> I'd appreciate comments on the following post written by Alexandra > Kurland. It describes a clinic I attended a few months ago. For > those who don't know the code, WWYLM is the Why Would You Leave Me > game, where you ask the horse to keep his attention on you and click > and treat him when he does, first on the ground, then under saddle. > You gradually ask him to re-balance and learn to carry himself in > perfect self carriage, as you walk a circle.
This is a great topic, Mary! There's so many things in this post to comment on, but just to start: > We had a circle of cones set up. Mary started by riding WWYLM around > the cones. She began on the buckle. As long as Stormur stayed on > the circle, she left him alone. If he started to leave the circle at > all, she slid down the inside rein and brought his nose back onto the > circle. Just out of curiosity, you have the rescue mare: at what point was she exposed to the WWYLM game? Can you do it pretty much from the beginning? Thanks! Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com
