This is a video of Lila showing great form over a small jump, she shows talent and willingness to jump
this was just a test to see if she has good jumping form and she does!
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New Lila video
Sunday, June 20th, 2010Lila Update 3-21
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010Lila is growing very tall with legs that grow and grow. I want to call her Missy Stilts. She continues to be a very good girl in her training sessions. I love how she and her buddy Iris run to the gate everytime someone comes to the pen. They just love people to visit.
I have not done a lot with them new, mostly review of the things she already knows, bending her nose to her shoulder, lowering her head on cue, moving her shoulder away from pressure, boy can she cross those long legs. She is moving her hips away from pressure, trotting while led, walking over the bridge and poles, and walking in a circle like lunging.
The newer things I have been working her on are leading on the off side, her right. She is also learning to walk with her head down more constantly and soon to teach to trot with her head down.
She continues to have a great attitude. When I am leading from her off side if she get confused she stops and tries to see me out of the other eye. I just keep her head so she has to look at me out of her right eye. Then cue her to walk on. She does. She is a little unsure yet to keep her head low out of the right eye. She can keep her head down walking out of the left eye pretty well. We have just started trotting from the right eye. She did this pretty well. I used the wand to tap her on her croup if she does not trot when I lean forward a little and start walking faster.
Despooking Classes will start soon for Lila.
Lila training 2-20 Marie Hoffman trainer
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Lila 2-20
The first session of the week we went to the indoor to walk and do our exercised without the confidence pony. This was the first time without the pony.
We walked over poles, over the bridge, she did not realize it was a step up and tripped onto it. But she recovered fine and walked up the second time much better. We walked over the bridge and she stepped down just fine. Then we went over the poles again and again over the bridge. She had figured it out and just walked up on it like a pro. She was very calm and seemed to like the new tasks.
, then did our baby exercises in the same area as always near the gate, bending , shoulder over, hip over and walk lunging. She was perfect so I turned her out, she is really starting to get the idea of leading with her head lower. She is not perfect but learning.
Next lesson was walking on the off side, the non normal leading side. Again we worked alone in the indoor without the pony friend, we walked over poles, walked up on bridge then backed off of it then back on it and then walked forward off of the bridge. Lila handled this well and was not at all unbalanced backing off. Then I led her over poles again and over the bridge again. Then did baby exercise and walk lunging. All went VERY well. Then walked her again on the off side back to her buddies, she led quite well on her off side.
Lila got the rest of the week off as RZ is learning his alone training and I don’t bring the pen buddies near where he is turned out.
So she just did her baby exercises up in her pen. She does these very well.
Lila Update 2-7-10
Sunday, February 7th, 2010The focus this week was to learn to lead in the indoor with no buddies just the pony tied to the wall. I led Lila around the indoor arena. She learned to stop and walk using the wand for signals. We walked both directions two times around. Then went back by the confidence pony and did our baby exercises of bending, yielding the shoulders and hip and backing. Then I added the new exercise of moving the hip from my body language and the wand waving in the air but close to the ground. She responded to this RIGHT away. What a good girl
Her first day there was another horse in the indoor being ridden. She though he was going to get her when he canter by close to us. I used this as a good learning experience because she was scared and tried to get away from him. I took her back to where we were standing and asked him to trot the same path but slow, then trot fast a pass then canter a pass further way. I took her for a short walk after each pass. She figured out that he was not going to chase her and accepted him going by at a distance. This is a great lesson because some day she will be in an arena with lots of horses and the sooner she learns she is safe when a horse has a rider on its back the better.
Tues was shoer day and she was good, we work on tying by looping the lead rope around a barn in the stall where she is being trimmed.
She was VERY calm and listened to my instructions very well. She is starting to learn to walk with her head low while led.
I was able to ask her to start learning to trot while led on her second lesson in the indoor. I led her down the wall toward the pony and asked her to trot using dingo (whip tapping her croup). It took a couple times up and down the wall but she trotted a couple of steps with me. Then baby exercises and time to be turned out.
She was very good the next session and cooperated in all that was asked. It was short and sweet lasting about 4 or 5 min. What a good girl she is!
A person wanted a video so we took a video on the next session she was cooperative again, but did enjoy the chance to play in the good footing in the indoor, as it is icy and snowy out in her pen
Here is a video of her baby exercises:
Because of weather and other commitments the rest of the week I just did backing exercises with pressure on the nose, or move the shoulders over before I took her feed back off when she was done eating.
Today she showed her over achiever attitude. When I asked her to back more steps (7) with pressure on her nose she hesitated then moved her shoulders with a good cross of the front legs, I kept the pressure on her and without resistance she backed up a few more steps. When she did not understand why I had not taken the pressure off her nose after she had done the usual 4 steps, she thought maybe I wanted her to move her shoulders, so she tried that, then when I still kept the pressure on she backed up to finish her steps. She lowered her head to get her feed bag off and got her rub for being a good girl. It is very clear that Lila understand her exercises she is to do and is MORE than willing to please you by doing them with the slightest of cues. I really like her TRY!
