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by Tanga
Tue Mar 26, 2024 6:56 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Want to float an idea past you wonderful people
Replies: 3
Views: 56

Re: Want to float an idea past you wonderful people

I think it sounds like a good idea. I don't know the pony people there, but ponies are the future. And I love the volunteer idea to just get more people involved.
by Tanga
Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:31 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: In like a lion, out like a lamb - March and April Goals and Progress
Replies: 76
Views: 2085

Re: In like a lion, out like a lamb - March and April Goals and Progress

SF--I've been thinking about this. I'm going to end up suggesting what I always do--massage. Quinn has had some similarities, and still does when she is tight. The running, pulling down and tight and swapping behind is familiar. It's been about 6 years of trying to figure out how to deal with whatev...
by Tanga
Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:08 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: In like a lion, out like a lamb - March and April Goals and Progress
Replies: 76
Views: 2085

Re: In like a lion, out like a lamb - March and April Goals and Progress

I thought we'd be getting more baby pictures . . .
by Tanga
Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:53 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: In like a lion, out like a lamb - March and April Goals and Progress
Replies: 76
Views: 2085

Re: In like a lion, out like a lamb - March and April Goals and Progress

Wow, khall. That is big mare and a a long time. I was so lucky Sora was like a clock--337 days for both and I knew, so I invited people. 355 is a lot. It seems spring here (I might have just cursed it) but I think we're past the deep mud phase no matter what. Wind has really dried everything out. Gi...
by Tanga
Sat Feb 24, 2024 7:29 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Trotting on to 2024 - Goals, Progress and More (Jan-Feb)
Replies: 153
Views: 7745

Re: Trotting on to 2024 - Goals, Progress and More (Jan-Feb)

Straightforward--Cool you did the hoof care workshop. I think everyone should know how to trim. It really isn't that hard. I follow a lot of hoof care pages, so always trying to add to knowledge and do better. It seems to wok OK for me. I''ll watch that video. Ya'll and saddles. I'm happy with my an...
by Tanga
Mon Feb 05, 2024 7:27 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: I rold you so ..
Replies: 7
Views: 606

Re: I rold you so ..

It's everywhere, so I haven't been jumping in. Those horrendous videos explain a lot of what we see in the "top" horses. I'm sure most are not abused to that degree, but the fact that we see SO many "top horses" doing the leg snapping, double tapping "piaffe and passage"...
by Tanga
Sat Feb 03, 2024 7:29 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Trotting on to 2024 - Goals, Progress and More (Jan-Feb)
Replies: 153
Views: 7745

Re: Trotting on to 2024 - Goals, Progress and More (Jan-Feb)

Gorgeous shots, Aleuronx. Snow in the right way is so good for training. Mud is getting there, here, too. Nothing can be close to as bad as last year. Mine are used to galloping up and down hills in foot deep mud in the pasture, so I don't really worry about conditioning. Since we lost the local sho...
by Tanga
Tue Jan 30, 2024 8:14 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: ANY help with conservatorship, Adult Protective Services
Replies: 25
Views: 1962

Re: ANY help with conservatorship, Adult Protective Services

Thanks Josette. That might be useful. I talked with a lawyer that does elder abuse all day long last week. If the evil POS doesn't give it up, it's going to be horrendous. It's going to be horrendous either way. Mom is still on a feeding tube, trying to feed soft food, and oxygen. Still not allowed ...
by Tanga
Tue Jan 23, 2024 8:02 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Trotting on to 2024 - Goals, Progress and More (Jan-Feb)
Replies: 153
Views: 7745

Re: Trotting on to 2024 - Goals, Progress and More (Jan-Feb)

I am so glad Junior is OK, exvet. That's what I went through with Sora. And here, the vets put them on sulcrafate for about 5 days after a choke just because of the damage the tube causes to the esophagus. That's not a good sign the ER vets didn't even know about using it. Almost everyone here has a...
by Tanga
Sun Jan 21, 2024 2:15 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Improving shoulder freedom
Replies: 9
Views: 687

Re: Improving shoulder freedom

This is what I did with both Quinn and Quilla. For Quinn, doing the scapula release massage helps a lot. I also worked on Spanish walk for both, starting on the ground to cue them so I can do it in the saddle and they understand the idea of using that shoulder more in whatever we are doing. If you w...
by Tanga
Sat Jan 20, 2024 7:43 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: ANY help with conservatorship, Adult Protective Services
Replies: 25
Views: 1962

