Wake Up Lazy Horse
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- čas přidán 17. 05. 2022
- Is your horse on the lazy side? This week I am giving you some tips and strategies to get your horse hotter and more reactive!
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It can be so frustrating, not to mention physically draining, to be repeatedly giving a forward aid to your horse and for them to just ignore it. Nothing is worse than you working harder than your horse!
Horses are not naturally lazy. We often train them to be lazy so that they don't over react and leave us in the dirt! But with correct training, we can re-establish enough forwardness to stop them from being lazy and lethargic!
Once again, the rider position is crucial for waking up a lazy horse. You need to be in the optimum position to give effective aids with the minimum energy expenditure from you!!
Kensington is a bit of a sleepyhead sometimes, so for this week’s video, he and I are going to outline some basic points and show some great exercises to wake up your lethargic pony!
1. The driving aids mean GO. Your legs are your primary driving aid and your whip is an auxiliary used to reinforce the legs.
2. You need to keep your legs OFF a lazy horse! This may sound counterintuitive, but this is so that when you DO use your legs, you can get a reaction. If your leg is always on, it doesn’t have meaning for them. (The reverse is true for a hot horse, legs always a little but on so that they become less sensitive to them!)
3. A GREAT exercise I like to use on lazy horses is Leg Resensitizing. Here’s how you execute it…
-Walk on a loose rein.
-Then close the legs and ask for trot.
-And then when they do trot, let them trot for a few strides, reward them and then come back to the walk.
-When you are walking practice letting them walk with your heels away from their sides and not stopping!
-Repeat this a few times
4. The same pattern as the leg resensitization can be used for your whip. Remember horses can feel a fly, so they can feel the slightest tickle from your whip, and that’s all they should need to get a reaction. Here’s how…
-Start with the tiniest flick of the whip on the horses’ hind end.
-Keep going with the taps and increase the intensity until they react
-Once they react and go into trot, reward them and slowly let them come back to walk.
-Repeat the cycle a few times
5. Next up is Walk-trot-Walk in the same pattern as the resensitization exercise. Here are some key points.
-We want the upward transition to be abrupt and explosive
-We want the downward transition to be gradual.
-The second your horse starts trotting, remember to get your heels down and leg off, as this -removes the pressure and acts as a reward.
-Bring your horse down to an ACTIVE walk, but without letting them stop
-Repeat!
You’ll notice in a short space of repeating these, your horse’s sensitivity to the aids will improve!
Important! When working with lazy horses, remember to reward by release!!! As soon as he responds to the given aid, release it! This stops them from becoming so accustomed that they don’t listen.
VERY important! Do not worry about their head during these exercises, this is purely about the driving aids and asking for contact or roundness could just be misconstrued as an aid to slow down or stop! Let the energy flow forwards for the purpose of increasing their sensitivity to the aids. The contact can come once the forwardness has returned!
Watch the video where I go into more detail with Kensington, and let me know if you find it helpful in the comments!
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My warmblood mare is on the lazy side when I ride her but comes alive when ridden by a professional. I know it's me. She feels so safe, never spooks and since I keep her at home and ride alone, a part of me likes her like this. BUT, I would like her to be more reactive to my driving aids so I don't have to work so hard. I am definitely the sweatier one and more out of breath than she is. She's pretty fit, actually! Your videos really inspire me and I thank you for them!
I have a extremely lazy horse( Estonian native horse ) , he's been like this from the birth, he even does not want to play with other horses. I always laugh that he's favorite gait is standing ....
Haha! That's funny. Some horses are lazier than others for sure!!
My Estonian horse is the same😅
Can I ask how you get your horse out of laziness? What exercise you do other than transition?
@@littlelazy2009 lunging and because he loves carriage then I do that with him,and after that he is little bit quicker but not for a long.... He is just like that, he was born that way, I helped him to this world so I know him from his birth.
@@margitmartin8790 so pretty much you accept who he is and just live with it? My horse sounds similar to yours sometimes she has sparkling moments so we are trying to find a way to get her speaking moment out more often.
This is fantastic and so helpful-thank you! I’m going to try this with the lazier members of our therapeutic/adaptive riding herd!
Let us know how it goes!
Love this!
Thanks. This is so helpful. Often I’m the only one sweating after the ride!!
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I have a lovely foundation style QH gelding that sometimes gets really lazy when we are doing the free walk, esp in a test (of course!).
Let me know how these tips go!
