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by Chisamba
Tue Nov 14, 2023 2:38 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress
Replies: 194
Views: 269646

Re: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress

I carry my whip in my right hand too but when I salute with the right hand, I simply put the whip with the reins into the left hand so my hand is free to salute open handed. Then as I gather my reins i gather the whip too.

How is the pony doing Blob?
by Chisamba
Mon Nov 13, 2023 7:12 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress
Replies: 194
Views: 269646

Re: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress

Ja, I know the left handed salute is legal, I just don't know why. No one should lose points for a salute unless it is not immobile and not releasing a rein, but then who bother to actually have a salute? Why call it a salute? . But even the navy, which allows left handed salutes only does so if the...
by Chisamba
Mon Nov 13, 2023 11:35 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress
Replies: 194
Views: 269646

Re: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress

Khall, my clients are not those with dementia, but those with long term developmental differences. However there is something that is true of both populations. Staff have a lot more training and supervision in how to make the life of these people easier than families do. Families have busy exhaustin...
by Chisamba
Mon Nov 13, 2023 11:25 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress
Replies: 194
Views: 269646

Re: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress

Mari gid you salute with your left hand or did the photo invert itself?? He looks very posh. Congrats on your scores. StraightForward, I have another opposite and different suggestion to Moutaineer. A lot of the exercises designed to help horses are designed for horses with grand 3 beat canter with ...
by Chisamba
Sat Nov 11, 2023 2:37 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress
Replies: 194
Views: 269646

Re: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress

Lovely update Moutaineer. I went with friends to the Equine affairs in Massachusetts. Saw Steffen Peter's presentation and Phillip Duttons. Then did a marathon shop. Then ate some soup that disagreed with me and vomited my way home. I splurged big time in an ABI ring drag. Footing being one of the b...
by Chisamba
Mon Nov 06, 2023 12:20 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress
Replies: 194
Views: 269646

Re: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress

About board increases: 25% probably won't even bring them into profitability. I have tried so hard not to increase board for my clients. I'm doing a lot more work myself, from construction and repairs to daily chores. The disadvantage of this is it takes my time and Emmet away from what I'm good at,...
by Chisamba
Sat Nov 04, 2023 11:00 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress
Replies: 194
Views: 269646

Re: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress

By golly my abs are on fire tonight. I've been doing some pilates as well as some more aerobic exercise.(back on the trampoline!) And I think my best ride ever on Potters today. (And my longest and most intense in at least 2 months.) What a superstar he was. Actually I think he's been a total star ...
by Chisamba
Sat Nov 04, 2023 2:22 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress
Replies: 194
Views: 269646

Re: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress

I am glad junior and you are training well. Also sounds like Brandon pulled up his big boy panties! How it bodes well!! I'm doing a hunt on Sunday with the Amwell hunt club . It's lovely country so i hope it's pleasant weather. I'm not a fan of galloping on sub freezing ground but I'm going with sup...
by Chisamba
Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:39 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress
Replies: 194
Views: 269646

Re: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress

I ordered mine Monday And got it today. ( pentosan) I had to work thorough a tantrum of Saiph refusing to go forward, and simply ignoring the side you go from trot to canter. After about 15 minutes of my not relenting , she seemed to understand that I was not going to be persuaded to yield and she d...
by Chisamba
Fri Nov 03, 2023 9:44 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress
Replies: 194
Views: 269646

Re: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress

Rood and Riddle compounds pentisan and glucosamine to get past the fda. It's much more reasonable than the zycosan. You do need a perscription.

It's 130 a bottle.

