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by kande50
Thu Nov 29, 2018 7:22 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Saying no without being a jerk. Or not.
Replies: 31
Views: 15859

Re: Saying no without being a jerk. Or not.

I am sorry, but there is being nice and offering help when you can, and being taken advantage of. I know this from experience and having to learn to say no was very, very, hard for me... I've been so tempted to take in a boarder so many times, and especially when I'm spending a lot of time with som...
by kande50
Tue Nov 27, 2018 11:21 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Saying no without being a jerk. Or not.
Replies: 31
Views: 15859

Re: Saying no without being a jerk. Or not.

Course you probably should have taken the opportunity when he was unwilling to turn your horse out and said, "Well if this isn't going to be a symbiotic relationship then don't keep asking me to help you with your horse".
by kande50
Sat Nov 24, 2018 3:58 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Good video on tense horses
Replies: 17
Views: 11019

Re: Good video on tense horses

This video reminds me of my post - No Walk. It certainly has taken me more than a week to get a walk and now a nice trot. luckily, my mare did not buck, she just jigged and jigged. We are petty much past that, but when I first get on, she still wants to Go. What has worked is really bending her and...
by kande50
Tue Nov 20, 2018 10:21 am
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Laminitis
Replies: 9
Views: 8086

Re: Laminitis

Soft Ride boots!! They're a life saver for laminitis, and can really help prevent rotation. Get the turquoise/purple gel inserts for laminitis. Act fast, if you delay it's too late. The advice used to be to tape styrofoam pads to the bottom of the hoof immediately, because when it comes to preventi...
by kande50
Tue Nov 20, 2018 10:11 am
Forum: Senior Horses/Senior Riders
Topic: Seniors...will you buy another when....
Replies: 141
Views: 93628

Re: Seniors...will you buy another when....

Srhorselady wrote:I’m waiting to ride until I get back from an out of state Thanksgiving trip. It’s quite exhilarating!


It is, which I suppose is why we keep finding ways to continue to do it!

Congrats on the new pony, and I'm looking forward to hearing more as you get to know him/her better.
by kande50
Mon Nov 19, 2018 6:56 pm
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Laminitis
Replies: 9
Views: 8086

Re: Laminitis

Anyway, what's the latest scoop/treatment for laminitis? I don't know if they still do it, but it used to include sole support, to help prevent rotation. A friend's horse had Lyme related laminitis last summer and the vet confined the horse to a stall, with bedding, but never suggested taping on Li...
by kande50
Sun Nov 18, 2018 10:50 am
Forum: Senior Horses/Senior Riders
Topic: Senior progress thread?
Replies: 273
Views: 168780

Re: Senior progress thread?

We started some canter work, focusing on transitions..I'm really bad at down transitions .but alas winter is upon us and I haven't ridden since.. I had a brief lesson recently and realized that I need to work on transitions more, too. Not that I don't do any transitions, but for lack of imagination...
by kande50
Sat Nov 17, 2018 4:30 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Interesting read re learned helplessness
Replies: 13
Views: 9922

Re: Interesting read re learned helplessness

Side reins are teaching contact, there is a certain kind if submission we *do* need in dressage, however, the horse should feel that it is being allowed an opinion and option. (now I don't like side reins as there is no give and it's not like the rider's dynamic contact) but to lump all things toge...
by kande50
Sat Nov 17, 2018 4:10 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls
Replies: 73
Views: 33549

Re: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls

kande, I will be seeing a friend tomorrow who spends a lot of time out observing the wild horse herds around here. (She takes amazing photographs.) I will try to remember to ask her if she's seen horses run themselves into a lather and how they cope with it--I suspect that, for one thing, they are ...
by kande50
Sat Nov 17, 2018 3:40 pm
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense
Replies: 93
Views: 44154

Re: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense

Chancellor wrote:
The stupid comment is what I draw from the "financial darwin awards" comment that Tsavo made.


So it was inferred rather than stated?
by kande50
Fri Nov 16, 2018 9:37 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls
Replies: 73
Views: 33549

Re: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls

So Gallie's heavy coat did exactly what a cooler would, wick the moisture away from her body and dry her off. I'm sure the breeze helped. Gaila could not do this with the blanket on. I ended up putting a cooler on her to wick the sweat off. Juliet I left alone. I can see how putting anything on the...
by kande50
Fri Nov 16, 2018 8:39 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Interesting read re learned helplessness
Replies: 13
Views: 9922

Re: Interesting read re learned helplessness

I just read the article and could hardly believe that the author was questioning whether it might be better to maintain a state of learned helplessness in a horse because that might make him more useful? I'm guessing that she doesn't really get that learned helplessness is maintained through punishm...
by kande50
Fri Nov 16, 2018 7:49 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls
Replies: 73
Views: 33549

Re: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls

Ryeissa wrote:
I think you are really taking this discussion to a new level!


