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- Fri Nov 02, 2018 10:28 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Things you will never be able to do & Problems you will never be able to solve
- Replies: 60
- Views: 33646
Re: Things you will never be able to do & Problems you will never be able to solve
I don't think I've ever seen a thread with a topic like this. I don't know if anyone else is interested in it or not. Great topic! Things I will never be able to do: -compete internationally (lack time & funds, among other things) -on Jet: do a long distance marathon (he just isn’t built for it...
- Fri Nov 02, 2018 12:28 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: The last sextal (bi month) of 2018. November, December goals and training orogress
- Replies: 332
- Views: 155480
Re: The last sextal (bi month) of 2018. November, December goals and training orogress
My goals: -ride regularly -improve my sitting trot -go for walks more often -plan in some leisure time somewhere in my chaotic week (!) Goals for the horses: move Jet plus/minus Finn (or Pan) to an indoor facility now that winter is looming. JET: keep him as fit as possible, strengthen his low back ...
- Thu Nov 01, 2018 1:37 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Others are concerned about how I feed my horses.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15236
Re: Others are concerned about how I feed my horses.
piedmontfields wrote:Never mind what we think, what do your horses and dogs think?
They seem to be rather air-headed, so I don't know.
- Thu Nov 01, 2018 1:37 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Others are concerned about how I feed my horses.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15236
Re: Others are concerned about how I feed my horses.
demi wrote:Chancellor wrote:I think your horse might be lame. Just look at how he is standing.
She probably uses sidereins!
LMAO!!!
- Thu Nov 01, 2018 1:48 am
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Side Reins!
- Replies: 26
- Views: 18534
Re: Side Reins!
I don’t use side reins when I lunge, except on occasion. I mostly lunge my 4 yr old to ensure that I have a brain between his ears before I get on as he was just backed late this summer. I use a lunging caveson, but it’s only seldom that I use side reins on him. I wouldn’t use that neck-stretcher co...
- Thu Nov 01, 2018 1:40 am
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Others are concerned about how I feed my horses.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15236
Others are concerned about how I feed my horses.
I’ve had a few people today approach me to discuss how I feed my horses. I really can’t figure out why.
Both my dog and my horse look fine to me!
What do you guys think???
Btw ... BOO!!!
Both my dog and my horse look fine to me!
What do you guys think???
Btw ... BOO!!!
- Sun Oct 28, 2018 5:08 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Don't call it fall: September/October Autumn Goals
- Replies: 423
- Views: 194636
Re: Don't call it fall: September/October Autumn Goals
I’ve been riding more regularly the last month than I was able to most of the summer. It feels great once I’ve done it, but it sure takes a lot of moxie to make myself go out at the beginning of the day when it’s pitch black out, or after a long day of work. I definitely notice being 54 in terms of ...
- Fri Oct 26, 2018 2:32 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Don't call it fall: September/October Autumn Goals
- Replies: 423
- Views: 194636
Re: Don't call it fall: September/October Autumn Goals
Ponichiwa wrote:Canter Queso under saddle consistently. In fact, he'd prefer we canter everywhere. My trot is now MIA.
OMG, I know what you mean. Same deal with me on Jet! Trot, trot ... where are youuuu!!??!! LOL
- Fri Oct 26, 2018 2:03 pm
- Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
- Topic: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense
- Replies: 93
- Views: 51370
Re: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense
I am unlettered in vet med so I had to ask vets WTF is up with non-evidence-based treatments. It's not that I can't understand the reasons. It is just I don't have the training to know what they are on my own. Here’s the catch. Only approximately 45-60% of medicine (human or veterinary) is “evidenc...
- Mon Oct 22, 2018 12:52 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Don't call it fall: September/October Autumn Goals
- Replies: 423
- Views: 194636
Re: Don't call it fall: September/October Autumn Goals
I had the great opportunity to watch the Charlotte Dujardin master class that happened this past weekend in Toronto, ON, Canada. I watched Carl Hester a year ago, now CD. It was really good! So, this morning I got up early which I've been doing off & on for the past few weeks, and rode Jet in th...
