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I always did yearly dentals, though often they don't need much by then. My Appy could be cleaned up with a few swipes and no tranquilizers. Sora needed checking and just before I lost her had a tooth loose that was painfully pushing back into her gums that was pulled out by hand, and had lost most u...

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Hmm. In trying to teach someone else, if what you're trying to get isn't happening, do something else, even if it doesn't always make sense. I disagree a comfortable safe horse to a legitimate dressage horse is tough nor requires every ride to be a training ride, nor that it is hard. Though, I guess...

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Khall, I'm SO sorry about rip. That is heartbreaking. I'm "glad" I didn't have to face that with the girl's mom and my good friend and her daughter did the right thing.

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POS. BTW, my mom is doing great. This is at least a part time job for me, but it's OK. Been dealing with sever pain and cramping that we could not stop with way too much oxy, muscle relaxants and cortizone injections. Medicare rejected a reclining wheelchair, so we just bought one for $300 on Amazon...

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I trail ride every day and my horses do just fine. I ride on basically no rein and I work them on it, so it's the whole range. It's my warm up almost every day, sometimes it's all I do. I walk lazily along, gallop up hills, pop over logs, and do the work through GP. Best thing in the world. I basica...

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As promised vid of Kora and myself learning to fail and then stars aligning to get a back and forth 1-tempi. Tanga I don’t know how you do it, they are so freaking fast!! https://youtu.be/pceiO3HUN8E?si=_leZS_jQI2bDEqbB Nice! You're making so much progress. You'll get it. It's just a rhythm. I find...

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Man, this is a brutal title. Maybe the dying of the unending awfulness this year has been. You guys sound like you're all working very hard. I have done nothing but trail ride since champs. Taking care of my mom is under control, but it's a lot of time. I finally rode both girls and did serious work...

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Blob--yes, neck reining. Take both reins over in rhythm.

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if you remember a few years ago, I completely lost my left halfpa s and was getting worse and worse. I had Chelsey out and she observed it looked like the horse was stuck on the inside shoulder and needed to be lightened up. So, that led me to rethinking everything about it and listening to the hors...

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I am fried. Three FEI rides today, really hot, packed up by myself, luckily no traffic home, finally ate a tiny bit. This really sealed me being done showing. Last night was the big show with the GP freestyle. I saw bits of the three before me, and came in for mine, and audience applauded for the ho...

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Ugh. Brutal hot on Weds. that about drained me when we got here, and then it's been humid, which is rough. Riding been so so. Quilla has been pretty damn good, Quinn rather tight and made some mistakes. My biggest problem is the judge Teresa Stewart, who I have about twice as much as any other judge...

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It's frightening when animals die suddenly, but I agree it's a gift. Girls are doing really, really well. My BO was cleaning out her old stallion area and threw away a bunch of supplements that are supposed to help with recovery from workouts. It has a lot of basic stuff in it, including turmeric. I...

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LSP I hope it goes well. It's so scary if you might lose a barn or it becomes too expensive. That is one of my big fears. I am super lucky where I am.

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blob--Quinn has been a bit off on her left front, and as with everything, I think it's basically muscle sore (as is everything with me.) I try to do as much leg stretching forward and back on all legs, and really stretch out those front legs and rotate that shoulder and well as neck stretches. Maybe...

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It sounds like everyone has been very productive and getting things done. Alueronx--looking forward to your 4th level freestyle! Back from a quick trip diving, which was a bit of a bummer. Bonaire is one of the top diving spots in the world because you can shore dive anywhere and there are no hurric...

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That's great heddy. Spasms are hard. I'm still working on trying to get the strength back in my arms, but not getting very far (with the C 5-6 impingement.) I still have a very difficult time grooming the horses because I can't hold my arm up and away from my body with any strength for more than may...

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Mountaineer--If it helps, a former leasor was having such pain she had to stop riding and had a similar surgery in the spring. She let me know a few months ago that if I still have a horse for her, she wants to ride again. (I told her after the champs.) And I am finally going on a vacation, too! (Ye...

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Chisamba and Exvet--I can totally relate to the horse teaching us we have to let go of the bit so they can do the change and get above the bit. been there done that. Totally agree Chisamba we have to only reward the taking contact into the change that it works. Of course, they're quite good at tryin...

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Chisamba You are very precise in riding your tests and gaining a lot of points that way. I particularly like the second test with more impulsion. Finally got around to downloading my videos. I had to edit Quinn's freestyle because the CD player started skipping (It is not my disc because all of them...

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Montaineer--Yeah, I like Mike. He was definitely lower. He seemed to be scoring higher today as I scribed. We had a lot of gossip time with so many scratches, so it was fun. Best gossip--at the Olympics, they had no toilets or lunch for the judges. They were supposed to share the portapotties with t...

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Sorry, Khall. I've never even heard of a cat getting bit by a rattlesnack, though I'm sure it happens. Rough. We lost our last cat a few months ago, also Leo. The sweetest boy ever who was the dad of our Siamese when breeding. He suddenly had symptom of diabetes and we cold not regulate it, and, as ...

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LPS Mine always have something. Quilla will change off resting each hind legs, and sometimes after standing around, will walk off like she's completely lame on it (it changes) and then be fine. It's almost like it fell asleep. Quinn is always tight, and if she's like that showing, she slams down her...

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You did a good job, Aleuronx. Solid. I recognize the tension in the 3's--Quinn does that weird stuff when she gets tight and changes late in front like that. You did pretty solidly on all of it, and your pirouettes were much better than the other video. For your first time out, good. My friend did P...

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Good job, Aleuronx. I knew you had all of the requirements to do it.

