{"id":30717,"date":"2021-12-03T07:03:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T07:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com\/academy\/course\/marks-journey-5-3\/"},"modified":"2022-10-21T07:25:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T07:25:06","slug":"bo2-03-06","status":"publish","type":"tva_lesson","link":"https:\/\/teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com\/academy\/course\/bo2-03-06\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark\u2019s Journey \u2013 #5"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is a Reed and How do you use it?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mark is progressing nicely with the horses.  You can see in the videos that in the beginning mark was very nervous and uneasy around the horses.  However, now he is becoming more confident and calmer.  Even though he is still a bit shaky, because this is his first time ever being around horses, he is truly enjoying the adventure.<\/p>\n

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The best part of this process for me as a trainer is that I can really break the learning process down to very small, baby steps, that are detailed and easy to follow for a person who is very \u201cgreen\u201d.  <\/p>\n

Because of this breakdown, it makes it easier for the intermediate and advanced horse person to see areas they may have forgotten after years with horses too.  The power is in the details.<\/p>\n

The details in your body language and your intentions are so important to your horse, as it is his entire language and how he knows to communicate with you.<\/p>\n

When you focus on the small details as well, your communication becomes easier and stronger.  How beautiful.  Everything works so well when in sync.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this video, Mark is just learning how to hold something in his hand and use it as a way to communicate with his horse.  We are using a reed because it is a natural object that won\u2019t scare the horse or give him a reason to be anxious.  Horses see a reed as just a natural item found in nature and they understand that they are not harmful.<\/p>\n

No preconceived notions on the part of the human or the horse.  Horses usually know what a whip means and it changes their frame of mind to what they \u201cautomatically\u201d know about what they need to do when they see a whip.  <\/p>\n

Humans usually know what a whip means and it can sometimes give them a false sense of confidence, power, and control.<\/p>\n

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 Therefore, putting them in a frame of mind to what they are \u201csuppose\u201d to do with a whip.  Having a reed to start with puts both the horse and human at square one again and they can begin learning fresh, together.<\/p>\n

The video shows three motions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. How to hold the reed properly in an \u201cactive\u201d and an \u201cinactive\u201d position.<\/li>\n
  2. How you can \u201caccidentally\u201d make requests with a reed and not even know it, but your horse is listening.<\/li>\n
  3. How to \u201cask\u201d your horse to stop \u201cdoing\u201d something and change his mindset to just relax.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I hope you enjoying watching Mark\u2019s journey with horses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-30717","tva_lesson","type-tva_lesson","status-publish","hentry","tva_courses-bo2","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tva_lesson\/30717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tva_lesson"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tva_lesson"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}