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by Tsavo
Thu Sep 12, 2019 12:35 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: What point is being made?
Replies: 40
Views: 22232

Re: What point is being made?

I don't think this is hard at all if the person is teachable and is in a good program. However, this person sounds defensive and I suspect would not really have it in him to be humble enough to improve, and/or wants to blame others. There are many fundamentals that are easy to integrate, there is a...
by Tsavo
Thu Sep 12, 2019 12:23 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: What point is being made?
Replies: 40
Views: 22232

Re: What point is being made?

I don't think this is hard at all if the person is teachable and is in a good program. However, this person sounds defensive and I suspect would not really have it in him to be humble enough to improve, and/or wants to blame others. There are many fundamentals that are easy to integrate, there is a...
by Tsavo
Thu Sep 12, 2019 12:22 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: What point is being made?
Replies: 40
Views: 22232

Re: What point is being made?

Being Pollyanna isn't going to help. The situation on the ground is what it is.

Mr. Horse Problems Australia is an expert trainer.
by Tsavo
Thu Sep 12, 2019 12:11 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: What point is being made?
Replies: 40
Views: 22232

Re: What point is being made?

Tsavo, you know what I really like about Mr.Hp? He seems to really support his wife and loves her. Yes absolutely. I think they have saved many horses from slaughter. They have demonstrated how poor riding can really lame a horse. Unfortunately the problem of poor riding skills is harder to solve t...
by Tsavo
Thu Sep 12, 2019 12:09 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Fabulous video on what's wrong with dressage
Replies: 63
Views: 31903

Re: Fabulous video on what's wrong with dressage

I think the comment about freer shoulder is pure genius if it is substantiated. Very clever response. I think we need someone like Clayton to measure that. Otherwise it is spit-balling.
by Tsavo
Thu Sep 12, 2019 3:08 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Fabulous video on what's wrong with dressage
Replies: 63
Views: 31903

Re: Fabulous video on what's wrong with dressage

I agree that the selection of Marzog is curious.

http://thehorseridersjournal.com/one-in-a-century/
by Tsavo
Thu Sep 12, 2019 12:53 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: What point is being made?
Replies: 40
Views: 22232

Re: What point is being made?

Okay apparently Mrs. Horse Problems Australia is not just an FEI rider but a GP trainer.

Next.
by Tsavo
Thu Sep 12, 2019 12:48 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: What point is being made?
Replies: 40
Views: 22232

Re: What point is being made?

I love their website. And I love typing out "Mrs. Horse Problems Australia" as many times in a post as possible. Mr. Horse Problems Australia refers to his wife as "Mrs. HP" so I take the cue from there. :-)
by Tsavo
Thu Sep 12, 2019 12:45 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: What point is being made?
Replies: 40
Views: 22232

Re: What point is being made?

I agree they both can ride both sides of the horse.
by Tsavo
Thu Sep 12, 2019 12:43 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Fabulous video on what's wrong with dressage
Replies: 63
Views: 31903

Re: Fabulous video on what's wrong with dressage

If Gigolo was the most decorated horse of his time, why was Marzog voted best dressage horse of the (same) century?
by Tsavo
Thu Sep 12, 2019 12:28 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: What point is being made?
Replies: 40
Views: 22232

Re: What point is being made?

Mrs. Horse Problems Australia is an FEI rider.
by Tsavo
Wed Sep 11, 2019 11:52 pm
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Need people with experience on orthopedic issue
Replies: 21
Views: 16283

Re: Need people with experience on orthopedic issue

Thanks Tanga for your input. She is 5 and will be 6 next year. She is schooling second, jumps a bit, and still hasn't popped a splint so that is some evidence the bench knees are very mild. Her legs are completely clean despite the work. I told the owner will will buy her. I have seen enough such th...
by Tsavo
Wed Sep 11, 2019 11:34 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Another terrible story-- shooting at Barisone's facility
Replies: 80
Views: 40357

