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Exceptional Horsemanship Newsletter
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Greetings!
Hola todos!
WOO-HOO! CONGRATULATIONS! At the ACTHA (competitive trail) event on the 3rd, Bev Ihinger and Kitchee came in 3rd in the Pleasure Division and in the Open division Randy Gassett and Sherlock took 4th and Robin Morris and Rita took 5th.
Elna, my friend
and student (she's smart and goes to Michigan for the summer), gave me a
book to read. I finally got to it mid-June, and WOW. Seems I get all
weepy over a capriole or levade well-written into the story along with
some of that nervous 'oh-I-don't-want-that-Black Beauty-torment' feeling
before being saved.
LOVE this book. 'The Horse Dancer' by Jojo
Moyes. Never have I read fiction so well done on the horse part. The
Xenophon quotes from 'On Horsemanship' before each chapter are great,
too.
So now, I'm going to tackle Xenophon finally. Already popped onto Amazon
and 3 books are on their way, Xenophon's 'On Horsemanship, his 'The Art
of Horsemanship' and'Twisted Truths of Modern Dressage: A Search for a
Classical Alternative', by Karl. I'll have them before this newsletter even gets to you.
Join me on the read and let me know your thoughts????
If you want your friends (or enemies or even those you're ambivalent about) to enjoy their horse as much as you do, forward this newsletter to them.
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So... Are You Horseman Material????
I've decided to leave the title from last month up there and have this be the article name with a new subject for you to ponder if... you are????
How to learn vs. what to learn.
Not only that but, it goes for horses as well as people. Many times I have a person wanting to bring their horse to me and say... "Teach my horse to ____." This is a desire based on hope that all possibilities are going to be exactly the same on any given day. NEVER SO! right? Even the fact that they aren't me is enough to cause the result to be different.
If you only teach horse to do "some" thing in particular, it will cause you no end of frustration when you ask horse to do something that you consider pretty much the 'same' thing and horse says "No, don't understand" because it's not the SOME thing. Likewise, if a student is only taught to do something when the trainer notices that horse is doing something, tells student WHAT to do and leaves out the important why student was told, what horse did, how to rectify and what the timing and phase considerations are... then student is the same as horse. Only knowing WHAT to do when someone ELSE understands what's going on and then tells them. This leads to FRUSTRATION for both the horse and rider. By the way, don't stick your hand on the stove burner when it's on!
Trainers frequently (and by that I mean A LOT!!!) want to teach the what. Sorry. Is that an attempt at guaranteed income? Or is my opinion about how to teach way ...mostly like no one else?
Change the way you think so that the how and the how can I is what you're interested in. Think about it! Questions? email me.
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Don't forget to check the blog for more training and put in your questions and comments!
Sincerely,
L
Lauren Woodard
Exceptional Horsemanship
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Lauren Woodard
Scottsdale, Arizona 85254
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