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Chisamba

Feel free to add yours. Number one. The horse cannot extend its hoof past where it's nose is pointing. Having seen enough super slow motion horses with compressed necks and nose pointing to the chests/ footfall land well beyond where the nose is pointing. I know this little bit of thinking to simply...

Chisamba

Ha, so I introduced the rein back as a tool to improve the canter on Saiph today and had to spend most of the lesson explaining that the rein back was NOT punishment but a smooth regathering of body parts to establish balance. Somewhere in her youth( I'm guessing) it was used punitively and I had to...

Chisamba

Exvet, that's so interesting. I used to use a rein back to improve the canter a lot, especially for Kea. , but I seem to have forgotten how useful that exercise is! Moutaineer, I would audit JS but I have noticed on some video that he spent far more time on the auditors than the rider so that could ...

Chisamba

I'm excited for your progress mountaineer. Glad to hear MM is going under saddle again and managing. So as I suspected Kimba does have a tear on the medial branch of her rear right suspensory . I'm exploring the multiple options they have these days to treat. Meanwhile it's a matter of keeping her a...

Chisamba

Unfortunately my Aunt passed. I also murdered a lamb . Sob. I have a barberpole worm problem and two of the lambs had adverse reaction to the antihelmithic. One survived but the other didn't. It was horrid. It's just been a horrid week. I called my SIL for her birthday to find she had been diagnosed...

Chisamba

Yay for the heartbeat Khall. Keep an eye on her progesterone levels. I've had to supplement a few mid term Mama's with regulate to save the pregnancy

Chisamba

Kimba came in with a hugely swollen hind leg. I have very scheduled next week since cold housing ice and nsaids I can manage . If it doesn't respond I'll do the urgent weekend thing. Andrea is coming this weekend and I'll report back on Saiph. I'm getting a little more riding fit again. I think it w...

Chisamba

It's one of the most interesting conundrums in training. How to avoid appeasing and only reward the correct response without over pressurizing or being harsh. I'll tell you what I do with Saiph. It's not been perfect because I cannot do it in the show ring where she is her most tense. I do what I ca...

Chisamba

Flight, I absolutely loved your big boys equitation round. Exvet, I think junior would look a little flashier lean. I have the same problem with Saiph. Tanga the most frustrating thing is comparing yourself to others and wondering why the score differences were so disparate. I try to avoid it and co...

Chisamba

and I guess I'm just not skilled enough to help her regain uphill as we go Chisamba, I know it's easily said than done, but I feel you just have to keep doing them. Every day, just keep trying a few. It takes time for them to work it out and not become a big deal. It's hard on the rider because it ...

Chisamba

Khall, my horses have not even shed their winter coats yet, they were so hot. It cooled and rained today. It certainly won't barn your horses to wait till you know what the problem is.

I'm contemplating a show in two weeks. I don't feel ready but do I ever feel ready lol.

Chisamba

Nice shot of A!!

Chisamba

Moutaineer wrote:Good luck, Exvet!

Well I got first tracks of the year in the outdoor arena today. It was wonderful. Potters is such a happy boy outside.

Wow it was 90 here. The outdoor was hot and buggy

Chisamba

Good luck and good changes, exvet

Chisamba

Chisamba, my Norsey will probably always have a bit of a dip in front of his wither too. He has such a big wither. Nice improvement with Hero too though. What's going wrong with your flying changes? My flying changes. Kimba actually died a better flying change than Saiph. And physically she seems t...

Chisamba

Tanga, within my own horses I too look much better on the bigger horses. But I started with Arabians and I think I find the smaller ones easier to ride But a super slender rider does look better. Having said that, a large rider who is male rarely is judged poorly and i really really believe females ...

Chisamba

Some one on a Facebook thread said a certain person was cruel rider. When asked how she knew the response was " you cannot get to the top with out being cruel"

I suppose there might be a number of people who believe that.

Chisamba

Oh. Would dearly love to know if there is a short cut to 15 one tempi . Lol. K I know that is not really funny

Chisamba

Exvet, my horses are all rehabs. Perhaps that is why I don't expect to be comparable to the fancy horses. I also get quite offended if some one tells me I shouldn't waste my time on a horse because it's ordinary. In this I agree with you. But in this I choose to disagree with perhaps both you and Ta...

Chisamba

Don't over ride. Try to ignore that fact that you are being judged. Just do the things you do well with confidence and return to normal as quickly as possible after any spooks or mistakes.

Good luck

Chisamba

Fortunately for you I just fell victim to the l Post devouring monster. Lol. In brief I said I think dressage training is by and large much kinder now that it was 50 years ago. . Despite the dark rollkur years. Everyone now has phones, videos and everyone wants to catch someone riding badly. Some of...

Chisamba

I have changed my mind about several things over a few decades and i am ok with that. If you can't change your mind why bother to have one. Doggedly sticking to a principle is one thing I choose not to do. I try to listen to the horse. In simple terms I prefer bare foot horses. I also know that some...

Chisamba

I have seen Serenade in person a few times and I think she is a very elegant mare who I enjoy watching . I think Daleera is beautifully light in the contact and I wish my spooky distracted mare would go so nicely once under saddle. Daleera has piaffe and passage I would aspire to and generally I lik...