- Sat Oct 20, 2018 10:53 pm
- Forum: Tack, Apparel, Facilities and Transportation
- Topic: Girth sizing/placement question.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5383
Re: Girth sizing/placement question.
Flight wrote:I like the girths to come quite high so the buckles aren't resting behind their elbows. As long as it's not bunching up your saddle cloth or getting in the way of your leg, I think it should be right?
This is what I do, too.
- Wed Oct 17, 2018 7:37 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Help getting trot lateral work more forward?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10185
Re: Help getting trot lateral work more forward?
Another thing that I find helpful is to use the line I’m on to encourage a rhythmic, swinging gait first (training scale), then introduce the lateral work gradually. For a green horse, this means shallow angles for the lines when introducing leg yield and this line can become gradually steeper as th...
- Mon Oct 15, 2018 5:50 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: 26581
Re: Am I going to even find a 1/4-3/4 Clyde cross mare to try?
Tsavo wrote:What I really want is an FEI prospect like Finn from a PMU farm only a mare.
Do you mean my Finn? (If so, he’s Shire/Hano, not Clyde).
- Mon Oct 15, 2018 4:20 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Don't call it fall: September/October Autumn Goals
- Replies: 423
- Views: 194636
Re: Don't call it fall: September/October Autumn Goals
I’m behind in my updating! I had a short show season this year with a late start to it. I had to get Jet back into condition to manage Third Level tests, particularly in the hot summer heat (he doesn’t do heat well). I was hoping to get my Dressage Canada Third Level Silver medal, but wasn’t sure it...
- Sun Oct 14, 2018 4:07 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: This is what has kept me going. Pony video
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9686
Re: This is what has kept me going. Pony video
I can't play the video either. He looks super!!
- Thu Oct 04, 2018 2:08 pm
- Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
- Topic: Clipping
- Replies: 27
- Views: 17190
Re: Clipping
I clip as soon as I move mine to their winter boarding place (where I have access to an indoor arena). Mine are already getting shaggy but still manageable. I have a nice outdoor ring that has LED flood lights so we ride out there until the footing becomes impossible. I don't clip any of mine that s...
- Mon Sep 24, 2018 6:29 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Don't call it fall: September/October Autumn Goals
- Replies: 423
- Views: 194636
Re: Don't call it fall: September/October Autumn Goals
I was at a Lauren Sprieser clinic this past weekend. It was my first time riding with her, and I really enjoyed it. It was all in keeping with what my regular trainer is working on, which is always a good thing. I'm SO excited to keep going with Jet. He soaks up the work and handles the extra inten...
- Mon Sep 24, 2018 1:19 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Don't call it fall: September/October Autumn Goals
- Replies: 423
- Views: 194636
Re: Don't call it fall: September/October Autumn Goals
I was at a Lauren Sprieser clinic this past weekend. It was my first time riding with her, and I really enjoyed it. It was all in keeping with what my regular trainer is working on, which is always a good thing. We didn't do anything fancy, just worked on increasing Jet's strength & carrying pow...
- Thu Sep 20, 2018 3:08 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: A spin off: Mare, Gelding or doesn't matter for you?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 22156
Re: A spin off: Mare, Gelding or doesn't matter for you?
Although my first two horses were mares, I ended up riding geldings most of my adult life. But now I have a homebred filly that I CANNOT wait to develop into my riding partner! And I've been interested in bringing along a mare for awhile now. For me, though, it's the horse not the gender that matter...
- Wed Sep 19, 2018 8:19 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Don't call it fall: September/October Autumn Goals
- Replies: 423
- Views: 194636
Re: Don't call it fall: September/October Autumn Goals
Look who is home now after 5-1/2 months away for training (3 mo in harness training, 2-1/2 mo of under-saddle training) ... Mr. Finn! He is my homebred 4 yr old Hano/Shire gelding. 11C32493-FDE3-4DE1-A7F4-D559FB88F0DF.jpeg He was started in Nov-Dec last year but it didn’t go very well as he was quit...
- Mon Sep 10, 2018 6:38 pm
- Forum: Young Horse Forum and Breeding and Registries
- Topic: Remember my "tripod"?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 21352
Re: Remember my "tripod"?
