CanCan - 2022-07-08 5:19 PM
r_beau - 2022-07-08 2:35 PM
CanCan - 2022-07-07 12:27 AM
I need drills to slow feet and make the barrel a relaxing place to be.
Go to a Paul Humphrey clinic.
How is his different? I've done Michelle McLeod, Ed Wright, Talmadge Green, Danny Reinhardt. Nothing I learned at any of those helps this horse. I think I created this monster, so I want to fix her. I have had the guy that patterned her tune on her. She gets faster in her turns and I need her to relax. The longer we ride waiting on her to relax, the worse she gets. Treated for ulcers and is on Purina Outlast. Gets Omeprazole and guanabenz when we trailer.
Because you don't just "do a drill". There's a reason behind every step. There's a purpose. And you are communicating and being connected to your horse the whole time. You are working on the horse's mind .... not just going through the motions of a mindless drill. That's the difference. It's not "turn the barrel". It's 2-hands on the reins to support your horse, use your inside leg to move the ribcage, use your weight on the outside seat bone to drive your horse's hocks under them, it's looking where you are going ..... all while you are just so happening to be making very specific and precise circles around the barrel. You are giving their mind something to think about. And giving the horse confidence in the process. To control your horse, slow their feet down, and make the barrel a relaxing place to be, you need to gain control of their MIND. The drill is just the tool that you use to accomplish those things, but it's really not about the drill. It would also be helpful to get yourself to some generalized horsemanship clinics. Again, it's about the horse's mind. If you can get the mind to relax, then the body will follow. Without seeing you, obviously something is going on that the longer you ride, the worse she gets. Are you not releasing her cues when she does something correctly? Is she not understanding what you want? Are you riding with too much hands and not enough seat/legs? Etc. Obviously just making guessing and assumptions there because haven't seen you ride or seen what happens. Phil Haugen is fantastic, if you are anywhere near him. He does "barrel racing clinics" but it's not about the barrels. It's about the horse's mind. Even NFR horses lose their marbles sometimes and he's worked with lots of them to bring their minds back. And realize, nothing is instant. You aren't going to magically go do a PH drill and your horse will be cured. It might take MONTHS. If this is very engrained, it takes time to retrain their thinking process from a fight/flight response back to the thinking side of their brain. |