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I was silly happy to get this email

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Long term illnesses are stressful, I hope you have continued success managing yours

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Other peoples joy makes me happy, beyond that, my family being content, a clean house, and riding. Now the funny thing about riding is I don't realize it makes me happy until I miss a day or two. I have ridden di consistantly for so much of my life, I guess it's like breathing. You only miss it when...

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I add a bit of vinegar to warm water and third using dawn and a toothbrush. Only once a year. Then go to your leather preserving products to condition and oil.

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One of the horses I train will always give a concerted effort to pull and bolt on the longe. It does not in any way translate to his riding. It's simply a trick he learned. Dont be afraid to ride him.

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Flight, congratulations. PSG is such a landmark!!. I sympathize with you on the spook. , it was quite cold and windy at our show too and they had this tarp gazebos for the officials, one gave a pretty sharp snap,crackle and that was too much even for Kimba who scooted dramatically. Khall, what a fab...

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That is disappointing and sounds a bit unethical

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Well, proof that I did show, it was second level one and two, I scored 65 and 63.59. I am quite pleased, placed first and second.

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Nothing lost nothing gained this week. I feel fitter but want to formalize my exercise

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My broodmare vet believed it was the way they lay and turned in the womb. However that may be genetic too.

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The hobby horse was a lot of fun, I think the adults enjoyed it most. We had press there and I was interviewed by CBS. We had enough participants to do another in the spring
But we do hope to have more.

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P.S. I cannot really say what my motive was. I could more easily have quit horses then than continued. UDBB, was super kind to me, I got boxes and barrels of tack and saddle pads and stuff. People kindly sent me money, other contacted tack stores and the stores sent me gift cards. It didn't cover a ...

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I dont like full seats, they do not give me confidence, I do like long leg patches, but long ago realized that cause your pants dont slide doesnt mean your arse ain't gonna slide. I suffered a big dent in my confidence after the fire. Made no sense, I didnt fall. Nothing physically happened to me, b...

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Just wondering if you would get more horses if you searched for one star horses rather than preliminary?

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My horse will eat a small amount of grain with applesauce and a touch of molasses plus all supplements as if it's a luck the bucket clean treat. Do you really need to syringe it, have you tried just rolling it like soft muffins and feeding? I personally would not want to have to squirt 6 syringes da...

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A) hobby horsing. So to raise funds for Meryls Equine Sanctuary, I ran a hobby horse show. Children ,Junior and senior divisions. So we had flat and jumping and gymkhana, and of course an equitation pattern. The girls, mostly riders, had enough difficulty with jumping in the correct lead to create e...

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I've been struggling a bit to get 4 rides in per week with the kids and life and events... I've been super consistent at 3 good rides a week for the past few weeks but I feel 4 is optimal for us. So today I pulled on my big girl pants and got myself up out of bed at 4:25am so I could be in the (out...

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Are you seeking to get your confidence back and ride or content to be a loving non riding horse owner ?

Welcome. I hope you enjoy it here. Smaller, quieter and mostly kind here.

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I have been focusing on the elements required in the second level tests in prep for my upcoming show. I do not actually practice the test because Kimba get very quick to anticipate in the wrong way. I will be so happy when the show is over. I dont know if its age or because I dont show often anymore...

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Could you mix his other supplements in a treat with applesauce and hand feed to make sure he gets them ?

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Let's just say if I rode with stirrups as short as Rye I would spend more time on the ground than riding Rip! I have to have longer legs to be safe on him. Even trying to raise them a hole feels unsafe. What I need to concentrate on is engaging my ileopsoas to raise the pubic bone and bring my knee...

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I think I would try increase his grain a bit at a time. One quart of grain is not a lot. Do you think he may need probiotics? To aid digestion.

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Actually, I think lateral work comes more forward when we are careful to adjust the horses position without shortening the neck. Somewhere a long time ago a clinician told me you have to push your hands forward to make room for the hind end to step under. It's an over simplification, because the hor...

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No vet recommends, but good luck

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I love waterproof Uggs for barn work and riding

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I haven't, but I had a student who did. No problems

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Because it took a scientist to know. Not. But it was interesting enough to read end to end

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Ok the way I understand his video you keep kicking the horse into a trot to move it away from it's safe place without steering til it accidentally finds a spot away from its friends to stop. Since A, I want my horse to know how to steer, and B I have a horse that would go over fences into walls and ...