Re: Another terrible story-- shooting at Barisone's facility

[ It just keeps getting more bizarre. :shock: What bothers me is the group is permitted to call the victim names like narcissist/sociopath/psychopath and accuse her of things they don't know for sure she did. The mods apparently condone this. Yet, there have been people banned for just tiny little ...
by Tsavo
Tue Sep 10, 2019 11:31 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Another terrible story-- shooting at Barisone's facility
Replies: 80
Views: 40357

Re: Another terrible story-- shooting at Barisone's facility

I don't know what happened but I just learned Barisone rode a horse named Jeff the Chef which is a pure genius name.
by Tsavo
Tue Sep 10, 2019 11:23 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: The rest of your 'pack' - dogs/cats etc
Replies: 11
Views: 8927

Re: The rest of your 'pack' - dogs/cats etc

I have rescue rodents. Presently I have 4 male pigs (Matt, Sam, Dave, and Casper) and two chinchillas (Squirrel and Chip). I also have my three grandbuns (Frosty a neutered male, and Kiwi who is Lemon's Mom) at the moment because they evacuated ahead of the hurricane. They are all rescues. I am spoi...
by Tsavo
Tue Sep 10, 2019 12:12 pm
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Need people with experience on orthopedic issue
Replies: 21
Views: 16283

Re: Need people with experience on orthopedic issue

Yes I see that and I do refer to draft crosses as "poor man's WB" but I think people would be taken aback if this horse was advertised as a WB. She was advertised as some sort of section or something aligned with DWB. Had I not been previously told she was a 1/4 clyde I never would have lo...
by Tsavo
Tue Sep 10, 2019 11:56 am
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Need people with experience on orthopedic issue
Replies: 21
Views: 16283

Re: Need people with experience on orthopedic issue

So as I mentioned I sent everything to my vet and he responded about the mare...

"The conformational faults mentioned are very common in warm bloods and do not look or sound extreme."

I don't think this mare is a WB. She is a draft cross.
by Tsavo
Tue Sep 10, 2019 11:15 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Cool down and keep going! September/October Goals and Progress.
Replies: 442
Views: 212556

Re: Cool down and keep going! September/October Goals and Progress.

Chisamba, do you have mirrors? When Olympic riders are clearly still relying on mirrors, nobody should be beating themselves up about riding issues.
by Tsavo
Mon Sep 09, 2019 8:37 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: What point is being made?
Replies: 40
Views: 22232

Re: What point is being made?

This is a super weird video and sounds like someone was upset with the score they got. Often, the C judge will score a bit higher because things can be hidden from the judge. The side judges have a much better vantage point in terms of seeing movements. For instance, that circle - the horse kept lo...
by Tsavo
Mon Sep 09, 2019 12:06 pm
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Need people with experience on orthopedic issue
Replies: 21
Views: 16283

Re: Need people with experience on orthopedic issue

Thanks for that, Chisamba. I sent everything to my vet for comment.
by Tsavo
Mon Sep 09, 2019 10:49 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: What point is being made?
Replies: 40
Views: 22232

Re: What point is being made?

The reason I thought the lowest one was correct is because sometimes only one judge can see a mistake. The other one can't physically see it so marks higher. That's the reason they have multiple judges; if you could see everything from one place then they would have one judge or they would seat mult...
by Tsavo
Mon Sep 09, 2019 2:09 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: What point is being made?
Replies: 40
Views: 22232

What point is being made?

This is Mrs. Horse Problems Australia.

Isn't it known that judges can only see certain things from certain vantage points? Isn't this just optics? In that case the lowest mark is the correct one, yes?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ionTzTw3e4Q
by Tsavo
Sun Sep 08, 2019 5:00 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Cool down and keep going! September/October Goals and Progress.
Replies: 442
Views: 212556

Re: Cool down and keep going! September/October Goals and Progress.

