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Congratulations! You have successfully downloaded Effective Communication with The Driving Horse presented by Jeff Morse at 2005 The Driving Forum in Sturbridge, MA. March 7, 2005 DIRECTIONS

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  1. Congratulations! You have successfully downloaded Effective Communication with The Driving Horse presented by Jeff Morse at 2005 The Driving Forum in Sturbridge, MA. March 7, 2005 DIRECTIONS You should see controls for proceeding thru the presentation at the bottom left of each slide when you move your mouse. This download includes both the slides and the complete audio soundtrack of the presentation. The audio from each slide will begin automatically as you navigate from slide to slide. When the audio ends, proceed by clicking anywhere on the slide. You can stop and re-start the audio by clicking on the audio icon at the top right hand corner. Click anywhere else on the slide and the audio for that slide will stop. Click on the Icon and it will start again. Double click and you will go to the next slide. PRINTING THE BOOKLET If you have not already done so, you can now print the booklet that accompanies this presentation called: 7 Essential Exercises for Communicating with the Driving Horse You have 2 choices: Click here to open the PDF version. You will need Acrobat Reader. Click here to open the MS-Word version.

  2. The Driving Forum 2005 Jeff Morse Green Meads Farm Richmond, MA www.green.meads.com Effective Communication with the Driving Horse Jeff, whip ~ Age 1

  3. Ineffective Communication?

  4. What is The Subject of the Communication from the Driver to the Horse? • Balance = 90% • Direction/Speed = 10% • Blanket of Comfort • All Athletic Performance is enhanced by improvements in Balance control.

  5. What is The Subject of the Communication from the Horse to the Driver? • COMFORT • Physical Pain Obvious ~ Subtle ~ Hidden • Mental Pain Poor Management Poor Nutrition, Disease Genetic Deficiencies • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder • ‘The Emotional Brain’ by Joseph LeDoux

  6. The Horse is Constantly Communicating his Level of Comfort • Thru Body Language • Thru Behavior • Management Team • Owner • Trainer • Grooms • Vet • Chiropractor • Dentist • Farrier

  7. Improving Communication For The Driver • Driver Temperament • Driver mental state directly related to horse performance • Eat well • May mean the difference between a 4 and a 7 or missing a Gate or unnecessarily confusing your horse • Time Management • The most unfair thing you can do to your horse is to not have enough time for him. • The 1st Two Minutes • Driver gets to assess the horse • Horse gets to assess the Driver Alois Podhajsky, Director of the Spanish Riding School: “I have the Time.”

  8. Division of Labor & ManagementWhenever these two principals get crossed, problems begin.Slow DownDon’t bring the frenetic pace of Modern Life to the World of the Horse

  9. Use of the Aids • Reins • Primary • Synthetic vs Leather • Errors along the Path of Communication • Voice • Primary & Supporting • Verbal *Instruction* Structure • Instruction = Direct, Guide, Request, Ask • Command = Dictate, Demand, Order • Whip • Supporting • What isThe4th Aid?

  10. The Path of the Reins The path the reins take will influence the quality of the instruction to the horse. Kathleen Conklin & John Henry @ Walnut Hill 2004

  11. Errors on the Communication Path Kathleen Conklin & John Henry @ Walnut Hill 2004

  12. Use of the Aids • Reins • Primary • Synthetic vs Leather • Errors along the Path of Communication • Voice • Primary & Supporting • Verbal *Instruction* Structure • Instruction = Direct, Guide, Request, Ask • Command = Dictate, Demand, Order • Whip • Supporting • What isThe4th Aid?

  13. Body Position is The 4th Aid

  14. Seat Position Jeff Morse & Telishan Santiam, owned by Gail & Laurence Williamson

  15. How it Should Look Jeff Morse & SBS Risky Business

  16. To be repeated every 5 minutes Lift you feet and rest them on the floor Work your way up your legs, knees, thighs, pelvis Let the motion of the vehicle move you. Become Elvis = Loose! Elbows even with the front of your rib cage Hands held the width of your shoulders Hands higher than your elbows Ride the vehicle like you are riding on a saddle LOOK where you are going! TheCheck YourselfRoutine

  17. Where to Look, How to See, What to Feel • Train your brain to use the area outside the center of your visual field. • Learn to drive by FEEL. • Do not look at your horse. • Play Eye Spy. • Drive a 40 meter circle • Look up and around • Do not look at your horse • Look ½ way around, ¼ way, ¾ way

  18. Driving Blind Learn to drive by Feel by driving with your eyes closed.

  19. Squint and Blur Exercise • This squinting/blurring exercise is especially good when there are obstacles around • Before your Dressage Tests • Drive problem movements • What can you FEEL?

  20. Improving Communication For The Horse • Time Management • Standing - Patience • Time Off - Processing • Competition - Stress • Equipment Fit & Adjustment • Bits – Busy/Quiet Mouth • Reins – Synthetic, Position • Seat position

  21. Sometimes the equipment really does get in the way of the best performance

  22. Size Matters!

  23. Improving Communication for The Horse The Essential Exercise Let’s Make a Deal The Horse gets to move your hand with his mouth in exchange for you getting to move and control the horse’s head and neck.

  24. The Horse Gets to Move Your Hand? Fayth Preis & Harwinton Daisy Davis Jeff Morse & Gaitwood Garmisch Fred Herrick & Saddleback Supreme

  25. A Poor Deal

  26. The Figure 8 Map

  27. Figure 8 Rules • The Horse must look inside the circle. • The Horse can not change the speed at which you ask him to travel. • Can’t speed up or slow down. • The Horse can reach down and forward all he wants. • He is free to explore. • You can not hold or support him with your hand. • He can plow a trench in the ground with his nose! • Note:no rule about size of the circle

  28. Loop and Wave • Your goal is to manage every stride • With limited strides available to get him where he needs to go, the horse will find he has to get every stride as right as he can. • Horses learn to WAIT to be driven.

  29. When the audio for this slide has ended, click here. The 7 Essential Exercises • Check Yourself –> Find Your Posture • Eye Spy –> Where You Look • Driving Blind –> What You Feel • Squinting and Blurring –> What You Feel II • Lets Make a Deal –> How to Feel the Horse • Figure 8 –> How to Find Balance • Loop and Wave –> How to Find Dexterity

  30. Jeff Morse trains horses and drivers for carriage driving in the Berkshire Hills in Massachusetts, 7 mile from Exit1 on the Mass. Pike. He is available for clinics year round. His competition and clinic schedule is viewable here. Jeff, whip ~ Age 2 with his Advanced Rooster Jeff Morse www.green.meads.com green@meads.com Green Meads farm PO Box 158 Richmond, MA 01254 413.698.3804 Click here. If you enjoyed the presentation: To Buy the CDversion or To Make a Donation toward the production costs

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