Chisamba

Thank you, what a lovely gift. It arrived today and sitting on my verandah in the sun reading

Chisamba

I had no trouble with how schooling academically. It was without a doubt the immersion in a group of people with likeable, not likeable, social, unsocial, liars, and the social diaspora that I did not know i needed and that i did not get. I also missed out on sports, music, art and staging plays, ac...

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Does not look laminitis in that sequence lol

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BUT: no matter how academically savvy you may be as a parent, you know that you do not get in home schooling? Diversity. And I do not only mean cultural Diversity, I mean families. Single patent families, grandparents families, divorced families, unhappy families, gender diversities, special needs c...

Chisamba

My hubby and I were recently invited to dinner with new acquaintances. The topic of home schooling came up. ( I avoid the topic usually lol) and I mentioned , I thought in simple conversation, that I had hated being home schooled. Apparently one is not allowed to have a personal opinion about the to...

Chisamba

I would be interested in the Udo Burger one if still available please.

Chisamba

I do show the body of a deceased pasture mate. I think I helps them know the friend is not coming back. I still think they are bothered by their absence ( grieve) even if they are stoic. We lost a younger horse to colic and it's bonded aged friend deteriorated so rapidly that she had to help them ov...

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Ok my brain trust, Saiph is pretty relaxed and confident in her warm up, but as I transition to more demanding work she opens her lips and shows her teeth. I would think that is related to the hard work of collection, but even other riders have noticed that she seems to do it most commonly when give...

Chisamba

Flight, if I could take my wisdom of contact now, to when I was young and ambitious, I would have really known how to ride. Lol. I was taking to Andrea Hausberger, ( the recently fired head rider at the Spanish Riding school.) Apparently one may not tell the CEO that the horses need more time off an...

Chisamba

I did a test run through of the PsG test. One canter pirouette we broke and there was an extra buck in both flying change lines which I wasn't sure how to count. Lol. I guess I'm thinking I might be able to clean it all up for competition Otherwise it's been dentals, vaccinations, spring up and down...

Chisamba

Tubed electrolytes are my go to for horse not drinking enough.

Chisamba

I did a course in graphology in college. I had to do an elective and it was offered in the diet of pseudo science psychology realm. They claimed you could delete unfavorable personality traits by practicing correct handwriting. ( the theory being that if certain traits are reflected in handwriting, ...

Chisamba

Have you tried shefit. They are infinitely ( almost) adjustable so you can choose to tighten the shoulders and nack.more than the torso. My friend's love them. I do not. I l like the Victoria secret sports bra. Surprisingly, but they are quite tight around the torso

Chisamba

Hip hip hooray

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Both of my fits basically shredded in the first wash. The second was a replacement for the first that did it.

Then I saw a pair dissolve on a rider at a show. They looked like a spider web.

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Honey. Wtc. Introduce canter under saddle Kimba. Lightness. Improve canter. Improve flying changes. Saiph. PsG canter work. So it seems the theme of the lion and lamb months are canter, canter canter. Personally, find a way to deal with depression and tiredness that is less to do with stuffing my fa...

Chisamba

Life changes. Lex sold ( still training him ) Honey Brook Beauty. Finally comfortable with the bit. Able to be led without attempting to run circles around the leader. Able to stand tied, stand for farrier and almost stand to be mounted. Going walk trot, haven't even attempted canter. Saiph, preppin...

Chisamba

I came to write what StraightForward wrote. ( without suggesting pink) I usually match my gloves to the horse to encourage a seamless appearance from arm to neck.

Chisamba

I would suggest the buyer replace the girth.

Chisamba

Blob, it is possibly not diet related and a hypomotility disorder. There is a human drug they recently started using with horses. I love your boots StraightForward. We have had some drama, a rabid raccoon was struggling around the barn so I'm in the process of getting everyone vaccinated for rabies....

Chisamba

Chiming in on the bloating topic I have two in my care that cannot be on pasture because the green grasses , especially in this bizarre early spring, cause horrible gas, to the point of bloat. They are on a largely hay diet, and the low sugar hay. Just to add to the arsenal of information.

Chisamba

Moutaineer in so sorry about your gut. I was happy to hear of your nice ride on Potters, now this. Ugh

staightfirward good luck worth Tesla

Exvet do you find you have to ride Junior just a bit deeper to get the base of his neck? Caliburn is like that.

Chisamba

Sorry, Chisamba. I never thought of you as large, just my sized. I just wanted to make sure I put out all ideas. I wasn't trying to harp. I'm over sensitive. I really like a narrow twist. I rode and showed short backed Arabians for decades . I quite probably have spent so much time in snug saddles ...

Chisamba

Or just lose anothet 20 lbs .

I know you are being helpful but it's beginning to feel like you are harping in my build so I'm just going to put these pictures here and tell you I know I'm still large but I am who I am and am ready to change the subject.

Chisamba

Two things to consider. Are you pushing her away when you step into the left stirrup. Once I step into the left stirrup I immediately remove all weight from my right. I will then if need be halt the horse . Back the horse up. Dismount remount. But I never stand with one foot on the mounting block an...

Chisamba

The choice of books is very telling. Judgy me thinks pretty clearly that the type of person attracted to those book choices is not a group I'd be welcome to.

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Yeah well, unfortunately Saiph"s back is so short the saddle fits her. Kimba"s saddle and my one i had on caliburn are an inch bigger. My saddle fitter has nixed anything longer and sadly Saiph agrees with the saddler not me.

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