Re: ANY help with conservatorship, Adult Protective Services

Exactly, Josette. The whole process is scary. So many of these facilities have been bought up by corporate entities, like so many others things (as in vets) and are not great. The one I'm looking at is privately owned, is on the second generation of owners, my mom's friends know people who are there...
by Tanga
Sat Jan 20, 2024 6:58 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: ANY help with conservatorship, Adult Protective Services
Replies: 25
Views: 1962

Re: ANY help with conservatorship, Adult Protective Services

Thanks, guys. I so WISH what everyone thinks should happen will happen--she is held legally responsible. The more I find out and reach out to everyone, I don't think anyone has ever been held responsible. I've had people reaching out all over who are the experts in this, and there is basically, mayb...
by Tanga
Tue Jan 16, 2024 8:06 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: ANY help with conservatorship, Adult Protective Services
Replies: 25
Views: 1962

Re: ANY help with conservatorship, Adult Protective Services

Thank you Anne and texsuze. So far a whole day and a half and no crises. Talked with my sister for awhile last night (finally she's being open with me) and she has the same worries as I do. My mom may not make it out of this. She's had such bad physical, emotional, and psychological care for a long ...
by Tanga
Mon Jan 15, 2024 8:17 pm
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: ANY help with conservatorship, Adult Protective Services
Replies: 25
Views: 1962

Re: ANY help with conservatorship, Adult Protective Services

Yeah, khall, that was my thinking. It's been impossible to find an attorney who does this, even with resources of people who are lawyers and in this law, and even if we had the money. APS has been called by family, hospital and care center. The shit show has just gotten worse. What, it's been three ...
by Tanga
Wed Jan 03, 2024 4:48 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: ANY help with conservatorship, Adult Protective Services
Replies: 25
Views: 1962

Re: ANY help with conservatorship, Adult Protective Services

Quelah--THANK YOU. That gives me something to work on. I will start making calls. exvet--Wow. You brother sounds very much like half sibling, except my half sibling has stolen far, far more, and caused my mother to lie, cheat, and try to steal for her to pay the credit card bills. She (mom) tried to...
by Tanga
Mon Jan 01, 2024 2:50 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: ANY help with conservatorship, Adult Protective Services
Replies: 25
Views: 1962

Re: ANY help with conservatorship, Adult Protective Services

Thank you. I'm putting it out there to anyone in case anyone has ideas. I came here with her yesterday and the crap is just worse. Half sibling has minimum $7500 Coco Channel used purse and gets the poodles she had to buy clipped, but my mom can't get her hair done. Hopefully the APS and ombudsmen c...
by Tanga
Sat Dec 30, 2023 4:38 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: ANY help with conservatorship, Adult Protective Services
Replies: 25
Views: 1962

ANY help with conservatorship, Adult Protective Services

I know this is a horse board, but you guys are a wealth of experience and may give more ideas. VERY long story of 25 years of a half sister (now 44ish) some kind of mental illness sociopath basically bankrupting my mother, who was already mentally abused by my step father, making my mother pay for h...
by Tanga
Wed Dec 20, 2023 6:50 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress
Replies: 194
Views: 269618

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

Chisamba. So sorry about the dog. Hugs. It has been a rough fall/winter. Saiph sounds like Quinn in a way. When I rode with Lilo (Fore) in that AA clinic, she had me hold on hard and kick her forward no matter what. It almost broke her and got me killed. I am strong, but I seem to ride with a lot li...
by Tanga
Tue Dec 19, 2023 8:06 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress
Replies: 194
Views: 269618

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

Nice, Chantal. Interesting bend discussion. I judged one of those IEA shows over the weekend for high school and junior high, which was very interesting. The teams fly in from all over the west and compete, picking horses and getting a few, literally maybe 5, minutes to figure out the horse before d...
by Tanga
Sun Nov 26, 2023 7:23 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress
Replies: 194
Views: 269618

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

Those are nice changes Aleuronx. I have the same problem with half pass left--it's me. I get stuck. The big helper with me is to think of lifting up the inside shoulder and off the inside leg so the horse can mover over (gets me off my inside seat) and as soon as it feels sticky to me, I circle or l...
by Tanga
Thu Nov 16, 2023 1:15 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress
Replies: 194
Views: 269618

