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Abby Kogler

The Iinda Tellington Jones kid book is also good.

Abby Kogler

Love the goals and photos, thanks for sharing all. I am done with the crazy October commitments that kept me from riding at all after the Bertrand clinic. The November goals is to ride two horses a day (I have four), refine my in-hand work, continue to strengthen my weak left leg, start work over ju...

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Thanks Tuddy and Amado. I am so lucky!! I have not ridden since the clinic. I swear, my life sometimes. I am the Dressage Phase Volunteer Coordinator for the fall Galway Intenational Horse Trials which takes a ton of time, but was over yesterday Woot! Had construction projects at the house and the b...

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Ah thank you demi. For those who use to bitch about my endless pictures, at least I'm not polluting the Internet highway with endless photos. Lost my built-in photog so perhaps my infrequent posts wont' inflame and insight negative diatribe. Regardless, I'm psyched to be able to have real goals aga...

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Mari, you guys look great. You horse is beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

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I'm all verkelmpt this evening. My dear friend came over to the barn this afternoon to watch us go. As she was leaving she called me outside and gave me a very precious thing--her late GP mare's full bridle. She said I'd be needing it soon. Very big shoes to fill. We are progressing. We are at 35 m...

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Im not sure I would call neck arthritis and kissing spines diagnoses du jour. I think maybe people are getting smarter about the relationship between behavioural/training issues/problems/evasions and physical issues. Also improvements in technology mean more horses can be xrayed outside of the hospi...

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Chisamba wrote:I had a hard time following all the blah blah but enjoy and good luck

Ha!

Thanks

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So were there any symptoms? What are the symptoms of neck arthritis? Are they agreed to by all? Do you know how to use the internet? Its not hard. Symptoms can include: stiffness, difficulty bending, lifting, lowering the neck. Spookiness. Rearing, not going forward, problems with changes. Refusal ...

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I find this all very interesting. George is beautiful and it will be interesting to follow his progress, especially so, considering his history. Thanks for posting and please continue. So, I watched the vids, but couldn't hear much. Still, I was able to get a feeling for what was going on, having w...

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Here are the videos. They are really long...its Bertrand working with me on the flexions on the ground and then me at the walk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2yEJPWVncQ (day 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI-jz-ra_TE (day 2) I don't have days 3 and 4 yet...3 is about the same as these two and...

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You're very lucky. I've been following all the clinics and trainees hoping that someone would start teaching in this area, but nothing yet. Well since you are one of the first people I ever talked to about it, I owe you >;-> Yes, I am very lucky. My horse life has been filled with remarkable opport...

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Straightforward, Linda did her exam at Kit Wests barn here. It was nice to watch. One of the many nice things about this work is the way that it transforms even very plain or what dressage peeps might consider off breeds or horses that aren't good movers. One caveat would be that you can't go to one...

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So, I did my four day audition rides with Bertrand Ravoux to be accepted in the Legerete USA Trainer Course. In 1991, when I lived in Ashfield MA and was teaching in the riding program at Smith, I bought Another Horsemanship by JC Racinet. I grew up in SoCal watching Hilda Gurney and Charles de Kunf...

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Flight wrote:I've got my soloshot3 now, who else was getting one?

Youre kidding!!!! You got yours?!

I was an early buy...Maybe mine will come soon!

What do you think? Have you set it up?

I cant WAIT!!!!!!!

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I want people who have seen this lameness pattern to tell me what the diagnosis was. If nobody has seen this lameness pattern then I expect no answers. I am looking for experience with this pattern. If people haven't seen it then I can't majick any experience into existence in the group. Right, cau...

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After trying I think every brand of hay net and feeder over the last however many years, I use the big small hole haynets from Dover. You can put a lot of hay in them. They are sturdy and last the longest of any I have tried. I have giant warmbloods and a full net can last them 24 hours. I hang them...

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If you keep him barefoot his hoof will change shape over time and may end up quite a bit "tighter" (more compact) than it was when it was shod. I thought the claim was that the foot got less contracted when you go from shoes to barefoot. Which is it? Contraction doesn't have any to do wit...

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Go to the actual boot making sites...easy boot, renegade, whatever. Call them with his measurements, they will help you.

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Reds Mom, he is beeyouteeful!! And you look really happy. Nice! Hotty, Hope he continues to do well. Catching up, catching up, catching up. Seems like there is mess everywhere but I am making progress. I am have another nice shed put up next Monday yay and that will be another place that I CAN PUT T...

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PD block LF resolves lameness Left heels run forward, crushed digital cushion LF +2 sole plane, 2 cm D-P imbalance RF +6 sole plane 1.8 cm D-P imbalance (note I was so busy guesstimating the PAs for myself that I didn't notice he wrote them in the notes. The +2 is an improvement on previous rads wh...

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are you using systemic anti inflammatories? We have found that the use of equioxx is essential in the suppression of flare ups in the pony at our barn that has ERU. most studies i have read recommend a combination of steroids, systemic anti inflammatories and eye drops to treat but most people seem...

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Let me try a timeline as a last ditch effort: 1. Last week in August he develops a slight lameness on the LF ONLY when it is on the outside of a circle. He is sound left and straight. 2. The end of August the vet comes, confirms my observation about the lameness, blocks the LF, the horse comes soun...

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There are things you can do to keep him comfortable until his heel corrects itself. There is NO EVIDENCE that being barefoot is the problem. Magic Cushion is a very comforting product if indeed it is hoof soreness or irritated ringbone. Adequan. Surpass, if your vet says its ok to use with Equioxx. ...

