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need collective show jingles please... I have an event in oct, first one in 3 yrs. Very small. I'm still nervous. thanks
My horse is doing really well, it's more the mental confidence I need, the machanics are good.
demi wrote:I've gotten 4 rides this week on Rocky so far. Three rides in the arena and one double lounge. Tomorrow I should take her on a trail ride. I am tempted to ride in the arena again because she has been so cooperative but that might be asking too much from her. So we'll do trails.
I found a local trainer that I plan to start working with in the next few weeks. I am really looking forward to it. I am a little nervous, but it is a good kind of nervous.
Hot4Spots wrote:Sigh. It's been a while. Horse had bad suspensory injury (hind) in late 2015. After a 16 months, we were almost back to full work, and he re-injured (partially). We were up to 20 minutes (not all at once) trot, and were just going to start cantering, and it was back to walk (at least under saddle, not in hand).......Well, here we are at two years in, and we JUST got permission to trot - six long sides of the arena, no corners at the trot. He's still not 100%, and it's been rough, because he's hyper-alert and spooky by nature. Other than "we finally get to trot - a little," the only good news is that, at first with a little ACE and then without, he's reached the point where I can ride him around the property on the gravel and pavement (which is better for his injury) without it being a life-and-limb endangering experience. He's still not much of a trail horse. I haven't felt confident enough of his behavior to even ACE him and take him out on the level parts of the available trails. I know from experience that he can blow right through the tranq if something really sets him off. Sigh. He feels good, but at this point, I can't tell if he's that much better or just going on adrenalin. It was funny, though, the first time I asked him to trot - he was all, "But you've been INSISTING I can only WALK! What? You WANT me to trot? Are you sure?"
khall wrote:
....Always something going on with horses, it is a wonder we all don't drink to excess! I know I feel like it sometimes:)
piedmontfields wrote:DJR, what's the worst that could happen in your 3rd L debut--tempi changes across the diagonal?! Have fun and report back.
Sue B wrote:Khall, Tuddy: Pretty much the best way to get Tio "unstuck" is to do in-hand work. The lunge work helps to get forward withing the gait, but it is the in-hand work that puts "forward" into his mind set.
Tsavo wrote:Dresseur, I think I have a similar asymmetry which i have to consciously correct. I have to ride Si similarly w.r.t. my pelvis both ways because of it. It is like a slight twist in my pelvis w.r.t. my torso. I suspect it is due to two emergency open pelvic surgeries in my past and the adhesions pulling things off center.
The biggest deal is discovering it. Once you know about it, it is not so hard to find the slight asymmetrical feel needed to be straight. I bet this will not be a problem for you going forward.
Dresseur wrote:Sometimes you do swing the pendulum the other way in an effort to try to fix something, but then you will find that there are symptoms to alert you to the new asymmetry. It's all about constantly feeling and learning and correcting.
Moutaineer wrote:We trotted. 4 long sides. I don't know who was happier, me or Laddie.
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