The point that moderator wannabes seem to miss is that it takes more than one to have a discussion.
by kande50
Thu Nov 15, 2018 9:27 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls
Replies: 73
Views: 33549

Re: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls

You don't worry about airway damage? ;) I think they may regulate themselves when they have the choice. IOW, when their airways start burning they stop running. They may regulate cooling too, by choosing where and how long they move. Don't know, but if they damage themselves running it must heal, b...
by kande50
Thu Nov 15, 2018 7:05 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Winter is here....
Replies: 23
Views: 13668

Re: Winter is here....

Real, fall out of the sky, snow not due until after Thanksgiving. I'm going to buy myself some decent snow shoes this winter and enjoy it when it comes! I started with snowshoes last winter, but then switched to X country skis, which are way more fun. We're flat though, so not as much danger of a w...
by kande50
Thu Nov 15, 2018 6:56 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls
Replies: 73
Views: 33549

Re: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls

Ryeissa wrote:
This isn't even your thread, should we get back to the OT?


We certainly have that option.
by kande50
Thu Nov 15, 2018 6:45 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls
Replies: 73
Views: 33549

Re: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls

Evaporation is a cooling process, it needs to be monitored in the winter/cold when we create a wet animal and then keep in relatively immobile. And I prefer not to put stable blankets on a wet horse = mold/mildew/skin crud. And, no, I would not turn a wet animal loose to run to warm itself up. Well...
by kande50
Thu Nov 15, 2018 6:15 pm
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense
Replies: 93
Views: 44154

Re: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense

No, you won't. You are disagreeing with me that this was meant to be humor. Disagreement is fine. However, telling someone they are stupid because they don't agree with your point of view is not ok. Whether it was meant to be humor or not, I see nothing rude in any of it, nor did I catch the stupid...
by kande50
Thu Nov 15, 2018 5:29 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls
Replies: 73
Views: 33549

Re: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls

Ryeissa wrote:
My horses' comfort is most important, I can't think that standing chilled is a positive thing. It's common sense.


My point is, are they chilled, or are we projecting?
by kande50
Thu Nov 15, 2018 3:24 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Potato and Bacon Soup
Replies: 5
Views: 5713

Re: Potato and Bacon Soup

silk wrote:Excellent.

I shall be making this as soon as the pressure cooker is back in action (I make stock, never buy it).


I've got the neighbors (family) trained to bring me their roast chicken/turkey carcasses, which I then boil up for stock. We use most of it for gravy--which makes good soup, too.
by kande50
Thu Nov 15, 2018 3:12 pm
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense
Replies: 93
Views: 44154

Re: Why acupuncture is complete nonsense

Well so what? I don't understand what appears to be animosity against someone that wants to post an opinion on a product, procedure, training method or anything else having to do with horses. All would be well and good if it was something most here accepted. After all, this is a 'discussion forum' ...
by kande50
Thu Nov 15, 2018 2:47 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls
Replies: 73
Views: 33549

Re: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls

IMO it is not worth the risk of horse getting sick if you have the means to avoid it. My guy gets a thick coat so I trace clip him and apply blanket(s). A wet sweaty horse takes a while to dry - so use a cooler and avoid a vet bill is my tactic. But my point is, do they get sick, or are we just ima...
by kande50
Thu Nov 15, 2018 2:35 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls
Replies: 73
Views: 33549

Re: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls

Ryeissa wrote:
Nope, not buying it. Try this when its -10f like I get.


You get your horse all sweated up when it's -10F?

What do you do if the horse gets himself all sweated up running out in pasture and you're not home?
by kande50
Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:02 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls
Replies: 73
Views: 33549

Re: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls

That being said, a human who is overdressed can strip down to their skivvies if they so desire, a horse with a heavy coat is still wearing a lot of hair, even when not fluffed. Hence the drying problem. . . Horses generate so much heat internally that the drying time may not be a problem for them, ...
by kande50
Thu Nov 15, 2018 10:53 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls
Replies: 73
Views: 33549

Re: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls

My arena is cold. In this situation its my last concern. My horse never sweats. I'm trying to stay alive haha Mine doesn't sweat enough for me to be able to see it when it's cold, so maybe there's some sweat down by his skin but it doesn't wet the hair. He's got a pretty good winter coat now and I ...
by kande50
Wed Nov 14, 2018 11:18 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Waiting on a video... this is the first horse I have found that might be a keeper
Replies: 14
Views: 10109

Re: Waiting on a video... this is the first horse I have found that might be a keeper

Tsavo wrote:
I have a horse I can ride but I want my own.


