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Glad to be back on the site and read what everyone has going on. The vet came out last Friday and was pretty happy with how Lynx was looking overall so just keep strengthening. I have the saddle fitter out in June. Trying to stay on top of everything. Monday I had the first ride I have ever had wher...

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Thank you for everything you do. So appreciated.

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I didn't see one started yet so figured I would kick it off. My goals with Lynx: keep working on our canter transitions, work on a bigger and loftier trot and continue working on straightness. We are hopefully going to school off property in a few weeks. Goals for myself: continue getting stronger a...

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Tanga- lovely rides but hope Quinn is feeling better.. That definitely was an odd reaction!

As far as my goals for this period It looks like it was mostly just about being consistent with the equiband which I have been.

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Glad the board is back up! Alueronx-sounds like a great test! Riding in the rain like that is something that doesn't happen here in CO, mostly because shows just outright cancel if there's projected rain. The desert like ground can't soak it up quick enough and obviously it's more dry here. Good on ...

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Chisamba- what a fascinating discussion. I think you are right. I know I concede because sometimes I get a little too empathetic... But it's a little with a child, sometimes they have to do things they don't love or is a little more difficult. I really need to stick to riding "a line." We ...

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I'll raise my hand that this relationship between horse and rider is complicated! They truly are smart and I do think they learn us just as well. And as much as we train them, they are also trying to train us!!! Lynx is also one that's really safe but he reads any hesitation of mine SO well. He's re...

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SF- lots of fun plans for the summer for you! I had a good ride today. I actually wrote out a whole long post and technology ate it. But basically we worked on transitions through the leg yield since Lynx can get a bit rushing in them. Then he was feeling good so we threw in a random canter transiti...

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Joplin looks great as usual Khall! Exvet, love Troy, what a hunk he is already. I had a great lesson on Monday, we are working on getting the canter, pretty basic there but good. The transitions aren't easy for him but he's got a quality canter in there, bless him. I think I need a new girth, I don'...

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SF, lovely videos! It seems like haunches in really did help T loosen up in the canter. You rode very well and you both look wonderful. Tanga, glad you are well. I hope the show goes great! It's nice that you know your horse's SO well. Your comments about Quilla and her left hind are very relatable ...

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Thank you guys! It really is nice to get a compliment after things have been a bit of an uphill battle between his soundness issues and my own body struggles (Elhers- Danlos Syndrome and of course healing from that car accident that damaged my left calf.) It definitely is giving me a boost to keep o...

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Today after my lesson, someone stopped me and was like, "Wow, your horse really lifts himself up through the withers and carries himself well! He looks like he has Spanish blood but he's a QH?!" Ha, I actually get that a lot but it always brightens my day a little. We are working hard and ...

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Jingles, Goldhorse!! Blob, I hope you go for the show!! Mountaineer, my shoulders feel like baby arms when I go to lift things in a certain manner, definitely a weak area for me. Last night I just walked Lynx in the equiband while my daughter did a quick bareback ride. Today, I had a wonderful lesso...

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Mountaineer, yeah he's kind of a pingball with the energy sometimes. But I was starting to suspect the alfalfa was causing problems... Sometimes he felt like he was just jumping out of skin! Then we had a week where they were really low on alfalfa at the barn and he hardly got any. Instant personali...

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SF, sounds like a good plan with T. Exvet, glad you are feeling positive and have a path forward with Junior. What was Trot doing during his lunge? Blob- that's very interesting. What happens in the HI? Mountaineer- sounds like a good problem to have! Go Potters! Lynx looked much better in the cante...

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Exvet, glad Junior is going well with the new saddle! And Trot sounds like such a fun little guy, so excited for you! 15 hands is perfect, imo! How tall are you, btw? I'm a smidge under 5'2". Lynx is about 15.2 or 15.3 and feels like a good height. I think he's a bit wide for me which doesn't r...

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I got to watch my trainer and another boarder ride with Jan Bynny yesterday morning. It's always fun watching your train ride because it always highlights that we're all just revisiting the basics basically forever. Lol. Where the progression happens in my opinion. Jan is an Olympic eventer. But she...

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Interesting conversation guys! There is so many different paths in dressage, it's definitely interesting.