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"The horse’s knee is both a mechanical marvel and a disaster waiting to happen." -- HorseJournal
by Tsavo
Sun Sep 08, 2019 4:01 pm
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Need people with experience on orthopedic issue
Replies: 21
Views: 16283

Re: Need people with experience on orthopedic issue

Toe-in has a 50% prevalence in SWBs. Hmmmm. Here is another one that surprised me... prevalence of navicular in Hanovarians - 21.7% Hmmmm. Prevalence of sidebone in heavy draft horses - 95%. (Not) Hmmm. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/a60c/713226e32f5784e357fa725d9029abb892c3.pdf?_ga=2.63039148.202...
by Tsavo
Sun Sep 08, 2019 3:26 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Cool down and keep going! September/October Goals and Progress.
Replies: 442
Views: 212556

Re: Cool down and keep going! September/October Goals and Progress.

musical comedy wrote: I don't mind talking to myself, muckraker that I am.


I don't know how to quit you, MC. :-)
by Tsavo
Sun Sep 08, 2019 12:45 am
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Need people with experience on orthopedic issue
Replies: 21
Views: 16283

Re: Need people with experience on orthopedic issue

She is schooling second and jumps a bit yet has never popped a splint and the vet said her legs were very clean. Hmmm.
by Tsavo
Sat Sep 07, 2019 9:22 pm
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Need people with experience on orthopedic issue
Replies: 21
Views: 16283

Re: Need people with experience on orthopedic issue

Apparently 60% of SWBs have bench knees. Hmmmm.
by Tsavo
Sat Sep 07, 2019 8:06 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Cool down and keep going! September/October Goals and Progress.
Replies: 442
Views: 212556

Re: Cool down and keep going! September/October Goals and Progress.

I didn't say Flight couldn't learn from other ammies. I am just saying she has accomplished more than 95+% of non-wealthy ammies and that leaves very little to apologize for.
by Tsavo
Sat Sep 07, 2019 7:44 pm
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Need people with experience on orthopedic issue
Replies: 21
Views: 16283

Re: Need people with experience on orthopedic issue

The vet estimated her weight at 1600 pounds. LOL

She is 3/4 DWB, 1/4 Clyde. Would have preferred that 3/4 to be TB. If I buy her she is going on a diet. Double lol.
by Tsavo
Sat Sep 07, 2019 7:41 pm
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Need people with experience on orthopedic issue
Replies: 21
Views: 16283

Re: Need people with experience on orthopedic issue

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by Tsavo
Sat Sep 07, 2019 10:36 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Cool down and keep going! September/October Goals and Progress.
Replies: 442
Views: 212556

Re: Cool down and keep going! September/October Goals and Progress.

Flight wrote: It is hard to defend yourself at times [...]


If I might... you are so far ahead of the ammy curve in your accomplishments that i don't think anyone here can criticize you. You are in the elite ammy group for sure. Six sigma.
by Tsavo
Fri Sep 06, 2019 9:12 pm
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Need people with experience on orthopedic issue
Replies: 21
Views: 16283

Re: Need people with experience on orthopedic issue

Thanks for these responses. The mare does not paddle. We have stifle rads. We have 48 rads. I thought he was going to shoot 24 and then he decided to do 4 more for knees after he saw the conformation. So I thought it would be 28. I think I may have misunderstood what he was saying but whatever they ...
by Tsavo
Fri Sep 06, 2019 1:49 am
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Need people with experience on orthopedic issue
Replies: 21
Views: 16283

Need people with experience on orthopedic issue

The mare did really well during the PPE. Sound and healthy. A few issues... On the fronts bilaterally, he writes, "She toes in slightly at the fetlock and the cannon bone is offset laterally from the carpus. She has good range of motion in the fetlock and shoulder but a 10% decrease in end rang...
by Tsavo
Fri Sep 06, 2019 1:34 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: One bell boot
Replies: 30
Views: 18319

Re: One bell boot

They ADMIT they had no controls... On a critical note, no controls were incorporated in this study, making the findings potentially speculative, in that one could argue that corrective changes in balance may well have occurred over time without any form of intervention. Also, I think there is an iss...
by Tsavo
Fri Sep 06, 2019 1:30 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: One bell boot
Replies: 30
Views: 18319

Re: One bell boot

Ryeissa wrote:
Tsavo wrote:Their own results negate the opposite leg as a control.

