Christmas Day. December 25, 2015 Merry Christmas to team green and my blog readers. As this first Christmas on my endurance journey closes I have some loose thoughts to share… I want to say thanks for the wonderful gifts I’ve gotten this year: From Team Green’s Florida Contingent (Sarah & Madison) we got an early deliveryContinue reading “Random Green Christmas musings”
Author Archives: JaimeHope
The Good Deal.
Monday, December 21, 2015 Always offer the horse a good deal first. Then if they don’t take it do what it takes to get it done. If you’re consistent the will start to take you up on the good deal and you’ll need less effort each try. **Every detail counts: I try to be moreContinue reading “The Good Deal.”
Hunting the feel
Friday, December 18, 2015 The soft feel is the goal that it seems everything is in service to. Being able to do as much as possible with as little as possible. The instinct of when exactly to release when your horse begins to try- not to wait until the entire physical motion has played out.Continue reading “Hunting the feel”
Update… small steps
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 Training a horse is insulting to the horse. Don’t be a horse trainer- be a horseman. A horseman educates the horse without the horse ever knowing its being trained…. Training a horse is absolutely finite. If you get the horse to operate as to be your legs you have exceeded theContinue reading “Update… small steps”
I don’t want to ride anymore.
Sunday, December 13, 2015 I was inspired by a FaceBook thread recently to look for the Buck Branaman 7 clinics DVDs. I loved the documentary (Buck) and had considered picking up the 7 clinics set in the past, but they were expensive and I just never got around to it. I’m heading into winter (moreContinue reading “I don’t want to ride anymore.”
Back in the Saddle Again
Monday, December 7, 2015 After almost 3 weeks off Khaleesi is back to work. Now that it’s December the girls are all barefoot. Faygo has great hard hooves and doesn’t mind doing some barefoot riding. Khaleesi has decent hooves but is more tenderfooted barefoot than Faygo and I usually keep her booted- always front, oftenContinue reading “Back in the Saddle Again”
When she is good, she is very very good…
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 Not much to report during the human holiday season for team green. The equine team members had a nice Thanksgiving I assume in the field eating the still green grasses while the humans ate turkey and played in the traditional Stuffing Bowl XI just outside of Pittsburgh. On a nice dayContinue reading “When she is good, she is very very good…”
Down Time
Tuesday, November 24, 2015 Khaleesi is now on a full week of rest. It seems like a really long time to me. It’s been actually one week plus one day. She is now completely barefoot. The first missing shoe was that corroboration I felt (coincidence, depending on your worldview) the next shoe was my first experienceContinue reading “Down Time”
The Cycle
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 I haven’t written in a while because we’ve been doing a mainly light pleasure riding and nothing very exciting has been happening in the team green world. We are waiting for the saddle to ship next month and whatever combination I use doesn’t seem to be all that bad but neitherContinue reading “The Cycle”
PS…
Monday, November 9, 2015 (this was added to Indian Summer, but after I’d posted it so those who subscribe missed it…) I had a visit yesterday from Susan who also works in my building at Washington & Lee (I teach violin and chamber music there). We had a chat on Wednesday that ended with usContinue reading “PS…”
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