RZ update 2-7-10
Sunday, February 7th, 2010The focus this week was to learn to lead in the indoor with just the pony tied to the wall. I led RZ around the indoor arena. He learned to stop and walk using the wand for signals. We walked both directions two times around. Then went back by the confidence pony and did our baby exercises of bending, yielding the shoulders and hip and backing. Then I added the new exercise of moving the hip from my body language and the wand waving in the air. RZ figured that out well and moved right away.
Tues was shoer day and he was good, we work on tying by looping the lead rope around a barn in the stall where he is being trimmed.
Wend we did another arena lesson this time there was another rider in the arena. This was exciting for a baby who had never seen a horse ridden. RZ was all eyes and hoped he would be able to play with the other horse. I gave him things to do like stop and turn right (this was new) , turn left and walk to bring his attention back to me. His attention did come back to me once I started asking him things. I kept asking him to do different things till he was calm and blinking and chewing. This let me know he was in thought and would retain being calm with another horse in the arena. At the end of our session we did the baby exercises then led him back outside to where his pasture mates were waiting. The whole session took 15 min.
The rest of the week I just did backing exercises with pressure on the nose, or move the shoulders over before I took his feed back off when he was done eating.
RZ training update 1-29
Friday, January 29th, 2010RZ update 1-29-10
The focus on this week has been to move the shoulders from pressure to do the start of turn on the haunches and respect the handler’s space. Moving the shoulders is a big deal for the horse. He will not yield his shoulders unless he is submissive to the handler and feels safe. Their instinct is to push into pressure and if unsure they bumped into their dams for security.
RZ was very responsive to the cue and moved right over. I stand at the point of the shoulder and push the head away from me with a straight arm. My other hand pinches and pushes in the middle of the large muscle level with the point of the shoulder and between the elbow and point of shoulder.
I push with both hands and the same time while stepping straight toward his neck. Once he crosses his front legs I release all pressure and walk forward. I repeated the same on the other side. RZ was equally responsive and moved easily both ways.
I did this every day and after the 4th day asked for 2 steps. He did these easily, now we are working with a lighter and lighter cue and eventually just the handler’s body language and a kiss sound. Once he is to this point he be less likely to spook into a person as he would his dam.
He is now easily backing up on a verbal command
This week we had another visitor and got an impromptu leading lesson in the indoor arena. He was quite and quite cooperative, Next week more indoor arena lessons.
Next we ask for 3 steps over for the shoulders and learn to move our haunches over better. Now he can move away from a pulsing pressure with his neck bent to his shoulders but they needs to develop more softness. More indoor arena leading lessons too.
It is fun to gallop in the snow , lots of jump in the canter for lead changes!
Lila training update 1-29
Friday, January 29th, 2010
Showing off in the snow is fun!
Lila update 1-29-10
The focus on this week has been to move the shoulders from pressure to do the start of turn on the haunches and respect the handler’s space. Moving the shoulders is a big deal for the horse. She will not yield shoulders unless she is submissive to the handler and confident that she is safe. Their instinct is to push into pressure especially when insecure, because they are young the want to push into the handler like they did their dams for security.
Lila was slow to respond to the cue, she was convinced when I turned her head away she should either back up or bend her neck. I repositioned her and asked again and once she gave a little, I released my cues. She wanted to lean into the pressure and bend her neck beautifully and softly unfortunately that is not what I wanted her to do. The bending of her neck causes her weight to shift to the shoulder I was asking her to move away from, making it almost impossible for her to move off that shoulder and cross her front legs. I walked her forward and while her foot was in the air used pulsing pressure on her shoulder muscle caused her to move away from me. She moved away from pressure easier on her right side and it was harder on her left. I praise her and asked on the other side. I asked her on each side to move away from pressure twice. By the second session she figured out that I wanted something new and though would bend her neck sometimes, she also figured out the cross the front legs to move away from the pressure.
To cue her: I stand at the point of the shoulder and push the head away from me with a straight arm. My other hand pinches and pushes in the middle of the large muscle level with the point of the shoulder and between the elbow and point of shoulder. I push with both hands at the same time while walking straight toward her neck. Once she crosses his front legs I release all pressure and walk forward. I repeated the same on the other side.
I did this every day and after the 4th day asked for 2 steps. Once she figured out what I wanted she moved over as easily as the other foals. Today she was the most light and responsive of all the foals, I hardly had to cue her giving a very light cue to move her shoulders to the right and left. She responded equally to both sides. I will continue working with lighter and lighter cues and eventually just handler’s body language and a kiss sound. Once she is to this light she will be unlikely to spook into a person as she would her dam.
She is now backing on verbal command easily
This week we had another visitor and Lila also got an impromptu leading lesson in the indoor arena. She was a bit spunky (no bad stuff just feeling up), you could tell she wanted to play but with reminders she listened to her handlers even though at times the cues were not always clear, (visitor was handling her) she was generally cooperative.
