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by Tsavo
Sun Oct 28, 2018 2:55 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Thinking about using a buyer's agent
Replies: 28
Views: 15053

Re: Thinking about using a buyer's agent

Blob, thanks so much for this perspective and advice. You make good points. I think I might do as well just letting all my contacts including vets and farrier know what I am looking for. If I use an agent I would want them to have connections in either eastern or western Canada or both. I have put a...
by Tsavo
Sun Oct 28, 2018 2:11 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Thinking about using a buyer's agent
Replies: 28
Views: 15053

Re: Thinking about using a buyer's agent

https://www.warmblood-sales.com/HorseDetail.asp?HorseID=53837&UserID=19007 Not much of a discount on the asking price, but here's an option. LOL! I had to laugh at your comment about the discount. No she certainly didn't get the discount memo! LOL. That is the type of horse I am looking for but...
by Tsavo
Sun Oct 28, 2018 12:51 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: My horse and his little goat family
Replies: 15
Views: 10590

Re: My horse and his little goat family

The horses were brought in this morning and my horse was calling for his goats. But they were later reunited.

I think my horse is goat herd bound.
by Tsavo
Sat Oct 27, 2018 6:51 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Do MC and I really have different gripes with Trump?
Replies: 64
Views: 36731

Re: Do MC and I really have different gripes with Trump?

Good points, khall. I am from NYC and while I was always aware of trump, I didn't really form strong opinions. Before he ran I thought he was a Democrat who had zero theological leanings therefore he was pro-choice, pro gay marriage, etc. Now I still think he has zero theological leanings but is pla...
by Tsavo
Sat Oct 27, 2018 6:44 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: My horse and his little goat family
Replies: 15
Views: 10590

Re: My horse and his little goat family

OMG That is so cute, Xan! I will ask if the goats have coats and will get a photo!

It was my dream for my horse to have a goat in retirement and now he has three! As his mother, I am so happy for him!
by Tsavo
Sat Oct 27, 2018 3:48 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Do MC and I really have different gripes with Trump?
Replies: 64
Views: 36731

Do MC and I really have different gripes with Trump?

MC and I both claim frustration with the Trump administration but she suggests they are different issues than my issues. Let's see... Here are mine in no particular order... 1. Lettered people say Trump is exhibiting the same early signs as other dictators. Germany didn't see it coming either. 2. Em...
by Tsavo
Sat Oct 27, 2018 2:32 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Another Red Headed Mare
Replies: 27
Views: 15263

Re: Another Red Headed Mare

Okay here it is

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by Tsavo
Sat Oct 27, 2018 2:29 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Another Red Headed Mare
Replies: 27
Views: 15263

Re: Another Red Headed Mare

Congratulations on your pretty girl!

I tried to rotate the photo but I failed in everything I tried.
by Tsavo
Sat Oct 27, 2018 1:57 am
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense
Replies: 93
Views: 44161

Re: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense

The LL requires a knowledge and feel for statistics mainly on top of understanding the basis of the measurements. At a minimum, a person with an undergrad degree in a hard science (with stats) could learn to interpret the results. I have a doctorate in a hard science and have done post doctoral work...
by Tsavo
Fri Oct 26, 2018 10:34 pm
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense
Replies: 93
Views: 44161

Re: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense

It's just that this is a dressage board, so most of us don't feel a need to discuss our educations, careers and political opinions and activities. I have discussed what I am not educated in (i.e., what I am unlettered in) much more than what I am lettered in. Again, you read into my posts what is o...
by Tsavo
Fri Oct 26, 2018 1:19 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Safe Sport
Replies: 24
Views: 13945

Re: Safe Sport

Mystic oak you can read a transcript of the videos You have to actually also finish the video before it'll let you move on to the new section. So reading transcript option is there, but doesn't help speed you along if you have slow internet. I was hoping to cheat by reading and being done faster th...
by Tsavo
Fri Oct 26, 2018 1:09 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: My horse and his little goat family
Replies: 15
Views: 10590

Re: My horse and his little goat family

Thanks PF. I had to add that as most horses require nothing in winters here. And I suspect he might sweat under that if it gets somewhat warmer.
by Tsavo
Fri Oct 26, 2018 12:51 pm
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense
Replies: 93
Views: 44161

Re: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense

By the way, "unlettered" just means someone is untrained in some field. It has nothing to do with intelligence. Einstein was unlettered in scoliosis and I know way more about it than he did. But he is orders of magnitude more intelligent than me. I am unlettered in vet med so I had to ask ...
by Tsavo
Fri Oct 26, 2018 12:18 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: My horse and his little goat family
Replies: 15
Views: 10590

My horse and his little goat family

He is sheeted because it is cold rain all day and he might shiver when wet.

