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I did forget to add that grey hounds (the lighter sight hounds period) are tricky with anesthesia. That was a big concern when I was a vet tech because of their low body fat content and their very muscled bodies.

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chisamba I did not explain myself very well, when Cedar said ride Rip like a Lusitano I took it to mean expect him to react in a similar way, lighter to the aids and lighter of foot. Not that I would literally work him the way a Lusitano would be worked. Joplin and Rip are very different horses to r...

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Of course JP gets much of the credit and Cedar definitely does credit him for his instruction and for allowing her to ride the horses she is showing. The one GP horse Orion is one JP trained, the other Zorro is the one Cedar trained. Cedar has put in the work though to learn from JP and now is branc...

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Tsavo I had a mare who lost her left eye. I did not opt for the prothesis had heard there can be issues with them. The sunken socket was not pretty but she also adapted without much issue. She preferred me to lead her on her blind side. Only issue I ever had with her was she got blindsided (literall...

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All of the sight hounds I dealt with when a vet tech and with personal dogs (we had a part ridgeback for 13 yrs, 95 lbs of love) I enjoyed handling. They were all lovely dogs (greyhound, saluki, whippet and our part RR). Cat testing is always recommended, though our RR went from wanting to eat the c...

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Glad Laddie is better after his pedicure! I cannot imagine going 7 weeks during the summer months between shoeings!! Our horses are done every 5 weeks during the summer they grow so fast here in hot humid and lots of grass Georgia. Blob I hope RP comes sound soon. Chisamba sounds like your clinic wa...

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Blob yeah there is much we do not know at this point with MB, but I'm sure it will all come out eventually. MB is sitting in jail at this point. It's just that right now it seems we are seeing so many (I'm including I support George people here too) that are not what we want in the horse world. A ve...

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I am glad it is out now, just like what is happening with the Boy Scouts and the Catholic Church. The dirty under belly of these organizations (Olympic sports included as well) need the light shined on them. SS is a very good tool to start the process, when possible I hope criminal charges are also ...

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All of this with GM, RG and now MB, who wants to be in the big leagues of the horse world? I know there has to be some good horsemen/people out there. Anyone have a list of the good ones to share? The GM thread on COTH is very well done IMO, lots of good info and sane conversations for the most part.

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I would not turn out with a horse that lame. Put him on preventative dose of GG and have you tried Triple Crown alfa lox? My ulcer prone mare is on alfa lox. Keep lots of hay in front of him.

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My Lusitano filly Joplin is meeting and exceeding my hopes and dreams so far. Just getting started with our US work, but such a joy after riding WBs for many years now. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2421965771175451&set=a.216657935039590&type=3&theater We have booked our flight...

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Big congratulations!! I know you are so stoked and should be. I hope this is a bright enough ray of sunshine to help with the troubles you have faced recently with your other horses.

And yes jingling for Finn, long road ahead for you and him, but definitely looking better.

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https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2421965771175451&set=a.216657935039590&type=3&theater Lovely very basic ride on Joplin yesterday:) Had a long time friend come over and be my ground person and then off line again. No cantering this time but change of direction through the circle a...

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Lovely very basic ride on Joplin yesterday:) Had a long time friend come over and be my ground person and then off line again. No cantering this time but change of direction through the circle and spiral in and out both at the trot. She is such a good girl!! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2...

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I'm so sorry Xan. I swear horses can just break your heart. I often feel you need at least 2-3 in the stable just to have 1 sound to ride.

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I use lateral work in hand and caveletti to help strengthen the youngsters. I also lunge no SRs and go large straight lines and forward almost to a gallop.

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I had IRAP done on my older mare in 2016. She has bi lateral OCD lesions with the left being the worst. She had been sound and working for several years and then she foundered on dex June 2015, spent 10 months in the stall came out very lame LH. Could not use any treatment that included steroids, so...

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I agree 100% with Chisamba, Ponichiwa and I find it disturbing AK's reaction to RG's ban. "If they were young" that right there is why many do not come out. These adult women now have come out publicly and spoke about the abuse they were subjected to by RG. One was 13 one was 14. This conv...

