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So am I crazy to do this? I felt so sure of myself before I asked the boss but now that she said yes I'm having doubts. I seem to often make bad decisions so will this be another one? Oh my, what a tough decision. If you haven't already, you may want to talk to some PhD's who are now doing what you...

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I wish i had mirrors or a soloshot. Working with a trainer will be helpful but I'm not quite ready to take lessons on her yet. If you have a video camera you can probably find a place to set it so that you can get part of the session. As long as I stay in a 20 X 40 area I can set up 2 cameras and r...

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Now that you're asking more work, it's harder so he will resist. So, it's from this point on that you choose which way you approach it. Sounds like you are doing what I would do though. Start small, ask for a little bit and then when he has that, add a little bit more and so on. Agree. We only have...

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Ponichiwa wrote:
Pictures are going to have to wait because I'm not happy with the weight I am. I'm the vainest.

Just put a big flowing cape on and no one will be able to see you.

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Well, I keep failing on the making goals route, after so many months of doing well. I shall chant to myself "my goal is to make goals, my goal is to make goals..." Yup, I think up lots of goals while I'm sitting here in the chair, and even write them down on my blackboard down in the indo...

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Any suggestions for chicken? I have a couple of chicken breasts to do something with and am lacking inspiration. We're in the middle of winter here, but I had some cabbages hanging in the cellar, along with stored onions and carrots, so chopped them all up and stir fried them. I keep a ginger root ...

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I also use an old deep freezer to store extra feed bags. It's very critter-proof, but it can be a bear to lift heavier feed bags back out. I currently have quite a few old horses so am feeding a lot of grain, so have a 55 gallon drum, and old freezer on its side, and a metal box that holds 300lbs. ...

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I? I'm really starting to feel the difference when you really ask for a medium canter and allow it to happen, as opposed to asking but holding at the same time. The trot is a work in progress with my horse but the more I ask and 'allow' the easier it becomes :) I wonder if the holding is from tryin...

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Literiding wrote:Here's a link to the original research paper:

http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/ ... 2/20150907

Did you read it, and if so, does the research look good to you, or do the conclusions they reached take a leap of faith?

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[quote="bascar" (Silk will not be able to replicate any of this as none of it can be cooked in a microwave)[/quote]

I'm sure that anything that can't be cooked in a microwave can be cooked in a crockpot!

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Except for just one thing... it doesn't actually taste of anything. Is this the flour? I just used generic strong white. I can probably up the salt a bit, but I know you can't go too far with the salt or you won't get the rise. What say you, bakers? The flavor is what I like best about the no-knead...

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I'm happy to say I'm not an expert on this topic, but isn't the intent to render the animal unconscious rather than kill it? I believe they want the heart beating to aid in bleeding the animal out after the neck is slit. The purpose of the bolt or bullet is to render the animal unconscious long eno...

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Yes, getting the half halts right so you generate the energy, without letting it out as speed, but not blocking it with our hands! So tricky! I think it may be all about flexibility in movement, and as the horse becomes more flexible it becomes much easier for him to produce the kind of energetic m...

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I would think it would really depend on the passage the bullet took, would it not? No doubt the animal would go down, but it might not die right away. Don't they use 22s in some slaughter houses to drop the animals in order to facilitate bleeding them out? I'm only speculating, but I can tell you t...

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I would think it would really depend on the passage the bullet took, would it not? No doubt the animal would go down, but it might not die right away. Don't they use 22s in some slaughter houses to drop the animals in order to facilitate bleeding them out? I'm only speculating, but I can tell you t...

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I must have an electric bum. Developing energy is something I find quite easy even with lethargic type horses. What I find is that so many people block the horse's attempts at energising by trying to lock it in against the bit. The rider really does need to have the confidence to stick with a light...

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I watched a lot of other rides and he was very helpful to some others. Maybe it's just me? Maybe he just spaced out and forgot what he was supposed to be doing, although one would think that when he realized he would have, at the very least, apologized? I have a video someone sent me of a popular B...

