> BK :>Wellllllll we loped (sort of) tonight.. got her started..
> BK :>then had to go back and re-enforce the walk/trot cues..
> BK :>since all she wanted to do after is trot or attempt a
> BK :>lope... chuckle.. I lost tract of time tonight.. I was on
> BK :>her for at least an hour.. I really did push it a little to
> BK :>much tonight.. since the weather is starting to cool and
> BK :>she's in a roaring heat... but she's so easy to work with I
> BK :>just lost tract of time, and we really weren't working all
> BK :>of that.
 
> Great!  She must be a joy to ride if you lose track of time!  Gosh, Bob,
> she sounds wonderful!
 
Well typically with kids.. she started crosscueing like crazy and wanted to 
lope with any cues.. we've fixed that and will look for another way to get 
her up to the lope. The other problem that cropped up again is something she 
learned from Straw.. and that's to toss her head up in a transition from a 
walk to a faster gait.. that's fixed again for the moment.  
 
But I've got a 2 year old that's very quiet, level headed and will: walk, 
trot, leg yield, side pass, back, pivot on the rear, do walk overs, and darn 
near everything else I've tried with only a mild amount of work. 
 
More then that.. you really don't want to get after her to hard.. you adress 
the mistake and let her work herself into the proper thing you've asked for.  
She's even started to learn some tricks.. like yawning on command. ;) 
 
 
> BK :>The lope was no more then about 6-10 strides either way...
> BK :>got to give her some time to work up to it. That's what I
> BK :>had to do with the trot and it was easier for her this way.
> BK :>More to come. ;)
 
> Sounds like she had a nice first lope!  Nice way to ease her into it.
 
Well I have to rethink how I'm going to go at it next time. I do NOT want to 
have to deal with the head thing and the crosscueing. I'll think about it and 
then tinker a bit and see how we do.   
 
> BK :>visit shoo'ed Tush.. and Tush darn near got her rear feet
> BK :>over the fench just close enough to kick the gal.. I told
> BK :>her that this is a young horse and they are unpredictable..
> BK :>and that was a REALLY good way to get kicked.
 
> Why is it that people think that a fence will protect them from a horse
> who's acting up (g)?
 
Why is it that people don't use the grey matter between their ears? ;)
 
 
                                  BK 
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>>> Well, that's what SEDONA does  (her only vice though so I
>>> shouldn't complain) ...... hopefully I can break her of it as I do
> NOT
>>> cinch up very tight (learned that by training young horses)......she
>>> STILL snap, snap, snaps though ..... I think it's a habit now and I'm
> not
>>> too sure how to stop her from doing it.
 
>> Let me think on it Jean.. way to tired at the moment.
 
> If you can think of a reason -- OR what I can do to stop it I would
> certainly appreciate it!!
 
 
 
This is a real hard one to get them to stop.. and part of working on it is 
how much the horse likes to please you and or likes to get along with you.
 
The horse is obviously cinchy.. someone pushed her to hard to fast by 
cinching her up to tight to fast.. and not working up to an acceptable level 
slowly.
 
 
This one takes some time and might not really work except to get her to cut 
down on the actions.
 
If she does this.. slap her on the shoulder with an open hand and yell no 
and/or quitit/whatever. Dont' slap hard.. but just enough to make noise and 
get the point across that you are displeased with her actions. This ought to 
get her to stop turned her head and feinting trying to bite (which she's 
doing). 
 
You can then continue to yell your displeasure when she snaps her teeth/jaws.
If she doesn't respond.. slap her shoulder again to make the point. 
 
*IF* she stops and behaves.. make sure she knows beyond a shadow of a dount 
that she's a good girl. take a bunch of time for this to make the point.
 
But more then that.. anytime she snaps her teeth.. let her know it's 
unaceptable. Tush picked up grinded her teeth a bit from watching another 
horse.... and she gets corrected EVERY time she does, very consistently.
 
The amount or frequincy that she grinds her teeth is dimishing.
 
Takes time Jean.. may never work 100%.. but it's worth the effort for a very 
bad habit.
 
 
 
                             BK 
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