me fit anwestern saddle on my fat(or possibly pregnant) black cob Kizzie, bare feet were compared to the shod feet of Roxy, who I can now say Treasa has taken the shoes off as she was tender and had contracted heels(well done treasa!)
Sue who is a profesional saddler is helping Flynne and I get tacked up by making us cinches for our western saddles, she is based down near bandon but travels if needs be to fix your tack,
Sally from Waterford has a business of freeze branding horses which is a great deterent for horse thieves and painless for the horse,
Thanks to all of you who turned up, ate all my food and drank all my tea, and filled the kitchen with great conversation!
Planning another for the first weekend in november and I hope to see you all there....