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I will be away for two weeks this December so I am not sure I can get Christmas cards out.

Koolkat I hear you. I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. Apparently Michael Cohen suggests how this will play out. That Trump will never concede he will continue to push the law suits as long as he can then leave for mar a lago saying he had the election stolen from here and declare run in 20...

Honestly, I thought since the base got their judge, the turnout would be MUCH smaller. We do need to find how to reach those 70 million Americans who thought this guy was qualified to run the (formerly) most influential country in the world. As I have been challenging my left leaning friends, I wil...

I would talk to your vet first and foremost. But the feliway spray usually works really well. Are you sure you used enough?

I have been teaching a student on a lovely palomino Morgan. He is just lovely. The best head on his shoulders. Nice to see you here!

NOPE! I tried having her use a black saddle cloth to make more of a contrast. Didn't help. It's annoying since outside it works pretty well...not perfectly...but better than nothing! Working outside, though, is not going to be an option much longer for us here in the northeast. And since this is 202...

Curious if any of you have a light colored horse. My student has a palomino Morgan...and the footing in the indoor arena is GGT (so fairly light colored). We have been fairly unsuccessful in getting Pivo to follow her in the indoor.

So sorry Silk.

And PaulaO, Like the other poster said....eyesight is precious!

Check out working with exercise bands. It really helps when you are riding to put the band around your wrists and hold your wrists a little out against the band. It brings your shoulders back and brings your shoulder blades down your back. I am sitting here at my computer thinking, hmmmm....this wou...

heddylamar wrote:When my hands develop a life of their own (due to weakness in my left leg), I ride with my reins bridged. With the bridge, the leather/rubber combo is stiff enough the left hand can't drift over the withers.

OOOH! Another good idea.

I use a resistance band for my student who likes to have her left hand take over when her left leg should be doing the work! It works. But I am going to read that link that Blob posted about.

Will the lies on tape, the lives unnecessarily lost, the continued economic loss due to not handling the virus correctly in the beginning be enough? WHAT in the HELL is the matter with his supporters???? I am prefacing this by saying I am not a supporter. I did not now nor ever will vote for him. H...

Chisamba wrote:it says you are a loving person and pup is a bit of a trainer.

I couldn't have said it better so I will just say DITTO

LeoApp, Michael had to take a paycut of something like 30% for three months as well. But at least we are both still employed.

My company was considered essential so no paycut for me.

Your company has suspended the accumulation of PTO? THAT SUCKS! I am officially working from home for the rest of the year. I am happy about that as my commute stinks and this is just easier. There is no reason I need to be in the office. I am ready for autumn too. This hot and humid weather is just...

khall, Can you message me with your new email address and your preferred password to lauriecote2000 @ Gmail dot com.

exvet, interesting thoughts. I certainly wouldn't ban it outright at all. Actually, I think it does prevent more unwanted animals.

I think the problem is that those who think they are doing it for the dog's benefit are not the responsible owners they think they are. I mean, a cryptorchid should be neutered period. Like Piedmontfields said, there are still plenty of irresponsible dog owners who shouldn't have a dog at all. I wai...

One of the women in the barn I am teaching at has it. I don't think it is the best at following the horse. She does position it in the middle of the ring on a tripod. But it still loses track of the horse sometimes. My student has ordered it as well so we will see. Pixio looks like a better product....

I have not unfriended anyone about politics. I think its important to see read and attempt to understand perspective that differs from mine. I was also with you until today. Someone posted a meme on FB that said the KKK had never been shot at with rubber bullets or had pepper spray used on them. I ...

I made beet dyed pickled eggs for Easter last year. They had a very mild flavor as they were only in the brine for a couple hours. But the color on the outside of the white was beautiful.

i successfully caught two litters of kittens, but it took much longer to catch the adults. what i did was put a dog crate in the area, and fed in the dog crate. at first i just put feed in and left. each time i fed i stayed a little closer. as soon as i had the opportunity with all four kittens in ...

I just did Balanced Rider UK's "10 Days to Better Riding" program and it's the best $65 I ever spent. You get 10 videos of a 5-7 minute posture correction that's related to riding issues- forward tipping, "wonky sitting", hunched shoulders... all addressed. Super simple and quic...

Said student is currently sitting in a chair, leaning most of her weight on her left side.... I literally laughed out loud when I read this post and realized how I was sitting! I did see a chiropractor several years ago because my pelvis was tipped following a right ankle injury in January 2013. Yo...

I am going to watch one of her lessons with another instructor tomorrow. Assuming I am allowed, I will take a picture and post. I actually rode with Sally Swift myself and am very familiar with her techniques. And we have used a few of them. Ironically, the other instructor is an Alexander technique...

