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Hard work this weekend (we filmed a video for a virtual-this year- local parade that raises money for food for the surrounding communities every year holiday season. Definitely the highlight of the season so far.

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Thanks :D Flight, that is so awesome!! I have some friends into working eq. I'll have to go watch. exvet-he is such a happy guy, the willingness is something I don't take for granted. SF, I hear you. I hadn't let the weather deter me until today, just too cold and windy. Ugh. It would be weird to be...

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Oh my gosh, I've missed a lot. Yes, November went by fast. Between riding, work and not feeling well (weather, flu shot and RA), it's been a busy month. I rode through it all so yay. You all are really working hard, I'm loving the videos and discussion. Everyone is looking so good, thank you for pos...

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exvet-Brandon is adorable, what a good boy! He really is trying to figure it out. Ha, poor Junior. And the whole muscle memory, argh. I agree. Working on that myself. straightforward-nice work with A. We've worked through similar issues with our RL canter. So rewarding to get progress isn't it? Good...

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I hear you Kelo. It can be demoralizing all the while you can still acknowledge the fact that you've come so far and much father than others would have expected. You are an inspiration; but, listen to your horse. If he's still game I wouldn't give up. If this is YOUR rider goal and your horse is st...

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Oh, so much awesomeness for a year that was less than awesome. Moving forward!! I had posted on the last thread about our last schooling show, less than desirable results. I want to be able to get something much closer to what I get at home off-property, in a show, not clinic. And I want to be able ...

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Did what I think is our last schooling show for the year. I was so tense our first test I had to stop to remember the test. No comment from the judge on that. I wanted more forward but only managed to make him tense and I had my reins too short and was told to let him out for training level and to a...

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Dresseur-congratulations!! I am so happy for you and Miro. And I am sending you jingles and peace and lots of hope for your new chapter. 24 hour access to horses, whee! I know it's not all roses, but upward and onward.

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SF, Annabelle is looking really good. I love having pics and video, to document progress and to see what I'm actually doing vs. what I think I'm doing. exvet-sorry you are having a hard time, sending encouragement to work through it. It sounds like you are a great advocate for your horse and yourself.

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Congratulations Chisamba, well-earned! Sounds like you are having fun exvet. Yay Brandon! And StraightForward, that's hilarious. Oh Tesla! There's one in every barn. We've been working on the sitting trot and SI this past week. We were doing so well then I had a few physical issues and we got new fo...

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Nice work PheonixrRising, Pheonix looks great. And congrats! I rode until 6 months with 2 of my kiddos so I hear you. So exciting! demi-i hear you, it's frustrating. we worked through a right lead thing for 6 months last year. An ill-fitting saddle episode started it and i reinforced it. but you wil...

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We have jumped higher, but we are working on me, foot work, him thinking, and adjusting his stride. It's so big, I had a hard time doing anything with it until this past spring. He's fine with the bigger fences, but needs to respect the little ones too. Not quite this much though... :lol: It's great...

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More poles work for us, and baby fences. We are working on ridability and adjustability in the canter. We didn't quite hit this one right but he went when I asked (we had been getting in too close). I laughed when I saw this, he's so ridiculous. Overjumping just a smidge. :lol: He loves this stuff. ...

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Thanks, I actually had one of those a few years back. It worked well for me, just didn't fit the horse at the time. Today's clinic ride was much better. I just had to lunge for 30 minutes first. :roll: So Annabelle was a little tired when we got to the actual lesson. Should have worn my spurs. But ...

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StraightForward-that's my jumping saddle, a Black Country GPX. It's one of the few we found that fit my long upper leg. It's quite comfy and more importantly it's great for him. Thanks exvet, I love doing gridwork and jumping with him. Keeps us fresh and happy. And he loves it! "Capable horse, ...

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Just catching up on everyone else, so much going on. I've been wondering how all of near the fires are. I can't imagine how bad the air is for animals and humans :( Hoping you all stay safe. Rye-your congrats on your 2L scores, yay!! Aleuronx-happy to see the abscess pop out, funny how abscesses are...

