Harry Whitney clinic 'report'

frogfriday · #1 21-01-10, 11:54 AM

For anyone interested, here are some clinic notes from the Harry Whitney clinic at Geelong last weekend.

It's still a bit of a work in progress, but I can't put off resume writing any longer....

http://www.aquilapre.com.au/News-Har...linic2010.html

I really enjoyed this clinic. Harry was easy to understand, and the results were quite obvious.

We noticed a big change in our tricksy mare Lucy (who is one of our darlings - I suppose that that was obvious to all...

). She can be very bargey, and this is a problem that we have never had in a horse before. The correction techniques that I have tried in the past (back pressure on the headstall and tap on the chest with a whip) have annoyed her, not been effective.

Actually, any time that I have seen the taptaptap method used on a horse, it hasn't seemed to do anything except annoy the hell out of them...

There was also a big change in a clydie/paint mare. This mare's tail was swishing almost constantly on the first day, and by the last day, she was pretty relaxed. If I was the owner, I would have been rapt!

Reata · #2 21-01-10, 12:07 PM

Thanks for that FF.. it was really interesting reading your thoughts..
I have a Clinic report in progress too and people will wonder if we were at the same clinic!! LOLOL But I guess I have been around this sort of stuff for a long time now and saw some stuff you may have missed..
But I'm so glad you and Tony and Jo came and got to see this guy at work .. He is one of the worlds best..He showed you a little different way to be around horses and its all good!!

midlifer · #3 21-01-10, 12:35 PM

Thanks for putting up your notes I was going to have a squiz at that clinic and was disappointed when I couldn't get there.

frogfriday · #4 21-01-10, 03:41 PM

Probably we were at a different clinic, Reata...

Would you have a chance to get to the clinic this weekend at Pakenham, Midlifer?

pauper · #5 21-01-10, 06:05 PM

Hi Frogfriday thanks for the effort you went to, was hoping to go to this weekends but it looks like other things are going to make it very hard

cheers Pauper

k8 · #6 21-01-10, 09:11 PM

Come on Paups....I'll bring you a chockie!

Sapphire · #7 21-01-10, 09:52 PM

Im going to try like hell to get up early Saturday morning to get out to the clinic. Little bit tricky due my current state of exhaustion (started a new job this week), but as its my only chance to see this brilliant man at work, I am forcing myself! Hopefully when the alarm goes off I actually take notice Saturday haha.

Dont know if I will last the entire day though, if anyone goes, and sees a skinny brown haired girl falling asleep, give me a nudge would ya!

Reata · #8 21-01-10, 10:10 PM

Sapphire... I doubt very much that you will fall asleep. No body could have been as tired as me over the last few weeks and I didn't even loose concentration once during the 5 days of horsemanship I have watched so far..
Harry is great..he has a wonderful sense of humour and the stuff he does is so incredible you will not want to miss a moment..
Paups, I owe you a big block of chocolate and if you don't turn up I will share it around..and YOU will miss out!!

Just heard from the South Aussie ladies who came to my clinic and they are driving over again for this clinic.. Poor Harry!! It will be like deja vu..

Mary Moo · #9 22-01-10, 03:57 PM

Please feel free to have a nanna nap between 10 and 11 ..

Sapphire · #10 22-01-10, 03:59 PM

Hehe are you having a lesson with the master?