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Kyra's Mom

No SO but no, I usually didn't tell my parents either. As long as I was upright and able to pass for 'normal'. I have been very lucky and not had severe injuries--usually just bruising. One time I went off right over the back of the horse (I was not being present...just standing around shooting the ...

Kyra's Mom

I haven't blanketed for 2 years now but then the horse isn't in any serious work either. If she was in serious work, she would need at least a bib or trace clip because she is one fluffy, woolly critter. Especially this year. Wowza...her hair isn't really long but man is it thick. It would take fore...

Kyra's Mom

RE: grey horses...you will probably be dealing with melanoma at some point. Usually more of a nuisance but not necessarily. I currently have a grey horse. I won't have another. Her first melanoma popped up at 2! They were pretty minimal between having that one removed and now but she is starting to ...

Kyra's Mom

SF, I am glad you kept at it. I had something similar...sort of...vet said one thing but in the back of my mind I was going...no, I don't buy that. Turned out to be an abscess...a little easier recuperation than what Annabelle has ahead. I wondered if she would need a shoe to stabilize things. Damne...

Kyra's Mom

Congratulations.

Susan

Kyra's Mom

SF--poop :P , You know who is standing around a couple miles away. For some unknown reason, my butt has been on the warpath so I haven't been riding much. Have managed a bit of ground work though. If you feel like you are going to ride her much, I will have to clip and blanket. She is one wooly crit...

Kyra's Mom

Well, I will say that dinner was quite good. The turkey was fairly melt in your mouth tender. You never know when you get the bird given to you. My sister even dressed up the Stovetop adding mushrooms and more celery. So we had turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes w/carrots, and green b...

Kyra's Mom

goldhorse wrote:All is fine. Minor impaction which will pass after tubing. But I HATE COLIC

I wholeheartedly agree.

Jingles all has passed.

Susan

Kyra's Mom

It was so funny the other day - I was handwalking Annabelle and she was watching a palomino horse being ridden down Hubbard Rd. Then they cut across the corn stubble field, and all the horses freaked out because the palomino just blended right into the dried corn. :shock: :shock: Very dramatic! Yes...

Kyra's Mom

You aren't going to get any inspiration from me. The hospital gave each employee a bird. My sister is going to cook that and yep horror of horror...Stovetop. I am making jello salad (horrors again). Both my Mom and sister are great for getting stuff off of QVC so I have no idea what the rest will be...

Kyra's Mom

I think a hair dryer would come in handy and shorten the process? I know when I have had surgery, to avoid rubbing an incision, I have used the hair dryer on a lower setting to get those areas nice and dry and it worked very well. Of course, I don't have a winter coat :lol: . I do know my mare is ve...

Kyra's Mom

My condolences khall. Godspeed Roger.

Susan

Kyra's Mom

Boy, does that video bring back (bad) memories. Kyra wasn't quite that tense but she had the 'flamenco' dressage down pat. I wish had found her stuff back then. I can say that my riding and mind set to riding has changed a lot (for the better) since I started working with a lot of her material.

Susan

Kyra's Mom

Kyra and I are plodding along. I am currently continuing to work on my fitness and flexibility which means I am not riding very much but I do feel things are progressing although it seems awfully slow. I guess when you get 'over the hill', that is the way it is. I am swimming a couple time a week an...

Kyra's Mom

Yes, khall, I do Karen R's alignment exercise quite a bit. It is so cool to see them find straight. It is very apparent and at least my horse seems to enjoy it as it takes little effort to keep her there. I too do a bunch of in-hand work or at least did until my foot said otherwise. I still do a lit...

Kyra's Mom

You may have multiple things going on. I would definitely check for ulcers. As to the mouth issue...it may not be "teeth" at all. I went through something similar with my mare in her younger days. She was very slow to mature and most of her 4 y.o. year I just putzed around with her in a ro...

Kyra's Mom

I seldom if ever use side reins anymore. You can address alignment without them although it is really attention to detail type work. Last spring and early summer I did quite a bit of lunging (a couple times a week for no more than 20 min) as I couldn't do much riding due to my back. According to Str...

