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Chisamba

I agree with ponichiwa - you can't change their natural tendencies, but you can train them to get better. I think I would be MUCH further ahead if I had started off lunging him the way I am now, with side reins short enough to be effective, and REALLY emphasizing that he MUST go when asked. We'd be...

Chisamba

https://dressage.sporthorsemarket.com/listings/dressage/horses/for-sale/golden-rule/5492/?utm_source=June+18+2018&utm_campaign=6%2F18%2F18+DM+Listings+Update&utm_medium=email This just came across my email. if an untrained pony shows "incredible talent for passage" does that mean ...

Chisamba

Kimba and I are working on simply being more expressive in her gaits, and being able to transition through different stride lengths without changing tempo. Also suppleness, which is i suppose a life long thing. In actual exercises we are improving your walk pirouette, working on better X in our half...

Chisamba

Flight, Ding sure has progressed, you must be so happy with your progression with him. I sure hope i can show a video of Kimba progressing similarly over the next couple of years! well done Greenholmeshandy, some horses really do prefer working in a crowd. and i agree your coat is a lovely color Mou...

Chisamba

Remain active Dont lose suspension Allow shorter bascule Do not block with your seat or arms Rebalance and allow Spiral in on the circle in medium canter I can think of quite more useful comments and assists that are less obscure and more meaningful than quicken the bind end. (The guy in the video ...

Chisamba

I had wondered how you were doing, and of course, how your mare is doing. Yes, going out for a year or even for a few months at four is a great way to let them grow up, and be more mature and ready to work, especially since you had her started before the break. Congratulations on your certification....

Chisamba

Remain active Dont lose suspension Allow shorter bascule Do not block with your seat or arms Rebalance and allow Spiral in on the circle in medium canter I can think of quite more useful comments and assists that are less obscure and more meaningful than quicken the bind end. (The guy in the video d...

Chisamba

A horse can change balance standing still.
I took a metronome to the video. When the horse balanced over the centerline and the instructor said good, the footfall was slower, not quicker.

And I'm not even an advocate of french riding.

And I am walking away.

Chisamba

I promise to walk away from the topic. Sorry for irritating everyone.

Chisamba

See the lesson in the video hafdressage posted is an exact example of what I do not like.. it is an exact example of using an unclear buzz word to disguise poor teaching. The instructor gave nothing. No I indication. of how to be supposedly quicker behind. The horse in my opinion needed a change of ...

Chisamba

well, i have to concede. I am older and lot less fit than i used to be, but I can still ride five horses a day, and although i finish tired, and at times i have joints that hurt, i can in fact still do it

Chisamba

Dressage takes little physical effort on a well trained horse, which is why riding a test becomes so much more about mental effort than physical. That is totally incorrect. How would you even know unless you rode a well trained high level horse? I agree with MC on this. Riding dressage well takes b...

Chisamba

when you say third level, can i safely assume you want flying changes "fully installed?"

i was looking for fun, and so many supposed third level horses advertised are " flying changes in their near future" which to me is false advertising.

Chisamba

okay, i am NOT picking on a particular rider but this is a well remembered scene to me, but, imho it demonstrated a horse that is quick behind but this has not maintained activity in front. of course clearly it is a difficult moment, and an example of shutting down, but it does show moments of what ...

Chisamba

MC, not being disingenuous, some horses that are tapped behind on the hocks to piaffe to achieve quicker hind legs develop a stuck front end and bouncy hind end . have you seen the type of piaffe i am trying to describe? the not very desirable type. My first GP horse, Sunstorm, had a grounded front ...

Chisamba

musical comedy wrote:Where I see quick behind mentioned a lot is in horse sale ads of expensive horses.

hahaha, that explains why its not as familiar to me, i don't look at those adverts!!

Chisamba

Musical Comedy, i see it was actually Khall that told "me" to ignore the terminology, not you, i do apologize.

Chisamba

According to you, I'm not allowed to ask for clarification because in your opinion I should know what she meant, but then you share an article which clearly demonstrates that what is meant is not universally understood. I said you are not allowed to ask for clarification? No, I did not. But as a pr...

Chisamba

silk wrote:
Chisamba wrote:very cute, i love the photos . I was wondering why you call them meezers?

Siamese -> "meez"

ooooh! thx

Chisamba

I am pedantic. I do dislike erroneous "slang". In my opinion the proof that the language is questionable is that an article like the one MC posted exists. There would be no need for such an article if the use of the word "quick" was not subject to misunderstanding. If you are act...

Chisamba

when people say quick behind, i imagine those sewing machine horses that scurry. I really dislike the term. but since we are talking about it, would you say Totilas was "slow" behind?

Chisamba

I personally prefer not to wait until its a crisis. Crisis is frightening to a horse, I do my best to let them go peacefully and well loved. The problem? how do you know when the crisis is coming, how do you give the the best quality of life without waiting for the crisis to tell you, the human, tha...

Chisamba

very cute, i love the photos . I was wondering why you call them meezers?

Chisamba

Gosh, DJR. I love riding. But there are still times I have to force myself to just get on. I compromise. I jump on bareback and hack. I tell myself that ten minutes of walk is okay for today. At times once I'm on my normal routine asserts. At times I walk and get off. No Life nor human is perfect an...