Tanga, that's what I have heard about Barbier as well...
So glad you are doing well though and looking forward to hearing about your show.

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Mountaineer, your comments about both are about spot on from other comments I've heard. I find them both to be a little odd choices for mentors honestly so in very wary. I can't say I saw anything disturbing at the clinic or even harmful. But it was also basic it was hard to tell. Today I did a pret...

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Chisamba - so the place I went used to train with Dominique Barbier (who I personally have not heard good things about so I never ventured over there during that time) but the last few years they train with Gerd Heuschmann. So a bit of a different direction I think? I've also heard mixed things abou...

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Chisamba - I was just thinking about you. Wow, you both look great! What a fancy gal she is! You both look like a great pair. I did end up riding today. It was sunny and the arena was dry enough to ride outside. It was windy though so it was pretty short and sweet. Which is what the vet ordered anyw...

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Alueronx- how exciting to be looking towards 4th level and PSG. I hope you get more video of you and your beautiful girl later on. Khall- what an adorable foal! Glad Rip is doing better. And as always, I love hearing how much you love Joplin. It makes my heart happy when people connect so much with ...

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SF- glad Tesla settled down and focused. And yay for more solo shot videos soon! Mari, that's definitely scary. I hate all the diseases that are always lurking and threatening us. I hope your horses stay healthy. So sad about that foal. Exvet, I'm sorry the show didn't go quite as hoped. I hope you ...

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Also Heddy, sorry about your old Guinea pig. They are adorable and sweet but yes they leave us too soon..

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Mountaineer, Lynx is in the same boat cost wise. The main barn is lightly heated in cold weather so the inside horses seem to stay slick or get body clipped. Lynx looks like a yak next to them since he lives in an outside pen and we didn't do any clipping this year. Heddylamar-sounds like you guys a...

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Thank you guys, I won't over worry about this occasional (but pronounced) crookedness and will stay the course with the strength training! I'm sure the more fit I also get, the better off we both will be. First ride back under saddle will be Monday, looking forward to it. Exvet, I don't think we all...

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SF, he's pretty good in shoulder in but going from SI to LY at an angle certainly could be good for him and possibly diagnostic. I mean hopefully with his stifle injections, he feels more straight. Fingers crossed. The ride on the schoolmaster was good! He definitely wasn't as sharp as Lynx. Which i...

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Khall, yeah SF is our jam with him. It's weird that he doesn't always do it though. And when I say he's throwing his haunches in, when I mean he really is. Not slightly crooked...but really putting his haunches in like he's doing that movement instead of just going straight. I do think it's a streng...

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Sounds like a wonderful clinic Blob. Thank you for sharing such detailed notes! I had a light lesson this morning. Lynx REALLY was throwing his haunches in both directions during the w/T transitions. Today we played with doing a step or two of leg yield to get him listening to my aids and then into ...

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Mari, lovely photos. I'm sorry the judge wasn't super thrilled and as someone who is really hard on myself, I can understand your feelings. I hope you keep going now and you might even find this was just a weird one-off thing.

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Blob and exvet- thank you for your thoughts. In pretty sure he does it in either direction (I'll have to pay attention next time) so perhaps it is just a weakness thing and him trying different things out. It's also possible that I was doing something with my seat. He is so sensitive to it so perhap...

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If you guys have any ideas about throwing the haunches in, I'd love to discuss that! My trainer said it really looks very deliberate, I think he's not just randomly crooked since he goes from straight to throwing it in.My trainer's not sure if he's just confused or if he's just uncomfortable and rea...

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Well, of course I was bound to have a not so great ride after quite a few weeks of great ones lol. Horses. We went out to the open ring (no jumps in that one) and there was a few bags blowing around because the other day we had 60 mph winds, so the ruff raff is still showing up around the farm. So I...

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Khall, congratulations on the covered arena. It looks great. And Joplin and you look great too, what a canter! Enjoy the working Eq clinic! SF, glad T is feeling better! Blob, good luck at your clinic. I hope you report back to us with how it goes! I admit, as much as it sucks to live in a state wit...