FYI -this was a very old thread (2016) but thank you. He has really blossomed into a beautiful horse. Last year, in 2017, he had more scores in the 70s than 60s for First Level and finished the year with multiple championships and reserve championships. Such a good boy. We're now schooling Second Le...
- Mon Sep 10, 2018 3:31 am
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Don't call it fall: September/October Autumn Goals
- Replies: 423
- Views: 194636
Re: Don't call it fall: September/October Autumn Goals
My daughter & I just got back from a 2-day dressage show with our local chapter, the last one of the year. My daughter rode her cute QH pony, “Huckleberry Finn”, on the first day in four Walk-Trot tests. She had to get up bright & early as her first ride time was 8:15 a.m.! It was very cool ...
- Sat Sep 08, 2018 7:17 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Don't call it fall: September/October Autumn Goals
- Replies: 423
- Views: 194636
Re: Don't call it fall: September/October Autumn Goals
I’m writing this from the show site after a very successful first day. My daughter started the day with her four Walk-Trot tests. It was very crisp & cool (for the first time in 3 months) so her pony, Sawyer, was more fresh than she’s ever had to deal with. Early in the warm-up, he even gave a f...
- Thu Sep 06, 2018 6:58 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Are we ready for the July August goals thread?
- Replies: 394
- Views: 193589
Re: Are we ready for the July August goals thread?
Rye gymnastic jumping is FUN with the right horse! (don't know how fun it would be on Rip) Great for strengthening the HQs It also really helps them get smarter with their feet. Annabelle used to be just awful with awareness of where her feet were, or any concept of how to adjust gait. She was pret...
- Thu Sep 06, 2018 1:27 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Question about Third Level Freestyle
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5469
Re: Question about Third Level Freestyle
FWIW I think you will get eliminated if you do full walk pirouettes as they are not found in any test at any level. You could avoid it by doing the half pirouette, clearly walk forward a few steps then do another one. It wouldn't be elimination, it would be a -4 deduction. At any rate, I've chosen ...
- Wed Sep 05, 2018 9:27 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Don't call it fall: September/October Autumn Goals
- Replies: 423
- Views: 194636
Re: Don't call it fall: September/October Autumn Goals
piedmontfields, that property looks gorgeous. I've often thought of moving to the States, and specifically to TN. Maybe some day I will. For now I'm staying in Canada given the current politics. khall - I relate to the house woes. I'm in the midst of replacing the SECOND well's submersible pump afte...
- Tue Sep 04, 2018 6:06 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Leg Yeild: How much, how often?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 24515
Re: Leg Yeild: How much, how often?
I use LY in some capacity probably half the time, and sometimes more. For my 7 yr old who has a weaker RH leg, I use LY more as a gymnastic, "physiotherapy" exercise (coupled with SI and travers in the appropriate directions) so I use it more often. I also have added it at the canter (head...
- Tue Sep 04, 2018 2:29 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Question about Third Level Freestyle
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5469
Re: Question about Third Level Freestyle
FYI, I'm in Canada. USDF and Dressage Canada use the same tests for the most part, but some rules are slightly different and some of the "forbidden" items do not appear on Cdn tests. On the third level test, it says that 1/2 turn on the haunches is clearly allowed. To further confuse thing...
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 3:39 am
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Question about Third Level Freestyle
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5469
Question about Third Level Freestyle
Freestyle question: I’m preparing my first freestyle and I’m not sure about whether an element I’m considering is allowed. It’s a Third Level freestyle, and in the walk work I wanted to put in a full turn-on-the-haunches to the right, and repeat it to the left. Full, as in all the way around, 360 de...
- Sat Sep 01, 2018 2:49 am
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Don't call it fall: September/October Autumn Goals
- Replies: 423
- Views: 194636
Re: Don't call it fall: September/October Autumn Goals
Panache (7 yr old Argentinian WBx gelding, schooling Second Level: Are you still planning on selling him? I'm wondering if he would be a prospect for Scruffy? Just a thought. Given his reactivity this past spring when I moved him to the indoor, scruffy didn’t think he’d be a good fit. He’s back to ...