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It will, but remember, the brain is at the top of the head and not between the eyes. The easiest angle from which to hit the brain if the horse is down is to aim forward from behind the ear so that the bullet travels through the brain and exits the forehead below the level of the ears, but above the...

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It's easy to point out what's wrong. Honestly, it is. Especially on a forum! The challenge is to diagnose how to fix it--or to execute that diagnosis. What may be the biggest challenge is to point out what's right, and maybe that's because as soon as anyone compliments anything someone will point o...

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Just guessing, but crossing them with good-bodied warmblood or draft mares to produce sport-bred mules and big draft mules, hoping to overcome the lightness of body and get something big and pretty? I think that mules usually end up bigger than either the mare or jack, so a big mare has the potenti...

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Donkeys come in all sizes from miniatures to some pretty good-sized mammoths that stand close to 16 hands. I think they may have them up to about 17 hands now, although why anyone would want a 17 hand donkey I don't know? The tallest ones are often spindly with long backs and legs, and small bodies...

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I did make spaghetti and meatballs 2 nights ago. It was lovely knowing it was simmering on the stove for us when we were ready for it. Spaghetti and meatballs sounds really good, and I think the dh has some burger thawing in the fridge so maybe I'll go do something useful while I'm procrastinating ...

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Sweet roll dough cut into chunks and rolled in cinnamon and sugar. Drop in bottom of oiled crockpot, drizzle butter over, add brown sugar and nuts to taste. Cook on high for an hour or more until they firm up. The recipe I use has a cup of mashed potato in it to give the dough structure. The idea wa...

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chantal wrote:
I wonder if this is a parenting issue.

I think it's often drug and/or mental illness related. Sometimes it's the parents, or the whole family, or only the one individual who isn't able to function very well.

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I swear to god there are people who deserve to live in a trash heap they are so $&()$*&@)(*&$# ... I think they often have problems that are way bigger (for them) than having a job. Some are just too anxious about failing (again), so would rather avoid putting themselves out there than ...

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Shirrine wrote:I have a mare who right from the moment a bit was put in her mouth she rattled on it.Any ideas would be appreciated.

Mullen mouth or straight bar bit?

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I have several iphotos taken in the same pose from before any trim and then again after the first and second trims. I have them lined up on my computer home screen. This morning after staring at them, rearranging them, resizing them, cocking my head for a differnt angle, I realized it's pretty hard...

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The barn I now board at has an awesome covered arena and outdoor arena, but no arena mirrors at all. Ideas or suggestions please. I need mirrors too, and keep forgetting to pick some up so that I can then figure out how to put them up, and where. I'm planning to get multiple smallish ones so that I...

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I wonder what happens if others on the flight are allergic to a therapy animal?

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If anyone has insight to share I am interested to hear it. I worry about changing the hoof angle so much, but the vet said they were definitely broken back and needed to be fixed. I hope this is the reason the trainer she was with when I bought her said she couldn't "hold her leads".... T...

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I am still hoping somebody will come up with a solution to carrying the phone and not dropping it in the toilet, water bucket, or whatever. I sew pockets with velcro flaps on the barn jackets I wear most often, and have learned to attach them waist high rather than up higher so that when I bend ove...

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Suzon wrote:
At least you don't put it in your back pocket only to have it slip out into the toilet when you drop your drawers.

That would be a pisser!

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I didn't want any more electricity in the barn than absolutely necessary because of the danger of fire, so what little wiring we have is either in conduit or visible. If I had a need for hot water I'd put it in a separate barn, far enough away from the barn where the horses are so that I didn't have...

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[quote="Rosie B"]Well today I got to put my money where my mouth is with regard to riding in the cold. ;).... quote] Good job! Before I got an indoor I did a lot of riding in the snow, but back then hoof boots didn't stay on very well so my horse was shod with ice calks. Now it's a lot eas...

