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by galopp
Thu Jan 06, 2022 2:19 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: ***2021 Kringle Exchange***
Replies: 24
Views: 5605

Re: ***2021 Kringle Exchange***

THANK you so much Chisamba.... soooo much fun to have the "Zentangle stuff'. Trying to really do a lot of it this year!
by galopp
Sun Dec 12, 2021 12:51 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: ***2021 Kringle Exchange***
Replies: 24
Views: 5605

Re: ***2021 Kringle Exchange***

Glad you and your pups got them (love dobes too). (Amazon could be more helpful, but they got there!!!)
by galopp
Sun Jun 20, 2021 1:51 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: training spanish walk
Replies: 9
Views: 2954

Re: training spanish walk

Where the horse reacts to create jambette is a matter for each horse. For some it is in front of the leg, for others back, still for others get the horse to jambette (and even hold the jambette from holding under the leg). Usually bamboo is easier, or the stiff end of the whip. After the horse learn...
by galopp
Fri Feb 12, 2021 6:47 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Scoring Discussion Thread
Replies: 48
Views: 9599

Re: Scoring Discussion Thread

Now that that 3 of the 4 general impressions have been removed from fei judging, and there is a movement to eliminate them from all tests. But what is the purpose of the general impressions? It was to highlight where the training issues originated. (And that is often NOT clear unless there complete ...
by galopp
Fri Jan 01, 2021 3:19 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: ***2020 Kringle Exchange***
Replies: 39
Views: 11692

Re: ***2020 Kringle Exchange***

I just my black watch license plate edge from Blob.....sooooo coooool.
by galopp
Fri Dec 25, 2020 11:29 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Your favorite dressage books
Replies: 18
Views: 6013

Re: Your favorite dressage books

For sure, Seunig, Horsemanship. Inexpensive if old, and the most complete book of all.
by galopp
Wed Dec 23, 2020 2:29 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: ***2020 Kringle Exchange***
Replies: 39
Views: 11692

Re: ***2020 Kringle Exchange***

Seems back orders are happening in many cases..... January will be nice for all of us!!! Thanks blob!
by galopp
Mon Dec 21, 2020 12:25 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: ***2020 Kringle Exchange***
Replies: 39
Views: 11692

Re: ***2020 Kringle Exchange***

Thank you SOOO much to 'blob' (Fatima) for the yummy raspberry chocolates and the Astrophysics book. Enjoying both!!!..
by galopp
Wed Dec 02, 2020 8:44 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: ***2020 Kringle Exchange***
Replies: 39
Views: 11692

Re: ***2020 Kringle Exchange***

didnt get it, try again. (or here)
by galopp
Sun Nov 22, 2020 6:25 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: ***2020 Kringle Exchange***
Replies: 39
Views: 11692

Re: ***2020 Kringle Exchange***

was anything sent?
by galopp
Wed Nov 11, 2020 3:59 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: ***2020 Kringle Exchange***
Replies: 39
Views: 11692

Re: ***2020 Kringle Exchange***

Do I need to send it again???
by galopp
Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:42 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: ***2020 Kringle Exchange***
Replies: 39
Views: 11692

Re: ***2020 Kringle Exchange***

ARE WE HAVING XMAS??
by galopp
Sun Oct 04, 2020 3:49 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: ***2020 Kringle Exchange***
Replies: 39
Views: 11692

Re: ***2020 Kringle Exchange***

me too, always remember you all.
by galopp
Fri Jan 10, 2020 6:18 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: **2019 Kringle Exchange!** ASSIGNMENTS SENT! **
Replies: 42
Views: 24337

Re: **2019 Kringle Exchange!** ASSIGNMENTS SENT! **

zevida, you did get a second package right?? Since amazon didnt put everything together??
by galopp
Wed Jan 08, 2020 1:49 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Straightening help needed
Replies: 13
Views: 9517

Re: Straightening help needed

Simply lift the inside rein slightly, it will cause inside flexion at the atlas. Meanwhile inside leg is pulsed closer to the girth, and the outside leg is passively down and back from hip to heel. The outside rein is filled out by lateral flexibility, not by holding it stronger per se.
by galopp
Tue Dec 24, 2019 9:39 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: **2019 Kringle Exchange!** ASSIGNMENTS SENT! **
Replies: 42
Views: 24337

Re: **2019 Kringle Exchange!** ASSIGNMENTS SENT! **

Sue B, thank your for all the yumminess. The local Idaho delicacies are being enjoyed for Christmas dinner. Thank you so much for so many lovely items!
by galopp
Thu Nov 21, 2019 8:44 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: **2019 Kringle Exchange!** ASSIGNMENTS SENT! **
Replies: 42
Views: 24337

Re: **2019 Kringle Exchange!**

Kringle's contacts going out soon??
by galopp
Thu Jul 25, 2019 6:58 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Anyone in Central KY?
Replies: 3
Views: 3754

Re: Anyone in Central KY?

