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- Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:18 am
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: A New Normal?
- Replies: 14
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Re: A New Normal?
I already worked from home pretty much full time, with very occasional forays to meet with clients, or work in a coffee shop, so I had little professional adjustment back in February/March. I am a creative, but I have friends and colleagues who I maintain a slack channel with to share ideas and crit...
- Fri Jan 01, 2021 5:54 pm
- Forum: Tack, Apparel, Facilities and Transportation
- Topic: Bridle shopping help?
- Replies: 16
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Re: Bridle shopping help?
The HVE reins finally arrived. Holy wow. The leather is gorgeous
I'm going to re-measure, and order the bridle this week.
I'm going to re-measure, and order the bridle this week.
- Thu Dec 31, 2020 8:22 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Best purchase under $100
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6676
Re: Best purchase under $100
Misen santoku. I've used all sorts of high end knives, cheap knives, custom knives, etc. For the price, this Misen is absolutely the best I've owned.
Related: my thumb is finally healed
Related: my thumb is finally healed
- Mon Dec 28, 2020 1:55 am
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Pivo self video--anyone?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 18185
Re: Pivo self video--anyone?
DH gave me a pivo for Christmas It's charging. I'll experiment tomorrow.
- Fri Dec 25, 2020 2:55 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3974
Re: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas!
- Thu Dec 24, 2020 1:35 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Gratuitous pics of your horse(s)
- Replies: 48
- Views: 14951
Re: Gratuitous pics of your horse(s)
Since I have no good recent photos of Anz (I need to fix that, bad, bad horse person!), here are a few of her from a few years ago. She's teeny and delicate compared to her baby. https://live.staticflickr.com/4352/35932096774_08f97f89b1_c.jpg I find this one a bit amusing. Anz sneezed and sprung a l...
- Sat Dec 19, 2020 8:54 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Gratuitous pics of your horse(s)
- Replies: 48
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Re: Gratuitous pics of your horse(s)
exvet wrote:Um, clearly he's no longer in the starving state I found him in when I purchased him
He's adorably plump
We joke that our horses are starving ...... not a rib in sight anywhere at the barn!
- Wed Dec 16, 2020 6:15 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Putting 2020 in Hindsight: November-December Goals and Progress
- Replies: 368
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Re: Putting 2020 in Hindsight: November-December Goals and Progress
I managed to get in a ride this morning — and even run to the feed store — before the slush/rain moved in (we're on the eastern edge of the big snow storm). The entire herd was on edge, and helpfully running laps around the arena. Maia was doing her best tense giraffe impression, so I figured our ri...
- Mon Dec 14, 2020 2:54 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Putting 2020 in Hindsight: November-December Goals and Progress
- Replies: 368
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Re: Putting 2020 in Hindsight: November-December Goals and Progress
Blob — have you tried removing yourself from the situation? I know I start doing weird things with my aids when we're not getting something right, and it becomes a self-fulfilling mess. Instead, if I try the movement out on trail — where we have loads of natural forward and softness — it works every...
- Sun Dec 13, 2020 4:28 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Gratuitous pics of your horse(s)
- Replies: 48
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Re: Gratuitous pics of your horse(s)
I need to get some recent photos of Anz ... but, Maia and I had a "does this saddle make my butt look big?" photo shoot :lol: Short answer: Yes! No matter how girly stands, she's got a big ol' butt :D https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50714861092_c75befaab7_c.jpg In perfect happenstance,...
- Fri Dec 11, 2020 12:01 am
- Forum: Tack, Apparel, Facilities and Transportation
- Topic: Bridle shopping help?
- Replies: 16
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Re: Bridle shopping help?
I *may* be a bit closer to a decision — I just ordered reins from PS of Sweden. I need a new set for the dressage bridle anyway, since Maia and I have completely destroyed the original set. If I like the reins, I'm leaning towards this bridle . Yes, yes, it's not one I was considering originally :lo...
- Thu Dec 10, 2020 4:25 am
- Forum: Tack, Apparel, Facilities and Transportation
- Topic: Bridle shopping help?
- Replies: 16
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Re: Bridle shopping help?
Maia's fine-boned but clunky :lol: She's got all of her momma and grandmomma's refined features ... in a great big honkin' package. Seriously. The girl cannot shoehorn herself into any of their cob halters or bridles. When I brought her to MD, nothing fit except the "long" cob Jerry's brid...