Kyra's Mom

Done (at 11:15 this morning).

Susan

Kyra's Mom

I am continuing the goals of the last two months. For both of us, ride a couple times a week. I had a nice ride today with some more trot sets. Short ones which then ups the number of transitions we do which is good. They were prompt and connected. One circle she did want to bear down a bit but I ju...

Kyra's Mom

He looks maaahvelous ;) . A very solid intro to showing. Yes, those young ones can be challenging in such an atmosphere but it sounds like he got it together. It certainly looks like it in the presented pictures. Congratulations. It is so gratifying to bring these babies along although my dear made ...

Kyra's Mom

Very cool.

Susan

Kyra's Mom

Gosh...jingles to everyone that all maladies resolve. I got to ride yesterday. Kyra was great even in the wind and I did a few more trot sets to test out my back. She was more forward and energetic and it went pretty well although I am still not pushing the trot agenda. My foot is killing me walking...

Kyra's Mom

I was just fussing with this yesterday. I haven't ridden a whole lot for a long while but yesterday noticed that if I did not have the reins short enough...I lost her. Some body part would bulge, she got crooked and boom, my hands were in my lap trying to correct everything...it doesn't work very we...

Kyra's Mom

I actually rode 2 days in a row :!: .What a concept :lol: . I have a very painful foot...my damned body :P ... so I have to ride or do nothing. Like SueB, I tried a little trot and pooh, that didn't feel so good. Not really painful just very incompetent muscles that were struggling. I didn't want to...

Kyra's Mom

I got in a ride today. Managed to pony up the energy to get my saddle back to the barn ;) . Just a splendid wonderful fall day. 65 degrees, sunshine and a good horse. I got the OK from the back surgeon to resume life but am still being a bit on the cautious side. So still just did a walking session....

Kyra's Mom

Oh shoot - did you want to try the Eloquence? I grabbed it to bring over to Adrienne in case she said the Vinici was a no-go. No...my saddle is fine. It just needs to be at the barn ;) . Whichever one you had there is fine for walking but I think for me would be a crotch banger at rising trot. I do...

Kyra's Mom

Well...I was going to ride yesterday but someone (Straightforward) came and got her saddle so riding didn't happen :P . Really, I have my own saddle but I took it home before my surgery with the intent to clean it and decrease the saddle count in the tack room. I looked at it as I left the house and...

Kyra's Mom

It depends for me. I usually do a trace or bib clip to help with cooling. I don't do a full body clip...Kyra is out 24/7 and we have a lot of wind so even with blankets, I would be hesitant to do a full body clip. My barn, other than feeding is pretty self service so when she is blanketed, you have ...

Kyra's Mom

Got another ride in today :D . We headed over to the track. I don't think she has been over there since before my surgery and she was a delight. It was nice to not have the dust...the flies were terrible but I guess that is what you get when the field next to the track is getting cow manure spread a...

Kyra's Mom

I am with musical comedy. Nothing would have saved me when I've gone off of Kyra. She teleports :lol: . Literally, the horse has disappeared out from under me. She has either literally zagged sideways about 6 feet or drops (about a foot) and spins. I personally don't like the deep bucket dressage sa...

Kyra's Mom

He looks very sweet. I love the forelock adornment. ENJOY!

Susan

Kyra's Mom

I have owned 2 geldings and 4 mares. The only one I didn't really mesh with was the one gelding I bought as a mature, trained horse. And it was meshing emotionally. He was well trained, didn't have any bad vices but I just never clicked with him on an emotional level. I suppose you don't have to but...

Kyra's Mom

I rode yesterday :mrgreen: . Not really a goal but I am having a foot problem and doing ground work and in-hand work in the loose arena footing is killing me so time for Ms. Kyra to pack my butt around now. I don't go back to the doctor until a week from tomorrow but am perfectly content to walk unt...