Where specifically?
by galopp
Sun Mar 24, 2019 3:35 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Egg Salad
Replies: 8
Views: 6641

Re: Egg Salad

for sure added chopped celery...
by galopp
Thu Mar 07, 2019 2:51 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Riding without Ambiguity
Replies: 27
Views: 16436

Re: Riding without Ambiguity

The thing is for this to be so there has to be the big three for the rider: correct equitation combined with tact and timing (esp as to half halts). It always comes back to the rider and then their experience and ability to apply knowledge of training exercises/movements to sustain purity of gaits a...
by galopp
Tue Jan 29, 2019 8:36 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: It’s 14 below zero
Replies: 26
Views: 15361

Re: It’s 14 below zero

It is recommended (according to educational sources) that apparently to have the thermostat 4-6 degrees higher than normal when -degrees are occurring (esp with wind) because after a certain temp the furnaces cant keep up with the heat loss.
by galopp
Sat Jan 26, 2019 4:22 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Cavaletti
Replies: 19
Views: 14172

Re: Cavaletti

(I have seen riders and horses hit the square ones and get injured.)
by galopp
Tue Jan 22, 2019 7:22 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Cavaletti
Replies: 19
Views: 14172

Re: Cavaletti

Pvc easily shatters as it ages. Best shape is octagonal (or oval), square can cause injuries. It is more difficult to connect round poles to an X shape (mho).
by galopp
Thu Dec 27, 2018 3:38 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: *************2018 Kringle Exchange ***Assignments Sent**************
Replies: 59
Views: 33274

Re: *************2018 Kringle Exchange ***Assignments Sent**************

Oh my, Paula O, all the goodies that we're included. Yummy sea salt chocolate and enjoyable sox, and so many other things. What a joy to get!!! (And btw was the Frog Prince separately from you too?) Hayburner, did everything arrive in tact? So sorry I was flying out and sent it all w/o wrapping. ;-)
by galopp
Fri Nov 02, 2018 12:28 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Side Reins!
Replies: 26
Views: 16334

Re: Side Reins!

The question is why people use s.r.. First always using a caveson, and then s.r. to them (properly adjusted to allow the horse to be in front of the vertical). And the horse learns half halts to remain in a proper bearing and connection. And then in trot (because walk and trot need bascule). The pur...
by galopp
Mon Oct 08, 2018 2:09 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Collected walk
Replies: 15
Views: 10151

Re: Collected walk

Traditionally piaffe comes as a forward exercise, so from collected walk (or rein back which is more diagonalizing) to piaffe. Collected walk meaning high flexing hind leg joints, articulated. The ability to use this comes from simple things early in training (for in hand) which is walk/halt (square...
by galopp
Sat Sep 22, 2018 11:19 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Interesting read, discussion?
Replies: 50
Views: 23821

Re: Interesting read, discussion?

Flechi droit is not bending the neck at the withers, which would be simple manipulation of the neck l/r as is recommended by some ldr riders. Instead, it is more calculated bending more in the front of the neck (similiar to positioning laterally) but much more clear with the base of the neck centere...
by galopp
Sun Jul 08, 2018 8:33 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Ariel colicked from the heat
Replies: 16
Views: 10988

Re: Ariel colicked from the heat

(Soak the hay too~)
by galopp
Fri Jul 06, 2018 12:18 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Shoulder-in
Replies: 52
Views: 23658

Re: Shoulder-in

When things are repeated more than once, or for a longer period of time, it is (as I said earlier) often for educating the rider as to what is correct (esp in a clinic situation). But that is not for the horse's training but for the rider's learning. And done in walk, it is less problematic because ...
by galopp
Wed Jul 04, 2018 5:00 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Shoulder-in
Replies: 52
Views: 23658

Re: Shoulder-in

HP changes through the levels because it is done on a steeper diagonal as one progresses up the levels, and with quicker changes of bend, as one goes up the levels. And as far as SI, the degree of collection is certainly more (with greater impulsion and articulation) in fei than it is at second. And...
by galopp
Wed Jul 04, 2018 1:08 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Shoulder-in
Replies: 52
Views: 23658

Re: Shoulder-in

I never would do SI the entire long side except perhaps as a rider learning how to use the aids (and even then with voltes or circles added in the middle or so). And to do it until it fails (which is likely with a less experienced horse) would be problematic. I guess it depends upon what the rider i...
by galopp
Mon Jun 18, 2018 1:58 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Susanne von Dietz Educational Event in Landrum SC
Replies: 60
Views: 28196

