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Jingles for poor Maia and so sorry about your piggy. Also jingling this stupid heat finally breaks!

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Beautiful, Linden. I bet you can't wait to ride!

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Susan, pm me the name of your new financial coach. The one we had retired a while back and I need one not only for me, but to educate my teenager on how to manage his finances effectively as he enters adulthood. Hubby and I had a massive hole to climb out of when we got married; suffice it to say we...

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Sorry you didn't have a good show, Moutaineer. hard to be amped up about going to Regionals only to "blow" it in the end. Is there no other show you can hit in time? Jingles that Laddie's si is okay and that this was just a one-off deal. Sure was beautiful weather this weekend, though. Man...

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Oh my, Baroque, that yarn is gorgeous. I can almost feel how soft it is through the photo! My good news this week, is that I did not come off my horse, Tio, when he uncorked last night. He's built like a brick sh** house and can get some serious air time, but hey, I cowgirled up and rode him out. Ye...

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Sorry your back is still sore, Rye. Jingles you get better really soon. I DID IT!!!! Obviously, I am very excited. :D I was riding last evening when the neighbor drove by in his "new" ancient ATV he was rehabbing. Tio was kinda keeping half an eyeball on him when suddenly, neighbor's dogs ...

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Dang Mari, definitely been there, done that! I really hate leaving all the good stuff in the warm-up ring, but sometimes that's just the way things go. At least your horse didn't try to leap into the judge's stand! :shock: Next time Odin (and you) will be rockstars, I just know it. You two are so lo...

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Congratulations, Deanna. Truly a wonderful job you have done with him.

Still jingling for Finn too.

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That is so wonderful. WELCOME BACK LINDEN!!!!!!!

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I'm in County Fair mode so no riding for me. Shoer did finally come out and put new shoes on the boys so at least no one is sore footed at the moment. I'm planning on taking Tio in a schooling show in a couple of weeks...fingers crossed I get there. :P I put on the Fair Dog Show every year with Show...

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Is the prescapular nerve intact?

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Perhaps get a second opinion?

Stall rest is not beneficial for arthritis, walking is. I think you do not really know yet where the pain is coming from and I agree with MC that looking at the si joint would be a good idea.

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Lovely photos y'all. I just had a great weekend with my ponies despite the heat, the swelling has finally come down from ds having all 4 of his wisdom teeth pulled and my 88 year old mother got to have a visit from my brother, her only son, for 3 whole days. Life is good right now.

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Well darn, SF! We will simply have to redouble our healing jingles efforts on your behalf. I am so very sorry.

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Stoopid hot here too. Must be summer. 8-) Tio, despite having lost his right front shoe and having troubles with a loose left front shoe, insisted 100 degree heat is a great time to go for a nice long ride down the roads. Even though getting to soft sandy roads meant going down a steep, gravely one ...

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Jingles, jingles, jingles!

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great photos and progress heddy. It is so much fun to watch these youngsters come along So when Tio launched me last September, it was the result of a loss of balance in the canter. He had just turned 7 btw, and much of his obnoxiousness was fading. This year, as a now 8yr old (birthday this week), ...

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Many congratulations khall. I saw your photos on FB...way to go!

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Fantastic!

That is so cool. I am smiling with you. However, pictures of your beauty would be even better.

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Just saw on FB that Luoise's (Don Giovanni) husband just died. Many of you remember when he had his stroke a few years back, and how excited she was when they adopted their son even more years back. Lovely lady, lovely family. So sad.

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Beautiful horse, Aleuronx. Dog show on Saturday in 100* weather kept me out of the saddle that day, but I did ride Rudy yesterday. Ds's dog was last to go in Obedience and was done with the heat. Beautifully trained Labrador declined to carry the dumbell or jump the jumps, but all with good humor. S...

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Oh gosh Deanna, so very, very sorry about Panache AND Finn. You must feel like your head is ready to explode. Panache turned out to be such a handsome and cool horse, so sad. I probably would have lost my cookies if I came out and saw one of my horses looking like Finn, and I've sewn up alot of hors...

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Chantal, I still have my KN but it's 30 years old. You can try it if you like. As I recall, it's a medium tree, 17.5" seat. Haven't rode in it since Scotty died, so like 6 years. Patting myself on the back today because I did load up Tio and take him to ride at another arena despite it being 97...

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I got a light bulb moment a few years ago from a biomechanics clinic in which one of the riders had sloped shoulders like me. Instructor said she learned from a previous student to quit saying "shoulders down" and to actually try a little "shoulders up" instead. This was to help ...

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In 1998, I cracked my femoral neck and crushed my greater trochanter in an amazing horse-powered launch. I also damaged my si btw. Misdiagnosed in the ER, etc, etc. Long story shorter, the injury left me with pretty significant right hip pain that not only made riding a bit of a challenge but also l...

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Phew! I was getting worried. Thank you for returning to "civility" (?) . I so enjoy reading these discussions. I hope demi comes back and sees that it has come full circle.

