Groundwork P2: Lateral Flexions and Shoulders & Quarters Over
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ธ.ค. 2024
- Gymnastic Groundwork Part 2 of 6: Lateral Flexions and Shoulders & Quarters Over.
Now we start with lateral flexions and shoulders & quarters over using clicker training.
Teaching your horse to move different body parts independently is important for body awareness, communication, finding balance and as the foundation for lateral movements such as shoulder-in or haunches-in.
Basically, you're teaching your horse to isolate different body parts and put it on cue so that you can ask for:
Lateral Flexions - where your horse bend their head to one side
Quarters Over - where your horse calmly learns to step under and across with the hindlegs
Shoulders Over - where your horse learns to shift his weight back and move the shoulders to the left or right
These are great exercises in body awareness and suppling, as well as your communication as you figure out how to explain to your horse to move in a certain way.
They also build into other exercises. For example, if your horse bends to the outside on a circle, you can use your cue for lateral flexions to help explain the correct bend and help your horse find better balance.
Or, if your horse always falls out through the shoulders, you can use your cue for 'shoulders over' to explain how to control that loss of balance and stay in the right alignment.
Or, if you're working on leg yield and your horse is trailing the hindquarters, you can use your 'quarters-over' cue to bring your horse's awareness to her back legs and help her to stay engaged in the movement.
One of the most common problems I come across is people trying to fix these more advanced movements without the cues for these isolations in place, which makes it really difficult and confusing for you and your horse to figure out. By teaching them first, you have all the clarity and communication you need to progress smoothly.
My aim is always to make it as relaxed and rewarding as possible for the horse. I use positive reinforcement in my training because it's so effective at building motivation. Using a marker, such as the clicker in clicker training, enables me to communicate more precisely with my horse as I can pinpoint the moment they did the right thing.
Watch the full Gymnastic Groundwork Demo series here:
Part 1: Getting started with In-Hand work: Leading and Connection
• Groundwork P1: Leading...
Part 3: Teaching lateral movements
• Groundwork P3: Teachin...
Part 4: Introducing pole exercises for confidence, body awareness and strength
• Groundwork P4: Introdu...
Part 5: Mats and pedestals for despooking and body awareness
• Groundwork P5: Using M...
Part 6: Lunging around a round pen, Teaching voice cues and collection with clicker training
• Groundwork P6: Lunging...
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Love your videos. Thank you for presenting such detailed and informative material!
It’s lovely to have found your channel today ( I don’t know your name sorry ! ...What is it :)
I love your training Way. So sweet & kind. Roman is so relaxed around you. Thankyou so much for sharing... pee ess...please tell me your fabbi boots !!!??
Thanks Andy, glad you like it. I'm Hannah Weston and this pony is Rowan, she's a rescue who had a very rough start but is a total sweetheart (with some strong opinions!) :-) My boots are barefoot boots from Vivobarefoot. I have long-term hip and back problems and barefoot shoes and boots really help me to stay sound and reduce my pain.
Love your videos! What is your target made of? I currently use telescopic fly swatters but looking to get something a bit more robust. (Searching the internet for the plastic pool floats has been unsuccessful as they’re all the wrong shape or seem way too expensive)
Thank you, glad you like them and find them helpful :-) This target is actually a water ball cock screwed onto an extendable selfie stick. Very cheap, easy and robust but it can be tricky to find the right size screw thread for them to fit together perfectly so look out for that. I also love using foam pool noodles cut into sections for targets. These are very light and easy to attach to any kind of stick or cane as you just push the stick through it - perfect to make long targets on the end of schooling whips or lunge whips or bamboo canes. Though, you have to watch out if you have a horse who tends to nibble at the targets. A plastic bottle taped onto the end of a stick also works very well. If you want to buy one, Shawna Karrasch makes good extendable horse targets in the US and Spod - international make some great positive horse training products including targets in Europe. Hope that helps :-)
Where can I find a ball on a retractable wand...I’ve not been successful in finding one.
Dann gucken wir uns mal weiter um....
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I hear you occasionally blow out air through your mouth. Why do you do this? What are you teaching with that?
She MAY be mimicking calming horse sounds. In the past, I have yawned or mimicked other dog behavior when when trying to get my dogs to settle. It’s my initial thought, but after that your guess is as good as mine.
Hi Joanne, horses mimic our breathing rate and deep breathing is a great way to help them to relax. It also helps us to relax because it's too easy to get too intense and braced or overly focused when horses training which brings tension into it. So, I do it consciously to help encourage relaxation in both of us naturally but then it becomes a bit of a cue and a reminder to us both to slow down and chill out. Especially with Rowan who tends to have too much 'go' and has a lot of anxiety from her terrible past, it helps a lot to keep it calm and connected. When I wear a microphone it's extra-obvious and loud, though!