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We've been working steady, and have added in sitting trot and SI. Sitting trot is easier than SI, what can I say. It also depends on the day. I had a terrible lessson last Thursday as I decided to ride my road bike outside for the first time in over a year the day before and was too sore to do anyth...

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Apparently we've started working on advanced moves-my blah blah blah Mikey story from yesterday. Walking back up the lane from a short trail walk, we were on the "wrong" side of the road. Meaning, not the usual side, and the side with a bunch of dead trees in a pile. I did briefly think ab...

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Wow, so much going on. StraightForward, nice work with Annabelle. I too am at a very different level than many here and just read and store away for the future. And yes, 2 months ago 20m canter circles were not in our vocabulary, ha! I would love to see some trot video of Tesla, sounds so much like ...

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I feel like Annabelle might be going wide behind. Thoughts? :lol: Poor thing, I think she was a little tired and sore from our ride at another arena on Friday, then I set up cones to practice 20m circles and get baseline video for the Ritter's straightness course on Sunday. Today she got a nice rel...

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Love the pics, keep 'em coming! We are so lucky to be able to get out and show anywhere at this point.

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Following. My guys is barefoot at the moment, has been all his life. But I will do what he needs so I am learning.

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Dresseur, you guys look great. My favorite is the smile, wow! And yes, the coat is great. Thank you StraightForward, he is coming along. We have a long way but the journey is fun. That wandering elbow has been a long time in the making, sigh, among other things. Meh, works in progress I guess. :lol:...

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Oh, jingles for Ace to behave and eat and poop. Great spa day! Wise decision on your part to wait a week. I guess we'll believe you, but know we'll be posting up a storm beleaguering you for pics of Brandon

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Thank you demi! Now if I could just get that darned elbow to stay in at my hip, but that's just one of the issues we are working on :lol: I really do love your horse's bearing and carriage Chantal. I also love the expression on his face in the third picture. His one ear cocked towards and listening ...

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Rye you look great! And congrats Dresseur! So exciting... wishing you the best. A few pics from my lesson yesterday, DH gets bored so I have a photographer once in a while. Plus he has to check on his pony. :lol: It was sooooooo stinkin' hot, I was back in bed by 11:15 for a nap. Working on 15 meter...

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Yay StraightForward!! Great pics!

And well done Blob! RP is gorgeous.

Hot4Spots-congrats, you must be very pleased.

So cool to see what everyone is up to. Chugging along in our great for socially distancing sport. I feel so lucky to be able to ride at this point.

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:D Okay, Okay, Okay.......I can't stand it and have to tell someone.....I just bought a horse :D Details to come but I needed another project to fuel my addiction. Not a welsh cob though.......nor a mustang.....but a 3 year old that needs to be backed and started - MY FAVORITE PART! I know I'm a lu...

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StraightForward-so was that a pic of you on Annabelle or Tesla? Mikey's sire, Wild Dance, is out of Wolkenstein II, out of Weltmeyer. The riding pics are Annabelle. The plan is to start Tesla under saddle this week. She's a chestnut too, and got her name because my husband said her blaze looks like...

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A couple of rather more exciting than necessary rides on Mr. Laddie... Spooky fool--lots going on in the barn so I think he's picking up on that, and the ice hockey rink in the other part of the building is back in full swing, with subsequent slamming of pucks and random bangings, crashes, yells an...

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exvet-good to hear, and horse shopping, yay!! Um yes, the torso has a lot to do with everything. And I have a long way to get to flying changes, we'll see. StraightForward-so was that a pic of you on Annabelle or Tesla? Mikey's sire, Wild Dance, is out of Wolkenstein II, out of Weltmeyer. Oddly enou...

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Tanga wrote:Chantal Nice pictures. You've done a good job. He looks very correct. I love the one trotting towards the camera--the balance is lovely. My favorite is the spooking one, though!

Mine too, keeping it real!

And thank you,

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Wow, so I just really read the posts, so awesome!! exvet, praying you all stay safe and for your instructor. It's a good time to be schooling and working on basics, ask us how we know. We are so fortunate we can ride through all of this. Demi-awesome, so you know T3 well too, yay! Sounds like a very...