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

Interesting discussion on shark fins. Sora was like that a little, and Quinn is like that. Quilla is not--I very much noticed she is an inch less than she should be because those whithers never grew. I could be doing something very wrong with Quinn in why she just won't develop much there, but I thi...
by Tanga
Tue Nov 14, 2023 4:18 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress
Replies: 194
Views: 269618

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?? I did salute with my left hand. Both halts :oops: No comments from the judge though :lol: I always salute with my left hand! And have never heard anything. I'm not sure there is an official rule? Or if there is one, it's defin...
by Tanga
Mon Nov 06, 2023 5:40 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress
Replies: 194
Views: 269618

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

Tanga, Calif. Dep't of Fish and Wildlife would like to know about your badger sighting. https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Mammals/Badger I am very jealous.[/quote] Well, that is very cool. That was the badger! It's clearly not expecting an actual address that I can give them and trying to get me ...
by Tanga
Wed Nov 01, 2023 7:24 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: Powering through to the end: November December Goals and Progress
Replies: 194
Views: 269618

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

Not posting goals, but I have to say I love my girls. Yesterday proved it. I took my dogs on the trail yesterday. One is a lab/pitbull mix that is fast and loves to chase. The other looks like mostly Dobie, but bigger, and some kind of giant hound because he loves to scent, and he is all about grabb...
by Tanga
Tue Oct 31, 2023 6:09 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574756

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Oh boy. I'm not doing my recap. I went back and looked. It went really badly with Sora, but it ended up being the best it could. Still weird having so much less to do at the barn. The BO mentioned it was weird to see me walking with only two horses. Interesting Leslie Morse keeps coming up. I knew h...
by Tanga
Wed Oct 25, 2023 7:16 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574756

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Hey, can I just vent a little? OK, we all know I am not the best, but I do what I can. I couldn't get enough GP scores (along with a LOT of other people) to ride it at champs, but did get my freestyles, and I rode four GP freestyles during the year under three judges just so I can get year end award...
by Tanga
Mon Oct 16, 2023 4:50 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574756

Re: September October, we go on and on.

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.
by Tanga
Fri Oct 13, 2023 4:31 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574756

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Good job, Chisamba, keeping on keeping on, and everyone else. khall--love the piaffe thing. I think doing it in hand every which way is totally the way to go. Two weeks down and I finally, mostly can get up and walk and do things and not feel like I need to sit down because I'm dizzy and need to bre...
by Tanga
Thu Oct 05, 2023 6:24 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574756

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Thank you, everyone. I'm still not processing very well. I'm still quite sick and walking up the hill even a little to get the girls exhausts me. At least I'm not sleeping 18 hours a day. My leasors are giving attention to the Q's. They were already looking for mom when ridden by where she was, and ...
by Tanga
Wed Oct 04, 2023 1:58 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574756

Re: September October, we go on and on.

My friend and her vet daughter tried for two days. We lost Sora last night, three days after she went there. My amazing friends. In August the vet had a hard time, but was able to get in with the tube and get everything out with a smaller tube. She tried and only got a little out, but could not get ...
by Tanga
Wed Oct 04, 2023 1:49 am
Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
Topic: Life Changes
Replies: 10
Views: 1937

Re: Life Changes

I am glad it all worked put for you. I think a lot of us are going through similar challenges.
by Tanga
Mon Oct 02, 2023 7:37 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574756

Re: September October, we go on and on.

exvet, I am sorry about the harsh judging at champs. That's what I saw, too. Hey, sometimes you win by showing up. I know I did. Ugh. I have to let this out. I took my older mare up to my friend's wonderful farm on Saturday. She travelled well and went into a quarantine stall with mushy food and alf...
by Tanga
Sat Sep 30, 2023 5:13 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574756

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Chisamba wrote:Tanga my oldest student tripped getting out of the shower and broke her ankle!


OMG!!! Be CAREFUL people! It's stupid trips and break this month!
by Tanga
Sat Sep 30, 2023 5:07 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574756

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Chisamba, I am SO sorry about your mare. Life seems to be tricky right now. With all of these decisions, I always err on the side of sooner after too many tragic too late cases. And I think if it can be a learning experience, that's a good thing. Flight. OMG. This is DO NOT TRIP month. Someone at th...
by Tanga
Fri Sep 29, 2023 12:41 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574756

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Good luck, everyone, at regionals. I'm sorry about the heat! I know you're all bored with my drama, but I'll just copy and paste one last episode. One more episode of the drama, Everything Really Scary Going on, But it's Turning out OK. Just for fun. Checked on the horses Monday after getting my wri...
by Tanga
Tue Sep 26, 2023 5:05 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574756

