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Oh, nuts. I'm giving myself 3 points for Sunday but only two for today. I stayed within my boundaries as far as WHAT I ate, but I ate a good bit more than a handful of nuts. I really wanted to eat cookies so I placated myself with the nuts. Nuts. My sister told me that she counts out 10 nuts and th...

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Here's an example. I was actually working on trying to get a faster tempo than our usual pokey one, and on getting him to go fdo. He tends to want to go down, but not out, so I thought maybe if I could speed up the tempo a little that might help. So what do you think: too fast, too slow? https://you...

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Off the Leg: That means to me that the horse responds to the leg to go. That does not necessarily say that the horse is "in front of the leg" and especially "in front of the seat". It's like hot ottb's are very off the leg, but the are usually behind the leg. imo, of course. I t...

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:idea: It would be much easier for me just to have you send me your extra chokes :lol: . I could have sent one to everybody this year. I've been letting my seedlings get a little bigger before cold treating them, because I lose fewer if they're bigger when I start. I was also reading that once you ...

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Lasagne today, but made a little different than most make it. I use hot sausage rather than beef. I fry up loose sausage and then put it in a grinder..... When I make lasagna I make quantities and then freeze part of it, so use the whole box of noodles and make it in a roasting pan. I use sweet sau...

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demi wrote:I commented (with Pics) on the "SHORTEN YOUR REINS!" thing, over in the old folks forum so i wouldn't derail the goals thread anymore...

Good idea. I guess I post the same way I ride: lateedateeda....

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On the other hand, I once again failed to get any artichokes to flower. Oh, well… They have to have a certain number of hours (150?) below 50 degrees F to flower. I've been growing them for about 5 year now and a few "replacement" plants didn't get enough cool time so didn't flower, but m...

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The icing by itself, however, is overwhelming, and even the cake has to be eaten in a balanced way, or it can make you sick of cake. I think that getting sick of cake is pretty much the same as making what started out as fun into work? But then, if one is driven to progress, failing to progress can...

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Eventually if you stick with it under trainer supervision, you will eventually get a few moments where the horse connects and then you know what it feels like and you keeping working to duplicate that feeling more often. The problem is that I think there are too many trainers out there who think th...

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AmityBee wrote:

And now I'm going to be brave, just to give you an idea of what I have been working on for the last year or so.

Ah yes, now I see what you mean. Video makes all the difference to being able to put the words with the reality. Thanks for posting it.

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but the moment my horse needs the support of the outside rein (on a circle or doing shoulder-in) it's just not there, and once I shortened the reins enough to be there for him the moment is gone and the damage done. Shouldn't the horse fill out the outside rein by bending into it from the inside le...

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It wasn't wonderfully fluid, but we were both working hard and it felt like a strength training workout. The fluidity will come after the strength (I keep repeating this to myself). That's what I kept telling myself when I was taking lessons, but I think the problem there was that all I ever heard ...

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How is the riding back east right now? I took Wed. off because it was pouring with wind gusts up to 50mph. I was due for a day off anyway, because the weather's been so perfect that I've been riding every day so it felt like it was time to take a day off to recharge. I've been working on being able...

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I know that we are. We are focused on long term development not the turn and burn that I see in the jumper world. Maybe because their is no $$ in it for us even at the highest levels of competition, just a ribbon maybe a few dollars of prize money so I would say most of the dressage riders I know a...

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I mix cole slaw and chicken salad all the time--its def a great way to add some crunch to a meal- I use coleslaw like relish, and I like sweet and sour so use quite a bit of sugar and vinegar in it. Chicken salad is good with lots of fruit in it too, and it seems like just about any kind of fruit w...

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I have a 3/4 ton dodge with a warmblood size 2-horse gooseneck. It is a good solid rig...but still I worry. I think trailering is like riding, in that the more we do it the easier it gets. I'm always nervous when I first drive out the driveway, and then about a mile later it all feels familiar and ...

