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My horse loves bananas. He gets 2 Pracend. I slice two small pieces of banana and stick the pill in the center. I've done this with other meds as well. The great thing about the banana is that he pretty much swallows it whole since it is so soft. To put the pill in something that requires chewing, h...

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To the extent that Gal rides legs away pretty much, if you can get through a test without leg, you probably can get through a test without spur. :-) And I will repeat what I noticed and my GP trainer confirmed... she does NOT work on forward with her GP. If he is in the ring working, he is forward....

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Not on topic but I have always wondered if spurs are not for forward, and yes I've heard the mantra, why grand prix riders use them I extended gaits, and for piaffe and passage. ;) Maybe because they ARE for forward. When I first started eventing, I showed up at my first x-country school w/o spurs....

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For me, looking at fabulous horses doing great extended walks doesn't really help me and probably many other ordinary riders. One good way to see how the extended walks are judged would be to looked at the individual movement scores for the National Championships. They were (still are?) up on either...

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I just went and look at my Extended Walk marks on 24 dressage tests. I wasn't pleased with what I saw. There were a few 7's, but mostly 6's. One might ask why I didn't pay more attention to it. That would be because (I guess) I wasn't unhappy to get 6's at 3rd-4th level and paid more attention to th...

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It's definitely on contact. Here's the section on Extended Walk from Dressage Canada rules: 3.3 Extended walk: The horse covers as much ground as possible, without haste and without losing the regularity of the steps, the hind feet touch the ground clearly in front of the footprints of the forefeet...

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If you go to big 3 day shows, have a trainer fee, need to stay overnight, and need a stall, then I agree it's pricey. Not everyone is in that situation, thankfully. I'm not showing anymore, but when I did, I went to one-day recognized shows. I trailered in, so no stall. No food. I never paid a train...

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good hunters don't change late behind, they sure as hell don't win if the do. i am a great admirer of how hunters put a good single flying change on their horses with no big sweat about it. They make their horses wait til asked, and make lovely clean flying changes. Sometimes i think we dressage ri...

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I'm glad you're getting a lot out of it StraightForward. I would not even have known about it, had it not been for you. It just seemed I got bombarded with messages and notifications and it seemed like there were several 'courses' or what have you going on. It was overwhelming for me. Perhaps that i...

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I always like reading his internet posts and his book. I signed up for (I'm not even sure what) on Facebook. I get bombarded with lots of posts, messages, and notifications. I have to now figure out how to block them. Who are earth has time to read all his stuff and follow his course?? I 'tried' to ...

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You're really talented with the young horses. I'm impressed. Getting on an unstarted horse bareback

I like this young horse a lot and you fit him well.

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I think back to my own example. Back when UDBB was struggling near its final end, I stumbled upon a thread about UDBB on COTH. In that thread, a few people were choosing to kick me around the curb as blame for the demise of UDBB. While it wasn't nice to see that, what really upset me was when some ...

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You think Kiki is going to be ready to step down in work effort at age 15?

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Lorilu, your friend was judging at C. She could have eliminated the rider early on forthe one-hand whipping. Why didn't she? I think to be fair, where the judge was sitting, it may NOT have been obvious that she took her hand off the rein. It was obvious in the video because the camera was on the s...

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We have a Sony Handi-cam and have been using it for at least 15 years I think. Works beautifully. They were costly when we bought ours, but I think now they are around $200. More than you want to spend, but work very well even in a dark indoor. I love that I can watch my video through the window, pa...

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<respectfully snipped> When the judge's forums (five years ago) state to judges that 5 is the new four, and (this last year) said 6 is the new 5, so by extrapolation 6 is the new 4; it speaks to equivocation in standards which pass on mediocrity, if not downright abuse. mho I've commented frequentl...

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Lorilu, your friend was judging at C. She could have eliminated the rider early on forthe one-hand whipping. Why didn't she?