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Quilla CDS '23 champs GPFS 61% (Hotz 63%, Pavlich 58%, lost by a hair to 1st place because of scoring difference.) I fell on my wrist left before this and was in insane pain that got worse through the test and was nauseous by the end, and I rode the last passage one handed with my left hand. THAT wa...
by Tanga
Tue Sep 26, 2023 5:03 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574756

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Quinn CDS '2 Champs USDF Quinn CDS '23 champs USDF I 1 60% 3rd by a hair. Hotz/Pavlic both 60%. If she hadn't gotten all stiff and tripped in ALL THREE med/ext trots, we would have won. At the end someone gave me videos from another angle , which was interesting. She was VERY stiff in this ride. htt...
by Tanga
Tue Sep 26, 2023 4:59 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574756

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Xrays show no break! Unless it's a hairline that shows up later, wrist brace for two weeks, and then should be OK!!! Of course my sinuses started exploding as soon as I drove into the bay area and my nose is running non stop. No Covid on the test and grabbed a flu shot at the hospital. I need to sle...
by Tanga
Mon Sep 25, 2023 3:23 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574756

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Made it home without any other major stories. Going to crash big time now. Quilla was AMAZING in the GP freestyle and we actually did our ones. SO mellow for me. Basically every ride, no matter how good or bad was 60 or 61% (and I would say the majority of scores I saw 4th and above were between 60 ...
by Tanga
Sat Sep 23, 2023 3:04 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574756

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Good job, zevida. I wanted to watch you, but our rides were in top of each other. I'll catch you Saturday and Sunday. A 63% is a good score. The scores have not been high, but mostly fair. The east coast judges are being far harder than the west coast ones. I watched the open and AAA GP, and it was ...
by Tanga
Fri Sep 22, 2023 4:14 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574756

Re: September October, we go on and on.

I know you're just dying to know the next episode of what happened next! Off we go. About 4 am I was pretty sure I left my helmet in the truck, and since I have an insanely large, oval head, and was one of the first rides of the day, I started stressing about that. Got up at 6:15. Turns out, my frie...
by Tanga
Thu Sep 21, 2023 4:15 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574756

Re: September October, we go on and on.

OMG. OMG.OMG. Left right on time for the championships, everything perfect. Stopped off at the feed store 20 minutes from Murietta to get shavings at 1. My truck wouldn't start. Tried jumps from 3-4 different people. Nothing. Triple AA comes with a battery because I called my mechanic and he said it...
by Tanga
Tue Sep 19, 2023 5:45 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574756

Re: September October, we go on and on.

[/quote] It has good wifi! It is such a great hotel. I always think I should save money and stay 25 mins away at a place half the price but it really it a beautiful place to stay. I am still having mixed feelings about going! I got new boots in a few weeks ago and I was trying to break them in, but ...
by Tanga
Mon Sep 18, 2023 6:20 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574756

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Chisamba wrote:Tanga, how did it go?


Packing now. Leave Weds. First rides Thursday. I will post what I can. I assume the insane expensive motel have really good wifi.
by Tanga
Fri Sep 15, 2023 4:16 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574756

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 experien...
by Tanga
Thu Sep 14, 2023 5:03 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574756

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Aww, Chisamba, I do hope you can have the talk. Better too early than too late. We just had a 33 year old where she made the decision to do it before it got bad. In the spring one of the in bad shape lesson ponies got really bad when I was at the World Cup and it was as bad as they can get. Mom is n...
by Tanga
Thu Sep 14, 2023 2:11 am
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574756

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Oh DO come if you can, Quelah. I think the numbers are down because it's just gotten so expensive and yet ANOTHER sort of plague with the VS this year, which required a lot of show cancellations and then all kind of hoops to jump through to put on and get to shows, including a vet certificate 2 -5 d...
by Tanga
Wed Sep 13, 2023 6:07 pm
Forum: Dressage Training
Topic: September October, we go on and on.
Replies: 240
Views: 574756

Re: September October, we go on and on.

Sorry. I just HAVE to jump in! Eeeehh! I'm actually excited for champs. Got a room at the inn right there, thankfully, because I have 8 am ride times most days. Weather is WAY cooler than normal. NO smoke and fires! N. CA counties don't have to get that extra EV vet cert. VERY small show! Last few y...

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