Course curriculum

  • 1

    Instructions for this course

    • Fillin' In The Gaps- Groundwork Style
  • 2

    Welcome to the course!

    • A message from your instructor
    • Tools
  • 3

    Important Principles and Theories

    • Finding A Starting Point
    • Methods of Training
    • Self Control
    • Make The Right Thing Easy
    • Cues, Escalation of Pressure and The 3 Second Rule
    • Balance
    • Fight, Flight, Freeze
    • Hot Horses
    • Cold/Lazy Horses
  • 4

    Tips N Tricks

    • Lazy Horses
    • Relaxation
    • Feel
    • Mentally Picturing What You Want
  • 5

    Week 1: Relaxation Work

    • Lesson #1: Observation
    • Exercise #2: Observation In The Work Environment
    • Exercise #3: Relaxation For The Human
  • 6

    Week 2: Round Pen

    • The Roundpen Exercise with Turtle
    • Roundpen Step #1 with Monkey
  • 7

    Week 3: Roundpen Cont...

    • Week 3: Transitions
    • More Examples of Transitions
  • 8

    Week 4: Roundpen Cont...

    • Changes of Direction
  • 9

    Week 5: Untracking and Following

    • Untracking and Following you around
    • More On The Follow
  • 10

    Week 5: Online Work- Establishing The Yield

    • The Near 90 Degree Yield Departures
    • The Online Task
  • 11

    Week 6: Yielding The Hindquarters

    • Yielding The Hindquarters
    • Example w/ 2 yo Oliver
  • 12

    Week 7: Leading

    • Leading
    • Leading A Distracted or Pushy Horse #1
    • Leading A Distracted Horse #2
  • 13

    Week 8: Backing Up

    • Backing Up
  • 14

    Week 9: Yielding The Forequarters

    • Yielding The Forequarters
  • 15

    Week 10: Lateral Flexion

    • Lateral Flexion
  • 16

    Week 11: Between Us And The Fence

    • Between Us And The Fence
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