Off on a tangent, but the last thing I'd want would be to get involved in a training project and then have it yanked away because someone else owned the horse.
by kande50
Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:29 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls
Replies: 73
Views: 33549

Re: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls

so you would park a hot horse in a stall? There aren't a lot of choices when you're out working them in the winter, because it's either put them back in the trailer or tie them to it. I'm not so sure the blanketing is to slow the cooling so much as to prevent them from getting too cold when they're...
by kande50
Tue Nov 13, 2018 9:10 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Bumper-pull trailer length
Replies: 7
Views: 6052

Re: Bumper-pull trailer length

Other than that, don't let anyone who doesn't know the wheel tracking drive the rig. Don't ask me how I know that. I was taking my horse for a ride in the outdoor ring and ran over practically every marker out there because I was paying attention to where the back of the flatbed was relative to the...
by kande50
Tue Nov 13, 2018 7:58 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls
Replies: 73
Views: 33549

Re: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls

Ryeissa wrote:
No, bad idea. that is a very good way to invite issues.


Maybe, although I think I remember that research did debunk the long held belief that horses needed to be cooled out slowly. It may be different when it's cold vs hot, though.
by kande50
Tue Nov 13, 2018 7:31 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Interesting read re learned helplessness
Replies: 13
Views: 9922

Re: Interesting read re learned helplessness

Negative reinforcement, in my business, is not the removal of an aversive. It is the removal of a naturally occurring phenomenon. Removal of attention, removal of food, removal of entertainment, desirable items etc. That would be negative punishment (-P), the removal of something the subject values...
by kande50
Tue Nov 13, 2018 7:19 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls
Replies: 73
Views: 33549

Re: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls

We used to go to a lot of draft horse events in the winter and they just parked their hot, sweaty horses and threw a blanket over them. Not sure if that was something that someone thought up and everyone else thought was a good idea (maybe horses tied up and they thought it was related to drafts, or...
by kande50
Tue Nov 13, 2018 7:17 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls
Replies: 73
Views: 33549

Re: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls

We used to go to a lot of draft horse events in the winter and they just parked their hot, sweaty horses and threw a blanket over them. Not sure if that was something that someone thought up and everyone else thought was a good idea (maybe horses tied up and they thought it was related to drafts, or...
by kande50
Tue Nov 13, 2018 6:43 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls
Replies: 73
Views: 33549

Re: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls

I either didn't save it or can't find it, but somewhere I read that horses are most comfortable at around 40 degree F (they burn the least energy to heat or cool), and when they have winter hair that temp may drop to more like 5 degrees F. My cut off for working them hard enough to get them puffing ...
by kande50
Tue Nov 13, 2018 4:29 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Interesting read re learned helplessness
Replies: 13
Views: 9922

Re: Interesting read re learned helplessness

Kande you really need to learn the defintion of negative reinforcement. Negative enforcement does not include pressure, negative reinforcement is when something is taken away. Yes, the reinforcement is supplied by taking something away. Trouble is, what we take away is the aversive, which with hors...
by kande50
Tue Nov 13, 2018 3:01 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls
Replies: 73
Views: 33549

Re: Drying and cooling out wet fluff balls

If it's so cold that sweat would be a problem then IMO, it's too cold to work them hard enough to get them sweaty because that would risk airway damage.
by kande50
Tue Nov 13, 2018 12:04 pm
Forum: Freecycle Forum
Topic: TAKEN: Free Saddle Pads
Replies: 12
Views: 10208

Re: Free Saddle Pads

Sue B wrote:No problem, I'm sure kande will be happy to have it. :D


I'll forward it right back out to you if you'd like, as it's already boxed up thanks to Fatcat and I'm getting more than one. :-) Just PM me with your address.
by kande50
Tue Nov 13, 2018 11:32 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Interesting read re learned helplessness
Replies: 13
Views: 9922

Re: Interesting read re learned helplessness

Learned helplessness is the end result of excessive punishment, and few subjects actually get to that. What we see long before learned helplessness is suppressed behavior, in which the subject becomes "depressed" and sluggish. It's IMO, the most serious problem associated with using negati...
by kande50
Mon Nov 12, 2018 7:57 pm
Forum: Rider health and fitness
Topic: Accountability
Replies: 143
Views: 78569

