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Supposedly shipping mid summer. I read that the setup time will go from 8 minutes for the Soloshot 2 to 30 seconds with the 3. Wait. Can that be right? just 30 seconds?! I hope so!!!!! That is the WHOLE reason I ordered a 3. While I've got my system down pat with the 2, I know I will be in love wit...

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I'm liking how our training threads are going, and I stopped posting stuff on UBDD because it was too intimidating. I LOVE getting critique and help but sometimes you're made to feel like you're not even trying! But I know we all try very hard to get this right. As for politics, I don't even follow ...

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What's an xeriscape garden?
I love gardens, but dislike gardening so mine tend to be shabby or overgrown depending on if we've had any rain.
Your pics are lovely!

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Kande, I haven't seen tapes in video cameras for years! I know my parent's used to have one that I would borrow!

Rosie - yes looking great! My guys all have their winter woollies on now, and I'm digging out my thermal jods

Flight · Re: Beware three red mares and a colt! 5/19/16 Beautiful!!!

Beautiful!!!

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What a run of crappy luck :( Sorry to hear that those awful things have happened, and now the saddle feels like it will finish you off. Hopefully your friend didn't realise it had a broken tree? I had a bit of a spaz last year, a saddle fitter told me to get a certain saddle for my horse. I couldn't...

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Forums are generally on the decline anyway. People don't seem to use them as much as say 5+ years ago.

I find the age demographic interesting here, we're mostly 40+ years??
What do the younger people do thesedays? Anyone got kids that can find out

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Where I live, there's a fair range of farriers I can use, so I would probably change to someone else. It was the line where you said you noticed something funny, but he dismissed it, and you ended up taking your horse to the vet. That would make me change farriers. I'd want one to have a bit of noti...

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I'm onto my second kindle, my first one (keyboard one) died, and the second one is the touch screen one. I LOVE reading normal books, and do sometimes go back and re read some of my old ones, but any new ones I get on kindle. They are just so convenient I doubt I'd buy another book for just reading....

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Question for those of you who post videos, what camera do you use? I tried to get some in hand work with my big guy but the iPhone did not have enough storage. Would love to see about getting some sort of a camera that is easy to use. I am pretty technologically inept. I just use a sony handicam ca...

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Thanks Chisamba! I think I understand what you mean. I think I've been 'throwing him away' in the transitions - giving too much when he's not 100% honest and then he just walks out the open door (by stiffening/raising the neck slightly). I know I've been guilty of pulling, but I'm also guilty of gi...

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Yes, have noticed your absence especially miss your advice in the training section.
Sorry to hear about the loss of your mother

I vote for staying in hospital the extra days, take the time to get over the surgery! Hopefully you can get people to help you with your move.

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I think it looks pretty cool !!

The drawing gorgeous, but it's hard to get it to transcribe to skin, and I think they've done a pretty good job.
Maybe later add a bit more flair to it, if you find a good artist, but otherwise I wouldn't be unhappy with that.

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Wowsers!!!! Yes, you did a great job in that situation!!!

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Gorgeous!!! I would call that a big dam, not a pond LOL.
I imagine a pond as small.

Beautiful spot.

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A brief rehash of story? I'm hopeless with names. Hopeless! I forget to look at who's post it is.
But welcome back.

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Rosie B - fabulous!! And he has another couple of gears there to come I reckon!! Really nice, yay!! :D Straightforward - what breed is the horse in your pic? He's lovely :) I hope my guy fills out a bit more to look like yours, mine is still quite dorky looking and yours is really nice. Mountaineer ...

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boots-aregard wrote:It will never look that clean again!

Hahaha, so true!!! Already its dirty... noooooooo!!

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Capstone, that would be great to watch in real life. This thread is good reading everyone's riding. I had a good weekend with my young horse. He is 4 (rising 5). I want to do low level eventing with him, so he had his first day at Jump Club on saturday. Just doing cross rails. It's mostly about the ...

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Most programs are really easy once you get the hang of it. Just need that bit of time to do it at first.

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How good to hear how he is going!! And of course, that he's going well

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That's so cool!

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Hi and I love that first photo! What a crack up

Look forward to reading about your progress with your lovely filly.

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I just caught up, sorry about your clinician experience, but good on you for leaving if it wasn't right for you rather than staying there and putting up with it.

LOL at the ball video!!