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Yes! I am the Living Embodiment of Every Gifted Rider EVER. I teach like Xenophon, I ride like Gal, I communicate psychically like LTJ, and I am as pretty as Melania. Actually, no. But in a world where people identify as different colors, genders, and species (not that there is anything wrong with t...

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Oh Spots! Good grief!~!!

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Tex, bleah. What a sad story. I am sure that my horse was sporadically treated with ophthalmic ointment but that was it. And there is no guarantee that if he been aggressively or consistently treated that the end result would be any different. Code, yes, it seems to have affected his vision in both ...

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Dresseur, great news. So happy to read about Miro and also your student's breakthrough on Charm. I quit reading the riding boards for so long cause it was just depressing and frustrating to read everyones reports when I was having such a hard time with my foot and other life issues. It really feels ...

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I am glad your out of the tack experience was brief and that you landed where you had left ha!

Great report D. I remember well your experiences with your big boy and its great to see how far you have come. Keep the reports coming!

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Good luck in your decision. The blessings of owning horses doesn't come without some serious obligations as all here well know. Quality of life is key. If it's not there and you can't safely continue to maintain it, there are responsible options.We owe our horses peace of mind, peace of heart and f...

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Tanker I think you make perfect sense. Its rare to find one horse that can accommodate a rider learning/trying/wanting to go up the levels. It would make sense to lease a different horses through time. Because there are so many horses and such a variety of work in this area I cant extrapolate to oth...

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Ah Quinta, so sorry. What a long sad story. Thank you for sharing it. This are all things Doc and I have discussed. Yes, its a crummy syndrome and I am not sure what we will do. DH, non horse person, who pretty much cant tell one of the horses from the other, commented this morning 'There is somethi...

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Thanks Code! I have a feeling the original eye is quite blind and he seems to have it now in the other eye. He is terribly wary, completely resists going from light to dark or dark to light, startles if I walk up to him even when I am talking and then touch him...its breaking my heart. He has been s...

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Thanks exvet. I appreciate the reassurance. I know that this is true, and have worked with and around one eyed horses and know they can even compete and lead totally normal lives. I wonder about his age and his ability to adapt. Thanks for weighing in.

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Yes, but it at his age it seems so traumatic to put him through this..I have mixed feelings about it. I know that some/most horses do fine tih only one eye. I just hate it though.

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I was given an old (mid twenties) very thin very cute tall TB, has been a foxhunter, jumper, what have you. The people told me had a 'runny eye' that they periodically put stuff in but weren't sure what they put in it, something from the vet. I have a feeling it didn't happen very often and his eye ...

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Tsavo, For an 'evidence kinda gal' you are making some big pretty conclusions based on...nothing >;-> Issue 1. You have no idea if your horse has NT or sweet itch. The powdery dust just sounds like scurf. Looking at his tummy is not a sign of Nt or sweet itch. Loving/needing to be curried harder on ...

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Yes, Abby, you live in horsey nirvana! He! Yes, I do >;-> A lot of not so great things about it also...we have a lot of Charro stuff and horse tripping/horse dancing which I really hate; we have a fair amount of wannabes who hang out a shingle and get horses and people hurt...there are so many hors...

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It was by 45 and one hour rides...in Euros but I think it was 85 for the 45 and 120? or so for the hour rides. She was very generous with her time. They also split her plane fare from and to FL I believe. She lives near Hamburg I think and comes rarely but the Legerete people here are going to see i...

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Honestly, I would go ahead and do the neck threadworm worming protocol anyway. Baby oil or Skin So Soft rubbed on her belly line and tail and mane also helps...when I lived in MA my vet recommended that and it helped. He told me they culicoides lay eggs/try to lay eggs and they drown/get stuck in th...

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[ Abby, you have a wonderful point of view and a great way of writing it. I think without specific bodywork/biomechanic influences and support I would have stopped in my barefoot tracks in the early days. I had a difficult horse to take bare. However, I have a whole raft of strategies available now...

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I hear great things about them all. I respect and admire Bertrand and cant wait/hope to get in to the Trainer program. But Nicole was really wonderful. We are going to try to get her back. I can't believe my luck, with Kit West of Twelve Oaks Ranch in Murrietta, not even an hour from me, hosting the...

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Reds Mom, Hi! I remember you! Great update! Welcome back!

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There are so many factors involved in soundness and work and shoes and barefoot that it just cant be classified as 'all horses with ringbone need shoes' or 'no horse with ringbone needs shoes'. There is so much dogma and resistance on all sides of the discussion, so much head butting. Horses get stu...

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My tractor guy said if I don't get a Kubota he wont help me any more ha~! This thing is a joy. Imagine! A tractor that starts, first try! A tractor that does not envelope me in an oily black cloud when it does start! A tractor that can pull my big drag without even needed to be in four wheel drive. ...

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I just spent two days auditing a clinic with this person. She was excellent. So many clinicians, even good ones, focus on the horse but not the rider, or the rider at the expense of movement, or one or the other but don't address asymmetry in the horse or rider...clinicing is hard and a clinician ca...

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LeoApp wrote:OMG I hated when people used this reference. I would always say, "First of all, most of the guys are from Guatemala. Second of all, we call them grooms."

And you could add "And they have forgotten more than you will ever know" >:-P

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If they are clueless idiots but not malicious, I would start with "Gabriel..." if they are indeed jerks, then the whole sentence in a very pointed manner.

Its a perfect response.

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Princess was great and did everything I needed but she was old and her repairs were getting deeper and more expensive and endless, and she left me stranded many times. Its hard to do 6 or 7 or any horses here without a tractor. Impossible, actually. I have an arena and turnouts to drag, and poop to ...

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Thanks! Its the most expensive thing I own at this point, I think. I confess it probably wont stay shiny for long >;->

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