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And Rosie, you have inspired me to get back to trot work. Our mediums are "conservative," to be generous, and we need to do some "flying" to get him moving more from behind so I can get him through enough to be able to find that sweet spot to sit more elegantly. I was pretty horr...

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Thank you. It's disconcerting to think that this horse was dumped on the scrap heap because he "couldn't canter."

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try it now?

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Let's see if this works...

https://youtu.be/-cgkoll7_C8

(This is how things roll around here when you FINALLY get it right

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I'm so glad there's still that patch of mud that hasn't dried out yet in the corner of his pasture...

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yes, I realized after I posted this that it was a bit more complicated

I have a couple of software options to look at when I have a brain tormorrow...

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I have a 1.7gb MTS file I'd like to pull some short clips out of.

I have NO idea how to do this!

Help!!

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"Oh, how cute! He was standing in the driveway waiting for me this evening!" (Got home last night to find all 16hh of Walker had apparently shimmied under the electric fence on his quest for spring grass...)

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Mine, in my mind, is The Peaceable Kingdom.

I want a proper, over the driveway, ranch sign.

My husband would think I had lost my mind.

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I have a pair that are sitting in my closet after having been worn just the once... I went to get out of my truck which has leather seats, (and a bit of a lift, to add insult to injury,) and ended up face first in the parking lot when things didn't move and slide as I expected them to. I always had ...

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Whoop!

Very pleased to see this.

Now bore us to death with some pictures of your pretty horses, please!

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Thanks for this. Reinforces what we are working on with our new trainer, so that makes me pretty happy

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Rosie B, my lesson was excellent. We worked specifically on precision and sharpness to the aids. Laddie and I both can be a bit wooly in our responsiveness, and this isn't going to cut it any more. The weather has been total crap. Torrential rain, ice on the puddles this morning, and snow expected t...

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A masterful rider, and horseman, and technically excellent. And above all, a cool cucumber who can keep it all together and keep thinking under pressure. I admire that so much.

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ETA: I am clearly not the only one with issues with forward, although likely for various reasons, as I saw several of the other AAs in my class yesterday with a similar lack of energy. True that. Who amongst us AAs can say that we do not? Strange place, pressure of being judged, excited horse, so m...

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How rood, Capstone! (It's quite funny having a horse with a fan club. My big leopard appy is like that. A friend of mine and her very cute mare came out on the trails with me one day and after the third car stopped to talk to me about him she looked at me and said "What are we, chopped liver?&q...

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Really nice!

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Laddie thinks cantering in the huge outdoor arena with the wind blowing and all those big wide open views is about the most exciting thing he's ever done in his life, it would appear... For the last two days my normally biddable boy has been a snorting monster of a freight train, the half halt has p...

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I've always had reasonable luck with Rowenta. However, I regard irons as disposable items as our water here is so mineral-rich, and I can't be bothered to use distilled water... I reckon if I get 3 or 4 years out of one I'm doing OK. They are all useless here compared to English irons, though. I thi...

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Lovely, Capstone! (Nice browband :)) (And not to derail or anything, RosieB, that's my experience too. My new trainer has me working on a LOT of lateral work in the walk before we get to do anything else. It both installs the forward and straight button, and in my horse's case, ties the front and ba...

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Well, a month in the new barn, and I have to say that things are going pretty swimmingly so far. New trainer has figured out some stuff with Laddie and has us going along the right path, I feel. A lot of work at the moment on getting him to move forward freely (and straight, with his poll up,) and w...

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fatcat, they are what I use too. I love them. In fact, I've pretty much worn a hole in them and should put a new pair on my shopping list.

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Everyone should be so fortunate as to have a little chestnut horse in their life...

Our version, Lucky, is now 31, also always in your face, "helping" with every project. He was the perfect do-everything, go-everywhere utility horse in his prime.

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Good news!

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I really don't know, Chisamba. My theory is that DH had set the cat trap just outside the door he had left open (duh... who does THAT?) and the hawk was attracted to the cat food and then made a wrong turn. I still have an orange cat and a black cat lurking. Both of them have sussed out the trap and...