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I refuse to get on I-35 which has the worst traffic I've ever known, so I end up adding extra mileage just to avoid it. Oddly enough, a bigger truck really helps. My dh sells a lot of firewood so has some very large trucks, and one of them is set up to pull the horse trailer. The truck and trailer ...

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I thought I was the only one thinking this! You put something on a public bulletin board , on the internet , for the whole world to see. I don't think it's their privacy they want to protect, but their right to own anything that they might have a right to own. I think it's like resource guarding: p...

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I do wish I could help out a needy horse or a needy person. I do the needy horse thing because I like taking care of them and don't have a problem with having to make the hard decisions. I very seldom share my horses though, partly because of liability, and partly because most of those who want to ...

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I wish I could come up with another hobby to enjoy in my old age. You guys all seem to have other things you like. I don't. If I didn't ride I'd have to take up walking or hiking or jogging to stay in some kind of shape, and since I have everything I need for riding and like it a lot better than ot...

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It doesn't sound like it would work, but I've had chili and coleslaw for my last 3 meals and it's very good. I just plop the coleslaw right on top of the chili and eat them together, and then make some vanilla pudding for dessert.

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Maple wrote:I don't understand the bizarre paranoia and the -quite frankly- overblown sense of importance some of you place on your past writings on UDBB.

If you can't be important at least pretend that you are.

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I can't believe how much I've changed and how timid I've become. Every day when I walk across the ground I think how hard it is and how it would hurt to fall on it. The only reason I'm still trail riding (and probably riding at all) is because I know that if I ever stop I'll likely never get starte...

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Woost2 wrote:The walk home was sheer delight.

There's just nothing quite like finally being able to get out trail riding when you haven't been able to do it for awhile. I sometimes like to take a couple weeks off from it just because it feels so good to get back out again when I haven't been out for awhile.

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I'm not sure K that there is insulation.. Should be easy enough to tell. When it's cold outside just put your hand on the inside wall. If it's cold then there probably isn't much insulation, although it could just be insulated by an air space between the outside and inside walls. There also may be ...

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westisbest wrote:You can see the roof here well[/img]

What size is it? I would think just the insulation alone would be a huge expense, and then all the work plugging up cracks and ventilation and dust control. I think there are good reasons that we don't have very many heated indoors around here!

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martha sc wrote:NOT my horse, not my farm, just drop in and add some info when it's accepted. The hair doesn't seem disturbed, when she washed him yesterday, they hair laid down slick all around these lumps and they were alarming, they stood out so abruptly against the flattened wet hair.

Warbles?

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IIt would be interesting (if one chooses to do so) to take a before and after pic. I suspect I'd look noticeably better having a healthy diet along with exercise. If you take befores and afters put them up in random order without saying which is the before and which the after, and see if anyone can...

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But as my coach pointed out the dangerous horse is one that is behind the leg. So that's been my major issue, getting good steady forward energy. Odd idea, because I've been very slow to get my horse in front of my leg because once he becomes convinced that he has to go then he has a lot more momen...

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He hasn't had but a few rides from riders other than me, and those that try to get after him, he resisted big time. Sting doesn't resist so much as he gets nervous and then gets *very* energetic, in a hot, quick, choppy sort of way rather than a calm, smooth, steady sort of way. Which is exactly wh...

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my coach jammed on her helmet, got on him did all the singles and doubles, went in the line, gave him a good "insterberger" half halt he was perfect. Yes ma'am.. :).. Just goes to show, that if we can do it well, then they'll do it well. I don't think it would be easy to abuse my horse ei...

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No I don't have to stay there of course but leaving now will net me nothing.. I will lose touch with the only friends I have that I enjoy riding with and that ride at my level. My coach is so kind and caring with him and me. I don't think she could ever be replaced. And she won't. Taking him and me...