Look into it if you like. I trust rood and riddle.
by Chisamba
Fri Nov 03, 2023 2:16 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress
Replies: 194
Views: 269646

Re: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress

Talking about supportive medicine any of you is Pentosan? By holy it has gone up in price by about 400% since it was approved by the FDA
by Chisamba
Wed Nov 01, 2023 11:01 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress
Replies: 194
Views: 269646

Re: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress

Thank you StraightForward for starting the end if year thread. I'm starting with me. Self: 1) Do not gain winter pounds. Just don't. Weigh in daily and make the necessary adjustments. 2) trust myself more. I've been told over and over to lowr my hands lower my hands so after 3 days of burying my han...
by Chisamba
Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:39 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574912

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Goals. Maybe choose a stud for Kimba. Saiph, button up the flying changes and work toward tempi. Flei, establish leg yield, canter and get his feet healthy. He is still recovering from years of road shoes and diminished frogs with deep heels. Honey, continue her recovery to remuscling and also get ...
by Chisamba
Mon Oct 30, 2023 11:45 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574912

Re: September October, we go on and on.

May not be helpful but I ask for the changes on the circle so there is no beginning and no end so the walls don't matter. It helps keep the horse relaxed and waiting for the aids rather than anticipating a place . It also helps with counter canter to C which suddenly becomes a thing after a number o...
by Chisamba
Wed Oct 25, 2023 12:00 pm
Forum: Tack, Apparel, Facilities and Transportation
Topic: Freeze proofing barn faucets
Replies: 5
Views: 1989

Re: Freeze proofing barn faucets

We installed the pump stylethat you do not like in the barn after several years of pipes failing because of the other style
by Chisamba
Mon Oct 23, 2023 7:18 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574912

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Mari, when I came to the USA from the eastern cape it didn't take me long to get used to the USA system of levels.

FEI have even fewer options at each level, ha! ( one PSG) , one I1, one IA one iB and one I II although there are three grand prix, technically, short, gp and gp special.
by Chisamba
Sun Oct 22, 2023 10:54 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574912

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Nice changes chisamba. I’m still trying to figure out seat on Joplin. Her canter especially challenges me. Just proof that you can keep warm with a sweater buttoned wrong. I probably am not going to ever have the prefect seat, but I can still train and accomplish two changes over the centerline on ...
by Chisamba
Sun Oct 22, 2023 1:19 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574912

Re: September October, we go on and on.

https://youtube.com/shorts/gUPcJ_nMVBM?si=b2ll6xKRaXh3V9Z0 I was looking at my videos from the clinic and my friend made this cute little clip. Lots to learn again in reviewing the video. Tesla looks might cute, and what lovely scores. Wrt loose hips, the clinician had me relax my whole leg, and sai...
by Chisamba
Sat Oct 21, 2023 12:50 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574912

Re: September October, we go on and on.

So a perfect example of real.life. I spent 3 days working on keeping my reins short and my hands low. Each day there was positive gains. Saiph started to learn to go forward into the dirt rein and so many people have continually criticized my long rein and high hand. So was perfection achieved as we...
by Chisamba
Sat Oct 21, 2023 12:27 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574912

Re: September October, we go on and on.

I'm so sick of this forum logging me out mid post and erasing my whole train of thought. Am I the only one who had that happen? Autumn and winter are prefect for boot camp. It's time to rebutton the sweater. ( You know, that analogy about training being like buttoning a sweater wrong. The only way t...
by Chisamba
Thu Oct 19, 2023 2:07 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574912

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Blob, sometimes I get very busy, it's why I schedule shows and clinics, because otherwise I'd sleep instead of riding.
by Chisamba
Tue Oct 17, 2023 12:59 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574912

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Interesting exercise . Halfpass from quarterline to quarterline , half pirouette, and half pass back, and half pirouette. Start the half pass shoulder fore. So when you half pirouette take the shoulder ever so slightly past 180 degrees. Second interesting exercise. Really good canter trot transition...
by Chisamba
Mon Oct 16, 2023 10:22 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574912

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Tanga wrote:Best photo, ever, Chisamba! By Red Wine. Wow. That was the stallion involved in the abuse/neglect case here in Santa Rosa and some whole thing where he sort of disappeared somewhere or something.