- Thu Dec 10, 2020 2:24 am
- Forum: Tack, Apparel, Facilities and Transportation
- Topic: Bridle shopping help?
- Replies: 16
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Re: Bridle shopping help?
Oh. Wow! The Nirak is lovely! I'd looked at Nunn Finer, but totally missed the build your own aspect. Minus 1 bridle, plus 2 more
I found the saddle barely broken in — 2017 model, extra long flaps (woot!), and less than half list price.
I found the saddle barely broken in — 2017 model, extra long flaps (woot!), and less than half list price.
- Wed Dec 09, 2020 10:27 pm
- Forum: Tack, Apparel, Facilities and Transportation
- Topic: Bridle shopping help?
- Replies: 16
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Re: Bridle shopping help?
And here are the other bridles I'm considering:
Bridle three
Bridle four
Bridle five
Thoughts? Any experience with these? Anything else I should consider?
I use a Jerry's on Maia right now ... and really wish they were still in business!
Bridle three
Bridle four
Bridle five
Thoughts? Any experience with these? Anything else I should consider?
I use a Jerry's on Maia right now ... and really wish they were still in business!
- Wed Dec 09, 2020 10:22 pm
- Forum: Tack, Apparel, Facilities and Transportation
- Topic: Bridle shopping help?
- Replies: 16
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Bridle shopping help?
I'm looking for a new jumping bridle to go with one of these gorgeous saddles :D My requirements: - padded mono-crown - flash - buckles Deal-breakers: - crank noseband - hook fastenings I've broken my fingers so many times, I cannot handle hook fastenings. The last few attempts to change bits have r...
- Mon Dec 07, 2020 3:07 am
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Putting 2020 in Hindsight: November-December Goals and Progress
- Replies: 368
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Re: Putting 2020 in Hindsight: November-December Goals and Progress
Maia : Get over the last trailer hump This is not going so well. We've stalled out at about our July progress. I stand at the base of the ramp, and send Maia back and forth in half circles in front of me, over the ramp. Then, when she's begging for it, into the trailer, where she self-serves 1-2 tr...
- Sun Dec 06, 2020 4:26 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Yawning after work
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6239
Re: Yawning after work
Yawning, blowing, and licking are all signs of relaxation. When we were just starting Maia, she would blow after about 10 minutes under saddle. After that it was like "Yay! No one's eating dirt today" :lol: Now, I use that moment to signal when we can really get to work. If I ask for too m...
- Sun Dec 06, 2020 3:46 am
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: So what are you watching?
- Replies: 166
- Views: 81531
Re: So what are you watching?
IT Crowd is on our to watch list. It's kinda on topic here
Queens Gambit was a big draw for both of us. The first few episodes were tough — too much reality right now — but by the third episode, we were glued to the TV. The Crown and the Witcher are too dark right now.
Queens Gambit was a big draw for both of us. The first few episodes were tough — too much reality right now — but by the third episode, we were glued to the TV. The Crown and the Witcher are too dark right now.
- Sat Dec 05, 2020 9:33 pm
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- Topic: So what are you watching?
- Replies: 166
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Re: So what are you watching?
We just finished "Superstore" and "Queen's Gambit," and picked up "Better off Ted" and "Kim's Convenience."
- Fri Dec 04, 2020 4:00 pm
- Forum: Young Horse Forum and Breeding and Registries
- Topic: Class of 2016, am I the only one?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 18321
Re: Class of 2016, am I the only one?
Maia has a big canter too, and wasn't fond of half seat. I think it put her even further off balance. I went with my least sticky knee patch britches, so my butt would slide
- Fri Dec 04, 2020 4:26 am
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Pivo self video--anyone?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 18185
Re: Pivo self video--anyone?
I've asked for one for Christmas. Pretty sure I'm not getting one — per DH "I ordered your gift. It won't be here for several months." [God knows what he ordered, but it's probably 200% perfect :D ] If I don't get one, I'll be ordering a Pivo in January. All your reviews make it sound perf...
