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Comment by Lyndsey Lewis on December 20, 2009 at 9:08pm

Wow what a lovely transformation. Thanks so much for the update. That was really helpful to me! I think perhaps the work I did with Ruby last summer was not so bad after all. I had been worried that instead of just slowing he was getting tight and braced but now I think he was maybe ok.
I was surprised to see how little slow walk was done before going into trot! Is this normal? Can you give me an idea of how much work you would do in the walk? Is it really just until they have the idea? Thanks in advance,
Lyndsey

Comment by Elizabeth Gormley on December 20, 2009 at 7:38pm

My goodness- that lovely horse is literally getting steadier and more consistent by the minute on this film. The trust is growing from the patient and consistent training approach. I also have to say great choice of music on the second song youve got what sounds like my second fave bass player there. That amazing song would be great for a freestyle. However the best aspect of this film is the blossoming trust in this young horse.

Comment by Lyndsey Lewis on December 13, 2009 at 1:25pm

Helyn,
I have really enjoyed watching the video's on Chazot's training and was just wondering if Jean Luc will continue to post updates?

Thanks,
Lyndsey

Comment by Ann Hatfield on December 13, 2009 at 10:46am

The magazine Horse has an online newsletter which sometimes has interesting articles that relate to mechanics of motion. www.horse.com

The magazine Equus has good paper-based articles, I have only been to the site once so do not know what additonal material they have.

Comment by Laura Coffey on December 7, 2009 at 11:32am

You are correct. I believe my horse is "relaxed" when he "gives his back", or his back moves softly up and down as he moves. I achieve this on the lunge line and don't proceed to further work unless I get it. Laura

Comment by Laura Coffey on December 6, 2009 at 12:55pm

Interesting... I was just reading Mike Schaffer on training approaches. He was discussing the merits of teaching relaxation, etc as opposed to putting "forward" at the top of the training pyramid. If I am hearing you correctly there are actually physical reason that a horse should be taught to bend and relax before they are taught to be truly forward.??
I'm not sure if the same is true for horses as for people but when we are in our functioning out of our flight or fight mechanism or amigdala learning is impaired. It certainly seems to make sense that a relaxed horse will learn better then one who is tense. Laura

Comment by Laura Coffey on December 2, 2009 at 1:19pm

I find this topic fascinating. I have a young horse who began having temper tantrums(rearing, bolting, trying to rub me off on the arena fences, and behaving in a manner that that made me wonder if I had made a grievous error in purchasing him.
All I know about the science of motion is what common sense dictates. Horses are athletes, if you abuse or over use them, they'll break . One of the differences between equine and human athletes is horses act-out in lieu of verbal communication. It is incumbent upon us, their owners, trainer etc, to recognize the their "communication" and re-mediate it. Long story short, I made two changes, one intentional, one accidental. First I purchased a saddle made by George Gullickson who knows a great deal about the bio-mechanics of horses, this helped the outright belligerence.
Then by accident one day I included additional time at the warm up on stretching exercises. I can't believe the difference in this horse! He's now supple and soft, by the time we are done warming up his tension is usually gone.
Is there more I should know?

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