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Do you think I should keep this music? I liked parts of the music but it seemed to take a while to get exciting enough to enhance your ride. About what it might take to score higher. I am not judge and my opinion may not be worth salt, but perhaps if she appeared to sit a bit more and step under he...

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Aleuronx--THANKS for the feedback! It's useful to hear. I'm always making modifications to the tests and music. Quilla's was sort of last minute and I am always waffling about changing it or not, but it's kind of a bad idea to change much and go to champs. not having ridden it in shows. I know what ...

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One thing has gone right. I haven't been to the barn in days because of my my mom. Weds. my leasor couldn't get a piece of "grass" out of Quilla's eye eye, so I was going to go in the morning to get it out. I had urgent stuff to deal with my mom all day and finally got there 6:30. The &quo...

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Quilla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzhV_bSBbn4 Goals, get an actual collected walk and halt at the beginning of tests. Make her look forward and energetic. This is me really, really, really asking for forward, and she's barely moving, Sigh. Oops. heres the actual freestyle. https://www.youtube.c...

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Do NOT gain weight. Tone up and tighten skin (not sure how one does that. ) . I'm doing this one, too! Lost several pounds this last week alone in my 18 hour days getting my mom's emergency pain taken care of and swatting down one mess up and emergency after another. Maybe, finally, can think of so...

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Well, one thing I can say, at least it's not hot here. Thankfully, we are having a very mild spring/summer so far. The end is in site with my mother. We are actually getting her moved here on Tuesday, a 5 minute walk for me to a senior memory care where she will need the highest level of care, but a...

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omg, omg, omg--every . . . single . . . day the level of stupidity and mean is ratcheded up.

He is the puppet of everyone.

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Both of mine are like this. I have to really work on it ALL of the time. (I swear I'm going to get actual walks from them in the tests and not anticipatory movements.) I and my leasors have to work on preparing for something and letting them know we are going to do it, but they need to wait until we...

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I total get it with what we think we're doing that we don't do right when we ride alone! I've been trying to SIT UP in the extended trot because every damn show I see the video of me slouching, thinking I'm relaxing and following. I've been working on it--feels like I'm just popping out of the saddl...

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Good job Aleuronx. Videos??? From the videos you've posted before, I am not surprised at all you did so well, and I agree you can totally do PSG/

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Yep. Every time I post it sits there for a long time. Something wonky. But it works. chismaba--I like the leg yield, use the hind leg thing. I don't usually do it at the trot, but I almost always warm up with some kind of turn on the forehand to really get the hind legs separating and under and then...

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Josette--We are, cautiously. We won't know for sure until Friday. As of now, she could take her from rehab. She can't because she's in bad condition, but you never know. She refused to respond for a few days when we couldn't get ahold of my mom, and my sister went there and found she had put all of ...

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Yeah, texsuze Eye popping. SUPER mother's day news. Went up to see her. The lawyer my sister hired, APS (actually DID something!) my mom's appointed lawyer, and her ad litum conservator got an emergency conservatorship hearing next Friday because ALL of it has been so bad ! Psycho has just continued...

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Thanks, khall. In a way, hopefully this ends up "better" and forces and emergency conservatorship instead of waiting until June and we can make sure she does not go back into that apartment. This is brutal. There are five of us calling her all day, she's in a rehab., she has staff there 24...

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Thanks, khall. In a way, hopefully this ends up "better" and forces and emergency conservatorship instead of waiting until June and we can make sure she does not go back into that apartment. This is brutal. There are five of us calling her all day, she's in a rehab., she has staff there 24...

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Just an update for anyone following the saga. Saturday we found my mom, again by accident, in the hospital, with another broken hip. The left one this time. She had been there for over a week and was already operated on. When psycho was no answering the phone for days, they somehow found an old land...

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Quinn I-2 59% https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifAdOrI84Ig This walk to canter was the bizarre reaction to a left calf.

GP fs 59%

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Interesting discussion. I agree we confuse our horses by asking more of them, but then we aren't always clear in how we ask them. I think the last 9 months being so weak taught me that and I had to be SO much clearer with exactly what I want and how I ask. Both girls get very confused and nervous if...

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Josette--I am so sorry, and I am so glad you were able to do the best you could with your mom, and that at least there was help for you. I fear how so much of this is going to disappear. Please enjoy your life knowing you did the best you could. This situation here is still a mess. I think my mom is...

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Mountaineer and straightforward Half pass does the same thing to me. I lost it for years and couldn't get it back. Chelsey helped me with that one. If you shift your weight to the inside seatbone, it tends to block the horse from lifting up that front leg and block your hand. It helps me to think of...

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I love watching you ride, Aleuronix,. Good work. Good exercises. Hint on schooling pirouette--think about getting a bit quicker.

Spent the day today in Fresno judging Ram Tap. Those eventers make for an exciting day. Scores from 0 to 9.5, a number of 9's, and plenty of 8's.

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The site keeps logging me out again. Hmm. Just a note on people you're talking about. We bought a horse for a client decades ago from someone who had worked with Dominique Barbier (who was around here) and basically rescued some horses from him, one we bought. I have never seen before and since anyt...

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I feel pretty good in that I am now riding both horses, even though two days in a row is a lot and I'm tired. I'm planning on qualifying both for champs one more time. I'll see the neurologist next week, but I'm OK with coming out of it with bulging discs that won't get much better, because it's a l...

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I'm with you, straightforward. I'll probably be OK, but the . . . just disgusting behavior on every level is so hard to take. The evil, selfishness, and deliberate nastiness and evil. I really need to hide away from it. I'm so sorry for everyone who is dealing with this on real levels. It's going to...

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