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Chisamba

Is any one looking for a talented friendly but very aware young gelding about 16.3 for dressage. I love this horse, but i have too many. here he is doing a little quiet trot with a friend riding him for the first time https://photos.app.goo.gl/Rmp8D4nMwVJWbW237 pauletta is getting herself, first lev...

Chisamba

Gosh hate to hear about your close call exvet. that is a run of "bad luck" i hope "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" but don't you just sometimes feel that you are strong enough for now? im just working and working and working, day job to night job and back, with sleep wh...

Chisamba

LSP, It sounds like you caught the insulin issue early so you should be able to manage it without severe effects. As for riding lots of horses being a huge benefit and adds to one's skills, I still maintain that my 'herd' of Welsh Cobs, Arabians and Morgans with the occasional and random warmblood ...

Chisamba

Aleuronx, i am adding my congratulations, in my experience, everything comes up so quickly i the FEI levels that it is difficult to repair ( to use the peculiar term) before one mistake becomes two becomes three. anyway, it is also my opinion that the canter is the most important aspect of the ride....

Chisamba

Exvet, Ace shows up your petite frame ! lol Khall. i have decided it is a weakness of mine developing flying changes, i think my previous horses had a talent in the area but Kimba does not, and unless they have a natural talent for it, i have difficulty establishing. however i am told that do it oft...

Chisamba

Odin is turning 21 in September. I have somehow closed myself off to this fact, and convinced myself that through the force of my will alone he will live forever. His lengthened/medium trots have always been very very wobbly, since he was a youngster. I don't have the skill to improve it much, alth...

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Let me know if this link works

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Chisamba

hello everyone. the show was a bit of a mess. Friday, almost cancelled, two hour delay because the smoke from the Canadian fires was so dense. I rode two tests, and despite the first test being rather tense, and myself riding her too long and low in an attempt to ease her tension, she pulled moderat...

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i do not see how no nosebands is in any way a good thing. the western horses ride with no nosebands, slack reins and cathedral bits and let me tell you their training is not in any way more humane. truly its all in what is getting the high scores. the judges do not want to score harshly because then...

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So this is the weekend of our second show, going solo this time so i am not sure how Panicked the divine miss P will be all by herself at the show grounds, yes i stable in. i suppose if she is too worried and stressing i can bring her in and out with me each day and just use the stalls as day stalls...

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Oh no, Mountaineer--jingles for Potters! I am also in the 'my horse giving me grey hairs' category. MM is doing ok this week but the high heat last week was rough on her. She is sweating 0, not even a slight drip of it. So it's really just a dance of hosing her off enough to stay cool. RP was start...

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Article of the explanation of the change. https://dressagetoday.com/instruction/third-level/changing-tack-snaffles-only-at-third-level/ It seems primarily to align with the FEI. I think the young horse tests are such a bad idea. And I know from scribing for Osinski he doesn't like them and is worki...

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i do not know if you want to try this but the at3 glucometer has been tested and found accurate for horses, you can test and read immediately like a human with diabetes Thank you but Junior's glucose has never been elevated. It doesn't matter what time of day or fasted or not. It's just proof that ...

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I think the age thing is stupid wrt bits. considering that huge pressure they put on the young horses to perform advanced moves the idea that the bit makes any difference is hypocritical. and yes i feel a bit strongly about it, have you seen those young horse tests? they are harsh for a young body. ...

Chisamba

Cuteness update if anyone wants to see

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i do not know if you want to try this but the at3 glucometer has been tested and found accurate for horses, you can test and read immediately like a human with diabetes

Chisamba

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Chisamba

No one started a July thread and I had exciting news so i jumped in. hope thats okay with everyone. July first my broodmare decided she wanted to avoid carrying a foal in the heat wave and produced a colt. She is a Dutch bred mare, ( KWPN) t. a Sandokan daughter out of Uronica a Nando daughter. she ...

