Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Sharon Week 3


  • Is my horse acting like a partner?
  • Am I acting like a partner?
  • Am I making a game out of it or just doing something?
  • Is my horse confident or unconfident?
  • What game am I playing, friendly game, follow a feel, or follow a feeling?
  • Am I making the right thing easy and the wrong thing difficult?
  • Am I asking too much/not enough?
  • Am I setting my horse up for success?
When we play the games in level one, we are doing it to be safe. When playing in level two our focus is more on having fun. When we move to level three and four we tend to become more task orientated and may find that our horses start having trouble. Ask ourselves the questions above when playing with our horse, and it will help keep us advancing and developing communication with our horses instead of becoming too direct line.

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