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have a counter on my phone that I sometimes use. I just put it in my pocket. It's called soundbrenner. It's a free app.

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Moutaineer, sounds really delicious.

StraightForward, duck and goose were always our family feast table. Good choice.

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Fourth attempt. In the theme of Thanksgiving I laid put a turkey which leant itself to numerous ways to ride. Perhaps the most chairing was the circle through the tail in the longest stride. It's a really fun way to test stride length, supple and response to aids. It builds nice muscle too in an ene...

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Three times, 3 times, I wrote a post and every time I tried to post it, was lost by the ridiculous log in yet again icon. I just don't get it. So I'm not going to bother to post again at this time. Except to say briefly, Aleuronix, Kora looks fab, StraightForward, in glad Annabelle is doing better, ...

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I'm working Thanksgiving so and Mt son is in retail so we had the turkey on Sunday. I made a root vegetable galette and a fruity spicy dressing. In my house pumpkin pie is the favorite so we had two pies forv3 of us lol.

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Thank you for your responses about the shark fin withers. I ride around singing that Meghan Traynor song " it's all about that base, that base) to remind myself how important the base of the neck is in riding back to front.

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I spent this week on very basic work with all the upper level.horses. by basic work I mean evaluating and conforming the 3 main responses to the action of the inside rein without pulling back. By which I means first, bend without turning until reaches into but not pulling throught the outside rein, ...

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Ok. So! ( now I sound very Zambian) lol. Shark fin withers are a natural occurring phenomenon, but can be minimized by building the muscles there. I've been researching and is course everyone who talks about it has this vested interest in you buying what they are selling. Have any of you successfull...

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I carry my whip in my right hand too but when I salute with the right hand, I simply put the whip with the reins into the left hand so my hand is free to salute open handed. Then as I gather my reins i gather the whip too.

How is the pony doing Blob?

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Ja, I know the left handed salute is legal, I just don't know why. No one should lose points for a salute unless it is not immobile and not releasing a rein, but then who bother to actually have a salute? Why call it a salute? . But even the navy, which allows left handed salutes only does so if the...

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Khall, my clients are not those with dementia, but those with long term developmental differences. However there is something that is true of both populations. Staff have a lot more training and supervision in how to make the life of these people easier than families do. Families have busy exhaustin...

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Mari gid you salute with your left hand or did the photo invert itself?? He looks very posh. Congrats on your scores. StraightForward, I have another opposite and different suggestion to Moutaineer. A lot of the exercises designed to help horses are designed for horses with grand 3 beat canter with ...

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Lovely update Moutaineer. I went with friends to the Equine affairs in Massachusetts. Saw Steffen Peter's presentation and Phillip Duttons. Then did a marathon shop. Then ate some soup that disagreed with me and vomited my way home. I splurged big time in an ABI ring drag. Footing being one of the b...

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About board increases: 25% probably won't even bring them into profitability. I have tried so hard not to increase board for my clients. I'm doing a lot more work myself, from construction and repairs to daily chores. The disadvantage of this is it takes my time and Emmet away from what I'm good at,...

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By golly my abs are on fire tonight. I've been doing some pilates as well as some more aerobic exercise.(back on the trampoline!) And I think my best ride ever on Potters today. (And my longest and most intense in at least 2 months.) What a superstar he was. Actually I think he's been a total star ...

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I am glad junior and you are training well. Also sounds like Brandon pulled up his big boy panties! How it bodes well!! I'm doing a hunt on Sunday with the Amwell hunt club . It's lovely country so i hope it's pleasant weather. I'm not a fan of galloping on sub freezing ground but I'm going with sup...

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I ordered mine Monday And got it today. ( pentosan) I had to work thorough a tantrum of Saiph refusing to go forward, and simply ignoring the side you go from trot to canter. After about 15 minutes of my not relenting , she seemed to understand that I was not going to be persuaded to yield and she d...

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Rood and Riddle compounds pentisan and glucosamine to get past the fda. It's much more reasonable than the zycosan. You do need a perscription.

It's 130 a bottle.

Look into it if you like. I trust rood and riddle.

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Talking about supportive medicine any of you is Pentosan? By holy it has gone up in price by about 400% since it was approved by the FDA

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Thank you StraightForward for starting the end if year thread. I'm starting with me. Self: 1) Do not gain winter pounds. Just don't. Weigh in daily and make the necessary adjustments. 2) trust myself more. I've been told over and over to lowr my hands lower my hands so after 3 days of burying my han...

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Goals. Maybe choose a stud for Kimba. Saiph, button up the flying changes and work toward tempi. Flei, establish leg yield, canter and get his feet healthy. He is still recovering from years of road shoes and diminished frogs with deep heels. Honey, continue her recovery to remuscling and also get ...

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May not be helpful but I ask for the changes on the circle so there is no beginning and no end so the walls don't matter. It helps keep the horse relaxed and waiting for the aids rather than anticipating a place . It also helps with counter canter to C which suddenly becomes a thing after a number o...

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We installed the pump stylethat you do not like in the barn after several years of pipes failing because of the other style

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Mari, when I came to the USA from the eastern cape it didn't take me long to get used to the USA system of levels.