- Fri Aug 31, 2018 1:15 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Don't call it fall: September/October Autumn Goals
- Replies: 423
- Views: 194636
Re: Don't call it fall: September/October Autumn Goals
I’m going to have to adjust my goals as I just haven’t been able to ride as much as I’d have liked due to work & single-mom pressures. So, I’m going to keep my goals much less lofty in the hopes I can meet a few of them. For all ridden horses: ride each twice weekly. Jet (13 yr old Friesian/Perc...
- Fri Aug 31, 2018 1:02 pm
- Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
- Topic: My hay delimma
- Replies: 19
- Views: 13267
Re: My hay delimma
I hope she gets better quickly. Colic is always scary. No advice for your hay situation, just lots of sympathy. And, I now feel even more fortunate that my hay guy is literally 4 km down the road from me and supplies me with delivered hay every year. This year I got about 2600 bales of quality 1st-c...
- Mon Aug 20, 2018 6:37 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Are we ready for the July August goals thread?
- Replies: 394
- Views: 193589
Re: Are we ready for the July August goals thread?
I have lost track of this thread. Llfe got chaotic for me and I wasn't even reading this board for awhile. So apologies if I've missed anything ... I'm sure I have. For the first time since Oct 2017, I showed Jet this past weekend. I rode Third-1 and Third-2. I was NOT happy with his warm-up as he w...
- Thu Jul 12, 2018 2:24 am
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Are we ready for the July August goals thread?
- Replies: 394
- Views: 193589
Re: Are we ready for the July August goals thread?
I worked on T-W-T in SF tonight, very useful. I'm only riding Panache these days (while Jet is getting a driving refresher). I'm really enjoying him again. Why is it that "for sale" horses feel so good that one rethinks selling them ... just before a prospective buyer is due to come and tr...
- Tue Jul 10, 2018 2:01 am
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Are we ready for the July August goals thread?
- Replies: 394
- Views: 193589
Re: Are we ready for the July August goals thread?
I finally found time to ride Panache after almost a month off (only because I was too busy with hay & work). He was foot perfect, and amazingly easy to sit once he was warmed up. I put him through a bit of everything, but kept it light & short sessions between walk breaks. I was very pleased...
- Mon Jul 09, 2018 1:45 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Downward Transitions
- Replies: 21
- Views: 13326
Re: Downward Transitions
I like to imagine the hind legs stopping last and stepping up & under. I also use an upward hh during downwards if the horse is leaning or bracing, which my 7-yr-old is prone to do. A great exercise for teaching the horse to stay active behind through any downward is to do trot-almost walk-trot ...
- Sat Jul 07, 2018 11:40 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Are we ready for the July August goals thread?
- Replies: 394
- Views: 193589
Re: Are we ready for the July August goals thread?
So sorry to hear about the losses. Cb06, that is never easy losing our beloved dogs to hemangiosarc. Nasty cancer that is. My condolences. That pup is awesome, though! Chisamba - so sorry that Deneb has had to be retired. I definitely understand that choice. I hope she is more comfortable in the yea...
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 4:20 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Working for Long-term Soundness
- Replies: 42
- Views: 21658
Re: Working for Long-term Soundness
I do PPE's on any horse I buy, and make informed decisions based on what the rads tell me, and as I said before, work is managed from an athlete's perspective. M I did a PPE on Jet, my Friesian/Perch. The first vet who saw him felt that his stifles were a weakness and a major concern. I had a 2nd v...
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 1:14 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Working for Long-term Soundness
- Replies: 42
- Views: 21658
Re: Working for Long-term Soundness
I agree with most of what others have said. Good luck is underlying all of it! Movement is important. My guys live out 24/7 on varying terrain. They move all the time. I do board in the dead of winter (because if I want to ride, in wintertime, options are otherwise limited), and I do board indoors b...
- Mon Jul 02, 2018 5:52 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Are we ready for the July August goals thread?
- Replies: 394
- Views: 193589
Re: Are we ready for the July August goals thread?
Moutaineer wrote:The eyelashes on that baby, DJR!
I know! She still takes my breath away every time I look at her.