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Yeah this is definitely the problem-- very similar breeding to Bucky (jumping-bred stallion on top, Gelderlander/DHH type mare) plus I've wanted a palomino forever. Couple that with the fact that I'm back near my family and have access to the 75+ acres of pasture so she'd get plenty of turnout with...

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Found a palomino Gelderlander/Hanoverian yearling that I want real bad. Talk me down! That little description alone makes it hard to talk you down. I think you need to share a photo. At your age and with your experience, I'd definitely go for it. So long as you have a place to board it so that it g...

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I saw the vid of the ride, and yes I think it is close to bullying with the length the COTH thread got to. I do however, think the judges should have spoken to the rider or at least written enough in the test to tell her clearly that she wasn't capable enough to ride at this level. She did scratch ...

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I would agree with most of Chancellor's initial post. I don't think this is bullying, if we are to use the definition of bullying. It comes close to (or is) a personal attack on the rider (and in some cases the judges). Chancellor, if one of this board's member's video was ridiculed by another membe...

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So I have no reason to alter my opinion as to the benefits of lateral work at walk. I never ever said anything close to that. If I did, point to it so that I can edit it for clarification. I do lateral work at w/t/c and I think it is beneficial. I am sure you have no reason to respect my opinion so...

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I would be interested in any actual study, ie not opinion, that supports warm up supposedly lubricating joints. What few studies done on warm up support the cardiovascular aspect of a short light warmup to enhance cardiovascular prep for sprint type sports. No evidence it reduces injury, enhances m...

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In terms of the walking lateral work, I would never do this with a young horse - but the higher trained horses often warm up in simple lateral work before moving on to the trot warmup. It's a low key way to get the horse's listening and off the legs before adding impulsion and power. T he young hor...

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What I find is that lateral work will slow the hind leg of the WBs (at least the ones that I own now) very much like what Rosie was having issues with. They are just not that forward or active thinking. Powerful and strong but not forward thinking. I used to not even want to ride in my fenced arena...

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Well guys, this is one thing that isn't woo-woo. This stuff works! My guy became Cushings this year. I noticed it all of a sudden. He was drinking massive amounts of water. Tested really high on ACTH. Put him on 1 pracend tablet a day for less than 2 months. Just tested and ACTH is normal. I know as...

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I have had him looked over by several therapy specialists and a vet friend did a basic check for me. There are a few "red flags" for possible sacro issues (what makes you think stifle please musical comedy?) but nothing obvious and no pain responses except the unbalanced cantering (and th...

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It could be several things. Stifle would be my first thought. If I had a horse doing this, I wouldn't try to diagnose it myself nor wait it out thinking it would resolve. I'd have a good sport horse vet look at it.

StraightForward, I'd have a vet (not a chiro) look at your horse too.

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I have a weekly white board, it has all the horses on it, and days of the week, then I check the horses, and have an initial for what kind of ride I did on each horse. At the end of the week I take a photo of the white board and then I erase it and start over. Not including, trail rides, beach ride...

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That is so impressive Anne. I could never have mounted a greenie bareback like that even when young. You are so flexible! Fergal is beautiful. Just my type with the smooth topline and round body. How tall is he? It is very difficult to find a Connemara/Tb cross for sale here in USA.

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I put hours instead of days because some people consider it a ride when it only lasts a few minutes. Hours are a better measurement imo. Doing it by year is better too, because some people may ride for 1 hour 5 days a week, and then miss months at a time. Do you keep track of how many rides you do? ...

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I have read a fair bit of Jamie Jackson's work on natural horse care and I also have his paddock paradise book. In his books he has graphs that show how much horses move on average vs how much turnout space they have. It turns out you see the biggest increase in movement when you go from a very sma...

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I guess my horses have always been 'different' because my horses do move in turn out and often. What do you consider a lot of movement? My horses are out in very large fields with grass. They walk a few steps, graze. Walk a few steps, graze. Stand and rest and sun themselves, etc. I live where ther...