Good morning! Although I can no longer ride, I have recently started teaching a former student of mine again. Her horse is a 6yo Morgan who is absolutely delightful and willing. My student has spent the last several years doing mostly trail riding and has gotten some bad habits which we are trying h...

I have a pair of Aanstadt Das French terry breeches that I like, from way back when. Sonya is still selling breeches on Etsy. She at one point developed quite a reputation for taking your money and never delivering, so buyer beware! Boy is that an understatement. I tried to be loyal to Sonya becaus...

I have decided to let this go. I have too many other positive things to do in my life, but I know what kind of person she is. I've probably always known it as she is on her 5th husband. Anyway, I found a coat exactly like it on Etsy and I am going to buy it and be done with the whole situation. Fre...

Is being able to see a storage unit over the fence really that big of a deal? I mean, barking dogs...yes.....but seeing a storage unit?

I don't want to date. Truthfully, I don't have the energy for it. For some reason my therapist thinks I want to date, possibly because I've said I get lonely sometimes, which is true. But being lonely sometimes doesn't mean I need to look for someone.... I've always said that if a man wants to meet...

So, Enquiring minds want to know...what came of this?

I met Michael on Yahoo Personals and we just celebrated our 17 year anniversary. I don't even know if Yahoo personals even exists anymore. But let me tell you a funny (or maybe not so funny) story of my friend's experiences with dating online. She agreed to meet a guy at a mall (VERY Pre-Covid). The...

Well, my comments would tend to focus on the rider. I would like to see her improve her chair seat tendency and also learn how to influence the horse's shape with less hand and much less use of W I D E hands. Wide hands are a crutch for baby horses and new riders---and they should not be something ...

LaurieB was an amazing woman. She was very helpful to me when I got my own breast cancer diagnosis. I had just spoken with her a few weeks ago. When the cancer came back to her bones, she had her horse retrained to drive so that she could still enjoy horse sport. As a canine neurologist, she was als...

Kelo was your horse one of the horses of the month when I was still doing that? I think I remember that you were.

It is amazing how much I worry about ending up in the hospital right now! My husband and I were going for a walk in the woods with the dogs. I made him turn around because there were so many branches down. I was worried that I would turn an ankle and need medical attention. Not something I usually w...

Some of my best horse experiences were when I worked with the New England Mounted Police. I went to the NEMPA competitions (not as a competitor) and even got to go to Nationals too. It was a blast watching what those horses would do. I have fond memories of watching them doing tactical manuevers. It...

This looks like a lot of fun. A lot of training too. I want to ride this horse!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A35yPlGeOXo

But he isn't getting a degree to go out and get a job. He's already got his degree, and his MA, and he's now doing original research for a Ph.D., which is a job in it's own right. So yes, he will become one of the foremost experts on the subject, through many years of work, and if he is fortunate, ...

Those people who get those degrees are the ones who complain about the cost of higher education. Because what CAN you do with a PhD in that? One of the people on one of my spinning groups wanted to get a degree in the fiber arts (so like spinning and combing wool). Then she complained about the high...

I love how she calls him Blues. That's what I call my Siamese cat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc5bKN_d78Y

This gave me goosebumps....and I don't even like kids!

Kelo, I am all about a good discussion. You are always free to disagree with me.

So, if one person pays a videographer to cut and paste together a really good second level test, what is to stop them from using that same test 4 different times with four different judges (isn't it two judges)?

There are a lot of problems with a Virtual show. For one thing, a good video artist could cut and paste and no one would be the wiser. For another, you don't have the "level playing field" of everyone competing in the same place on the same day. I think for a schooling show, this is not a ...

Yeah, my trainer texted me yesterday that he worked out with the barn owner that he could tack up/untack for me and I could meet my horse at the arena for lessons. But I had to decline. We are staying zero contact for at least the rest of April, not to mention I don’t want the risk of a fall. Also,...

There is nothing scientific about that article. YOu are right. However the science I understand does not define hybrid vigor of a cross bred dog.

This pup, being a mixed breed, will have hybrid vigor, and not necessarily any of the fairly minor health issues of the CKCS breed. Go get that pup! Hybrid vigor does NOT apply to mixed breed dogs. Mixed species are hybrids not mixed breeds! Hybrid vigor absolutely does apply to outcrossing, as opp...

KathyK wrote:This pup, being a mixed breed, will have hybrid vigor, and not necessarily any of the fairly minor health issues of the CKCS breed. Go get that pup!

Hybrid vigor does NOT apply to mixed breed dogs. Mixed species are hybrids not mixed breeds!

Oh Mountaineer. I am so sorry. That is hard.

Because pictures often take a lot of space (especially now with cameras on phones being very many megapixels) I need to limit the size of pictures.

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