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  • #21
    I'm sad, it wouldn't come up for me. I wanna see it!!
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    • #22
      Originally posted by dserthorse View Post
      Where is the instructor's longe whip? Not like she couldn't run as fast as the pony was moving. It is a cute, naughty pony, and a you GO determined girl, even if she didn't seem to be aware what was going to happen after if happened the first several times.

      I like positive reinforcement training. Really I do. I seldom use the actual clicker, except with my really smart GSD. The horses, not so much. But I could count on my fingers the number of times in a year I smack, shank or pop my horses, I think. However, this pony would probably exceed my yearly total in the one lesson to learn to go on after the jump

      Now, what are "grass reins"?

      Laurel
      I wonder if "grass reins" are the side check or over check type rein some use on ponies in the British Islands, so the ponies can't pull the reins out of the kid's hands and graze as they are being ridden?

      I also can't see the video, it tells me it is not available any more.

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      • #23
        Uhhh what does this have to do with Clicker Training? Did I miss something?

        Pony was cute and the kid didn't fall off that many times, they were showing the same spills the last few times

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        • #24
          I hade to sign in to Live Journal to see it. It looks like a YouTube original but so far I haven't found it.
          Too bad, it definitely is worth seeing!
          Lilykoi


          Hell hath no fury like the chestnut thoroughbred mare

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          • #25
            Originally posted by Bluey View Post
            I wonder if "grass reins" are the side check or over check type rein some use on ponies in the British Islands, so the ponies can't pull the reins out of the kid's hands and graze as they are being ridden?

            I also can't see the video, it tells me it is not available any more.
            Aha! That makes sense.

            I can still get the video, maybe it's cached. Try YouTube, which is where it came from. Except I can't find it there

            Laurel

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            • #26
              OMG... I would have loaded that pony onto my trailer the instant someone took their eyes off it! What a bugger! And the kid was a great sport!
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              • #27
                I got on the site no problem.

                hahaha that is funny, cute pony as well.
                Does not say much about the teaching, but it was funny

                Grass rains are attached to side (saddle to bit) so pony can't reach and grab some grass.

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                • #28
                  Oh, I want that pony. Perfect teacher. You ride it correctly, I bet it goes like a trouper, great way to teach kids about use of legs! I think of my 5 yo well schooled horse- the day my son got on him having not ridden in 8 years, the wheels started turning- no evil thoughts, but 'hey, I CAN snatch some grass in the corners!'

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                  • #29
                    YouTube

                    Originally posted by Lilykoi View Post
                    I hade to sign in to Live Journal to see it. It looks like a YouTube original but so far I haven't found it.
                    Too bad, it definitely is worth seeing!
                    Here it is on YouTube if you couldn't see it off Live Journal

                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50oZV...e=channel_page
                    Lilykoi


                    Hell hath no fury like the chestnut thoroughbred mare

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                    • #30
                      Originally posted by dserthorse View Post
                      Aha! That makes sense.

                      I can still get the video, maybe it's cached. Try YouTube, which is where it came from. Except I can't find it there

                      Laurel
                      Go to YouTube, and search for The Many Misfortunes of Sorrell. It's there.

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                      • #31
                        Grazing reins would be so helpful! Even twine would work.

                        Determined kid. I think the trainer was laughing. My first pony used to bolt. Then she'd dump you on the jump. This is the first time I've seen a pony dump kids that way after a jump.

                        Gotta say that when the kid masters that pony and learns to keep her butt in the saddle, there won't be much she can't ride. Except maybe a bolter. Of course, that could be the next trick up the pony's sleeve...
                        "Passion without knowledge is a runaway horse."

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                        • #32
                          That was too funny, it should come with a warning "Swallow anything in your mouth before viewing".
                          "You gave your life to become the person you are right now. Was it worth it?" Richard Bach

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                          • #33
                            Originally posted by dserthorse View Post
                            I like positive reinforcement training.
                            This pony is getting positive reinforcement - he gets a fat mouthful of grass every time he misbehaves!

                            Originally posted by dserthorse View Post
                            Now, what are "grass reins"?
                            Sort of like a loose overcheck - stops naughty ponies from diving for the salad bar!
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                            • #34
                              Originally posted by Lilykoi View Post
                              Here it is on YouTube if you couldn't see it off Live Journal

                              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50oZV...e=channel_page
                              Oh, I could see it then.
                              I wonder if that kid was a little bit addledbrained after the first, to let the same happen again and again, not learn to leave the reins slip and sit up better?

                              You can make a side check, that are generally used in driving, by keeping a web or leather halter under the bridle, run a string from the bit, thru the upper ring on the halter side and to the D in the saddle where the breastcollar attaches to, one on each side.

                              Try it first on the longe line, without a kid and use it as little as you need, as anything extra like that can be one more thing to get hung up with.
                              Adjusted loosely, a pony can move it's head all around fine, just not reach clear to the ground to graze.
                              Side reins, as used longing, are too restrictive to ride with and are dangerous for that, as if the horse slips, it will have a hard time getting back on it's feet when it's head is restricted that much and can't use it to balance it'self.

                              There are side check bridles for training and driving that have those rings for the side check already attached:

                              http://www.griffinbrook.com/train.htm

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                              • #35
                                I would suggest one of those anti grazing aids but not until they make five or six more videos.
                                That pony is teaching that gutsy kid more than she knows.

                                I liked the trainer in 2:41 as the kid gets dumped again (probably after he just told her what not to do)
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                                • #36
                                  Two words: sand arena!

                                  The kid (yes, that is one gutsy kid and a decent rider) needs to use the CROP occasionally. heck, why else encumber herself with it?

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                                  • #37
                                    That's the sort of pony that kept Thelwell and Dr Ballard in business!

                                    Grass reins - search google images, except what comes up look more like sidereins - the grass reins our pony had went from the bit up through the browband and back to the Ds at the front of the saddle, in a vain attempt to stop our Thelwell special from grazing ad nauseam.

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                                    • #38
                                      Do you mean the kid was clicker trained?

                                      Cause I don't see the connection.
                                      Ring the bells that still can ring
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                                      There is a crack in everything
                                      That's how the light gets in.

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                                        #39
                                        Originally posted by MelantheLLC View Post
                                        Do you mean the kid was clicker trained?

                                        Cause I don't see the connection.
                                        Oh, come on..........animals does something person wants (in this case making it barely over the obstacles ) . Person clicks and treats. Excpet clicker here is no longer needed, as clever pony has learned that if he does sorta jump over something, he will now reward himself with mouthfulls of grass

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                                        • #40
                                          Sorry, clicker training just doesn't come to mind there.

                                          Video's cute tho.
                                          Ring the bells that still can ring
                                          Forget your perfect offering
                                          There is a crack in everything
                                          That's how the light gets in.

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