I learned and improved so much by watching your videos. My horse is an older Hanoverian and he's always been known to be on the "lazier" side. I can greatly improve his responsiveness by practicing aid-reaction-release from a walk to trot transition. What I am really really missing though and am desperate to find is someone explain how to improve responsiveness WITHIN the gait. So once he is trotting or cantering, how do I keep him forward without nagging him? I try to stick to the same formula, but especially in the canter he is so quick to become slow and behind my leg that I feel like I am fighting for every step forward. On bad days I barely get a few steps in before he wants to transition down to a trot on his own and my only goal is to keep him in the canter long enough so that I can make the decision to go back to trot instead of him. That way I can't even work on more forward in the canter, since I can barely keep him in the gait to begin with. I try lots of trot-canter transitions, keeping the canter work very short and sweet, but I don't see much improvement. I know that he CAN canter beautifully and once he's really warm and awake he has the biggest, most beautiful long strides. But I don't often get him to that point. Any tips? :(
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Thank you for sharing all of what you know . I am so grateful
Thank you for this tips❤ there’s some pony’s at my stable who are really slow so I’ll definitely use these tips
I love the idea of quick transitions! I’ll have try this as a beginner. And, to let them go for a minute!
I just bought a horse a couple of months ago who loves to stop at the walk and not move . Getting him to trot is like moving a mountain. However I am a novice rider , which doesn’t help. This video comes with perfect timing ! But we one of the other commenters indicated I’m a little worried about what’s on the other side of the correction 😄
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Love this so helpful and I like how your not ruff with the horse you do it little and increase ❤ my horse sometimes is super slow so I will try this and see hiw this goes🙂
This is the best video Amanda , like the way you actually went step by step this is SO helpful, since my boy is 22 and he does exactly what you are saying :) Helen
Yay! Go glad it helped!
I’ll definitely try this with my new lease. He’s very lazy when it comes to the aids so I’ll definitely try this to get him more in front of the leg instead of being behind
I have a Perch/TB. We work on this a lot. He's doing much better. I have definitely been more out of breath and sweatier than my horse!! Thanks for this video!
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Thank you for the videos. I had a very hard time seeing where the whip was. In your next videos, could you pretty please use a fluorescent color whip to make it obvious?
Thanks for this suggestion!
Thank you for this CZcams- I think I work harder than the horse. I will definitely try these re-sensitizing exercises. Thank you for all your helpful hints.
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The Sue Martin Video you shared today on effective aids is really helpful
Thanks so much Phyllis I'm really glad it helped you! And thanks for watching and subscribing!
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Hi Amela thank you for your video today it will really help me with Molly, I had to smile when you asked about whether you feel you are working harder and feel more sweaty as now that it is slightly warmer in the UK I feel like I am always working harder now. Anyway onward and upwards - see you next time Amanda
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I totally get this. This is very helpful
I’m going to try these exercises with my gelding. He has a way of tricking the rider into over riding him it is extremely exhausting. I’ll report back.
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Yes, I do have a very lazy pony Monty 😂 thank you so much for your amazing and of course extremely helpful videos Amelia!!
Edit: yes definitely feel like i am working harder than my horse 🤣🤣
I love your videos. Always very clear and to the point. I have a 5 year old mare that is getting better at responding to the trot ask but really tough getting a responsive canter ask. Do you have a video that covers that? Thank you!
Hi Beth,
I have lots of videos on canter transitions. Here is one that might help:czcams.com/video/BAY4_ZiOovA/video.html
The horse is not lazy. The horse is a reflection of the person handling it.
Yes, I agree
I'm training my halter-bred quarter horse/paint in dressage...it's a regular thing to do these for my guy!
Good for you!!
YEEP! have found maself workin harder than ma school Horse. Thanks fir this :)
Happy to help!
Great excersizes I do them a lot. I also have a lazy horse but she was not so at first. Turned out she had problems in her body. Now that had been attended to and she is ok. But it takes time and work to get her thinking forward again. Thanks for the video
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@@AmeliaNewcombDressage thank you I have applied
Thank you Amelia. I'm getting a LOT of experience with a lazy, non-reactive horse. I really appreciate this material. Question: "letting him come slowly back from trot to walk" seems to reward his deciding to slow down on his own." Seems like that might inadvertently reward his fading out of the trot, which is part of laziness. Or not ....?
I do seem to sometimes work harder than my girl. I’ve started doing these exercises & they’re working 😊
That's so great to hear.
Ill try these tips once i can ride my mare. At the moment im not able to ride her, because shes not as well trained and im a novice rider😢 she is lazy and explosive. If you put too much pressure on her, she bucks. So she still needs a but more training, but she's lame at the moment because her hoof grew someway its not supposed to and her hoof has a HORRIBLE crack so she needs to get her first pair of shoes ASAP. Hopefully that will happen within next week😢
Oh dear, I hope she recovers quickly!