Next we ask for 3 steps over for the shoulders and learn to move our haunches over better. Now she can move away from a pulsing pressure with her neck bent to her shoulders but they needs to develop more softness. More indoor arena leading lessons too.
Lila update 1-20
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010Lila update 1-20
This week was filled with some new adventures for the foals, making sale videos. To make a video we had a good morning brushing to be sure she looked her best, then my helper rode Mr Dobbs down the lime lane to the catch pen at the end near the barn, with the foals following like the pied piper, it was cute as the foals are much bigger than Mr Dobbs. This lane connects all the boarder pens, with the foal pen the furthest away. The foals had a great time trotting down the lane staring at the boarder horses that came to the fence to watch the show. Then they trotted to catch up to Mr Dobbs, showing off to the horses watching.
Once in the catch pen we left Iris and Lila and lead RZ and Mr Dobbs to the indoor arena. The girls had to learn they were ok without their friend RZ and fearless leader Mr Dobbs. They called a little, walked around a little puzzled and not at all frantic. This was the first time they had been separated. After RZ’s turn it was Lilas. She led to the arena well and was quick to investigative about the jump standards and poles in the middle but then had a good time playing in the good footing in the indoor. As with RZ my helper got plenty of exercise moving her for the video footage. She would move when encouraged but stopped to investigate the arena when given a chance. The experience was good for all.
Like RZ , Lila had to learn to wait with the human and not leave exactly when Mr. Dobbs left the arena, this involved learning Elegant Elephant. A tteam technique, where you use the white (whip) wand to signal the horse in front of her nose and chest to slow or stop without using the halter so the horse learns to follow your body to stop. Lila got this technique right away; it took some fingers in her mouth to get her to lick and chew, so I knew she was not in freeze and understood.
This week Lila learned to back with a verbal cue and body language of walking toward her chest. She got this right away. She also is learning to move his hind legs while keeping his front still, a pivot on the forehand. I bend her nose to her shoulder and cued her with a pulsing cue to her ribs right behind where the leg would go if I were riding her. She just stood there, and wiggled her nose like I was itching her. So I used the wand and bumped her hind leg with it along with the cue on her ribs. She moved and I released all signals. Then went to the other side and repeated. Again she just stood there thinking I was itching her. So I used the wand bumping again. Then went back to the first side, She moved from the cue on the ribs, I scratched her neck in front of the withers. She likes this. Then went to the off side and repeated the exercise. She responded properly again with the signal on the ribs, she got another good girl scratch. I had her lower her head and took off the halter
Today she learned to lead out of sight of her pasture mates. They were in the run in shed and we walked around and around it. Using Dingo to go, and halter pressure to go, and Elegant Elephant to stop. She was very nice, she did not stop to stay with her friends while they ate hay in the shed. She is such a joy to train! Actually they all are which makes my job SO much fun.
RZ update 1-20
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010RZ update 1-20
This week was filled with some new adventures for the foals, making sale videos and showing off for a visitor. I had shortened RZ’s mane and now it sticks straight up, so my helper and I use rubber bands and made a bunch of pig tails and laid it over. Now he looks much better and ready to show off.
To make a sale video we had a good morning brushing to be sure he looked his best, then my helper rode Mr Dobbs down the lime lane to the catch pen at the end near the barn, with the foals following like the pied piper, it was cute as the foals are much bigger than Mr Dobbs. This lane connects all the boarder pens, with the baby pen the furthest away. The foals had a great time trotting down the lane staring at the boarder horses that came to the fence to watch the show. Then they trotted to catch up to Mr Dobbs, showing off to the horses watching.
Once in the catch pen we left the other two foals and lead RZ and Mr Dobbs to the indoor arena and there RZ got to investigate the arena then my helper I think got more exercise than RZ. RZ would rather trot than canter and investigate than run around. But the experience was good for all and we got some video footage.
RZ learned he had to wait with the human and not leave exactly when Mr. Dobbs left the arena, this involved learning Elegant Elephant. A tteam technique, where you use the white (whip) wand to signal the horse in front of his nose and chest to slow or stop without using the halter so the horse learns to follow your body to stop. It took only once to show him and he waited with a lick and chew, this told me he understood.
This week RZ learned to back with a verbal cue and body language of walking toward his chest. He got this right away. He also is learning to move his hind legs while keeping his front still, a pivot on the forehand. I bend his nose to his shoulder and cue him with a pulsing cue to his ribs right behind where the leg would go if you were riding him. Once he moved his hind legs I released his head and let his haunches move away from me. He picked it up quickly.
Today he learned to lead out of sight of his pasture mates. They were in the run in shed and we walked around and around it. Using Dingo to go, and halter pressure to go, and Elegant Elephant to stop. He did perfect. What a good boy he is!
posted video of Lila- Artbeat 09 AWR Westphalian filly
Sunday, January 17th, 2010go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aD5akzgnlo to see the new video of Ima De lovely Lila by Indain Artbeat and out of Eagles Wings Aka “velvet” taken spring of 09