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Wow Flight! Norsey is really expressive in his changes! Dang that would get old fast. Yes Rip has the diagnolization down in hand now for piaffe. Cedar just worked on this when she was here last weekend and was very please how correct his diagnolizing is, now he just needs a bit of bounce for a real...

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First canter US with Joplin and it was a no drama event:) First ride off line WT, 7th ride overall. Incredibly stoked with my homebred, self trained with fab help from Cedar Potts-Warner with my Lusitano X filly. She shows such maturity sensitivity but so sensible and I loff her!!

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Laddie! Hope you find the halt soon Mountaineer, LOL! Flight as always you are inspiring. Norsey is really coming along. Our July Cedar clinic was incredibly successful for all riders and no one passed out from the heat:) Could have been much worse for sure weather wise. I could not have been more h...

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First of all Chancellor thank you so much from a southerner that has been involved in rescue for adopting one in need. Yes HWs are endemic here in the south and many dogs end up with them from poor owners or other lack of care i.e. strays. I've been through HW treatment with quite a few of my foster...

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Big hugs DJR! What horrible time you have been having:( So so sorry about Panache. I lost one of my favorite mares to colic (Joplin's dam) in 2016 just a few short months after Mark died. It is hard. She was not a surgery candidate. Hope your filly continues to heal well with no lasting issues and F...

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Excellent points both exvet and chisamba! Good take home to work on for sure.

Don't you feel most dressage riders tend to be type A people? Where we are always wanting that bit more? When we should not or as exvet says wait? Raise hand high here!!

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Dang exvet you will be introducing FCs before you know it! Good job Junior!! Stay safe with Deneb Chisamba, she is a lovely mover so I understand your wanting to bring her back into work, I hope she keeps her brain about her better. Eh ride today, hot as hades and Rip said why are we out here? Was n...

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I have not though probably will as well in the future. My dad had a sizable place removed from his chin a few years ago. It took a bit for it to come back to full feeling (cut some nerves, left him a bit tingly) but has not come back.

Jingles for quick healing and no return of the cancer.

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MC will you need a hip replacement? A friend who rides in the clinics I host had one, says it's the best thing she ever did to help her riding. Hope you can get some answers! I injured my right butt sit bone last week in pilates. Doing a stretch accidentally went too far (damn gumby self) and heard ...

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Dresseur hope you can get some answers and some healing. Quelah one of my WBs was shown last year WD. I think she would do well WD except I don't like riding in Western saddles! (or have yet to find one I feel is comfortable) I had sent her to a WD trainer who did the showing, over 80% at intro leve...

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It is especially humbling when it is something we already know! It does help to hear from different instructors similar fixes just said in a different way. Or same instructor coming at the issue a bit differently and the Ah Ha moment happens. IMO it also helps to ride different horses. They can brin...

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Timely thread for what I am going through with my parents right now. Instead of moving them into town though or into a retirement assisted living place we are building an apartment behind our house on our 40+ acre farm. Neither of my parents wanted to move into an assisted living facility, neither a...

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Thanks PaulaO! While Cori was not the most talented of souls I sure appreciated her safeness US. One time I was cantering along in a light seat, letting roll on and had a covey of quail burst up right under her nose. Cori never even flenched. Rip would have had heart failure and been in the next cou...

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Blob cantering downhill on Rip scares me so I've never done it! This from a former event rider, LOL! Trotting felt great down the steeper grade. Oh I like the sideways up hill, not sure Rip will:/ Sue that is a good one too, trot, halt trot downhill. Could add in a bit of RB too, hmm. Some good stuf...

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Yesterday was the start of July and man is it hot and humid here! We are high 90's and supposed to hit 100 tomorrow and the humidity is always present:( but I have a clinic to prep for so I am slogging on. My goals are to ride/work them at least 4 times a week (all 3), get on Joplin and ride her wit...

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I used to event many moons ago, so cross training was kind of built in to my work. I have not jumped in years though at least not under saddle, I have done some free jumping but not much. With Joplin she was showing some sticky stifles (growth spurt and butt high a bit) so I was trying to do some ca...