Good
I do have a naughty chestnut mare but it goes already better with riding! Espasialy the transition to canter
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This is so good. My coach says keep the leg on all the time. But I can see here that it is better to take it off. Also in Canter do you keep the canter leg aid inside leg on outside leg behind all the time whilst in canter or do you bring the legs back to be under the horse. Do you keep the outside leg back all the time whilst cantering?
Hi Alison, no you bring it back forward once the aid has been given!
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My horse will respond to the squeeze of calf, but he is just now forward. His walk is slow and his trot is sometimes slow too. I know he needs to walk with “purpose”, but if I try to use my seat, I don’t get much and additional leg gets me trot. Ideas?
We do a lot of these transitions, but we're still struggling. You just reminded me to ride him into the walk. My horse learned Western and we've been working on dressage. He's a beautiful mover, but still gets confused when I try to put him on the bit and ask him to move forward. It's been our biggest hurdle. Also, bigger does not mean faster. *sigh*
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Really helpful, what types of spurs are u wearing for the additional aides? Thank you. Helen
Hi Helen, I have a ton of different spurs but thanks for this question I'm going to have a look and see which ones are my favourites! Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to subscribe to get notified of my new weekly content!
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I have metronome app on my phone. I would like to use this tool to help me and my horse establish the "runway model" walk. What would be a good rate for a smaller horse (like Natasha) for that? I find that I can establish that walk, but if I count in my head, I've caught myself slowing my counting as my horse slows down because it happens so subtly (sneaky boy). I'd like to learn how to catch it more quickly. I thought this might help keep it more honest until I can establish it in muscle memory.
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I learned the hard way that my horse was actually getting tight when I was asking him to move. I had to go to drastic measures to free him up. His front feet would get stuck so he'd buck. Add dullness to the mix. I had to use a quert to get him to move. Once on the right, twice on the left and that was it. I touch him with my leg and he was off to the races. After that I had to be careful not to do to much. Not a fitting solution for every horse I wouldn't try this without having someone around that knows whats what.
Good for you Dan! Yes, they always say that you need to be able to ride what's on the other side of the correction you give!!!
I love this….I have a very lazy warmblood who is only just 8 but was BS jumping to 5 years old….then had 2 owners who have confused her. She constantly sticks her nose out so am I to leave her alone in the mouth until I get the reactions sorted ?? 🤐😳🐴
Yes, get her moving forward first before worry about getting her on the bit.
Nice this is what my guy needs.
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My 8yo Zangersheide can be lazy. He's definitely not hot. My biggest issue is collecting and getting his hind under him. He does goes forward but once it gets harder he wiggles, lifts his head etc. Will do our 1st schooling show next week. Hopefully it goes well.
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My horse thoroughbred 7 y is lazy only in the beginning of our ride especially the first 3 trot attempts or canter… he seems not to have a motor whatsoever… with transitions it gets better and better; in the canter however I have the hardest time to keep him going…. One circle at the most. I also ride a 29 y dressage warm blood; none of these issues with him…vets don’t see a problem with my 7 y old physically.
Practice the exercises in this video - they will help! Love your comment about transitions - keep doing that to help him stay engaged and get him responsive to your aids.
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Every lazy horse I've ever ridden turn into a firecracker for some reason when I ride them. Maybe I have a hot seat, don't know if that's good or bad, I've been so used to riding lazy horses all the time and having a "hot" seat works for them but it kinda backfires when I ride energetic horses.
When you let him come back to the walk, are you asking for the walk or just letting him decide?
You ask for it.
Does what you feed him make a difference in their forwardness? I have a little mustang and I only feed him bermuda, he is sooo lazy he will only walk. What's your thots on this? Thank you
It can help with their energy level and developing the muscles long term but it's the training that will make it ridable and adjustable.
My lease horse is very lazy! I accidentally got in the habit of constantly nagging him to stay forward. I’ve had to relearn how to ask and hold him accountable for staying trotting.
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This really works! Thank you!
Mines more whoa than go and acts out at trailheads because he doesn't want to work.
I noticed you said take your leg off but your legs were still bouncing off of his sides, particularly the outside leg? Why?
That may have just been my position being a bit loose
Boy have I had the experience of working harder than my horse. Exhausting
Still feel and see your leg is still kicking while posting after he goes forward? I’m confused 🫤
It’s moving with him and his movement, it’s kind of an optical illusion!
I have 2 lazy horses, I think it must be me.
Great video!
Spurs are also auxiliary aids, for forward? I see you use them.
Which order? Leg, whip, spur? Or leg, spur, whip? Or we skip the whip?
Or we skip the spurs? Do u ever ride without spurs?
Hey! Great questions. Depending on what I'm asking for depends on if I go for my spur or whip after my leg. Also depends a little on how educated the horse is.
Indian
99.9% my fault.