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by Tsavo
Fri Oct 26, 2018 12:15 pm
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense
Replies: 93
Views: 44161

Re: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense

In re your other point, should we just let the ourselves be overrun with faith healers, creationists, and flat earthers? I don't think that is happening. Those things are not high on my list of concerns. I envy you. I have broken a tooth grinding my teeth in my sleep over the situation in governmen...
by Tsavo
Fri Oct 26, 2018 11:44 am
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense
Replies: 93
Views: 44161

Re: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense

Tsavo, regarding the opening post about Novella...here is a quote from him when he was on the Dr. Oz show (my bolding): "But I wasn't dismissive. I said I carefully reviewed the literature and the research, and I didn't say it couldn't possibly work. I said, when you look at it, it doesn't wor...
by Tsavo
Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:42 am
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense
Replies: 93
Views: 44161

Re: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense

Wow that's all I can say is wow and you're welcome to walk in my shoes any day of the week and do better. Tell that to the vets who told me those reasons. They do walk in your shoes and that is their opinion. I just am a little flabbergasted at the situation given how vets are the cream of the crea...
by Tsavo
Fri Oct 26, 2018 2:55 am
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense
Replies: 93
Views: 44161

Re: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense

The other thing is the vet section should not just be for treatments that work. It should include mention if treatments have no evidence. If vets don't know some treatments don't have evidence of efficacy then random owners are screwed.
by Tsavo
Fri Oct 26, 2018 2:51 am
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense
Replies: 93
Views: 44161

Re: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense

Condescending and pedantic is in the eye of the beholder. Forget owners. I asked some evidence-based vets why other vets offer non-evidence-based treatments like acupuncture, chiro, etc. and how embarrassing the situation is. There are a lot of reasons some having to do with a DVM not being a resear...
by Tsavo
Fri Oct 26, 2018 2:12 am
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense
Replies: 93
Views: 44161

Re: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense

Apathy is the reason we have Trump.

Next.
by Tsavo
Fri Oct 26, 2018 2:11 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Thinking about using a buyer's agent
Replies: 28
Views: 15053

Re: Thinking about using a buyer's agent

Dressage horse. Bluefield Sporthorses website isn't working.
by Tsavo
Thu Oct 25, 2018 2:09 pm
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense
Replies: 93
Views: 44161

Re: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense

StraightForward wrote:
Tsavo wrote:I am single-handedly trying to counter DeVos's campaign against science.


You aren't the only scientist or otherwise well-educated person on this board. ;)


I never said nor implied I was. But what are the others doing to counter the war against science?
by Tsavo
Thu Oct 25, 2018 10:36 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Hovering?
Replies: 28
Views: 14866

Re: Hovering?

My horse has 2 Arab sires on his dam's side, which may explain the flagging tail I see so often. It may also explain why he's so darned spooky. Or maybe I should call it "cautious"? Or maybe "hyper-cautious"? :-) Horses with no eye pathology spook without a trigger because the r...
by Tsavo
Thu Oct 25, 2018 2:57 am
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense
Replies: 93
Views: 44161

Re: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense

I am single-handedly trying to counter DeVos's campaign against science.
by Tsavo
Thu Oct 25, 2018 2:32 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Thinking about using a buyer's agent
Replies: 28
Views: 15053

Re: Thinking about using a buyer's agent

I told her what I am looking for.
by Tsavo
Thu Oct 25, 2018 12:56 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Thinking about using a buyer's agent
Replies: 28
Views: 15053

Re: Thinking about using a buyer's agent

Yes I have been in contact. I even asked if the buyer would let Lily go which of course they will not. And who could blame them. I thought there was a chance so I asked.
by Tsavo
Wed Oct 24, 2018 10:59 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Don't call it fall: September/October Autumn Goals
Replies: 423
Views: 168551

Re: Don't call it fall: September/October Autumn Goals

Fabulous photos showing nice work in this thread. They demonstrate balance.