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Okay I watched the whole video. I dont think he has the same definition of forward and straight as I do but it was interesting Also how hard do they have to work for the motive to stop to be more than the motive to be safe with friends? The comparison is to a rat who will die if he doesnt swim so I ...

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I haven't seen the vids, but will watch them, but if I may agree with the title of the thread.

I feel a lot of training is about inspiring the horse to believe they can do it and showing them how. First you teach the language (aids) but then you also have to inspire the mind

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Yay! How exciting. Congratulations

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Hi, I noticed the flurry on Facebook. Nice to hear from you again.

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I think there is a ton of sexism in barns. If z mare does anything at all, she is marsh, bitchy, a slut. Or whatever insulting gender related term. Not such thing with geldings. I'd a gelding pins his ears, oh he is unhappy. If a mare pins her ears, shes a bitch. I've seen it hundreds of times. Tha...

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MC no you will not know unless you test but for a horse that ties up, pretty much PSSM1, which is what Juliet (TB/Perch) is. Testing is done by pulling a bit of mane and sending off for genetic testing. PSSM2 and all it's variants can be muscle biopsy or blood sample sent in to Equiseq which tests ...

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There are a quite a few people who think PSSM is a fairy tale excuse for laziness or poor riding. I bought a quarter horse from a auction barn. He was to be a lesson horse, he developed unsoundness. It was pin pointed as back and hindquarters pain. He was treated with pain meds, muscle relaxers and ...

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My horses that live out I clip all the areas I can cover by blanket and leave the parts I dont cover hairy. I rarely clip top of neck or face or legs but my gypsy has to get his feather clipped in winter or it is a care nightmare. The feather freezes and I cannot get the ice out for days on end. Its...

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Piedmont, I dont think it's new, back in the "old days" it was called Monday morning sickness, azoruria, et al. Very prevalent in draft x. Good thing to mention. Most common in drafts, quarter horses and warmbloods.

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Piedmont, I dont think it's new, back in the "old days" it was called Monday morning sickness, azoruria, et al. Very prevalent in draft x. Good thing to mention.

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redsoxluvr wrote:
Chisamba wrote:
redsoxluvr wrote:Well, as I am going through a miserable divorce, I could use some cheering up. Count me in!
my compassion to you

Thank you, Chisamba. It freaking sucks.

At least the red Sox beat the Yankees

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I use many transitions to medium trot to develop more cadenced work. I got the idea from a Shannon Peter's video which I cannot find on you tube anymore

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hope the trip is easy on her and we need photos when she arrives!!

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i agree his neck is fairly soft and shaped .

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Thx dresseur. My apologies, cadence does have definition outside of music .

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Fabulous

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Collection trot us technically the hair with the least suspension, so adding suspension to collected trot is counter productive. I agree that hind legs stepping more under the body and quicker would aid the overall quality of collected trot. I would almost ignore the term cadence which doesn't reall...

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Did I say earlier, I worked on a farm with over 200 grey horses ranging in age from young to thirty something. Not one melanoma. But ONE study claims 85 percent of greys will have melanoma and suddenly everyone quotes it. I wonder if the study used all the same family? When a bay horse gets malignan...

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redsoxluvr wrote:Well, as I am going through a miserable divorce, I could use some cheering up. Count me in!

my compassion to you

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I had a Vlaamse Perd crossed with an Arabian in South Africa, I really loved the horse, but even as a cross bred he died young of aortic rupture, my reason for avoiding certain breeds has to do with their narrow genetic base the huge number of health issues found within that narrow genetic base. I h...

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in Keeping with my annual goal, not this specific two month goal, i entered a real rated dressage show with Kimba, second level, and my show pressure/hate/ anxiety has already kicked in, so i am telling myself it does not matter, take her out and just try to have fun, blah blah blah blah. Of course ...

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khall wrote:Curious chisamba and tsavo why no Friesians? I've seen some nice ones and Georgia Grandes (Friesian/ASBs) can be very fancy. Gigi Nutter's daughter rode one for a bit.

Aortic rupture, skin problems, immune system failure, along with not really liking the look.

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