Backwards Goodbye ! – Blog 10 Rückwärts Ade ! – Blog 10 Since Beau died at the beginning of this year, writing about the happy times we used to have has become really hard. But I don’t want to forget them either! …
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Playing with Knowledge – Part 14 Fachmännisch spielen – Teil 14 What the horse says! In the past 13 Blogs we have discovered that in order to become knowledgeable play mates we need to learn quite a bit about our …
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Playing with Knowledge – Part 13 Fachmännisch spielen – Teil 13 We are almost at the end of our list of leadership qualities. We recall that the reason for starting all this was that we want to become good friends …
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Playing – with Knowledge – Blog 12 – Sensible, Instinct
Posted on September 29, 2013 by Jutta WiemersPlaying – with Knowledge – Part 12 Fachmännisch spielen – Teil 12 Use Reason, understand instincts In the last part we discussed how to make your horse more courageous. Only three things are left on our leadership list now to …
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Invent your Own! – Part 20 Werdet erfinderisch! – Teil 20 Invent more! Use our ideas, then have your own! The more you play, the more you see how clever your horse is. He will trust you as a good leader and …
Riding Games ! Part 18 Reiterspiele! Teil 18 After playing a lot of the previously recommended games you and your horses are now such a confident and trusting team that your horses will jump at any playful proposal you make! Bareback! Up! …
Rearing on Command – Part 17 Auf Kommando Steigen – Teil 17 Rearing is fun for the horse and looks spectacular, but it should not be attempted before you haven’t completed the training “to the ground”. You want to completely trust your …
Learning Collection – Part 16 Versammlung lernen – Teil 16 Our philosophy of training is to teach the horse by addressing his mind and understanding! Es ist unsere Trainings-philosophie das Gehirn und Verständnis des Pferdes an zu sprechen! We want to ask …
Include your Dogs! Part 15 Hunde dürfen mitmachen! Teil 15 In our films “Playing with Horses” we have of course not forgotten our dogs! Little Taffey comes along wherever we go and quite demands her own riding horse, when we hack out in …
The Spanish Step – Part 14 Der spanische Schritt – Teil 14 We learned (part 10) how pedestal games free up the horses’ shoulders – so does Cavalletti work- in which we include our dogs for added fun! Schulterfreiheit verbessert man …
Send & Call Games – Part 13 Schicken und Rufen – Teil 13 Although Send & Call Games are also first practiced on a rope, they are meant to be played at liberty once the trainer’s body language is clear …
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Pedestal Games – Part 12 Spiele am Podest – Teil 12 In Games on the Pedestal the horse also experiences a very different kind of balance! You can see that Czar knows exactly how to bring his gravity point into …
Sitting on command – Part 11 Sitzen auf Kommando – Teil 11 Sitting: The natural sequence of motion determines that your horse will learn to sit on command after he learned to lie down. (see previous blogs) This presupposes complete trust …
Circling Off-line – Part 10 Circling ohne Seil – Teil 10 Circling games are those, where the horses stick around us voluntarily and without a rope or lunge line. A smart horse does not do that without reason – if …
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The “Kneel”- Lying Down – Part 09 Knien – Ablegen – Teil 09 the “Kneel”: Knien: Most horses will learn to kneel on command via the Curtsey, which you saw in a previous blog. Once you have taught them the …
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Blog 08 – Circus Gymnastics – Gymnastische Zirkusübungen
Posted on December 25, 2011 by Jutta WiemersCircus Gym – Curtsey – Part 08 Zirkus Gymnastik – Kompliment – Teil 08 Part of our games are what we call “Circus Gymnastics ” – these exercises are much more than mere “tricks”, because if taught correctly they are most beneficial …
De-Spooking – Part 07 Ent-Scheuen – Teil 07 Although you helped your horse to improve his self-confidence by playing “Sure-Feet” games in blog 6, perhaps your horse still tends to be nervous when hacking out? In that case you must …
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Lunging for Fun – Part 07 Longieren macht Spass – Teil 07 How many hours have I not spent as a vaulting trainer turning like a chicken on the spit! But lunging does not have to be boring. Wie viele …
Sure Feet – Self-confidence – Part 06 Trittsicherheit – Selbstvertrauen – Teil 06 If a horse shall feel playful he must feel safe, and as he is a flight animal for this he must trust his nimble legs. We improve …
Mobilise all joints – Part 04 Mobilisieren aller Gelenke – Teil 04 Our games can be quite ambitious and we will limber up our athletes before we begin! Our horses love their stretching, as we mobilise them playfully. We never …
Blog 03 – Yielding & Respect – Weichen u. Respektübungen
Posted on November 6, 2011 by Jutta WiemersYielding and Respect – Part 03 Weichen und Respekt – Teil 03 Before we can play safely, we have to establish some rules of respect. We want to be high-ranking, a good leader – and this does not mean bossing your …
Blog 02 – Leading & Running Games – Führen u. Laufspiele
Posted on November 2, 2011 by Jutta WiemersLeading & Running Games – Part 2 Führ- und Laufspiele – Teil 2 In our training series we begin with leading exercises. Rule number One is to never PULL on a rope – the horse will only counter-pull! As a matter …
Blog 01- Introduction to Playing with Horses – Einführung Spielen
Posted on October 29, 2011 by Jutta WiemersDeutsche Version nächste Seite weiter unten! Introduction to playing with horses: My background is vaulting, which in my opinion is still the very best way to start with any equestrian activity! I began vaulting at age ten and was active …
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