Great lesson today with Kendra DeKay. Short note here basically for myself to remember.
If my horse Jester ramroad's me (I see the previous word is not a word - oh well) and
runs over me to wherever... At this point it was into the door of the horse trailer looking for treats. If his energy is a HUGE blow me off and charges there, I MATCH that energy with
the correction to back him up or HQ him. I do not start out with a soft asking.
Makes sense to me. He already has the cookies so! He has learned there is no re-percussion here because my consequence that I have been giving him was a light one.
So, why not????? go into the trailer get some treats - - because Mom has this light slap on the hand. EASY! PEASY!
No more, my dear Jester.... I now know I can match that "ramroad" and back you up. Then, you ask again for him to maybe "walk" past that entrance of the trailer. I am not suppose to try to correct him to not go in there. I only correct if he starts to turn in there. If the turn is soft, my actions are the three phase of one - two - three.
Jester got this on the first try. Amazing. Not happy though!
This is the first part of my subject line. Matching the energy.
Second, is the Patterns. He has learned a "pattern."
This is a negative "pattern." There are positives ones too (like the HQ).
So, then we worked on alphaness. By putting a bowl of grain down between him and me.
Me asking him to back up from the grain and give me "good ears."
When he did, he got to eat a few grains. Then, you ask him to back up again.
Really, cool.
Trailer loading was fun. Jester has this mastered though and was eager to investigate the trailer. This is a good thing to do. Especially, with a green horse. Since Jester isn't a green horse, it was OK, but then let's get to our business. He was so intelligent! Smart,
a great trailer dude!
Thank you Kendra
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