FEI have even fewer options at each level, ha! ( one PSG) , one I1, one IA one iB and one I II although there are three grand prix, technically, short, gp and gp special.

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Nice changes chisamba. I’m still trying to figure out seat on Joplin. Her canter especially challenges me. Just proof that you can keep warm with a sweater buttoned wrong. I probably am not going to ever have the prefect seat, but I can still train and accomplish two changes over the centerline on ...

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https://youtube.com/shorts/gUPcJ_nMVBM?si=b2ll6xKRaXh3V9Z0 I was looking at my videos from the clinic and my friend made this cute little clip. Lots to learn again in reviewing the video. Tesla looks might cute, and what lovely scores. Wrt loose hips, the clinician had me relax my whole leg, and sai...

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So a perfect example of real.life. I spent 3 days working on keeping my reins short and my hands low. Each day there was positive gains. Saiph started to learn to go forward into the dirt rein and so many people have continually criticized my long rein and high hand. So was perfection achieved as we...

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I'm so sick of this forum logging me out mid post and erasing my whole train of thought. Am I the only one who had that happen? Autumn and winter are prefect for boot camp. It's time to rebutton the sweater. ( You know, that analogy about training being like buttoning a sweater wrong. The only way t...

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Blob, sometimes I get very busy, it's why I schedule shows and clinics, because otherwise I'd sleep instead of riding.

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Interesting exercise . Halfpass from quarterline to quarterline , half pirouette, and half pass back, and half pirouette. Start the half pass shoulder fore. So when you half pirouette take the shoulder ever so slightly past 180 degrees. Second interesting exercise. Really good canter trot transition...

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Tanga wrote:Best photo, ever, Chisamba! By Red Wine. Wow. That was the stallion involved in the abuse/neglect case here in Santa Rosa and some whole thing where he sort of disappeared somewhere or something.

There was some big drama surrounding him and his owner.

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Gorgeous pic Chisamba, I'm drooling over your horse! Thank you. She is quite pretty and photos never quite so her justice. She is a bit of a bronze color with dark dapples and a pretty face. Forgive me I feel like I should know this but what is her breeding/bloodlines? I don't think I ever shared h...

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Quelah wrote:Gorgeous pic Chisamba, I'm drooling over your horse!

Thank you. She is quite pretty and photos never quite so her justice. She is a bit of a bronze color with dark dapples and a pretty face.

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For people who like photos.

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Mari the PSG test has 14 changes. Which sounds huge until you think that's one line of changes in grand prix lol. Saiph think 14 changes is outrageous. Hopefully she will soon be so ok with that that she thinks it's fun

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So, I lied. I went to one more show this season. Some how I had forgotten that the last show is the schooling show stopped we attend was today. My students who were in line for year end awards reminded me. It was chilly and the horses were in their high jinx. Saiph got totally distracted in her firs...

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Well planned and accomplished!! Wishing you the best.

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So sorry Tanga.

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Omgracious what a September! Moutaineer, I'm so sorry about the health issues. Just take care of yourselves and get better. Tanga, unresolved choking is what ultimately caused the hardest decision worth My sons aged pony . I would almost rather deal with the renal failure. Exvet. I feel like we are ...

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Forward ( prompt response to leg,) slowly is a huge step up straightforward. Well done

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Tanga my oldest student tripped getting out of the shower and broke her ankle!

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Exvet, I sure hope Brandon did not hurt himself severely. It sounds like a very stressed client and sick dog. :( . I hope Junior and you have a very satisfactory 4.1 . Flight ouch! And Tanga, hope the wrist and ankle feel better soon. Flight is used to ride through broken bones, swollen joints et al...

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I watched then on my big screen TV. Beautiful

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Sounds like an excellent weekend in the stiff competition of regional, Zevida and Tanga. So sorry about all your drama Tanga! You sure have the perseverance skill! I hope the wrist heals well. Exvet congrats on the job and decision. Hope it is everything you could want. StraightForward I haven't res...

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For years and years and years I just stayed everything in a simple snaffle. Now there are a thousand options and I still haven't found a thing that seems to give the horses a comfotable tongue. Sheesh in Zambia tack was so hard to get that we just cobbled together this for the best fit we could. Now...

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Ok both of you, go slay the dragon!!!!

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Do you all agree on the warmup routine? I purposefully change my warmup because sometimes you go to a show and cannot follow the routine because of time between rides or something unexpected. So I try my best to give them preparation for those type of situations. I also after try to warm up in one p...

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Exvet, you and I are in similar places with our horses. From 4.2 to PSG the big step to is in the canter work. So we get to really develop the confidence in canter from here forward. And of course in bringing the greenerb horse along too. Your boys look good. So much progress. I'm hoping I can get s...

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Thanks u just need to measure her normal bridle and compare

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Be careful of ulcers with turmeric. My friend nearly killed her horse with severe ulcers overdoing turmeric. It does cause loose stools. When I took turmeric because I am allergic to NSAiDs my reflux and indigestion was ghastly. Even thought it's touted to cure everything including Gerd my experienc...

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