It's getting chilly outside.
It was 75 degrees yesterday. A record breaking high for January the 2nd. Today, it's like, 47 degrees. HUGE difference.
Didn't do too much today, got the house cleaned, put the trash up in bags and made a nice neat pile so we can take it off tomorrow. My character, 'Kouga, in the game Conquer, is right now in the training ground and is about to hit level 86. He's 99.300 give or take on his level. For those of you who know what Conquer is, you'll know what I'm talking about. To those of you who may read this and don't know what Conquer is, it's a Mass Multi-Player Online Role Playing Game. www.Conqueronline.com is the website. It takes FOREVER to download, but it is -so- worth it.
Jan the first, Diane came over and helped me work on Deigh. She wants me to work on four basic things right now for the next time she comes over. (*Loves horsey homework*) First, I have to get Deigh to respect my space. To do that, if she steps too close, to cue her to back up, I put my hand on her face on a pressure point and apply pressure. That's her cue to ask her to back up. When she backs up two steps, I praise her as she's done what I've asked. Give and release. When you give and release you are making a promise to the horse. You promise to release pressure when they give into it. It's no fail.
Second, I have to teach her to back up. She doesn't back well from the ground. I will stand in front of her and wag my finger side to side. That is her cue. Of course, she won't undersant that, so I'll wag the leadrope side to side along with my finger. If she doesn't back up, I wag it harder until she gets the idea that hey, this human wants me to back up. When she finally learns to back up, she'll do it on my finger wagging cue.
The other two lessons are just the same lesson. Horses pretty much have two brains. One for the right side and one for the left. That is because they are animals of prey. This lesson pertains to me being in the saddle. I will put pressure on the left rein, asking for her head. When she starts bringing her head around, giving to the pressure, I will reward her by releasing the pressure. The object of this is to eventually get Deigh to touch her nose to my knee and making her neck more relaxed, to give to the bit. I will do this with either side.
So, that's pretty much it for today.
Didn't do too much today, got the house cleaned, put the trash up in bags and made a nice neat pile so we can take it off tomorrow. My character, 'Kouga, in the game Conquer, is right now in the training ground and is about to hit level 86. He's 99.300 give or take on his level. For those of you who know what Conquer is, you'll know what I'm talking about. To those of you who may read this and don't know what Conquer is, it's a Mass Multi-Player Online Role Playing Game. www.Conqueronline.com is the website. It takes FOREVER to download, but it is -so- worth it.
Jan the first, Diane came over and helped me work on Deigh. She wants me to work on four basic things right now for the next time she comes over. (*Loves horsey homework*) First, I have to get Deigh to respect my space. To do that, if she steps too close, to cue her to back up, I put my hand on her face on a pressure point and apply pressure. That's her cue to ask her to back up. When she backs up two steps, I praise her as she's done what I've asked. Give and release. When you give and release you are making a promise to the horse. You promise to release pressure when they give into it. It's no fail.
Second, I have to teach her to back up. She doesn't back well from the ground. I will stand in front of her and wag my finger side to side. That is her cue. Of course, she won't undersant that, so I'll wag the leadrope side to side along with my finger. If she doesn't back up, I wag it harder until she gets the idea that hey, this human wants me to back up. When she finally learns to back up, she'll do it on my finger wagging cue.
The other two lessons are just the same lesson. Horses pretty much have two brains. One for the right side and one for the left. That is because they are animals of prey. This lesson pertains to me being in the saddle. I will put pressure on the left rein, asking for her head. When she starts bringing her head around, giving to the pressure, I will reward her by releasing the pressure. The object of this is to eventually get Deigh to touch her nose to my knee and making her neck more relaxed, to give to the bit. I will do this with either side.
So, that's pretty much it for today.
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