When does Try get "motivated" to be LBE?

positive, exuberance:
1. riding in the field
2. barrel racing
3. pole bending
4. point to point

temper, negative:
1. over cueing
2. circling game
3. round corral
4. bow tie

Snarky ears

What games cause snarky ears?

1. Online Circling game at a trot and definitely a canter.
2. Online Change of direction except at a walk and sometimes a trot.
3. Overasking/using a higher cue than necessary.

Technique/Tools
me
effectiveness?
rude/over cueing?
waiting for lick/chew?
how light/little can I do?
go back to online/12'
use of treats
clarity of cueing?
neutral
tools: sstring push/pull rope
phases 1-4/rudeness
mirroring/my E/intensity
facial expression
particular

Try
attitude/ears
moving my feet
ribs/contact
invading my space
backup
HQ yield?
circling
fig 8/falling leaf/drive

Strategies
film
coaching

respect /lbi
FQ 365deg until softens
creative phase4
slow down
reward + thoughts

reset
wait for lick and chew
then offer treat

relaxation 1=magic; 10=real tense
meet in pasture/stall 3
leave pasture/walk to barn 3
grooming etc *
online or liberty 1 3
online or liberty 2 2
online or liberty 3 *
freestyle or finesse 1 3
freestyle or finesse 2 4
freestyle or finesse 3 2
cool down 3
remove tack/clean up *
trip back to pasture 2
good byes in pasture 3

3=pleasant but not fully open
2=pretty open

Riding
seat phase 1
focus/dn trans
partial disengage
snappy departure
yoyo
ride the gait/trans
ribs for relax

Attitude
All about me
Smiling, loving, relaxed
No goals - just being
go slow/myE/mirror?
variety
reverse psychology?
was I exuberant?
leader? Adversarial?
aware/catch moment
emot fitness?

All about Try
was she annoyed?
did she offer things?
extra energy?
was she curious?
did she feel smart?
thinking good things?

Fun Stuff/Motivation
dwell time/grazing
passenger time
exploration
new places, stimulation
safety comfort food

Necessary stuff +?
grooming
bathing
no-stirrups 6 laps trot
riding lesson

Concentrated learning
tasks/new learning
20/80%
reward
nagging/overcueing
do something else
get off it?
did she feel smart?

Exuberance
extra energy
temper tantrum? Fear?
joy?
stick to me
cutting horse game
online circling variations

Coaching from Kelly

Trailer loading and Try: Although Try is always willing to go in to trailer (obedient), she is not motivated nor energetic about going in there. Kelly fed her horse dinner in the trailer. With grain in there, Try will go on her own. Also Try pinned her ears when I swung carrot stick and string to be sure she would do it quickly with the 10 minute time limit.

No trailer to use to play: use pedestal as a resting place. LBI's love to put their foot on things and be up high.

Note: assessor Kristy has LBI.

Be aware of my rope handling: helicopter flick of the wrist.
Sideways towards do from farther away i.e. end of 22' with belly of rope on the ground like liberty.
See if can lead by one tail hair

Try may be innately more of an extravert but made to be an introvert through her western pleasure background. I want to release more and more of her play drive. Western pleasure could have made here grumpy, pissy. Note: she used to be a machine showing no curiosity or play drive around me. The touch-it game was a revelation.
Kelly said she is lovely horse or words to that effect.

Weave: Try doesn't appreciate my cueing her front end (??back end)--problem area is the end of the weave pattern--how about having a barrel there with a treat? That way she sees a clear end to the game coming instead of the prospect of endless, mindless repetitions.

Circling game: standing still is bad--get it moving, travel the circle, go to tree and wrap, run and turn away--chase. cookie. Spins, falling leaf, improvization, variety. More imagination, and fun for motivation.

Send Kelly some freestyle and liberty footage. LBI definately prefers them to online--insulting to have that line on their head.

Liberty: LBIs love to mirror--I'm moving my feet, you should too.

My focus remains shaping my behavior to be a better partner for LBI Try. I have been researching the topic, found about 40 ideas, suggestions etc from dvd/savvytimes/hot line etc. Then organized them into clusters hoping that would help me come up with a “program” for myself. Came up with about 5 clusters:

1. Ideas centered around my energy and her energy
2. Use of reward to motivate
3. Variety
4. Remaining neutral rather than nag/micromanage
5. All about me: my attitude, negative self-talk etc. (The new mastery manual is great for this.)

In doing this I realize that variety is something I can plan but the rest requires constant conscious awareness of what both Try and I are doing, thinking, feeling. This is not so easy to accomplish. I am remembering an acting class game used to heighten awareness of self and another that I want to try. This I think will require s l o w I n g down everything and waiting in between to allow the analysis to happen on a deeper level as there is so much to be aware of all at the same time.

passed online level 3

Passed!!!!! L3 Online

great obedience

for L4: need motivation and exuberance--key is variety
was subtly micromanaging circle game