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Well, congratulations, RosieB!!! It's bucketing down with rain here at the moment. And I'm about to go ride... indoors!!! Laddie has settled in beautifully in his new digs. Quiet, relaxed, interested in his work, never stops eating... I do think the switch to grass hay seems to have turned off his s...

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All the lights off inside, porch lights on, kitchen door open. Stand up on mezzanine, wave net on long pole around him trying to avoid him flying into your face, talons flashing, to persuade him downwards towards the light. When you hear the thump of large bird hitting kitchen floor, run down he sta...

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Honestly, Quelah, I feel like Mrs. Weasley sometimes...

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I came home Thursday night to find that my DH had got home before me and decided to leave the back door open, then go shut himself up in his music room oblivious to all... There was a very handsome and very angry hawk sitting hissing and flapping on the ceiling fan way up in the cathedral ceiling an...

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I have a second set down in my basement for horse stuff. It wasn't very old, but wasn't going to fit into my new laundry room when we did the remodel a few years ago. It is very useful. I don't use the dryer much, though.

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He's smiling in the picture with the bling:) Brightens up his whole cute face!

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Just a PSA, my Balkenol spurs left stains like that on my white horse's sides. I painted the spurs with clear nail varnish and it stopped.

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Jingles for all to be smoother sailing from now on!

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I'm sorry. What a miserable time you have had. I hope things start looking up for you.

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Wow, she blossomed, didn't she!

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I have two front loading HE Maytags that both do a fine job, so I don't know what to suggest. What an incredibly frustrating experience.

(Now we all know what is going to break down this evening, having said that, don't we?)

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Congratulations! So nice to see this pup with uncropped ears. Maybe they'll break out and top docking tails next. She's really cute, and will no doubt lick any intruders to death before she grows up into an intimidating beast! On the naming thing, our rule is always "something you can yell at t...

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I like my cats far too much to do that...

I have a nice home lined up for the black one if it's owners continue to be obnoxious.

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The orange cat actually turned up at his own home for breakfast this morning. Maybe we traumatized him enough...

The black cat greeted me warmly from his cosy nest in my hay shed this morning. Gah!

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Just a little vent really. I have a stray cat situation (and hopefully, not blood poisoning.) I now have TWO cats who do not belong to me living under my front porch. Both of these cats have, for no particularly apparent reason, migrated here from different homes about 2 miles away, in different dir...

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Bali.... aaah

Enjoy!

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Eeek! Get well soon , Bliss! We are getting used to our new digs. Laddie has settled in beautifully, seems very relaxed and happy, both in his stall and turnout, and in the indoor and the outdoor. I had a lesson with my new trainer on Saturday. I was quite pleased. She seems educated and caring, and...

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No advice, just sympathy. What a total pain. Heal fast!

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I am fortunate enough to live (and ride) in one of the most beautiful spots on earth.

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We got rid of our master bath tub and have never missed it.

You know, do you really want to compromise your own comfort and happiness in pursuit of an eventual resale?

If someone wants the property, is the lack of a bathtub in the master going to be a real stumbling block?

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In my parallel life, it's been a big weekend, too. I moved Laddie to his new barn on Friday. He seems to have settled in really well, everyone loves him, and he's been on his absolute best behavior since he got there. The 10 minutes from home thing is just outstandingly wonderful. This is our new ou...

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Thank you, all of you. I was with my mother when she died, and whilst that was very hard, I was glad that I had that time with her. This is doubly hard being so far away. I know he was ready to go, though, and he had been very clear about not being forced to live beyond his time.

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My dear father died this morning, peacefully and in kind hands.

No matter how prepared for it you are, it still comes as a blow.

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I'm in, though April may be a bit rocky... Moving to a new barn on Friday, with a trainer on site and an indoor, so I'm looking forward to doing some catching up on the lack of riding and training due to the weather and general flakiness over the winter. We will be working on consolidating the count...

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Well no call back from the doc this evening so I guess I'm right and it wasn't appendicitis. We shall see what tomorrow brings.

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