- Tue Dec 01, 2020 3:48 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Putting 2020 in Hindsight: November-December Goals and Progress
- Replies: 368
- Views: 83409
Re: Putting 2020 in Hindsight: November-December Goals and Progress
I use the spiral or leg yield to canter with greenies. It works great. At some point, once they're with the program over half the tine, I quit pushing into the canter. So trot leg yield to canter [horse rushes], come back to walk. Start over. Sometimes a ground pole prevents rushing — leg yield out,...
- Sat Nov 28, 2020 2:49 am
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- Topic: Bruised tailbone advise
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3833
Re: Bruised tailbone advise
No two point, just posting trot ... but I think I over did it I've spent every sitting moment today on a heating pad. Definitely feeling every one of my 40+ years right now.
- Fri Nov 27, 2020 3:04 am
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- Topic: Bruised tailbone advise
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3833
Re: Bruised tailbone advise
I'm at 2 weeks out as of tomorrow. This time I went down with a 20# pack. Last time I was lugging a commercial carpet cleaner down the stairs. I don't remember how long it hurt, just that it wasn't great. Add 15+ years, and I definitely don't bounce as well. Back then, when I went to the ER — and la...
- Fri Nov 27, 2020 2:41 am
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: training to self-load
- Replies: 78
- Views: 17904
Re: training to self-load
I should clarify. I don't use food as an unlimited lure. Maia's *very* food driven, so after our trailering incident, BO and I started free feeding in the trailer: we'd close all the yard gates, put Maia's dinner dish partway in the trailer, and Maia had to walk into the trailer on her own to eat di...
- Thu Nov 26, 2020 4:58 am
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: training to self-load
- Replies: 78
- Views: 17904
Re: training to self-load
khall wrote:Does anyone feed their horses in the trailer? I did this with a couple of horses. One that was truly terrified to the point of shaking.
Yes. Food is the only reason I've gotten Maia to step foot in the trailer since our accident.
- Thu Nov 26, 2020 3:06 am
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- Topic: Bruised tailbone advise
- Replies: 9
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Bruised tailbone advise
Has anyone bruised or broken their tailbone? How long did it take to get back to riding? I landed on my tush a few times backpacking on the AT a few weeks ago — wet leaves, roots. I'd guess the second time was just added damage ... but the first time I landed right on a pointy granite rock and earne...
- Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:36 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Riding with less than ideal conditions
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5712
Re: Riding with less than ideal conditions
I ride early morning, so light isn't a problem, but frozen or saturated footing can be a challenge. Oftentimes that's easily solved by riding in the pasture — we've got a large field with a significant grade that drains well. And the grass is so thick it's padded in the winter. I don't ride out ther...
- Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:25 pm
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- Topic: Finally feeling prepared
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4430
Re: Finally feeling prepared
Great decor <3
- Fri Nov 20, 2020 3:16 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Exercises that help address crookedness in the horse
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4331
Re: Exercises that help address crookedness in the horse
I am also a fan of doing a walk warm up on a 15-20 m circle of shoulder in to counter shoulder in to travers to renvers. Doing it on a circle is hard, but extremely effective to limber up my short bodied, tight mare. FYI, I start with free walking before doing this series. We do a low-key version o...
- Fri Nov 20, 2020 1:10 pm
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- Topic: Kirby (1998-2020)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7632
Re: Kirby (1998-2020)
What a lovely tribute to your Kirby. He sounds like a wonderful, willing partner. So many hugs, Robyn. This part sucks
- Fri Nov 20, 2020 2:12 am
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- Topic: I'd rather not workout today
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2450
Re: I'd rather not workout today
Horses are so weird.
- Thu Nov 19, 2020 12:22 am
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Horse shopping, how did you know what you want?
- Replies: 433
- Views: 80651
Re: Horse shopping, how did you know what you want?
I've owned a few Arabians over the years. I definitely am a fan of the breed. I prefer Polish, Spanish and crabbet lines. Totally agree! I've got two Polish Arab crosses, and they are absolutely fabulous. Anz gets constant compliments on the quality of her movement and confirmation, even now as a c...
- Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:05 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Exercises that help address crookedness in the horse
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4331
Re: Exercises that help address crookedness in the horse
Maia's not a fan of always engaging her left shoulder on a circle. If I tighten my left thigh, most of the time she'll stand up, but some days we need more intervention: Counter-bend 2-3 strides 1-2 strides straight Return to original circle Repeat as necessary It's mostly a strength problem at the ...