Kyra's Mom

Rarely. Although I have a white horse...we do not have hot water available for bathing. Even in the dead of summer with the temps in the 90's, by the time I am done bathing her, she is ready to jump out of her skin. Well water is just too cold for her liking. If she is sweaty and needs a rinse I jus...

Kyra's Mom

I had a western saddle for a while. Kyra looked very cute in it, especially when I rode with my bosal. Total western pony. Use what you are comfortable in. I didn't use mine enough and I actually lost weight and it was too big and I slid around a lot. I sold it on...kind of wish I still had it (yep,...

Kyra's Mom

Jingles for a safe stint. I can imagine how worrisome for you.

Definitely rely on the retail therapy and I hope the new horse works out.

Susan

Kyra's Mom

Oh Sue...I hope you mend quickly. I know, I am in love with this time of year. My surgery was in July but my final follow-up isn't until Oct 12th. Of course I am taking time off work from Oct 1 through the 12th. I told my PT I was going to ride during that time off...again, only at walk. She asked i...

Kyra's Mom

I think SF means jowel strap (autocorrect :P ). I tried Kyra in the same PS of Sweden bridle and she is doing great in it. It moves all the straps away from her molars. She is very fleshy inside her mouth and even a French cavesson, pressed all that fleshy stuff into her teeth. It is very hard to fi...

Kyra's Mom

I have always left the registered name. I have no imagination. One arab was Obra Sahib but did have a cute barn name...Sherman. For an arab he was built like a tank and had an injury when he was a weanling that required regular doctoring. He tired of that quickly and nearly put the owner's two sons ...

Kyra's Mom

Congratulations Deanna. What a loveable (and ABLE) mug.
Susan

Kyra's Mom

Well, I finally got out to the barn...eager to try my "liberty sticks". The company that makes the Hybrid halters had these. They had an oops and ordered too many I guess so they were selling the pair for $25 instead of $25 each. They are a nice very light "wand". One is a longer...

Kyra's Mom

Today was lesson day. I'm not sure if I've ever had two lessons in one day before, but I lived through it. Second lesson was on Kyra. I wish I'd gotten video, because it was the best ride I've ever had on Kyra. Instructor got us working quite nicely and I think I have SI sorted out much better now....

Kyra's Mom

What a hunk but yes, he will be much better without the jewelry.

Have fun!

Susan

Kyra's Mom

No fusion Tsavo. Just a disc issue but still no "excessive" bending, twisting, lifting. Whatever "excessive" is. I am trying my hardest not to find out because excessive will end with me back where I started :P and I don't want that. SueB that is cool. When I had foot surgery sev...

Kyra's Mom

8-) :mrgreen: . So one of the precautions for my back surgery are no 'excessive' bending at the waist. Of course, I am working in the round pen with my horse and drop my cell phone on the ground :oops: :evil: . I have my riding tights on and they don't have any pockets. I have just been shoving my p...

Kyra's Mom

Birthday was fine...if you like work :P . That is OK...who is counting? Weather is some better. Still wanting to get in the upper nineties. What I don't like is that it isn't cooling off very well at night. I don't sleep well if I am hot. Of course, I have AC and I think I have used it more this sum...

Kyra's Mom

It must be the time of year?? I've been on a bit of a spree too albeit on-line. For the size of Boise, there is no longer any English tack shops around :P . There is one in Middleton but that is about a 30 mile drive (and the opposite direction from the barn) that I haven't had time for. I bought so...

Kyra's Mom

Lovely mare. Enjoy

Susan

Kyra's Mom

I wore a "clamshell" back brace for 7 months :shock: Yuck...Oh yeah, T shirt under the brace for sure. It is a wonder the incision will heal when being parboiled...but it looks good. I know...summer has been :P :P :P everywhere. We finally got some relief this morning. In the low 60's wit...

Kyra's Mom

Well, I got is wrong. The official was 110F :o . Not to mention I am wearing a nylon and plastic back brace. I should have an hour glass waist when I am done with that 'cause I get some serious sweating. It gives me a reason to go lay in bed since I don't have to have it on then. Mountaineer, that i...

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