Writing a blog for no followers is safe.You can be as nuts as you like,write as bad English as you can and enjoy your sense of humor without being accused to abuse your horses.I think I am going to like this!
What I miss is the smileys and conversation,but you can never have it all,can you?
I started this blog already when my horses came to Spain,but decided then to continue in EE. Now I think I want to write down some thoughts about my training again.
I have been sick for a long time,so my horses have had a lot of free time or just running in lunge.Some riding and then back to sick bed.But finally last week I have started again.
Next month I start the lessons with M again.Cannot wait!
I have had a lot of time to think and study and plan how to work with my autistic swan Ocsi. I started to cut everything in very small pieces to make it extra simple for him. I use jaw flexions in his box before work and teach him to tilt his pelvis in hand.
I think he has made a huge improvement.The second he looses the softness in ridden,I stop or slow down and correct it before continuing. It goes quite slow forwards,but for him the relaxation of the jaw works like a key in a lock.
With soft jaw,he does correct lateral work,is responsive and in trot has soft back where it is easy to sit. (I guess mainly lipizzaner owners know what it feels like...)
He gets also better from canter lifts.
Now I finally feel,I know how to get through him.
He also got shoes to his behind legs and as with Cseles,there has been a big improvement with the grip he gets from the ground.
Cseles I rode couple of times and he has in overall got stronger from behind and I can get him to chomp the bit during walk,trot and canter.
The relaxed mouth and chomping,really is an answer to everything.I feel that only then the horse gives himself to you and actually is ridable.
I am really excited about the progress with both of them in short time and now am going to get them both back to full work before next months lessons.That means lunging and in-hand work and short ridden sessions.
Here couple of photos of my ugly ducgling auttistic swan Ocsi,who isnt so ugly anymore.
