Its been a while

I am sorry its been so long since my last blog entry, I have been extremely busy, so an update:

07:30- start with Gambrinius- came to me with a trailer loading problem and after dealing with tht the owner decided she would like for me to start to work on some ground work and help her gain leadership with the horse.

09:30- I have A horse in siuntio , working on ground and under saddle this horse has had an unfortunate past and has been mistreated so there is a lot of mistrust and helping owner to gain trust and leadership as well as help her to become more confident with the horse. This horse has a rushing forward issue that is man made and we are working to fix it and lighten up her mouth. lots of work ahead.

12:30- in Lohja working with two friesein horses, One with issues that are man made, horse does not respect space or people so working on helping her to understand there are bounderies and that you can no cross those bounderies and working on helping her to be a bit more athletic and easier to handle, the other is a young mare that has never been ridden so im just starting her and working on the basics and prepping her for her first ride.

17:00- In Inkoo working with Roselie who is a very high strung mare that has had an unfortunate start and was not properly rode in, but we are working on the issues and helping her to become more confident and relaxed.

18:30- Working with Prince a gelding in Inkoo, Starting him on the 12 week program and just getting him started we will have a lot of fun with him I really like him :-) He is a bit on the lazy side and a really laid back gelding but we will get that out of him and try to keep the laid back gelding and push out the lazy side :-D I am really excited to get him going.

20:30- Working with Duke, we have had a few breaks with Duke and we are getting back on track with him, we want to turn him into a good trail horse and hopefully do some good competing with this paint.

This weekend I am getting another horse ill be working with that is coming from Hanko and has a bit of a bucking problem and spooky issue, I will keep you posted on him.

I do try to update as much as I can but as you can see im really busy but I will work harder to keep you all posted on whats going on :-D

Cody Cirigliano

Ponitaivas

Today I was in Nastola giving lessons in horsemanship on ground and under saddle. It went great as always and I am so proud of the improvment those guys have made with those ponies in the past few months... We worked on how to deal with problems as they came up as well, I will try to get some people to put up there experiences as comments on here soon, I was also given a birthday cake by Lia the owner of ponitaivas, thank you so much Lia :-D... Now sleep, and fun tomorrow then monday its my Birthday and back to work :-D Check out whats going on there at:

http://ponitaivas.fi/

or

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=341090941416

Erkki

I will be working with Erkki again as soon as the ice is a bit melted, he is an Finn Horse and is 2.5 years old, and im starting him, i have gotten 6 rides so far on him, and looking forward to even more.. Hope this ice melts soon...

Cody Cirigliano

Ellu

In Riihimäki I am working with a Horse that has respect issues, the horse runs over people in the stall and has kicked people in the stall and has a hard time paying attention while riding. She is spooky and cant be ridding on the trails... These people do not have a round pen so I have been doing a lot of ground work with her, yesterday the owner said that she has been doing much better and while putting on the rug Ellu has been standing still and respecting her space. So I said its time for the next step and we will be getting on her as soon as the weather is a bit better and some of the ice melts.. Looking forward to it.

Cody Cirigliano

Roseli

I was also in Inkoo working with a Dressage Horse Roseli that im trying to calm down, she is a very spooky and high strung mare, I been working with her a while and she is doing very well. What ive been getting her to do is lots and lots of circles. When I fell like she is going to start to act up I bring her into a small circle and when she gives to the bit and lowers her head then i head out again into a straight line, it has been a long process due to prior training that did not go to well... This is the importance of making sure you understand how to handle horses like that, when you have a horse that gets its way every time and you give into the horse when he or she acts up the horse will learn this and then you have a big problem. So make sure you always win the argument, push through the bad behavior and when they give into you then release the pressure. I will have a video up soon that explains this in better detail.

Cody Cirigliano

Duke

Yesterday I was at Aktiivitalli working with Duke, he is able to be ridden but he lacks the basic ground manners, and lacks the understanding of where he stands in the herd. We are working in the round pen and trying to teach him that there are boundaries and that as I or who ever is with him is the leader, he needs to respect those boundaries and keep out of my space. He has done so well, and though we had some conversations he came around and is picking up what I want from him rather well and faster each day. Looking forward to the next three months!!

Cody Cirigliano

P.S. Pictures of training at the Aktiivitalli Blog