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04/18/2008 : François gives his first boost
We bandage, clean out foot, put harnesses and go!
After 20 minutes looking at the three different speeds in the tether...
On saddle!
First galop:
"We went out just after noon. We followed the head horse of our friend JM, the owner of the ranch. Quiet beginning…
But quickly, from stepping, we went trotting. Painful sensation if you do not know how to make body with your horse.
I therefore tried hard to get up one time on two. We kept the cadence a certain moment then the accustomed horses
and which knew well this circuit, left “full jar” to the gallop. JM had warned me. Surprised, I hung on to my horse mane.
The best way of going to the gallop is to be in an enormous field because there is space and no risk to be banged by a tree"
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François &
Joli-coeur |
My sensations :
«It is hard to explain but I liked
this sensation of takeoff, it is
unique.However, I imagined that
to gallop
would be faster.
But as I have heard
that it also
depends on the
character
and the horse race.
Therefore,
I
look forward to try
with an Arabic
pure blood." |
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04/19/2008:
We went out on the green roads
of
Perch, maps in hands!
Break at
about 4 pm in a field,
crossing
of two rivers
and return at the
ranch without cuts. |
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07/05/2008: School training:
Level gallop 3-4
French style riding for François
and of its very specific terms
" Double in the width, the
opposite
half-volte, grow longer
in the
diagonal, etc. "
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07/06/2008: In charge of a mission
We leave looking for JM’s horses
and return them to the ranch at
15 km away from there!
On our way, we crossed a huge
uncultivated field! Gallop “full jar”;
we take ourselves as jockeys.
Horses give themselves to
heart enjoyment! |
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Scratch, Scratch! |
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July - August 2008:
Finally on holidays... Horse-trekking in Mongolia outside organised touristic trips for Gwladys
Monastère de Tuvkhun - Valley of Orkhon - Chûtes d' Orkhon - High valley of Orkhon and Uliastay -
Circus(Cirque) of Eight Lakes - Bat-Olzy
10 days of pure happiness meeting with Mongolian people and breathtaking landscapes
10 nights in yurt, in bivouac or under the stars
See the slide show |
The wind into
the steppe! |
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09/28/2008 : Weekend between friends
We leave at J.M’s with a couple of friends and our new buddy just arrived from
Venezuela.
The day begins with the shoeing of horses, François jumps at the
opportunity in order
to improve his
technique. We are 4 to leave early in the
afternoon. We get lost a little
in the reading of the map
but finally find the good
route. First passages in the trot, our
friends are looking for their position!
This first ballad takes place marvellously, horses are brilliant, our friends in trust
and
the weather
is absolutely beautiful. The next day, we leave in the morning for
a stage
of 3 hours. The sun gives
us wings and now that everybody is ground,
we are dreaming
of going faster and our horses are
only waiting for that! |
Gwladys & Oiga |
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November 2008: Training
period
with Emile Brager!
Packing a charge on top of a horse does
not
seem complicated at first sight but
appearances
are sometimes misleading!
To charge the back
of a
mule or a horse
on the long term asks a
knowledge
and a learning of various techniques
which Emile
have tested and improved
during
his various trips. |
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Day 1:psychological and physical profile of the packsaddle horse,
study of the military packsaddles
Day 2: work of knots, studies of civil packsaddles, work of the
leather
and the introduction to the leather art work
Day 3: study of the weights of charge, various techniques of
saddle-packing and wounds of harness
Day 4: the alarms, the carpet of saddle and sweat-protectors
The fourth and last day is dedicated to learn in how to drive the
packed horse.
We strongly recommend a training course to every rider beginning
in
the hike or the journey.
The choice of the packsaddle, the packing technique, the number
of team members and materials belongs to each one but it is
necessary
to be introduced to the various methods to select the
one which is best convenient for you. |
Junction of
2 ropes in 8
Emile Brager |
Knot of diamond
American
packsaddle
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In our case, we opt for an american packsaddle, given by one
of
our sponsors, leather hike bags, sweat-protector carpets
"vet bed"
(used for dogs in surgery postoperative phase),
woolen-saddel-carpets
receiving Sylomer plastic felt-tip squared.
On the right:
Driving a packed horse |
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January, 2009: 2 weeks training course
in the Veterinary clinic of Chenêt
Gwladys follows Laure Fiorentino in its daily life to acquire good
notions as regards the care of horses. Prevention is better that
cure and the selfmedication can be dangerous but in journey it
is also necessary to know how to counter in emergencies.
Week 1:
Theory: Introduction to the common pathologies of horses, the
care
and the methods of administration, locomotive balance
assessment,
deduction of the age according to study of the set
of teeth, study of
balances, etc.
Practice: Observation and assistance during the visits (horses),
surgeries observation (dogs and cats), vaccination by
intramuscular
ways, training to stitches on pig feet
Week 2:
Theory: Learning of the common pathologies in journey, care,
posology and mode of administration, study of balances, study
of the functioning of feet, etc.
Practice: Observation and assistance during the visits
ecographies
and radios (horses), observations of surgeries
(horses: inguinal
castration, infiltrations, etc.), intravenous
and intramuscular injections |
Laure Fiorentino
Grate teeth
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Manufacturing of
the twist-noze
Clinic du Chenêt
Stitches on
pig feet |
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May 2009: Training course at our friend's Geneviève Atger:
Preparation and try of our equipment - Natural Horsemanship
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The Lot: a wonderful region!
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Geneviève in the exercise of her art,
asks Jody to fold the neckline |
Geneviève's students
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Lead of a "train of horses" by Gwladys, with Geneviève's horses:
respectively Jerk, Jody and the old one Loupi!
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Gwladys went to visit our
friend,
Geneviève in her
equestrian
tourism
center
Rando
La Fontaine.
For three weeks, she worked on
adapting her equipment and
in learning from Geneviève the
Natural Horsemanship (based on
a scientific observation of the
horse behavior
in the wild life.
" The most delicate for me was
to
disregard what had been
taught
me
within the classic
equitation
school.
Before going
to Geneviève's,
I had read
the Natural
Horsemanship of Pat Parelli
and seen the first 4 DVD of the
Cense
school but I thought that
even if so
interesting was this
method, it took
time before
getting to good results...
I was wrong!
The efficiency of the Natural
Horsemanship impressed me.
I will use this method to train
our horses in Mexico. " |
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