Posts Tagged ‘horsemanship’
Stacy’s Video Diary Jac- Episode 29- Teaching a horse to move hips
Total Training Time 78 hour 10 mins Look at how far Jac has come with just under 80 hours of training! I know it seems like I do this every episode but…again, I demonstrate how I warm Jac up and explain why I keep working on bending and counter bending…I want him to MASTER it.…
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Stacy’s Video Diary: Jac- Episode 28- Jac goes to the All American Quarter Horse Congress 2013
Total training time- 65 hours 50 minutes Jac’s first trip to a horse show was a visit to the All American Quarter Horse Congress…during the freestyle reining. Jac wasn’t ready to show, but I wanted to introduce people to Jac…and introduce Jac to people. Jac’s training has progressed well to this point but I decided…
Read MoreStacy’s Video Diary: Jac- Episode 27-Teaching the beginning of the sliding stop.
Total training time 58 hours 30 minutes Jac gets his first shoes…hind shoes only. Many of my reiners are barefoot in the front. They have shoes in the hind because it makes it a lot easier for them to slide. Training the slide as well as performing it 3-4 times in a pattern makes shoes…
Read MoreStacy’s Video Diary: Jac- Episode 26-Horse training is a conversation between horse and human
The main point of the Jac project was to show you my training methods in an everyday setting. The beauty of the project has been that there are little golden nuggets that have been captured; moments when you can really ‘see’ what Jac is thinking. This is one of those episodes. Often times people think…
Read MoreStacy’s Video Diary: Jac- Episode 25-Changing bits & 2nd stage of spinning a horse
Total training time 42 hours 50 minutes Jac has had some time off because I took a ten day trip to visit family. I chose to move Jac to a twisted wire bit. As with any bit it is as harsh as the hands that use it. I changed bits because Jac doesn’t have the…
Read MoreStacy’s Video Diary: Jac- Episode 24-teaching a horse to spin (day 1) and improving steering
Total Training Time- 40 hours 30 minutes In this video I talk about spurs, moving a horses shoulder (spiral out), improving steering and beginning to teach Jac to spin. I began riding Jac with spurs around 30 hours of training by using a simple slip on English type nub spur. Around 40 hours of training…
Read MoreStacy’s Video Diary: Jac- Episode 23- Spurs, backing up, shoulder control and natural horsemanship
Training time 33 hours 40 minutes I did end up taking Jac to the vet just to be on the safe side. I had given him time off and Jac was pretty much better so the vet couldn’t find anything. The vet told me to give him a couple more weeks off and then start…
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