Re: Susanne von Dietz Educational Event in Landrum SC

Initially there may be pinching, but doing it for longer periods of time causes the rider to let the body to go up from the horse's action, rather like an elastic action. The posting then is lower because the tossing up is less than we think when we learn 'up/down' at the beginning. Then the rider l...
by galopp
Mon Jun 18, 2018 12:37 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Susanne von Dietz Educational Event in Landrum SC
Replies: 60
Views: 28196

Re: Susanne von Dietz Educational Event in Landrum SC

Posting trot w/o stirrups should not encourage clamping, it should be the opposite. Overpost (height) and the rider will be exhausted early with very sore muscles, etc. I remember in the days of posting w/o them, two point, jumping, etc that we actually had a contest of posting w/o them around an ar...
by galopp
Sun Jun 17, 2018 7:01 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Susanne von Dietz Educational Event in Landrum SC
Replies: 60
Views: 28196

Re: Susanne von Dietz Educational Event in Landrum SC

Suzanne is quite articulate and wonderful for equitation. Her books are quite useful for many readers. (Suzanne is also the cousin of Felicitas von Neumann-Cosel. A very nice trainer who rides/trains all types of horses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2Jf7Xbedxc&feature=youtu.be ) Posting (hei...
by galopp
Sat Jun 02, 2018 2:30 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Delta Airlines S...s
Replies: 12
Views: 9161

Re: Delta Airlines S...s

She should be treated as an unaccompanied minor however, and they cannot be left alone. Not just a person needing wheelchair, although they need a person there to take them to the facilities if needed. From will asking another airline's employee: "Each airline has differing policies about the e...
by galopp
Fri Jun 01, 2018 9:23 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: RIP Centerline Scores???
Replies: 3
Views: 3933

Re: RIP Centerline Scores???

They are back.
by galopp
Thu May 31, 2018 4:53 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Fussiness with bits in double bridle
Replies: 16
Views: 14268

Re: Fussiness with bits in double bridle

Please do not get a forward leaning port like shown in one of the links above, it is into the palette before the reins are even picked up (worse with a loose curb chain). They are horrid imho. This is 5 3/4 http://www.dressageextensions.com/loose-ring-weymouth/p/1060/ And this is 6" http://www....
by galopp
Mon May 21, 2018 4:59 pm
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Topic: Phone Insurance
Replies: 12
Views: 9068

Re: Phone Insurance

I get iPhones on the replace it every year for what is new out (its sorta like renting), and they replace the phones immediately.
by galopp
Sun May 06, 2018 9:29 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: HANDS - (was various training topics)
Replies: 97
Views: 43311

Re: HANDS - (was various training topics)

I think with what AP wrote that it was in a frame of reference of an entire book, but we have to understand he had to first be a teacher of riding (and yes, he wrote 5 books I think). In writing speaking in one book to the less inexperienced rider, and also the experienced rider. Agree that green an...
by galopp
Sun May 06, 2018 3:44 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: HANDS - (was various training topics)
Replies: 97
Views: 43311

Re: HANDS - (was various training topics)

Perhaps there is a mix up of the stages of training. When AP is speaking about the movements the horse is already in a stage of collection, where the inside rein can be often given away (uberstreichen), and the horse is between the inside leg and outside rein, and the seat and leg (weight) are the m...
by galopp
Sat May 05, 2018 4:29 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: HANDS - (was various training topics)
Replies: 97
Views: 43311

Re: HANDS - (was various training topics)

I have watched him in real time on a bunch of different horses, traditionally he went back to neutral. In the photos there is a tendency to have a broken line. That said he also uses the fillis/schultheis reinhold, so the snaffle is (may be) lifting into the corners of the lips. And the question is ...
by galopp
Sat May 05, 2018 2:45 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: HANDS - (was various training topics)
Replies: 97
Views: 43311

Re: HANDS - (was various training topics)

The fact is that a line from elbow to horse's mouth, upper arm hanging vertical,thumb upward, is a NEUTRAL position. That is what the ODGs used. But it was also expected that the horse was up/open/ifV/active/etc. So the use then was situational. When the line is broken upward, then it is often a hal...
by galopp
Tue May 01, 2018 7:40 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Kindle paper white question
Replies: 4
Views: 4434

Re: Kindle paper white question

You can do it from your amazon account, and re-sync or http://www.dummies.com/consumer-electro ... e-fire-hd/
by galopp
Sun Apr 29, 2018 7:04 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Fussiness with bits in double bridle
Replies: 16
Views: 14268

Re: Fussiness with bits in double bridle

The one above is only $40.

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