Ping ponging precludes using the opposite leg as a control.


I didn't see this in the scientific article. They had a good design if you ask me.


They documented ping ponging.
by Tsavo
Fri Sep 06, 2019 1:26 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: One bell boot
Replies: 30
Views: 18319

Re: One bell boot

Would have LOVED LOVED LOVED to see them use a Lameness Locator.
by Tsavo
Fri Sep 06, 2019 1:24 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: One bell boot
Replies: 30
Views: 18319

Re: One bell boot

There seems to be a data selection issue also. Very curious.
by Tsavo
Thu Sep 05, 2019 5:30 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: One bell boot
Replies: 30
Views: 18319

Re: One bell boot

Ryeissa wrote:
Tsavo wrote:Think about what a control is supposed to be.

what do you think a control is?


I am asking you.
by Tsavo
Thu Sep 05, 2019 2:20 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: One bell boot
Replies: 30
Views: 18319

Re: One bell boot

Think about what a control is supposed to be.
by Tsavo
Thu Sep 05, 2019 12:10 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: One bell boot
Replies: 30
Views: 18319

Re: One bell boot

Their own results negate the opposite leg as a control.

Ping ponging precludes using the opposite leg as a control.
by Tsavo
Thu Sep 05, 2019 10:36 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: One bell boot
Replies: 30
Views: 18319

Re: One bell boot

Best regards for your nephew, Chisamba.

MC, thanks for posting the article. I will need to take some time to review the article.
by Tsavo
Wed Sep 04, 2019 4:27 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: One bell boot
Replies: 30
Views: 18319

Re: One bell boot

I think if they had a control group that were put in training with an FEI trainer the conclusions might be different.
by Tsavo
Wed Sep 04, 2019 11:01 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: One bell boot
Replies: 30
Views: 18319

Re: One bell boot

This is very interesting. I wonder about the following: 1. how long the new-found symmetry in the muscle activity measurements lasts after the treatment ends with their ammy riders 2. does the measured muscle activity actually relate to correct movement/strengthening of the weak limb or is it due to...
by Tsavo
Wed Sep 04, 2019 1:06 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Cool down and keep going! September/October Goals and Progress.
Replies: 442
Views: 212556

Re: Cool down and keep going! September/October Goals and Progress.

My goals are:

1. the mare passes the PPE
2. I go see her
3. I love her
4. I ship her here
5. we live happily ever after.

The goal for my boy is he grows some hoof wall that came off when the abscess defect got low enough on the hoof.
by Tsavo
Tue Sep 03, 2019 1:22 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Cool down and keep going! September/October Goals and Progress.
Replies: 442
Views: 212556

Re: Cool down and keep going! September/October Goals and Progress.

I think I need to add that broken line upward should not be equated with the Légéreté crowd. These things are not related. I am talking elite riders none of whom are Légéreté except Karl. I haven't seen anyone do this, but please share of photos of what you are seeing then we can evaluate. Print a ...
by Tsavo
Tue Sep 03, 2019 11:33 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Cool down and keep going! September/October Goals and Progress.
Replies: 442
Views: 212556

Re: Cool down and keep going! September/October Goals and Progress.

I think I need to add that broken line upward should not be equated with the Légéreté crowd. These things are not related. I am talking elite riders none of whom are Légéreté except Karl.
by Tsavo
Tue Sep 03, 2019 1:59 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Cool down and keep going! September/October Goals and Progress.
Replies: 442
Views: 212556

Re: Cool down and keep going! September/October Goals and Progress.

Just to be clear, my point was the most successful riders ride with a broken line upward as a way of life not in a moment. Thus anyone else who is doing that is doing nothing wrong in terms of being effective and successful. The equitation books need re-writing based on empirical evidence in hand. I...

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