There was some big drama surrounding him and his owner.
by Chisamba
Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:19 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574912

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Gorgeous pic Chisamba, I'm drooling over your horse! Thank you. She is quite pretty and photos never quite so her justice. She is a bit of a bronze color with dark dapples and a pretty face. Forgive me I feel like I should know this but what is her breeding/bloodlines? I don't think I ever shared h...
by Chisamba
Sun Oct 15, 2023 2:22 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574912

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Quelah wrote:Gorgeous pic Chisamba, I'm drooling over your horse!


Thank you. She is quite pretty and photos never quite so her justice. She is a bit of a bronze color with dark dapples and a pretty face.
by Chisamba
Mon Oct 09, 2023 3:08 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574912

Re: September October, we go on and on.

For people who like photos.
by Chisamba
Mon Oct 09, 2023 11:44 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574912

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Mari the PSG test has 14 changes. Which sounds huge until you think that's one line of changes in grand prix lol. Saiph think 14 changes is outrageous. Hopefully she will soon be so ok with that that she thinks it's fun
by Chisamba
Sun Oct 08, 2023 9:24 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574912

Re: September October, we go on and on.

So, I lied. I went to one more show this season. Some how I had forgotten that the last show is the schooling show stopped we attend was today. My students who were in line for year end awards reminded me. It was chilly and the horses were in their high jinx. Saiph got totally distracted in her firs...
by Chisamba
Thu Oct 05, 2023 2:49 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Life Changes
Replies: 10
Views: 1939

Re: Life Changes

Well planned and accomplished!! Wishing you the best.
by Chisamba
Wed Oct 04, 2023 3:37 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574912

Re: September October, we go on and on.

So sorry Tanga.
by Chisamba
Tue Oct 03, 2023 8:10 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574912

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Omgracious what a September! Moutaineer, I'm so sorry about the health issues. Just take care of yourselves and get better. Tanga, unresolved choking is what ultimately caused the hardest decision worth My sons aged pony . I would almost rather deal with the renal failure. Exvet. I feel like we are ...
by Chisamba
Tue Oct 03, 2023 7:49 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Leslie Morse Clinic Notes
Replies: 10
Views: 2030

Re: Leslie Morse Clinic Notes

Forward ( prompt response to leg,) slowly is a huge step up straightforward. Well done
by Chisamba
Sat Sep 30, 2023 1:16 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574912

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Tanga my oldest student tripped getting out of the shower and broke her ankle!
by Chisamba
Sat Sep 30, 2023 3:10 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574912

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Exvet, I sure hope Brandon did not hurt himself severely. It sounds like a very stressed client and sick dog. :( . I hope Junior and you have a very satisfactory 4.1 . Flight ouch! And Tanga, hope the wrist and ankle feel better soon. Flight is used to ride through broken bones, swollen joints et al...
by Chisamba
Fri Sep 29, 2023 1:36 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Bobcat on my trailcam (video!)
Replies: 242
Views: 127121

Re: Bobcat on my trailcam (video!)

I watched then on my big screen TV. Beautiful
by Chisamba
Mon Sep 25, 2023 6:57 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574912

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Sounds like an excellent weekend in the stiff competition of regional, Zevida and Tanga. So sorry about all your drama Tanga! You sure have the perseverance skill! I hope the wrist heals well. Exvet congrats on the job and decision. Hope it is everything you could want. StraightForward I haven't res...
by Chisamba
Thu Sep 21, 2023 9:30 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574912

Re: September October, we go on and on.