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Khall, congratulations on the covered arena. It looks great. And Joplin and you look great too, what a canter! Enjoy the working Eq clinic! SF, glad T is feeling better! Blob, good luck at your clinic. I hope you report back to us with how it goes! I admit, as much as it sucks to live in a state wit...

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Mountaineer, wow that really amazes me, where has the time gone!! It truly feels like you got him like last year lol. I'm so glad that you guys found each other :D It's been fun to hear and witness a little of your journey. Well the clinic was great. My nose was leaking like a faucet and I had to ta...

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Mountaineer- that's exciting to start working on some PSG stuff and dipping your toes into 4th level. Crazy to think you took a little bit of a chance on Potters and wow, how great of a team you guys are! I love to hear it. Exvet, lovely photos and I have to say I love your shirt! I think you are ri...

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Exvet, my post definitely auto corrected "Troy" to "trot." But I definitely want to see show photos of Junior and photos of Troy too. Lol!! It sounds like there actually has been a lot of progress with Junior and I'm eager to see! Your perseverance is really inspiring and sounds ...

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Exvet- I would be dang happy with a 65 at 3-3 and 4-3. It sounds like Junior is making steady progress so that's really exciting. Abc the saddle does sound promising. Trot sounds fun, we need more photos! SF, fingers crossed for the shoes helping! I'm hoping to have a lesson today if my daughter isn...

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Heddylamar- looking forward to seeing some video clips later! Flight- glad Ding is okay but so sorry to hear about Norsey. Glad you have Ding and Bear to keep you going for now. Exvet - good luck at the schooling show!! You are superwoman with all your energy. Mountaineer- Potters always reminds me ...

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Chisamba, sounds like a good plan. I hope you update with us how the bite trial goes. SF, glad T worked out of it and hopefully she just needs a way to enjoy her ALCAR more. Horses, man. Lynx got his feet done Monday and chiropractic on Tuesday. The chiropractor said he felt great. Back feels good a...

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Mari, glad you are okay! Sinkholes are terrifying to me! Mountaineer - glad you are feeling a little better and got on Potters! Lynx did a double take at a pile of snow that was surviving in the shade the other day until he decided it would actually be a really fun thing to play in. Lol I was runnin...

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Exvet, I totally agree. Her instructor isn't a dressage instructor, more just a general all around instructor. But she has rode Dressage, Eventing, Show Jumped, Roped/Ranch Riding, Working Equation. So she just has a good all around the base of knowledge that really works my daughter, especially at ...

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Fingers crossed for everyone on the saddle fitting stuff!! Yesterday the weather wasn't great and Lynx worked hard this week so I just did some in hand work and walked over walk poles for his core and booty. My daughter actually has a lesson really early this morning and the weather wasn't supposed ...

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Chisamba, glad Siaph seems to be on the right path right now. And hopefully Letta drops the bucking into the canter soon. Khall, I'm glad Joplin is okay. Hopefully she stops eating things that she should not! I had a wonderful ride today. Lynx was very focused and just relaxed. We had some wonderful...

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Thank you guys! Here is a little video clip. He's SO different than her lease horse who has been a lesson horse his whole life. But I think for both being out of their element with each other, they both did good. You might be able to see how he's definitely thinking about cantering LOL. And her rein...

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I'm so ready for spring! My daughter kicked off March by riding Lynx yesterday. I threw her on him after just some hand walking in the equiband. I'm very proud of them both. I can tell they're both a bit on the greener side as far as life goes lol. But they did really well. We did have an accidental...

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Okay, January and February was mostly a bust for us between never ending illnesses and bitter cold. Thankfully now we are healthy and the weather is beautiful for now. I got a few rides in and Lynx was wonderful. Hopefully spring will be much more productive for us.

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Enjoying reading everyone's reports as usual! Exvet, I sure hope you find a saddle! At least you have a resourceful fitter on your side. Blob, looking forward to hear about the clinic later on! Mountaineer- I commiserate on winter, ugh. It's not looking great hear the next few days either. Well I ha...

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Mari, that's such a bummer!! SF, sure is a gorgeous saddle. Fingers crossed it keeps working so well! Lynx was a handful last week. But today I had a more relaxed and focused horse. He did do this hop thing that previously he had done when he had to pee- which worried me but we pushed through and he...

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