Chisamba

Well, so sorry to hear about Queso. there is a better return from tendon injuries these days so I wish you all the very best with respect to that. exvet, yes i agree, horses will break your heart , and too, i do not quite know what i would do without them. i have quite a lot of successful rehab stor...

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Aleuronix i once decided to go for power in the trot and ended up in a pretty good gallop across the diagonal that barely stayed in the arena.

Chisamba

Work has begun in serious to develop more through and balance in the canter with the divine Ms P. also trying to establish consistency with SirKos. Ms Kimba is getting western pleasure like training, i know that sound like a mystery, because they do that hoppity hobble , but what i want is for her t...

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i quite like the three reins in one hand double bridle usage because it makes on use the hand less and the other aids more. i quite like the double bridle for the simple reason that in my observation MOST people are kinder to their horses mouths in the double than they are with the snaffle. people w...

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Well we finished the three show weekend, scores ranged from a low of 66.6 to a high of 69.2 or something like that, would have been nice to crack a 70 but, i was so excited that we stayed in the ring , used different rings, and had three different judges, all complementary on her trot work and all a...

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I do not have an answer regarding horses, but as person with diabetes, and whose husband is prediabetic ( although both of use are in a normal weight range, i can tell you that you if you stay hydrated Jardiance is much less aggravating than if you do not drink enough fluids and electrolytes. my hus...

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Just a quick early show update. https://youtu.be/JrW-lSsgG6Y?si=gz-bRHnTaolp-0Ys friend took video of our first class ever for future reference and memorialization. it had the potential to be dramatic but the divine Miss P managed to keep her anxiety under wraps and i was very very pleased with her....

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on a personal level i am as stressed as can be about taking Pauletta to her first show. every time she peeks out the scary doorway i worry about how dramatic it would be if there was a judges booth there, lol. i am picking at her for not being through in her downward transitions, i think she is sure...

Chisamba

Thank you everyone for the jingles and words of encouragement. I have decided to go ahead and order the ertugliflozin because that is all I can feasibly get my hands on at this time. My preference would be to use the velagliflozin. My decision was based on the fact that Junior's insulin was/is off ...

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Thank you Srhorselady. I do remember both of your horses. Junior's glucose was normal but his insulin levels were off the charts. Mostly what I expected. I'm consulting a couple of internists to see what the wide range picture might result in but I will admit I am now leaning towards the medication...

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Well Junior has foundered. He's rotated in both front feet. I'm taking him to a specialist tomorrow. I've been busy all day just getting his feet under control with icing, drugs and the like. He's not the easiest patient which may be his undoing. Cancelled my entries for the Dolly Hannon Clinic, th...

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I am in the process of entering Pauletta in her first show, I'm going for the guts and entering a rated show first time out. possibly silly. tomorrow i am trailering over to a friends barn to school with her, to see how miss P reacts in a new environment. we took the youngsters over to the fair grou...

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my goals for May. me. be able to ride with no pain in my knee. the acute recovery was easy. long term, less so Pauletta, some how some where get her to a show. Kimba. find out for once and all why she really finds flying changes so stressful ( pain? stress? or just emotional) that's it for goals. ev...

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Tying is one of those things i just believe has to be possible. especially a horse who does not tie. i take a lot of time working out how to do so. why? all kinds of complicated reasons. I had a friend loose most of her herd in a flood. i never asked her, because how can one ask after such a tragedy...

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Finally putting words to all of the things going on in my personal life the other day were clearly a foretelling. My dad died yesterday morning after nearly a decade trapped in a very rapidly, then slowly failing, prison of a body and mind. He was a deeply complicated, very angry person who spent h...

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Exvet, it really sounds like you have made progress with your current instructor in a very positive way. I hope it continues. enjoy your trail riding with daughter and niece and how lovely it sounds to have that to look forward to. Alx, plotting out the show season is some how that kick in the rear ...