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I know I would hurt like hell if I were kept in a box stall 22 out of every 24 hours with 45 minutes of a lesson or exercise and maybe the rest of the time in the cross ties.......oh well. We can all just do the best we can with the conditions we must work in but I do think that proper conditioning...

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There will always be stories of animals who are sound DESPITE their environment. This is so true. Owner/trainers have horses that stay sound while in a less-than-desirable life style and/or training program. Then, they can say "well, I do this/that and my horses are sound". Can't say much...

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Good, I'm happy for you. So is he close enough that you can visit regularly? This isn't one of those places where you have to turn over ownership to their farm is it?

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Abby, we don't know what the sport horses in Dr. Dyson's study were doing. They could have been event horses or jumpers. Sounds like you are assuming they are dressage horses ridden badly. UK riders are known for riding out cross country, galopping, and riding in crappy footing. Perhaps that's the r...

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She is welcome to discuss it here...if discussion is what is wanted. But in my experience, she posts inflammatory subjects like this with her opinions backed up by (in this case) blogs and not scientific proof. And then wonders why people don't agree with her. Also, calling something "woo woo&...

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Khall, why did you choose acupuncture for your dog rather than western medicine? I have read on the horse forums several people that call out the chiro or some body worker before they call a vet. That is something I don't understand. And then when they say "my horse had a rib out" etc., I ...

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Tsavo, If you don't believe in this type of veterinary practice, then don't use it. What do you care if other people "waste" their money on the alternative medicine? Does this translate into you feeling like she shouldn't discuss her view of it here? I'm not much into the woo-woo either. ...

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Tsavo wrote:This is good evidence that absent something like the Lameness Locator, people are claiming a lot of things that are probably imaginary. Also, every top rider has his price.

Yes and Yes. There are some things, like joint injections, that the change is not imaginary.

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Its a very different day than the DeNemethy era. Much more money at stake, a gazillion more horse shows, much more travel, much bigger industries. More trainers, more money, more pressure, more horse sales, fewer people taking time...Many more people pushing horses. Fewer properties where horses ca...

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The price is more than reasonable for all the amenities. Where I am I PA that would be well over 1.5M That's what it would be here in New Jersey as well. Check out this place that is just about 3 miles down the road from me. https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/East-Amwell-Township-NJ-08551/pmf,pf...

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I didnt say she “needed” to quiet her lower leg, I simply made a comment about my own experience. An ankle can be quiet AND supple at the same time. It could very well be that quiet ankles, as you point out, have “no bearing on how the horse goes”. On the other hand, for some, the total picture a d...

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I have a comment on your lower leg....Once, years ago, a very good clinician told me to “quiet” my lower leg. I fixed it as soon as he told me and then he asked how I was able to correct it so quickly. The thing was, all I had to do was think about it. I wasn’t even aware that my legs weren’t still...

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OMG, that is truly painful to look at. How can an educated person not know how horrible that is. Why hasn't anyone said anything to him about it. I saw some earlier video of him and the horse, but I tried not to watch.

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I think the thread you're remembering is the one I started. I was pretty much told not to worry about it, because I suck too much and will fail, but no, it was never defined. LOL, I don't remember that. My trainer once told me something to that effect when I asked about an aid he was using and why....

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Tsavo wrote:I have Ritter's book and will look up what he says but I think this is so subtle that the dangers of actually telling someone to do this will likely result in way over-doing it.

It depends on who the 'someone' is and how advanced they are in their riding.

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So I was curious if anyone else knows of this aid and uses it, or has been using it for a long time? Thomas Ritter is the only one I've ever heard/read mentioning it, but it seems so valuable and like it should be more widely used. Perhaps the pros use it unconsciously and keep the secret away from...

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KathyP, I just read something you wrote on another thread: I personally did NOT go to extreme measures with my 28 year old horse (who was my soulmate, BTW,) because those measures would not have really helped. He was Cushings but Pergolide would only have prevented symptoms (like long hair coat) and...

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