sassy, classy, and a bit smart assy

Ruby. 17. A circuit. Proud Canadian working my way up in the jumpers. Ask me anything

[queenofunifrogs-deactivated2020]

some speed sketching to try and stop being so rusty at drawing, ive missed drawing horses

[bellbootsandcandles]

[lucifersangel6]

Hey guys! I’m trying to get my photography and art business going so I can maybe stop living paycheck to paycheck. These are a few of the pictures I have available for sale in various forms. I’d really appreciate it so much if you guys would go to the Facebook and like the page or like some of the posts. 

The Facebook is: https://www.facebook.com/goodomensarts/?eid=ARAt8Jm_TtogGqDnLBUFT_HoogVZl8sU2ex312XhTLxJH1ZPWvMbcYR6ddoGJSfR-X8T1kWnOlq3SRPB

The website is: goodomensarts.com 

Thank you so much in advance!

[ahorsecalledtimber1]

ok i miss him

[gucci-equestrian]

naptime 😴

[quoted-books]

I am not lucky. You know what I am? I am smart, I am talented, I take advantage of the opportunities that come my way and I work really, really hard. Don’t call me lucky. Call me a badass.

Shonda Rhimes, Year of Yes (via theflowershop)

[bjuhlphotography]

George Morris Horsemastership Clinic 2017

bjuhlphotography.tumblr.com

[jumper-dreams]

Can we talk about the equitation here 😍😍😍😍

[equikage]

I found something to analyze! New Warwick Schiller vid showing the very first time backing this horse up. Warwick is the king of rewarding the smallest try and shaping behaviors with very light -r. Here he’s making his cues extremely obvious to the horse by dropping the reins entirely. First he picks them up, rewards the horse for a shortening of the neck and weight shift backwards by dropping them again. Picks them up without even making contact, drops them to reward another weight shift backwards. Continue until he gets his first actual steps backwards, big give.

He makes everything transparent for the horse. Picking up the reins = I’m about to give a cue, pay attention, already be thinking about what I might ask. Applying light pressure = the horse has already been taught lateral flexions and give to the reins, so automatically he offers the baby steps towards backing up (that weight shift and the shortened neck). Drop the reins = you did exactly right. Pick up the reins = I’m about to ask again. The same light pressure = I’m asking the same thing, horse offers the same/similar behavior. Drop the reins = yep good.

He doesn’t just pull on the reins until he gets the full behavior, he rewards the horse for every tiny shift towards the full behavior. And he doesn’t release once the behavior is finished (watch that last gif). He releases as soon as the behavior starts. Horse picks up its foot to step backwards and he is releasing/rewarding before that foot even hits the ground.

That’s how you do -r.

[milessperhourr]

I like this guy

[theclassicalhorse]

I love these gif.  THIS is how you use negative reinforcement.  Use the slightest bit of pressure and release as soon as you see/feel the horse even think about the response.  Just like with +R, gradually, you up the criteria and release for bigger, stronger versions of the behavior when the horse understands the beginnings of what you want.

This is how you DONT use negative reinforcement: ask for the full behavior all at once with light pressure, and if the horse fails to respond, use FULL FORCE to get the horse to do what you wanted it to do (kicking, wiping, yanking on the reins, etc).

The difference between these two approaches are like night and day.  Warwick’s demonstration shows patience, understanding, thoughtfulness, skill, clarity, and respect for the horse.  Clinton Anderson’s (and other like trainers) method shows aggressiveness, brutality, lack of respect for the horse, and just overall laziness on the trainers part.  If you don’t want to take the time it takes to teach your horse how to respond to you cues gradually with polite language, you have no business working with horses.

[clickerhorse]

All of the above. The more I see of him, the more I like Warwick Schiller. If you really think +R isn’t for you, I’d strongly refer you to him, or to Buck Brannaman (and the tradition/line of trainers he comes from). 

That reminds me, I really need to go read that book by Tom Dorrance..

[switching-reins]

Warwick is probably my favorite big name “Internet” trainer. He had a great video on getting a horse to stand for mounting that was night and day from CA’S douche bad horse flipping video.

[quintessentialhorsemanship]

@craigslisthorses we know how you feel about Clinton Anderson, how about Warwick Schiller?

[craigslisthorses]

10000000x netter than clinton, really appreciate this man

[horsiie]

Horse in Motion, Eadweard Muybridge, ca. 1886

[on-each-others-team]

Watching our friends show

[bomb-proof]

HITS Ocala!

[theweirdwideweb]

[jumper-dreams]

Lunging horses in the winter:

Me (normal tone): Woaahhhh

Me (in an extra soothing voice): Woahhh-Ohhh

Me (in a serious voice): Woah.

Me (serious mixed with slight panic): WOAH

Me (yelling): CHILL

Me (still yelling): STOP. HALT. WALK.

Me: accepts reality and holds on for dear life as horse continues to do laps at light speed

[jumper-dreams]

Mary Christmas you fancy animal 😜🎄

[jumper-dreams]

Don't drink and fly kids

[girlsuggestion]

eat healthily and exercise if you can. not to lose weight, not to improve your appearance, just to take care of yourself. while there are aestehtic benefits, eating right and exercising can relieve stress, cleanse your innards, and drastically improve how you function on a day-to-day basis.

[col-de-rousset]

the power of editing

1.10 schooling

Orangeville show jumping tournament

[col-de-rousset]