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Let's see... Rudy, just keep upping the ante on gaits and training. Enjoy our beautiful countryside as well, when weather permits. Oh, and maybe play around with bridleless riding just for the fun of it. Tio: Also enjoy the countryside with him AND take him to small events like easy clinic, the occa...

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I don't remember the app name, but there's one you can set to remind you to get up and move. My MIL has hers set for every hour during daylight hours. When it goes off, she is supposed to get up, walk around, and use her spirometer. It doesn't stop chiming until she shuts it off. My SIL tries to kee...

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Tio LOVES canter poles. I am happy to ride him through them because it helps him realize he CAN carry me in the canter without getting discombobulated.

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Rudy hates jumping, so I don't on him. After years of work, I have finally gotten him to stretch over raised cavelleti, however, and I have him do that a couple times a month at the trot, daily at the walk. All our rides out involve hills and varied terrain, plus he lives in a large hilly pasture, s...

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MC, I have videos of our various attempts. Rudy is the kind of horse, though, who is all or none, no in-between stuff, perhaps like your old horse. On the rare occasion he's not "clean" it's because he's early behind, which I find easy to feel. Lad was sometimes late behind (rarely) and th...

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So how'd I do with my goals? Hmmmm I can do a single, clean fc R to L on Rudy but I have failed to enlist any help. Nonetheless, i am having a blast with Rudy, and I decided I don't care where we go at this point as long as we continue to progress. Tio, I can canter both directions in the arena and ...

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One acre is too small, you need at least 2 if you want to have a retiree and mini and not have your neighbors all up in your business so to speak. We only have 12 acres but I plan on selling if dh dies before I do. I used to have a little over 2 acres and found it easy to keep up, especially with th...

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Huge congratulations H4Spots--that's a real accomplishment. I bet you were grinning ear-to-ear when you got back. Excellent Moutaineer, just one more score like that and you'll be at Regionals. Goldhorse, so happy to hear from you and love what you are doing with your horse and pararider. Can't wait...

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Such a tough topic. I haven't yet done the stupid training modules to rejoin USEF, but only because I have to do other training modules annually to be a 4H leader and they are all, in the end, meaningless. My son was abducted at our local fair and was fortunate to be rescued before being hauled off ...

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What a lovely pair! Your photos make me smile.

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Take 30-45 min to go do yoga or pilates or some such thing between work and going to the stable. That will get you stretched and ready to ride, and it will give Miss A time to process her grain.

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Great job, Heddy. Nothing like a spicy red mare. :P Anne :shock: Your Fergal is an awful lot like my Tio! He too used to buck (quite spectacularly on the lunge, btw) when he'd feel unbalanced in the canter. Of course, it was one very huge buck that caused my very painful unplanned dismount last Sept...

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Congratulations Rye! Showing is so much more fun when your horse is truly your partner, isn't it. :P Glorious weekend weather (maybe a bit on the hot side) and week, so I rode both horses 4 days this past week! Oh yeah, they also both got new shoes which helped a ton. All the rain we had earlier mad...

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I find really good ly to or from the centerline in walk is the best way to get Rudy to release tension. Of course, I got yelled at for doing this by Ms. Canace, despite the fact that it was and is highly effective. She has the wonky view that you wait to do lateral work until your horse is relaxed. ...

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So sorry, SF. Horses are sooooo frustrating sometimes. My friend has been going through similar anguish with her string of horses too for a couple years now. Jingling that this too shall pass.

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Impirini, you and Pal look super. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Rosie, happy for you that you can now ride regularly. Bliss is such a handsome lad. SF, I hope Tesla is continuing to recover well from her surgery and that Annabelle gets cleared for regular work now. Chantal, Mikey is looking gorgeous and it is...

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Friesians are also well known to suffer from anhidrosis and, yes, it can have a gradual onset over the years with sweating occurring in some places but not others. Most commonly, the horse will exhibit exercise intolerance in warmer weather, increased respiratory rate, flared nostrils etc. You absol...

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Jingling like mad for Lad, Moutaineer! I snuck a ride in in-between rain storms on Sunday but that was it for the entire weekend. My arena is amazing though. It had puddles of water all day Friday and Saturday morning. By Sunday puddles were gone even though it was drizzling on and off all day, and ...

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Can't wait for the rain to stop so I can try some of these cantering/fc suggestions. Forgot to mention that I did throw in t-c-t-cc-t exercises with Rudy on the circle and on the straight just for grins. Did it in walk too.

Proud to say that I am continuing my daily walks in spite of the rain.

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Woot! Woot! Jingles for a successful PPE

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Glorious rides on both horses Saturday, both in the arena and down the road splashing through puddles. :P Thankfully, my arena held up beautifully to Friday's rain so I could work the boys without worry about slick footing or damaging the base. Sunday was another story, however. We got at least an i...

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Wonderful!

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It's raining sideways, so no riding, but I did walk the dogs this morning.

Congrats on filling Mette's clinic and having a great pre-clinic lesson, Moutaineer.

Awesome news and photos Kelo. Love me a good quarterhorse.

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