- a culvert to walk/ jump over
- a 'car wah' type thing made of a split up shower curtain that the horse needed to walk through
- wooden bridge
- blow up penguin
- blown up tent - looked like a horizontal jump
- rubber hose all curled up
- area of plastic baggies (split up so feet wouldn't catch)
- area of plastic bottles
- ditch with water in it
- paper grain bags
- long 5' wide piece of carpet
- loose ballloons
- a couple of helium balloons hanging around
- an umbrfella
- a squeeze made of a 1/2 wall of plastic blocks and then cardboard to walk on
- tarps (cheap table cloths)
- tractor tire with thick wood top
- kids kiddie pool
- a mattress
- some noise makers: plastic pumkins with rocks in them and a small plastic bag of cans.
I know I must be missing some. The goal was to not cross the thing with your horse or infront of the horse. But to stand on the side and send him fwd.
Oh, yeah, sending fwd. holding your horse's rope 4' away and with the hand closest to the horse you point where you want him to go. Left or right then apply some pressure to the halter and use your other hand and the end of the rope at his shoulder. Get him so he's trying to hide his butt from you. So then when you want him to cross the carpet or bridge, you point to where he's supposed to go, apply pressure, and use the end of the rope on his shoulder.
Remember, Left, right and back are okay - he needs to feel like he can run away in someway. At some point when he's backing up you can say - what a great idea! And then back him up and make him work.
If you can get his nose and then his neck and then relax - you've got a pretty good chance of getting his body over.
I think I'm missing something here, but that's what I took away from the clinic and it worked for me and my horse.
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