tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846330497859393721.post1346194941432587725..comments2024-03-26T08:18:42.915-04:00Comments on Cob Jockey: That Right Shoulder ThoJenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04292565760924146966noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846330497859393721.post-57431803787673102002016-03-14T23:01:24.983-04:002016-03-14T23:01:24.983-04:00Oh gosh, I hope I didn't come across as feelin...Oh gosh, I hope I didn't come across as feeling down! I'm thrilled to finally have the type of feel that lets me recognize and fix stuff like that. But thanks, it does help to hear that from someone who has moved up the levels!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292565760924146966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846330497859393721.post-59393887334232123862016-03-14T22:53:37.457-04:002016-03-14T22:53:37.457-04:00Just a friendly reminder (and mood booster for you...Just a friendly reminder (and mood booster for you maybe?!) that we ALL struggle with a stiffer side. There is not one day that I get on my horse and don't have to really work on his suppleness and thoroughness, especially to the right. Then once I 'get' him and move on to something hard he defaults to getting crooked again because its hard!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697668284253060576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846330497859393721.post-71835652958586905602016-03-14T20:15:30.443-04:002016-03-14T20:15:30.443-04:00I feel lately like you and I are at a very similar...I feel lately like you and I are at a very similar stage of riding and learning.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292565760924146966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846330497859393721.post-68775825893974530522016-03-14T19:46:40.556-04:002016-03-14T19:46:40.556-04:00Katai does this with her left shoulder. Great post...Katai does this with her left shoulder. Great post! This made me think about it a different way since I've never conceptualized it this way before.Piccoloponyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08275679567725425281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846330497859393721.post-77476278239937823512016-03-14T18:17:59.435-04:002016-03-14T18:17:59.435-04:00I'm familiar with the hole too! Connor used t...I'm familiar with the hole too! Connor used to do that to me. Working through that issue set me on the course to find this issue.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292565760924146966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846330497859393721.post-50112553374041601142016-03-14T18:14:48.388-04:002016-03-14T18:14:48.388-04:00Thanks! I saw that and I was like "Oh man, t...Thanks! I saw that and I was like "Oh man, that's a blog post." It's definitely retraining muscle and brain for sure, for both of us.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292565760924146966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846330497859393721.post-75267591429837717502016-03-14T18:12:41.030-04:002016-03-14T18:12:41.030-04:00You'll get there! Remember I've been at t...You'll get there! Remember I've been at these annoying minutiae with this horse for five years now and this is all the farther we've gotten. Haha.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292565760924146966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846330497859393721.post-75234310030729894812016-03-14T18:10:50.865-04:002016-03-14T18:10:50.865-04:00It's an ongoing battle for sure. They all cho...It's an ongoing battle for sure. They all choose one foreleg over the other, I've been told. Roscoe is going to feel like a gumby horse for a long time if Connor is any indication!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292565760924146966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846330497859393721.post-86371728973005309472016-03-14T18:09:44.328-04:002016-03-14T18:09:44.328-04:00I'm so glad you validated what I posted, serio...I'm so glad you validated what I posted, seriously, sometimes I feel like a crazy person. I am intimately familiar with what you are describing! In addition to your cue about equal amounts of space, usually I get told "keep equal amounts of his shoulders in front of you". I AM learning a lot from it, I have to pay such close attention to these little details I never noticed before. That said, I can't wait until he makes it into the "remind for one or two strides" camp.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292565760924146966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846330497859393721.post-66472455346077708752016-03-14T17:50:06.027-04:002016-03-14T17:50:06.027-04:00Mollie is the polar opposite on this. Lately her r...Mollie is the polar opposite on this. Lately her right leg feels like she's stepping down in a hole, and she places it to the inside of where it belongs. It takes a small act of congress to get her to step OUT with that RF and place it (what feels like) to the middle of the ring. Dressage man. Aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07500126230379142357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846330497859393721.post-27792355263166777622016-03-14T16:51:01.046-04:002016-03-14T16:51:01.046-04:00Wow, great catch with that picture - I see exactly...Wow, great catch with that picture - I see exactly what you mean! Maybe as he gets stronger, the faster you'll work through this each ride. He's certainly capable, so I'm sure he'll get it eventually! It's just a matter of retraining both muscle and brain I think.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16411599470246102708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846330497859393721.post-5148130392406655732016-03-14T15:42:21.045-04:002016-03-14T15:42:21.045-04:00Ha! Well I'm just over here like "someday...Ha! Well I'm just over here like "somedays we can turn right now" and that's pretty exciting...SprinklerBandithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02948487857418394022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846330497859393721.post-35052499662967592432016-03-14T15:32:24.760-04:002016-03-14T15:32:24.760-04:00Ugh, I battle with Roscoe and Rosemary on straight...Ugh, I battle with Roscoe and Rosemary on straight every ride. Rosemary is easier to remind and move on. Roscoe pops that left shoulder creating the unequal space Megan mentioned in the reins. We are still finding our way through that issue. At least you can recognize and address Connor's. Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13675631291488697042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846330497859393721.post-82788502861534345462016-03-14T15:00:59.707-04:002016-03-14T15:00:59.707-04:00Awesome timing! This concept came up in a lesson y...Awesome timing! This concept came up in a lesson yesterday. The horse gets way over his right shoulder too and that causes him to lean on the rein with his neck so he doesn't have to connect or hold himself. Poor rider was struggling because I had her riding straight on the circle and told her to look at the neck and get there to be an equal amount of space between neck and rein on both sides. But then not drift way in/out on the circle. <br /><br />It definitely gets better/easier as they get stronger. When this horse is fit and strong, he defaults to straight after you remind him once or twice. He's coming due for hock injections so the crookedness is back with a vengeance. I don't mind it so much because it teaches his rider a lot :) Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04255900012774193536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846330497859393721.post-314301523637318672016-03-14T09:54:00.932-04:002016-03-14T09:54:00.932-04:00Just looking back from where I am now, I'd hig...Just looking back from where I am now, I'd highly suggest keeping a hyper awareness of when you're holding him straight, and starting the process of weaning him off your support way earlier than I did. Learn from my mistakes. Haha!Austenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13004088333430762406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846330497859393721.post-72270676657811038352016-03-14T09:19:21.939-04:002016-03-14T09:19:21.939-04:00Yeah. I'm a step behind you. He won't hold...Yeah. I'm a step behind you. He won't hold it himself unless I show him what it means to travel straight and he no longer feels threatened by me changing his way of going. Once we have that regularly, it's up to him to keep it.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292565760924146966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846330497859393721.post-88063933593008252552016-03-14T09:17:58.141-04:002016-03-14T09:17:58.141-04:00Training is interesting. I am dealing with a simil...Training is interesting. I am dealing with a similar crooked issue with the left shoulder (mostly happening due to a still weak right hind), but am having to fix it a totally different way. I CAN hold him straight and pick him up and put him where I want him, but now he needs to learn to hold his own straightness. Which is a whole new ballgame. <br /><br />Grrr. <br /><br />Straightness sucks. Basically. This is my comment.Austenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13004088333430762406noreply@blogger.com