For years and years and years I just stayed everything in a simple snaffle. Now there are a thousand options and I still haven't found a thing that seems to give the horses a comfotable tongue. Sheesh in Zambia tack was so hard to get that we just cobbled together this for the best fit we could. Now...
by Chisamba
Mon Sep 18, 2023 9:03 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574912

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Ok both of you, go slay the dragon!!!!
by Chisamba
Mon Sep 18, 2023 11:26 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Leslie Morse Clinic Notes
Replies: 10
Views: 2030

Re: Leslie Morse Clinic Notes

Do you all agree on the warmup routine? I purposefully change my warmup because sometimes you go to a show and cannot follow the routine because of time between rides or something unexpected. So I try my best to give them preparation for those type of situations. I also after try to warm up in one p...
by Chisamba
Mon Sep 18, 2023 2:33 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574912

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Exvet, you and I are in similar places with our horses. From 4.2 to PSG the big step to is in the canter work. So we get to really develop the confidence in canter from here forward. And of course in bringing the greenerb horse along too. Your boys look good. So much progress. I'm hoping I can get s...
by Chisamba
Sat Sep 16, 2023 2:42 am
Forum: For Sale!
Topic: Jerry's Harness Double Bridle
Replies: 4
Views: 781

Re: Jerry's Harness Double Bridle

Thanks u just need to measure her normal bridle and compare
by Chisamba
Thu Sep 14, 2023 6:38 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574912

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Be careful of ulcers with turmeric. My friend nearly killed her horse with severe ulcers overdoing turmeric. It does cause loose stools. When I took turmeric because I am allergic to NSAiDs my reflux and indigestion was ghastly. Even thought it's touted to cure everything including Gerd my experienc...
by Chisamba
Thu Sep 14, 2023 4:28 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574912

Re: September October, we go on and on.

My old lady and her two pasture mates are on the long slow decline. All three get soaked porridge ( between senior, hay extender and soaked alfalfa pellets) 5 meals a day. Despite this none of them a doing superbly. All three are unsteady in their feet, knees dying bend as well as they used to and s...
by Chisamba
Wed Sep 13, 2023 10:34 pm
Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
Topic: Piggy's laminitis journey
Replies: 77
Views: 16950

Re: Piggy's laminitis journey

Yay yay yay
by Chisamba
Wed Sep 13, 2023 10:33 pm
Forum: For Sale!
Topic: Jerry's Harness Double Bridle
Replies: 4
Views: 781

Re: Jerry's Harness Double Bridle

Is it a horse or warm blood size?
by Chisamba
Wed Sep 13, 2023 9:53 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574912

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Tanga, super update. I hope it all continues in an upbeat exciting way. Lsp, so good to hear you were able to ride your horse. Everyone who thoughtless answered my questions, thank you so much. Thirty or forty years ago when I was really competing I had no desire to get my bronze, silver or gold med...
by Chisamba
Mon Sep 11, 2023 10:54 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Spinoff: So Apparently Breathing Can Be an Aid, Too
Replies: 9
Views: 1723

Re: Spinoff: So Apparently Breathing Can Be an Aid, Too

Ive always exhaled on the downward transition but honestly I'm more concerned with consistent response to.leg and hand to believe that breathing can replace the response to these
by Chisamba
Mon Sep 11, 2023 6:52 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574912

Re: September October, we go on and on.

What do you enjoy about riding. Do you still love the same things or have you changed. Are your new goals habits from the past or designed to make you happy? After a craptastic weekend of broken and changed plans I realize I wasn't even disappointed and am trying to evaluate my riding . Help me by a...
by Chisamba
Fri Sep 08, 2023 2:18 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574912

Re: September October, we go on and on.

bathroom right by the tack. Ugh. I was supposed to go to the feed store but no half way there I realized I needed to divert toward home and barely made it home before further explosions. So I drank pesto, tried to hydrate and took a nap. So getting ready for the second effort to go load my trailer a...
by Chisamba
Thu Sep 07, 2023 6:00 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Spinoff: So Apparently Breathing Can Be an Aid, Too
Replies: 9
Views: 1723

Re: Spinoff: So Apparently Breathing Can Be an Aid, Too

First of all there is scientific proof that at can only single task. Our brains are wired to monotask. So within the space of one stride I have to a) check leg position, b, horse responding to leg, c check connection, d) horses responding to connection, e) ride the stride of required xtended gait mo...

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