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Congrats Chantal! Nice pictures. You must be pretty happy right now! But POOR Mikey!! Doesn’t anyone else see the danger! The first letter he sees has one of those strange muzzled humans behind it, eyes glued on his every move!! Obviously they eat horses and that’s why they’re muzzled! C stands for...

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exvet-2 pics that hopefully shows his muscling a little better. Working on those halts... And thank you, I love a thinking horse too. And we are working hard on up and open, he would happily curl behind if I let him. I feel like he never really got his withers up in either test. He needed to be more...

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A few more pics

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So nice to see everyone moving forward (hehe). I'm so sorry to hear about Cato Dresseur. Straightforward, my guy wants to meet Annabelle, they could be twins! What's her breeding? Soooooo, we went to our first schooling show. And as I thought, the letters were big scary horse-eating letters, not the...

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Back at home for almost 2 weeks now, had our second dressage lesson today. I've been dealing with lower back pain so my fitness is deteriorating as I can only ride and stretch. I typically bike and do yoga to help myself stay fit to ride the pony as he has huge gaits. The upside is I don't have the ...

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Wow, exvet, that's awesome. I read and take notes. Yay Jr!

(can't wait to get back to dressage work on my guy, I don't have access to my instructor right now)

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Chisamba, that's amazing! The right person for the job, so cool. Yes, sometimes you have to know how to chase a cow, yikes.

Here are few blurry pics from videos of what we did after hound walking. We had a lesson last Weds and worked on my lower leg, in addition to other things.

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Oh wow, so cool! And I don't mean the frozen beef.

Okay, on my list. I love Mikey's attitude and exposing him to new things.

We saw a plastic bag in the woods hung up on the roots but his trainer said it didn't count because it wasn't blowing. Poop.

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My girlfriend wants me to play with cows, yea, I dunno. Do it! I don't know what kind of cattle you have access to, but you're more than likely not going to have any that you could actually work even if you wanted to - you need fresh cattle for that. But you can push them around, and if he's not sc...

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Chantal, that is AWESOME! What an amazing experience that must be to do one of those, I am a little envious! :D I think all of us enjoy a little change of pace once in awhile, so I bet Mikey will be refreshed and ready to work when it's time to dressage. Ha, easy access for us since our trainer's S...

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So no, we are no where near working eq. or cutting, but we have cows at our barn and Mikey ignores them at the hunter paces. This was our latest adventure, as per demi's suggestion. It pales in comparison to Kelo and Flight, but hey, I am not a trainer and we are just coming out of lockdown. He coul...

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demi wrote:That picture with the hounds is neat!! It should go over in the “Can your horse do this?” Thread!

Ha, thank you. I didn't think it was that big of a deal, nor did he. He was enthralled with the hounds. But he loves goats, dogs, cats, everything... I love his attitude.

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Loving the updates. I went away for a while, I had to compartmentalize horse stuff for a while. Sigh. Finally riding after 5 weeks off for him and 6 for me. I moved him to his trainer's place for a tune up. Also, our barn just opened up, almost 8 weeks after shutting down. He was the fittest he had ...

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Amazing ride this morning using what I learned in my lesson Friday, alternating L/R 15 m circles up the centerline. Boy does that get us engaged and up and our rhythm correct. So correct that I could finally sit for more than a few strides and actually do some work at the sitting trot. On my own, wi...

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I really enjoyed the latest pics from Aleuronx and Chantal! Aw, thank you. I need some new pics of my guy. We are still riding, though rumors are that might change tomorrow. I'm okay if that does, people just aren't getting it, too much socializing going on. :cry: Anyway, Mikey's doing well. We wen...

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Go Junior!! That's too funny exvet. My lessons have been going well. Trot is getting back to his big boy trot, I'm over my winter escapade and moving forward. Canter is really coming along, transitions, transitions, transitions. Much more steady in our work. I still need to not mess with my hands an...

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Wow exvet, your work is really showing. You two look great! There's more than a glimmer there. "I liked how you clearly straightened him after the left shoulder-in and then nicely bent him into the corner. Clockwork! The right SI might have been just as nice but wasn’t as visible from the camer...

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