Chisamba

Hello everyone. I refuse to believe in jinxes but it has been a good week. I had one rather dramatic lesson where on owner on one of the youngsters had a reallly difficult ride, ( piaffe into rear type difficult) so i had to ask them to get off and ride the chap myself. Its takes a bit of gumption s...

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Exvet that is hilarious. hopefully not a huge hike in your water bill, but a coblet water park! :D :D I find free lunging ( although not around 2 acres) is very useful for the young guns i work with. I managed to get all the beasts i ride ridden this week. very proud of myself, although i am still n...

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Khall she only took in September so it will be an August baby. not accustomed to such a late foal

I had a decent week this week on riding and progress, thank goodness its a bit warmer , i am envious of your early warmth its still ice on the windshields in the mornings here.

Chisamba

Hello, thanks for asking I am doing ok. we lost a horse at the stables, she was one of my first rescue horses that i had rehabbed and placed with a good friend, and she stayed in training and lessons all the while. it all started quite simply as a mild colic, but turns out i was not tummy but a vira...

Chisamba

I feel like I’ve had posts half written or thought out and just not posted as it felt too sour. Chisamba you have the right of it, this winter has been brutal. Here’s my whiney lot; 2+ weeks of terrible cold sub arctic temperatures then a couple feral rides before more terrible cold, multiple big s...

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Hello everyone. Like Khall I was restricted due to surgery. In my case total knee replacement. Of course I was riding soon (2 weeks). Unfortunately the very cold deep snow that never melted made caring for my animals very complicated. Walking in deep snow and ice is not to be recommended. Sadly I ha...

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I pulled all my horses shoes rather than putting on snow pads. I decided their feet could have a bit of barefoot rest while my new knee heals. Its a bit sore two days post surgery. We had 8 inches of snow last night so I didn't venture out. I certainly miss the southern hemisphere this time of the y...

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I am so sorry about Rip. When banamine is no help and reflux is bad they're are not many options besides a kind end. But is still ghastly to deal with. My condolences to you.

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Alas, i am scheduled for my knee replacement. went in for my gel/steroid shot and the ortho said, bone on bone, declining angle putting too much stress on the IT band and the Pesansurine bursa, time to get it done. i do not know yet how i am going to cope with taking care of 20 horses and keeping up...

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Ugh, Kimba went galloping around with her friends and came in with a swollen rear fetlock, not at all unsound on it, but puffy. So i have her on ice, as it were. IN a smaller level turn out, wrapping, walking, and will reassess and ultrasound if needed. I was riding Pauletta passed the door to the i...

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is it too early to start goal , and am i being too depressing in my lack of appreciation for winter? I do think it time, like the trees, to work on the deep roots of training so that we are ready to bring forth fabulous blossoms in the spring. what do i think the deep roots are? Kimba, simple change...

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Chisamba I use the inside thigh to control the leading shoulder to help keep the straightness. I don’t use LY very often especially not with my horses that have some training on them. I use hp instead I had just responded to your query on your video help with LY. I was just telling you how I ride L...

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LSP, crossing my fingers that the hock injections work out well for Lynx! T has had hers done twice, but this year she's been fine without them, so it's not always a sentence of doing them all the time forever. Glad your daughter had a successful show on her catch ride horse. That should be a good ...

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I am very satisfied with my current trainer. I like the basis of European professionalism After far too long without consistently support, and the creeping stealthy absorption of bad habits, I've really don't know how any rider who is truly good goes it alone. Khall, im super impressed that you find...

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I am not sure what a double dilute is, but i quite like the buckskin stallion lider seven at Casa Lusitana. i think his semen is available in the usa

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Khall, having recovered both Saiph and Kimba from severe obesity and laminitis, and having PSSM horses to maintain I am sympathetic to those needing to limit starch intake. I research track systems, soaking hay, seasins and grass has high sugar, and low starch nutrition. As noted my" callus&quo...

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