That was funny. He was like "meh, whatevs".
Lovely photo

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I followed a horsemanship trainers program for my young horse who was very sensitive and inclined to run away at anything. He did run into my stable door and smashed it with his bloody great chest. The stuff he does teaches them to relax themselves after a scare. It worked for him - groundwork/lunge...

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Rosie B - yes that makes a lot of sense (the motors), thankyou! Khall - not yet, but I think it's coming!! We do renvers and counter SI on the long side at the moment only. Watching my instructor ride his horses, he does what you describe so I suspect we will get to it. Ryeissa - I don't know! But i...

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Rosie B - I forgot you were pregnant! Yes, I remember you mentioning that before. I bet the judges love you guys! Goodluck to your mum, hopefully you can share a happy snap here of them from the weekend :) I'm open to any comments/criticism etc as I'm up for learning as much as I can. I also paused ...

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Rosie B, lovely relaxed swinging strides! Yes, it has good energy but it still looks relaxed and not forced (mine tends to!). It's really nice :) Do you get to compete much? You both look so good together. I thought I'd share some schooling vid. I've just hacked out a few bits to show what we now wo...

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Thankyou! This is great reading

It reinforces a lot of the stuff I'm doing now with my new instructor.

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Thanks everyone!! It is very exciting!!

Shirrine, yep I've been thinking about the solar route. I only need light in winter in there and not much else.

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Kathy, I love your photos and the range of animals you ride!!! I don't think I've ever seen anyone ride a mule in Australia, so it's fascinating to see.

Capstone, that is so rude! But Cartier does sound like such a dude. Kick on tomorrow though!!! Go for it

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I've had my place for about 8 years, I had a break up and had to find a place on my own etc. So I have a couple of dodgy acres on the side of a hill with powerlines, BUT slowly I've been adding stuff and I've finally got a little stable block of my own :) Now I just need power, water, stable mats .....

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Yes, the youtube link works! And the commentary is awesome, for the dressage it's been with Carl Hester and Pammy Hutton. I've loved how they don't sugar coat anything, but then they stop being too mean or picky. Carl gives some good little training tips in amongst it too.

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expat shield?

I have used that in the past, but it hasn't seem to do the trick for me lately.
This is on youtube, but not sure if it works?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxwAboB ... e=youtu.be

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Capstone, I've been through this too. At lessons, my instructor was always at me to ride more forward and would say that I have to get out of my comfort zone and not cruise around at home, and that forward feeling you get in a lesson, you must do all the time!! I did struggle with this, my horses wo...

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I'm in the lateral camp too, but adding a 20m circle of lengthened trot/ext walk/ whatever gait I'm in after the lateral stuff.

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Beautiful photo!!!

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Yes, when traveling to the left, we are perpetually either in haunches in or shoulder out, so to speak. I get that right leg way too far back. Yesterday my trainer said, "you are trotting, why is your leg back like you're cantering?" :oops: This is so me!! So, I'm riding the instructor/tr...

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smart thinking Capstone!

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I tend to email them to myself, and change size on photoshop/paint etc on the computer. Then upload to forum.
Or do it through photobucket like Amado said

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That is very cool!!!! Very exciting to see people piaffing! It looks really calm and correct to me.
Goodluck with the move!

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No critique from me, I think you look great! Thanks for sharing vid it's helpful to see and read the comments

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Don't be so hard on yourself!! You look fine!! Pony no where near overbent, and if you feel the contact is too heavy, it's probably where you both are at this stage, it isn't preventing him going forward. I think it looks good. Same about the tempo, just slow your rising down and you'll find he will...

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Klark_kent that's so cool!! Thanks for sharing vids, it's good to see people learning how to do it, and not just vids of professionals. Although you make it look easy too :D It's so cool bringing horses on yourself. While I get very frustrated with myself, I've started both mine and you do have to l...

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Sounds like a really good clinic

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Goodluck Capstone, and have fun with your beautiful horse

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Preeettttyyyyyy!!!!
I'll definitely have to get one for my guy now

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That's a good idea Klark_kent, I might do that next time.

Yes, please share some vid!! I'd love to see what others are doing around the level I am at.

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Well done StraightForward! That's a great effort.

I am shamefully not exercising. I know I have to, but once I've stopped I just cannot get back into it. So, I do sneak in and read for motivation but I'm such a slacker.

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She is very cute!! Congrats!!!

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