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I've also made my own using velcro and shoulder padding I have gotten at Walmart. Synthetic fleece not wool.

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I use these for my grazing muzzles. https://www.amazon.com/Tough-Muzzle-Liner-Sheepskin-Black/dp/B07C2Y91ZN/ref=pd_rhf_se_s_cr_simh_0_26?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B07C2Y91ZN&pd_rd_r=913e99f6-8007-40d4-a9dc-28ecf0f03599&pd_rd_w=uAxt6&pd_rd_wg=algMw&pf_rd_p=67aa5820-8762-4202-90ba-881...

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That's interesting piedmont re long torso. I had seen that clinic and thought about going to audit. Will try to next time.

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Hayburner I just get in there when washing the tail. I was a vet tech at a breeding farm so have been on the tail end of many a mare:) You can use wipes or wash clothes etc. Yes Joplin gets beans around her vulva and I have to clean them out regularly. This time of year the gunk builds quickly in ou...

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Swimming? Or just ride more. Riding is pretty aerobic workout.

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Palomino gelding Rajahi pronounced Ra-gee was my first ever horse when I was 14. We evented together through Training level schooled Prelim. Raj was an extremely safe jumper and an incredible trail horse. I was probably 17 in this picture. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2369450899760272&...

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Excellent show reports Rye, Mountaineer and Goldhorse (and welcome! What a pretty boy you have!!) Some lovely pictures and good video Rosie. So fun to see everyone! SF hope your eternal pit of hand walking despair is over by end of July. As for me, I've been working 2 regularly, adding back in Gaila...

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I deal with a tail scrubbing Lusitano (also known and has long flowing locks!) just the top of her tail thank goodness but still, grr. I wash her tail, vulva, anus and teats weekly per my vet's instruction. Often will wash her tail twice a week if needed. Use baby wipes to really get around the anus...

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SF sorry late coming to this topic. I had IRAP done on my older mare over a year ago. She has bilateral OCD in her stifles that was aggravated after being up for 10 months after foundering from dex. She is sound now, though has not been worked due to lack of time on my part and is 24 this year. We d...

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Blob Yes it did: Public information from Hillary Ridland: RG’s abuse started when she was 13. Four other victims stood up with her Saturday after the Grand Prix at The Oaks. Rob was in his late 20s and 30s at that time. If you don't know who Hillary Ridland is: http://www.lagunabeachhorselovers.com/...

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I have one very similar from Dressage Extensions. It's sitting in my tack room barely used. I hate it. Heavy and unwieldy. I would sell it if you are interested. I like the lighter ones that have the bicycle chain in the nose piece and form to the nose of the horse. I bought mine from DP saddlery an...

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Scruffy I'm there with you! Rather than diet I like to eat clean, which is about being mindful of what you eat. Eat whole foods, few ingredients no processed food. With what I am dealing with in my parents (both diagnosed with dementia, with Alzheimers in the family, my mother's father) I am also lo...

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MC that is a good price! They are a nice mower and heavy duty use no problem. I have never put the numbers together if I had to move. DH and I may downsize at some point. Not sure if we would move from our area or not. If I went anywhere it would be FL. Yeah horses and multiple ones get pricey. I st...

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I absolutely know what it feels like to have a trainer ride through you. The only time that has occurred was with Mark and it took several years to get to that point. Towards the end of our time together Mark would sit up on the hill and instruct me in the arena (the viewing for my arena is up above...

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exvet is that not an exercise you have done before? That is one Mark used early on both in hand and US. He called it advance the haunch. Anja B uses it a good bit along with counter SI. How steep was the angle? We start fairly shallow and as the horse gains strength and flexibility gets to the point...

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I had mine installed after market. My local auto shop did the deal. They run off the power from the light hook up. Have an on/off switch. In 2008 I had to haul a mare and foal to FL 4+ hours in July for GOV inspections. 96 and had to run with the trailer closed up because of the foal. All windows an...

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