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They can't buy enough good stuff to last through Winter because they have too many horses to feed. Come February, they are feeding what looks like straw and broom splints. The problem is that in this climate (western Massachusetts) horse hay needs to be stored inside, because the round bales especi...

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Start out with free choice grass hay and if that isn't enough keep switching more of it out for 2nd cut and/or alfalfa. Once the 2nd cut/alfalfa is no longer enough start doing the same thing with grain. Start with the safer stuff and feed as much as it takes, and when that no longer works start add...

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demi wrote:
Glad to hear that. I also find it motivational. Now i just need to get some video...

I'd love to see video, so I can see how you're going about working on it.

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I should have read that article before my ride today, instead of waiting until I got home! Ha ha! If it's any consolation, I thoroughly read and studied the article and STILL had some problems. I had the one side better issue(left lead)at first, but then it switched to the right side being better. ...

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goldhorse wrote: So I assume that it's an abscess and I soaked the hoof. But I'm thinking what's the point?

I think the time to soak is after it blows out, to keep the opening cleaner and help make sure it doesn't close up before it drains and heals.

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http://draftcross.com/we-didnt-say-it/ Once in awhile I hear about a novice who bought a greenie and it worked out, but most of the time the horse they needed and the horse they bought were two different horses. :-) Someone I met who was probably in her 60's when she lost her 30 year old trail ridi...

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westisbest wrote:
Yes he's more than enough for me .. actually for a lot of riders if truth be told.

Just because they get older doesn't necessarily mean that they become kids' ponies.

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Sometimes the insanity the illogical freaking insanity of what I'm doing, spending $$ of a 22 year old horse pushing myself physically and emotionally to stay riding, hits me hard. As it has the last couple of days. But when I am actually there it always feels as if there is no other choice. And th...

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These are average rates around here for a good barn and trainer. That sounds much better than $1800/month, and is probably consistent with what barns in more populated areas near here charge. We're in a more rural area so I think board at an average barn with an unheated indoor is about $500-$600/m...

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Younger dressage trainer has more or less left moved her clients to a dedicated dressage barn. So our dressage group and one trainer are a small group left now. If I don't take lessons I'm not supporting my trainer. And then I won't be in the small elite haha... group invited to the new "priva...

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To stay there post rehab I would have had to sign on with one of the three permitted trainers there and since none were likely to be suitable for me I went back to home barn. Actually I was given an ultimatum at home barn in March, they had a stall since there were a bunch going to Cali for the sho...

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I have to stay in training minimum two lessons a week to stay in my boarding barn. So he has to work. Not overly hard but work. Ah yes, that does change the game considerably. What happened while he was laid up? Is that when you took him to the rehab facility? Did they hold a place for you at the b...

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Except for the time I did the overnight no knead artisan bread recipe in a dutch oven from the NYT, my yeast breads are never as "chewy" as I'd like - especially the pizza dough. I'm wondering if its because I'm not actually working it enough to get the texture I like. Do any of you make ...

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I read the article, which clarified some of my questions, so went out yesterday to try again. I get distracted easily though, so only remembered to make one attempt to do the shallow loop. Last time I tried it I tried to go all the way to X, which didn't work at all because I couldn't fit the other ...

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[So now he's all teddy bear coated and I have to be careful not to overheat him in work. So yea it's been a very long stressful time. I don't clip, and mine do get very furry in the winter. They started getting their winter coats in Sept and will have much longer, denser coats by February. But I do...

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demi wrote:
Cookies are a huge problem for me. Easy to eat, and so tasty...I need to get a grip!

And they go so well with sitting in front of the computer with a cup of coffee (my favorite non-activity).

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PaulaO wrote:I figure moose would have be pasture boarded--they couldn't fit their antlers through stall doors.

And if you thought horses were afraid of donkeys, just wait until you take your moose to a show.

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Paints wrote:
Everytime I see a moose I think how hard it would be to find a saddle to fit those withers.

You'd need to have a custom saddle built on a moose tree.

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