I hope Joplin's injury heals well and quickly. Eggs on legs.
by Tsavo
Wed Oct 24, 2018 8:07 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Please tell me it can stop
Replies: 57
Views: 39447

Re: Please tell me it can stop

It is easy to show that working class Reublicans vote against their own economic interests. In some cases they know this and are willing to do it for their "sacred" values which conduce to forcing their religious views on rational people. So they have reasons that make sense to them but it...
by Tsavo
Wed Oct 24, 2018 8:02 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: spin-off: inside leg to outside rein
Replies: 10
Views: 6996

Re: spin-off: inside lege to outside rein

Wear a spur only on the left to help roll the rib cage. When it rolls he will be in the outside hand. Bridge the reins before you ingrain the busy left hand. Go straight-straight (not SF) down centerline. Change NOTHING except your left leg. If he ignores the ask to lift into your right hand use the...
by Tsavo
Wed Oct 24, 2018 3:07 pm
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense
Replies: 93
Views: 44161

Re: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense

Google "caregiver placebo effect"
by Tsavo
Wed Oct 24, 2018 3:06 pm
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense
Replies: 93
Views: 44161

Re: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense

calvin wrote:Do horses exhibit the placebo effect? I would not expect this to be the case.


No but their caregivers do including vets.
by Tsavo
Wed Oct 24, 2018 10:51 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Thinking about using a buyer's agent
Replies: 28
Views: 15053

Re: Thinking about using a buyer's agent

Have you looked at Dundalk Sport Horses, they also do draft cross, they had a clyde saddlebred x that looked dressage potential Yes I like that site. That is where that Lilly horse was. She must have gone in a matter of minutes to hours. I am shocked that horse didn't go solely by word of mouth. An...
by Tsavo
Wed Oct 24, 2018 10:47 am
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense
Replies: 93
Views: 44161

Re: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense

In re horses, there is the caregiver placebo effect that even vets succumb to. That means most owners are sitting ducks. I don't believe it helps horses with whatever issues it was done to help. However, I believe without a doubt that it does 'something' when those needles are in. If you've seen en...
by Tsavo
Wed Oct 24, 2018 1:19 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Thinking about using a buyer's agent
Replies: 28
Views: 15053

Re: Thinking about using a buyer's agent

I don't like listing a price because suddenly horses are that price who might have been less. In general, I will pay a price commensurate with training discounted for not being a WB.

ETA: Sellers will know that I know that they know that I know what a fair price is for a horse. :-)
by Tsavo
Tue Oct 23, 2018 8:20 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Thinking about using a buyer's agent
Replies: 28
Views: 15053

Re: Thinking about using a buyer's agent

In case I missed it - do you have a post as to what you are looking for in a horse? Price etc? Okay I will say but I am trusting people not to run out and get horses like this! Non-negotiable: draft cross no more than 1/2 draft, mare, non-grey, 16.2 to 17.2 HH, non-cribber/windsucker, matched front...
by Tsavo
Tue Oct 23, 2018 2:28 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Thinking about using a buyer's agent
Replies: 28
Views: 15053

Re: Thinking about using a buyer's agent

Lol I am talking about a horse sale. Clearly I need help finding a horse.
by Tsavo
Tue Oct 23, 2018 1:50 pm
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense
Replies: 93
Views: 44161

Re: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense

If toothpicks have the same placebo content then acupuncture does not work as advertised. Nobody is claiming the placebo effect isn't real. Acupuncturists claim it is real and not placebo. They are wrong. In re horses, there is the caregiver placebo effect that even vets succumb to. That means most ...
by Tsavo
Tue Oct 23, 2018 12:36 pm
Forum: Young Horse Forum and Breeding and Registries
Topic: Am I going to even find a 1/4-3/4 Clyde cross mare to try?
Replies: 31
Views: 20901

Re: Am I going to even find a 1/4-3/4 Clyde cross mare to try?

People who dismiss PMU horses are just ignorant of Fynn. I would take a PMU horse if she met criteria.
by Tsavo
Tue Oct 23, 2018 12:34 pm
Forum: Young Horse Forum and Breeding and Registries
Topic: Am I going to even find a 1/4-3/4 Clyde cross mare to try?
Replies: 31
Views: 20901

Re: Am I going to even find a 1/4-3/4 Clyde cross mare to try?

Wow ponichiwa I am going to have to schedule time to read 65 pages on that first link! I did scan it and I am not sure how i feel about a $500 ante. I would have to know the terms.