Re: Accountability

...I LOVE running in sub-20 weather!! I love this. Brings back fond memories, as long as I isolate the running part from the rest of it (having to go to work, mostly). Now it's more about walking, skiing, and riding than running, but I agree that getting out in the cold is invigorating whether on f...
by kande50
Sun Nov 11, 2018 10:49 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Another theory question
Replies: 32
Views: 16392

Re: Another theory question

Of course, I am also a believer that if something is hard for your horse, that something is what you need to work on--so that it changes and becomes easier. A lot of people prefer to work on what is easy and pleasant on a particular horse---and hence, the horse does not become stronger, more supple...
by kande50
Sat Nov 10, 2018 8:02 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Ex-trotter owners? Horse moving too much upward
Replies: 26
Views: 15762

Re: Ex-trotter owners? Horse moving too much upward

My dear horse tries to please me and offers that upward-canter almost every time I try warm-up him slowly... If I warm-up him in a little bit of an overtempo there is no problem at all. I just don't want to ride him so much forward (btv and losing regularity in canter, not good combination at all) ...
by kande50
Sat Nov 10, 2018 4:10 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Ex-trotter owners? Horse moving too much upward
Replies: 26
Views: 15762

Re: Ex-trotter owners? Horse moving too much upward

It may be a good idea to hack out for the next couple of weeks and leg-yield him out of that state of mind each time he gets too much upwards? I have tried in this way in the arena but I find it difficult to leg-yield there as often as the situation requires. If the wall/fence is in the way shoulde...
by kande50
Sat Nov 10, 2018 4:04 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Ex-trotter owners? Horse moving too much upward
Replies: 26
Views: 15762

Re: Ex-trotter owners? Horse moving too much upward

I did the same thing as you, developed a 'passage-y trot'. To get him out of it, I just speed everything up, but more in my seat. If I use my legs more, or tap him with the whip, he tends to give me a bigger 'passage trot'. So, I may go to rising trot and speed up my rise and take him on a straight...
by kande50
Fri Nov 09, 2018 1:04 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Another theory question
Replies: 32
Views: 16392

Re: Another theory question

That’s totally horse dependent. I’ve ridden some WBs that were stiff as boards and some that were noodles. But if you have a stiff horse, you definitely need to work on bending and suppling. Starting with leg yields and circles and gradually increasing the difficulty of the exercises and the amount...
by kande50
Fri Nov 09, 2018 12:18 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Another theory question
Replies: 32
Views: 16392

Re: Another theory question

It is fascinating to me watching the very nice WBs and riders at my barn, as most are exactly guilty of these habits. When they practice "their dressage" there is very little change in bend/frame/stride and very very few transitions. Part of that may be because they're not very bendy. I c...
by kande50
Fri Nov 09, 2018 12:07 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Another theory question
Replies: 32
Views: 16392

Re: Another theory question

Ryeissa wrote:
what does overflexed mean to you? since you seem to make up definitions as it suits you.


Over flexed. In this context it would mean btv.
by kande50
Fri Nov 09, 2018 11:59 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Another theory question
Replies: 32
Views: 16392

Re: Another theory question

As much as we like to think it's mutually exclusive, it isn't. That pic of Miro in the canter with his haunches in, he's a bit over-flexed there - but he is collecting. Hard to tell without at least a few strides of video to see what happens before and after the still. The degree or capacity to whi...
by kande50
Fri Nov 09, 2018 10:38 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Roast Chicken
Replies: 11
Views: 7939

Re: Roast Chicken

Made stew from the roast chicken stock, and mixed in some black beans and chicken from the fridge to cool it off so we didn't have to wait to eat it.

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by kande50
Thu Nov 08, 2018 5:33 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Another theory question
Replies: 32
Views: 16392

Re: Another theory question

Ryeissa wrote:its not crazy stuff. It is why if you have too much forward motion in one direction with no balancing force they can't collect. It has nothing to do with overflexing the neck.


Of course it does, because as soon as the horse is ridden with his neck over flexed then he's unable to collect.
by kande50
Thu Nov 08, 2018 5:12 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Another theory question
Replies: 32
Views: 16392

Re: Another theory question

Shoulder reach is lovely, and we want that, but this is why *some* lovely movers can't collect and be shaped with the forehand elevated. Can't, or aren't, because it's so much easier to just over flex the neck and teach them to do crazy stuff with their legs, than teach them to collect? I would thi...

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