- Sun Jul 01, 2018 11:14 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: More Leg! More Leg! - May and June Goals
- Replies: 378
- Views: 185466
Re: More Leg! More Leg! - May and June Goals
My personal goals: -ride at least 4 times a week -go for morning walks more days of the week than not -cut back a bit on carbs I unfortunately did not achieve any of these goals. I'm still struggling with all of them. I did join a 6-wk challenge at a local gym that is within a 3 min drive from work...
- Sun Jul 01, 2018 2:21 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Are we ready for the July August goals thread?
- Replies: 394
- Views: 193589
Re: Are we ready for the July August goals thread?
My goals are a bit different this month. That's because of a slight change in plans. Jet, my Third Level boy, has gone for a 1-month driving refresher at the trainer who started Finn, my 4-yr-old, under harness. The reason is that I bought a lovely carriage for Finn and it will work with Jet, too. I...
- Mon Jun 25, 2018 5:10 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: More Leg! More Leg! - May and June Goals
- Replies: 378
- Views: 185466
Re: More Leg! More Leg! - May and June Goals
I don't have a lot of experience with the FC, but my experience in the 3-yr odyssey of teaching them to Jet was that it sent the rest of our canter work to crap here & there. Not all of it all at once, but here & there, sporadically, just related to him going through the process of figuring ...
- Mon Jun 25, 2018 1:01 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: More Leg! More Leg! - May and June Goals
- Replies: 378
- Views: 185466
Re: More Leg! More Leg! - May and June Goals
I rode Jet last night after dark (I'm SO glad I had outdoor lights installed for my outdoor ring!). It was cool & breezy, perfect conditions for him. I had quite a nice ride so worked on his changes and canter HP. He felt really good so I tried the 3-change diagonal line that is in the Fourth Le...
- Sun Jun 24, 2018 7:51 am
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: More Leg! More Leg! - May and June Goals
- Replies: 378
- Views: 185466
Re: More Leg! More Leg! - May and June Goals
I appreciate the perspectives people have offered re: my "slump." This weekend I was going to show my daughter's large pony QH, Sawyer, but he came out of the paddock lame in the LH. He doesn't want to put the heel down so I'm thinking/hoping it's just an abscess. If it isn't that, it's hi...
- Tue Jun 19, 2018 9:29 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: More Leg! More Leg! - May and June Goals
- Replies: 378
- Views: 185466
Re: More Leg! More Leg! - May and June Goals
DJR, I wonder at where you find all the energy sometimes! You have a lot on your plate professionally and personally and I admire all that you accomplish! I can commiserate with the slump - I think that no matter how passionate we are, we all go through it from time to time. In those times, I usual...
- Tue Jun 19, 2018 1:43 pm
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Conflicted by the Duggars for years
- Replies: 27
- Views: 16288
Re: Conflicted by the Duggars for years
How do you even keep up with their comings & goings? Do they still have a tv show?
- Mon Jun 18, 2018 2:31 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: How obvious/intuitive is dressage riding?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 20515
Re: How obvious/intuitive is dressage riding?
It's taken me AGES to understand that I get my horses rounder by allowing my hands 'up and forward'. I have to say to myself 'up and forward', 'up and forward'. I always want to drop my hands and pull them back. My instinct to do that is strong and I'll admit, I have to fight it hard! Ditto! And a ...
- Mon Jun 18, 2018 2:04 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: How obvious/intuitive is dressage riding?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 20515
Re: How obvious/intuitive is dressage riding?
I think the quote about dressage being simple but not easy is sort of accurate. For me, when my instructor points something out and I follow her direction, my horse goes better (and so do I). Why didn't I think of that then? Well, because I was thinking about 5,000 other things and forgot about that...
- Mon Jun 18, 2018 1:50 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: More Leg! More Leg! - May and June Goals
- Replies: 378
- Views: 185466
Re: More Leg! More Leg! - May and June Goals
I had another dressage clinic weekend with my beloved FEI instructor. As usual, lots of good stuff to work on. Yesterday, with Jet, she introduced counting exercises in anticipation of canter zig-zags in the future. It was eye-opening! We did 8-count LY from the wall to quarter-line (or thereabouts)...