Thanks for posting that.
by Tsavo
Tue Oct 23, 2018 11:16 am
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense
Replies: 93
Views: 44161

Why acupuncture is complete nonsense

https://www.businessinsider.com/aacupuncture-is-useless-steven-novella-2016-5?utm_content=buffer8ea43&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer-bi It has been shown to be just placebo. It works as well if you put the needles in the "wrong" places and even if...
by Tsavo
Tue Oct 23, 2018 11:00 am
Forum: Young Horse Forum and Breeding and Registries
Topic: Am I going to even find a 1/4-3/4 Clyde cross mare to try?
Replies: 31
Views: 20901

Re: Am I going to even find a 1/4-3/4 Clyde cross mare to try?

Chisamba wrote:Is virginiasporthorses.com still in business. They import from Canada for the fox hunter set.

I bought a few clyde cross prospects from them maybe a decade ago


Apparently yes and they have a bunch of horses. Thanks.
by Tsavo
Tue Oct 23, 2018 10:59 am
Forum: Young Horse Forum and Breeding and Registries
Topic: Am I going to even find a 1/4-3/4 Clyde cross mare to try?
Replies: 31
Views: 20901

Re: Am I going to even find a 1/4-3/4 Clyde cross mare to try?

You might find one in Amish land. Some filter through Dundulk Sporthorses occasionally. You might reach out to them in case they know of a source. Much closer to you than PA! Dundulk had an amazing mare a few months ago that I missed. I thought she was a draft cross but she was Trak/TB but had some...
by Tsavo
Tue Oct 23, 2018 1:43 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Thinking about using a buyer's agent
Replies: 28
Views: 15053

Thinking about using a buyer's agent

Anyone know usual terms or have experience?
by Tsavo
Mon Oct 22, 2018 7:06 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Please tell me it can stop
Replies: 57
Views: 39447

Re: Please tell me it can stop

Trump voters realize they should be ashamed. Or they should know.
by Tsavo
Mon Oct 22, 2018 4:01 pm
Forum: Young Horse Forum and Breeding and Registries
Topic: Am I going to even find a 1/4-3/4 Clyde cross mare to try?
Replies: 31
Views: 20901

Re: Am I going to even find a 1/4-3/4 Clyde cross mare to try?

There are intermittently some Clyde crosses posted in this facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Dressagehorsesforsale/ This group (Foxhunting Prospects) may actually be your best bet. The threat (as always with horse shopping) is that the level of training may not be what you want. https...
by Tsavo
Mon Oct 22, 2018 4:01 pm
Forum: Young Horse Forum and Breeding and Registries
Topic: Am I going to even find a 1/4-3/4 Clyde cross mare to try?
Replies: 31
Views: 20901

Re: Am I going to even find a 1/4-3/4 Clyde cross mare to try?

There is a national or world (can't remember) Clydesdale show going on in the US in a week or two in Madison, WI. It's supposed to be the largest congregation of the breed in the US. You might be able to gain some contacts who produce crossbreds from that gathering whether you go in person or have ...
by Tsavo
Sun Oct 21, 2018 4:03 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Hovering?
Replies: 28
Views: 14866

Re: Hovering?

Thanks for that info, Dresseur.

Rein lameness has always been to bizarre to me. Also horses that go lame from particular saddles. So bizarre.
by Tsavo
Sun Oct 21, 2018 4:01 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Calm trail horse turned evil bolter on longe
Replies: 13
Views: 11664

Re: Calm trail horse turned evil bolter on longe

Lunging, like riding, is a series of techniques that nobody is born knowing. It can't just be "winged" without consequences.

I think a skilled person could break this horse of this habit within a week. Maybe less.
by Tsavo
Sun Oct 21, 2018 2:23 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Hovering?
Replies: 28
Views: 14866

Re: Hovering?

The great run of horses do not seem to hover in their choice of evasions. This has got to be genetic. Do non-WBs hover as an evasion?
by Tsavo
Sat Oct 20, 2018 1:30 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Musings on Hobby Horse, stall cleaning and seemingly irrelevant topics
Replies: 27
Views: 13366

Re: Musings on Hobby Horse, stall cleaning and seemingly irrelevant topics

That, and according to at least some of the odgs, horses don't become straight, but just become straighter than they were. Who said that? It sounds wacky. Any sound horse can be taught SF. I can do some semblance of SF left, but it's not correct. In fact, I've finally come to the conclusion that tr...

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