Chisamba

So according to the article its a term that has nothing to do with tempo and is supposedly about articulation and stepping under.

I sure will never understand how terms come to mean something they are not.

According to this article the ability is innate, not trained.

Chisamba

Sorry I didn't comment on the video, Rosie. I see steady improvement, and agree still room to improve but definitely moving in the direction to do so.

I think he could still be quicker off the ground in the trot.

Chisamba

Again I ask, because I really want an explanation, do you think his rhythm is incorrect? If he needs quicker stride with less time on the ground does he need it in all four feet, ie to maintain rhythm. He does have the hover trot which obviously would need to be quicker off the ground in all four fe...

Chisamba

O am often not certain what you mean by quickness behind Dresseur. Its a term you use quite often. Do you feel Bliss is losing rhythm? I did not see that. I thought the canter rhythm was good. I agree that I'd like to see more reach as piedmontfields suggests. Sunstorm, my first GP horse, was built ...

Chisamba

I think chisamba nailed it. Dresseur too made very valid points on why riding dressage goes against our natural tendencies! For me, the devil is in the details now. Initially when we are starting out there are big changes and hopefully big leaps in understanding. Now after many years it has become ...

Chisamba

I know that it doesn't work for ring bone. Injection, cortisone etc rarely help. In my experience it's a matter off how long can you keep them comfortable. Or nerving is an option.

Chisamba

I think it is not obvious for a few reasons. Humans tend to be satisfied with a result. If, for example, you lower your hands and the horse rounds its neck, you feel rewarded. But.... If you have a goal of elevating the front, and changing the balance of the horse, lowering the hand was the incorrec...

Chisamba

In the simplest terms, despite their differences and temperaments and confirmation horses go as we ride them. If a walk is sticky, we have allowed it, if a horse is rusty, same thing really. I sort of have a rule of three. First ask is light and polite. Second ask is more, a warning, as it were. Thi...

Chisamba

Glad you are feeling well enough to still be riding. I'm constantly learning how much can be done at the walk

Chisamba

Well just today I had an interesting teaching experience. My rider was trying a new horse. A project. Western trained trail horse. She is a dressage rider. I rode first and warned her that she had to ride with a draped rein as anytime you took contact the horse very politely stopped. She had several...

Chisamba

Khall, it totally reminds me of saddle seat trot.

Chisamba

It's true we do take diversions . I'm entitled to object to this one and you are entitled to shoot me down. I happen to enjoy the direct experiential discovery, timing, discussion of these threads. I don't see why everyone should have their own. I suppose if everyone wanted to start extolling the v...

Chisamba

Have you watched the freestyle of Charlotte's on Mount St John. She's a lovely rider, and it's a 81, scoring ride . So my questions are not related to trainer bashing etc. Do you think dressage will ever come back from the manufactured trot? Did the canter and walk regularly show lateral and then fo...

Chisamba

It's true we do take diversions . I'm entitled to object to this one and you are entitled to shoot me down. I happen to enjoy the direct experiential discovery, timing, discussion of these threads. I don't see why everyone should have their own. I suppose if everyone wanted to start extolling the vi...

Chisamba

Are we now turning this into advertising?

Chisamba

I didn't know him, meet him or ride with him. So I'll take your word for it. But, Linda Parelli claiming he lives on through her is enough to make me vomit.

Chisamba

Fabulous. Really well done

Chisamba

I'm particularly irritated by irresponsible fires. I hope it all end up better.

DJR. I love hearing about your sweet daughter.

Khall and flight I have used a long whip when riding to touch back feet or even rhythmically tap the rump to get it lowered in piaffe work. But I don't use a whippy one.

Chisamba

I have. Haven't had a problem

Chisamba

So, isolating aids and checking responses has been super successful in curbing Kimba's most difficult trait, being anticipation.

Deneb is being strangely aggressive again and I'm looking for potential medical issues. Pain or tumors?

Anyway. I don't think I will ride her in the Helmut clinic.

Chisamba

I rode only my horses today, thursday is my " day off" which means i dont teach and clean stalls instead of riding. However, i decided my girls needed some riding and i needed a nice quiet day to do it. anyway, i spent the day isolating aids and reminding the horses that I preferred the co...

Chisamba

Yes I've seen the meme.

To teach to me to ride forward to the fence my jumper trainer put me on a 'dirty' stopper.

Chisamba

Chisamba wrote:http://www.palominosaddlebred.com/pals.htm

A couple of these look sporthorse

sorry, i did not realize they were so far away. no good

Chisamba

I think horses understand a herd leader. I've watched true herd leaders. They are benign but respected. Kea was a huge leader. If she flicked her tail everyone respected it. She was so respected that no one ever bullied her or tried to take her on. Much of her superiority was standing ground and bod...

Chisamba

http://www.palominosaddlebred.com/pals.htm

A couple of these look sporthorse

Chisamba

It used to be a thing that dressage horses never left the ring. So many reasons, footing change might injure them, blah blah. But the new social media trend toward ethical rising seems to have influenced people to turn out more, hack more, and get the horses out their stalls several times a day. Be ...

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