“Ten Tips on Proofing the Riding Aids (From the Round Yard to Open Spaces in Walk, Trot and Canter)“
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First Chat – 042 – Jonathan McLean
Second Chat – 144 – Jonathan McLean 2 – “Ten Tips for Initial Foal Handling”
Third Chat – 172 – Jonathan McLean 3 – “Ten Steps for Further Foal Handling”
Listeners’ Choice- 211 – Listeners’ Choice Chat (042)
Fourth Chat – 292 – Jonathan McLean 4 – “Ten Tips on The Weaning Transition, Safe, Horse Friendly Ways to Interact with Young Horses”
Fifth Chat – 318 – Jonna McLean 5 – “Ten Training Tips From Weaning to Yearling”
Sixth Chat – 348 – Jonna McLean 6 – “Ten Steps To Starting The Young Horse Under Saddle”
Seventh Chat – 378 – Jonna McLean 7 – “Ten Points to Remember When Training Your Horse”
Listeners’ Choice- 394 – Listeners’ Choice Chat (172)
Eighth Chat – 543 – Jonna McLean 8 – “Ten Essential When Breaking In/ Starting Young Horses“
About This Episode
“Ten Tips on Proofing the Riding Aids (From the Round Yard to Open Spaces in Walk, Trot and Canter)“
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“Ten Tips on Proofing the Riding Aids (From the Round Yard to Open Spaces in Walk, Trot and Canter)“
1) Ensure all pressure release systems are intact and able to withstand changes in context (on the ground)
– Stop, Go, Back, Park, and Yield
– Instinct – Slight changes in contact
2) Check self carriage status of these aids
– horse continues to do what he is asked to do
3) Repeat and consolidate these, under saddle.
4) Beware of the importance of context, and try to mimic (to the best of one’s ability) the site and direction of rein and leg cues.
5) Check the self carriage often
6) The habituation process can continue on under saddle
– i.e movement leg, movement body and movement with no change to immobility
7) Keep your horse in Park, practice the actual process of mounting and dismounting (both sides) with faster but still smooth motions that will end with a normal amount of dismount and mount speed
8) Remember pressure motivates the reaction the release of pressure trains it! (Tom Roberts)
– Therefore make sure your release of pressure is completely in time with their correct answer, and amplify the reward with wither/neck/loin scratches as much as possible.
9) Take particular note of what parts of the yard the horses line is hard to maintain.
– Using either direct or indirect reins, to correct these minor errors
10) Your aim is to get 5 to 7 good repetitions without a single error. This includes stopping immediately from the rein (a classical cue can then follow) and direct turns left and right and indirect turns left and right and especially the go response.
Bonus Tip – We ask with the cue we want him to be trained to
REMEMBER
- Points to remember, timing of pressure and its release will train whatever is occurring when the lease occurs.
- Reward every good try by the release of pressure scratching and a rest break, reinforce the correct answer
- 5 to 7 repetitions in a row is plenty to end your session on
- Think carefully about how your aids are applied, and what location on the horses body they effect
- Change only one thing at a time
- Stop, turn and reverse are all done with rein signals
- Never use rein and leg at the same time (one before the other or after one another)
- Your horse will commonly use forward step/s to escape and if allowed to go on this could manifest into something more determined
- Therefore the loss of stop/go and park mean your horse does not understand the previous question
- The definition of obedience is there is no delay between the cue and the response
- Once obedience has been consistently achieved, this vastly increase is predictability of your horse reactions to almost everything
A WELL TRAINED HORSE IS A SAFE HORSE
Time Stamp
01:50 – 1) Ensure all pressure release systems are intact and able to withstand changes in context (on the ground)
05:03- 2) Check self-carriage status of these aids
07:14 – 3) Repeat and consolidate these, under saddle.
08:34 – 4) Beware of the importance of context, and try to mimic (to the best of one’s ability) the site and direction of rein and leg cues.
10:20 – 5) Check the self-carriage often
14:55 – 6) The habituation process can continue on under saddle
16:45 – 7) Keep your horse in Park, practice the actual process of mounting and dismounting (both sides) with faster but still smooth motions that will end with a normal amount of dismount and mount speed
21:51 – 8) Remember pressure motivates the reaction the release of pressure trains it! (Tom Roberts)
24:08 – 9) Take particular note of what parts of the yard the horse’s line is hard to maintain.
30:36 – 10) Your aim is to get 5 to 7 good repetitions without a single error. This includes stopping immediately from the rein (a classical cue can then follow) and direct turns left and right and indirect turns left and right and especially the go response.
35:30 – Recap of tips
47:35 – Contact details see below
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Email: jonamclean@gmail.com
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