- Wed Nov 18, 2020 3:32 am
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- Topic: Covid 19
- Replies: 155
- Views: 70355
Re: Covid 19
Ooooh. Yes. I have family in Yakima, Snohomish, Chelan, Whatcom, Okanogan, Lewis, Kittitas, and Clallam. My aunt's at a hospital in Stevens County.
- Wed Nov 18, 2020 3:11 am
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- Topic: Covid 19
- Replies: 155
- Views: 70355
Re: Covid 19
I am in washington were are taking patients from Idaho. Not sure what will happen when our hospitals need space for washington folk. Particularly those in the wedding party of 300 where + cases are now at 42 What area of Washington? [Which leads to: is my aunt being less than forthcoming about the ...
- Wed Nov 18, 2020 1:35 am
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- Topic: What are you reading?
- Replies: 51
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Re: What are you reading?
Sue B wrote:Has anyone read the new Tana French novel yet?
Not yet. I'm saving her latest two novels for my next travels. Or maybe our Christmas vacation ... hmmm
- Mon Nov 16, 2020 5:20 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Horse shopping, how did you know what you want?
- Replies: 433
- Views: 80651
Re: Horse shopping, how did you know what you want?
That poor guy. He sounds like he needs a really confident, unflappable, kind rider. Or no one, and retire him now ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Thu Nov 12, 2020 5:57 pm
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- Topic: Covid 19
- Replies: 155
- Views: 70355
Re: Covid 19
And, of course, numbers are spiking here in Maryland too. Is there a state where numbers aren't increasing? :shock: It really shows nationwide that people have become really lax with masking and distancing. I'm glad to have the barn and running ... and after slacking for several years, a girlfriend ...
- Thu Nov 12, 2020 1:29 pm
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- Topic: Oh thank the powers that be!!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6769
Re: Oh thank the powers that be!!
I've got my fingers crossed you are correct, Chancellor.
- Wed Nov 11, 2020 5:31 am
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Tell me about your awesome mares
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7346
Re: Tell me about your awesome mares
Maia saved me from a killer squirrel tonight
- Sat Nov 07, 2020 11:40 pm
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- Topic: Oh thank the powers that be!!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6769
Re: Oh thank the powers that be!!
The relief was instantaneous! Now we need to get to work in Georgia.
- Sat Nov 07, 2020 11:39 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Tell me about your awesome mares
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7346
Re: Tell me about your awesome mares
My mares are my best buddies. Joy – sweet, kindly caregiver Triple A QH stock, who'd give you a big "what for?!" if you stepped out of line. But if you were clear, polite, and respectful? She'd do everything you asked. She was a cutting horse when I got her, and I turned her into an evente...
- Fri Nov 06, 2020 1:32 am
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- Topic: Whose watching election night?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7369
Re: Whose watching election night?
Lambchop expressed it best: https://youtu.be/CXHXUgXG1tM
- Wed Nov 04, 2020 3:37 pm
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- Topic: Whose watching election night?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7369
Re: Whose watching election night?
DH is upstairs curled up sick. Anxiety-induced
- Wed Nov 04, 2020 5:10 am
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- Topic: Whose watching election night?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7369
Re: Whose watching election night?
I am too ... but ours haven't been counted yet. Put them in a drop box over a week ago (have receipts), and still not marked "accepted!"
- Wed Nov 04, 2020 3:30 am
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- Topic: Whose watching election night?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7369
Re: Whose watching election night?
I am. It's all still so early. So many mail-in ballots not counted yet.
- Tue Nov 03, 2020 12:13 am
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: How I get Tio to move forward
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4473
Re: How I get Tio to move forward
That worked with mom's appy gelding ... but, if I nagged like that, I'd have a very, VERY, ticked mare on my hands!
- Mon Nov 02, 2020 5:17 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: New Here!
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7354
Re: New Here!
Welcome back!
- Sat Oct 31, 2020 6:12 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Putting 2020 in Hindsight: November-December Goals and Progress
- Replies: 368
- Views: 83409
Re: Putting 2020 in Hindsight: November-December Goals and Progress
Maia : Get over the last trailer hump, and off to my trainers so we can start jumping! Anzia : Ride at least 1x week. She is retired, so expectations are low :) But, she's a good tool for me to walk through movements on — if I do something wrong, she either ignores me or gives me "what for?!&q...