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I'm a little confused by the "..then DON'T CANTER", thing. If you just keep trotting, how will he know he was supposed to canter? My horse will never "beg" to canter. Or do you mean, give him the aid, but don't let him canter? Sorry, I'm missing something here. I think the idea ...

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Briarwood wrote:Before I put on a coat I put my phone in a pocket.

And then I bend over to do something and it falls out, because I thought I snapped the pocket shut, but didn't.

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It looks calm and quiet to me, too, and in my opinion, calm and quiet is a very good thing. I also see good energy. I can understand why when you "do ride it's a lot of fun". I am guessing you find some motivation in making the videos. Yes, videotaping my rides has worked well for me for ...

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I got to the point where I thought I enjoyed riding Rocky on trails and we even have nice little trails on our property, but after riding Emma, I realized that a steady diet of trail riding wasn't nearly as enjoyable for me as riding the dressage movements in an arena with the right horse. What mak...

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I swear I have that conversation with myself every year. I'm a slow learner. When I was in school, I rode down to 8 deg F but called it quits under that. That got bumped up to the low teens when I started working full-time. Now, I really don't like riding when it's under 18. Who knows what will hap...

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I struggle with this in the collected canter, I have lessons and my instructor tries to get me to encourage more jump with my seat and a bit of a tap with the whip if need be on the up part. We do small circles, quarters in on the circle and forward and back within the canter, but has anyone else b...

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Yes, she's on very soft ground. This is PNG. It downpours daily, and we live in mud and swamp most of the time :) One big advantage to soft ground is that there's no dilemma about how much to take off, as there often is with horses who might, or might not be ridden on abrasive surfaces between trim...

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Abby Kogler wrote:it would never occur to me to ask someone to give me a horse, and pay its bills! so I can teach on it for income. FEI trainer or not! Unbelievable! I cant imagine anyone going for this.

Sounds pretty clueless, doesn't it? Or maybe it's one of those shot in the dark things that sometimes work?

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She probably doesn't need the extra wall, and since it's breaking off in chunks and opening up the hoof to infection it would be better if it was kept shorter. A longer wall is a good thing if they have to go from soft, wet ground to gravel, but if she's only going to be on soft ground then a shorte...

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When I'm on him, it's really hard to feel what is going on underneath me. I feel lift in the shoulder, but I have no idea if the front legs are doing anything other than the "Hackney trot" (thanks for the term tlkidding :) My Halflinger mule didn't know he could lengthen his trot because ...

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I have had enough horses in my long life that I don't seem to get excited about a horse just because it's new to me. It has taken a long time to get as selective as I've become about acquiring a new horse. I had been looking for a few years before I found Emma and had considered a few carefully bef...

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I have to push myself to ride...period. I just do not enjoy it anymore. That's where I'm at too, although I do still get the urge to ride some, but just not as often as I'd like. As long as I don't ride for too long, or too actively, I'm fine physically and could ride every day--although I do think...

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Somehow I can't get the pics attached in the right order...but here they are anyway... She looks a lot better already, and with her breeding I'm thinking that she probably has quite a bit of endurance? I've never owned an Arab, but the Trakehner I have has quite a bit of Arab on his dam's side, and...

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I work at finding other ways to stay motivated. I try to use the mental changes to my favor. I used to have to get every little chore done first before I rode (someone else mentioned having this problem). Now, I realize that having the barn isle swept is not as important as getting on my horse. Stu...

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musical comedy wrote:What is meant by recovery time?

How long it takes before any muscle soreness goes away and you feel energetic enough to ride again.

You do 3 days in a row though, so do you have to push yourself to get back out there the second and third day?

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I read a few comments up the thread about how different the recovery time was as you got older and my question relates to that. Is the recovery time worse because you got older, or because circumstances allowed you to start riding less frequently? I think it's both, with riding less (not pushing as...

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