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Sanduga:
While in Mexico teaching and training at a private club near Merida, I had several opportunities to use TEAM
as part of training on horses of the members.
The first case was a year old Thoroughbred mare imported from Texas. When she arrived she was
traumatized by the long arduous trip and was extremely nervous. After talking to her previous owner we found
that she had always been quite reactive and excitable. She would turn away and move to the back of the stall
when a person entered; she hated having her ears touched and was difficult to groom and tack up, as she
would constantly move away.
We began stroking with the wand. The owner did this for several days, until the mare was glad to see her
arrive, and would stand relaxed and quiet after just a minute or two of stroking. Then we used raccoon
touches and clouded leopard touches of face and neck, gradually including ear work.
At this time the vet was called in to give the horse injections. I was not able to be present.
When we next saw the mare she was very nervous, and when we tried to put the halter on with the chain over
her nose, she panicked. We learned that the vet had been extremely confrontational and had cross tied her
with chains over and under her nose and 2 helpers to hold her! I spent several sessions lowering her head
with the TTOUCH while someone jiggled the chain and ran it back and forth thru the halter until she could
accept it quietly. Then we moved on to the same practice with the halter on her head until finally we were able
to once again halter and lead her normally.
More injections were needed, so we prepared for them by using touches on the neck with an occasional
poke with a fingernail until the poke went unnoticed. I did the remaining injections alone with no trouble.
The mare seemed to have poor front to hind end connection, so we used abalone, lying leopard and flick of
the bears paw to improve the connection and hind end coordination.
When we began longeing we found she did not know how to go forward. Then followed work on leading
using dingo, dolphins flickering thru the waves and elegant elephant. In starting her under saddle all work
was repeated with me leading until the rider was able to ask her quietly forward using whip and then leg
signals.
At the time I left Mexico this mare was longeing quietly and working at the walk and trot under saddle
While in Mexico teaching and training at a private club near Merida, I had several opportunities to use TEAM
as part of training on horses of the members.
The first case was a year old Thoroughbred mare imported from Texas. When she arrived she was
traumatized by the long arduous trip and was extremely nervous. After talking to her previous owner we found
that she had always been quite reactive and excitable. She would turn away and move to the back of the stall
when a person entered; she hated having her ears touched and was difficult to groom and tack up, as she
would constantly move away.
We began stroking with the wand. The owner did this for several days, until the mare was glad to see her
arrive, and would stand relaxed and quiet after just a minute or two of stroking. Then we used raccoon
touches and clouded leopard touches of face and neck, gradually including ear work.
At this time the vet was called in to give the horse injections. I was not able to be present.
When we next saw the mare she was very nervous, and when we tried to put the halter on with the chain over
her nose, she panicked. We learned that the vet had been extremely confrontational and had cross tied her
with chains over and under her nose and 2 helpers to hold her! I spent several sessions lowering her head
with the TTOUCH while someone jiggled the chain and ran it back and forth thru the halter until she could
accept it quietly. Then we moved on to the same practice with the halter on her head until finally we were able
to once again halter and lead her normally.
More injections were needed, so we prepared for them by using touches on the neck with an occasional
poke with a fingernail until the poke went unnoticed. I did the remaining injections alone with no trouble.
The mare seemed to have poor front to hind end connection, so we used abalone, lying leopard and flick of
the bears paw to improve the connection and hind end coordination.
When we began longeing we found she did not know how to go forward. Then followed work on leading
using dingo, dolphins flickering thru the waves and elegant elephant. In starting her under saddle all work
was repeated with me leading until the rider was able to ask her quietly forward using whip and then leg
signals.
At the time I left Mexico this mare was longeing quietly and working at the walk and trot under saddle
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