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Gosh I feel so very lucky (well in many ways) but especially in regards to horseshoeing. I pay $95 for front shoes only. I pay $135 for keg shoes all the way around but since I have aluminums put on Junior's hind, keg in front I pay $150. I always get an apology with each price increase too. I haul ...

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Exvet I hear you. And that is why I’m waffling a bit! I’ve hauled a GN for 30 years or so always with a F 250 diesel. I’m just wary of the new diesels now. Mine is an 07 with almost 250,000 miles on it. Love this truck but the newer ones I’m not sure about. They are so tall too! Gosh I do know what...

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Good luck Blob. Starting in the beginning isn't always that bad. If you set the stage especially with accuracy of your geometry it means the rest have to follow and that puts them at a disadvantage. So my plan with the boys was to keep Troy and Ace together and maybe see if Junior will behave with t...

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Good luck SF and T, sounds like you're on the right track to an uneventful recovery though they always keep us exercising our ingenuity ;) Flight, my condolences regarding your dog. No, it's never easy and there's never a 'good time' to have to say good-bye. While they take a piece of our heart with...

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As for hauling vehicles and trailers, just be sure you have enough weight and suspension with your towing vehicle that your fully loaded new trailer doesn't push you F150 or F150 equivalent through a stop light or intersection. I've made that mistake before when I was living in Virginia and making d...

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Exercises that have helped Junior the most have focused on quickening his hind legs (a true challenge) and maintaining suppleness through all three pieces of the body (shoulders, mid or barrel, and hind end). I love Chisamba's recommendation of trot-counter canter transitions on the 20 m circle. I h...

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First on the question of getting them used to performing away from home as well as they do at home - take them out as early as you can and as often as you can. No question when I had my larger rig and filled every open spot with the young ones who I took with the ones to be shown, the whole task lat...

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I think you will find that your plan gets you far, mari. Lots of sideways with the expectation of immediate response helps Junior a lot. Your tempis will straighten out too. One thing that I always found that helps is keeping the letter at the opposite end of the diagonal right between their ears as...

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Each time we give it a go, we get a little better. Today Junior earned a 66 and change at fourth level test 2. I was pretty happy overall. Definitely need to work on the canter half-pass sequence and of course continue to develop the flying change but hey at least they were all flying. I had enough ...

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We're a strong bunch and don't lose site of our goals. Aleuronx. I had the same recommendation back when I had Monty. BUY THE TAIL COAT! I did and I used it again for Gallod Morgan Henry and will dust it off for Annwylid Dare to Dream. Fortunately I have worn the same size for 30 years; but damn it ...

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In terms of lateral work, trot is easy for me and mine but not the canter as one would expect. Regardless of trot or canter when it comes to the lateral work I must first make sure not only am I NOT blocking with the hand (don't get the bend from the inside hand) but also that my hips are open to th...

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My goals are really for next 'year'. I have a hope that Junior and I will ride PSG at the February recognized show. To that end, I have a schooling show coming up next weekend where I plan to ride 4-2. Next we have a recognized show this coming November. I'm going to show 4th level there too. I just...

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Moutaineer, Jan Ebling is one who I haven't had a chance to audit or ride with and would truly love to have that opportunity. Glad to read that you got some good information out of it. Well I had my lesson this morning and I was waiting to be sure that Junior and I had made the progress I felt over ...

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khall, I am very sorry you had to go through what you did. I went through the same with my father. I expect I will also have to witness the same with my mother though perhaps the powers-that-be will make her passing quick when the time comes. As a veterinarian I feel blessed and privileged and belie...

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I'm sorry but I have to say that estrone is NOT hard to get. It's imo actually one of the easier and readily available compounded products to get especially if you're getting the aqueous preparation which is what I've used. It doesn't sting and it doesn't cause muscle soreness. For Brandon it helped...

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SF I hope you end up with a perfect fit for both you and T and will be interested in finding out what works. LSP it sounds like you're most likely really are making progress. In the end we all are responsible for listening to the feedback our horses are giving us, do our research, and based on our h...

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Chisamba she's lovely! Fortunately or not, she's way too tall for me and as stated before despite how much I adored my mares, no more females.......kind of like that tobacco addiction thing for me LOL. She'll definitely make someone a successful partner. Brandon loaded onto the Brookledge semi last ...

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I'm so sorry khall. It's no easy task seeing a love one through such a horrible disease. So many of us are directly affected by this. I wish you strength and hopefully peace soon for your whole family.

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Welp, since Brandon is sold and scheduled to head to his new home and new owner later this week, Junior is going to have to suck it up and show at the western dressage show next weekend. I had entered Brandon in it thinking it would just add to his show record and make him more appealing to the west...

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Brandon is officially sold and will soon be off to Norman, OK. His future is low level dressage and eventing (other escapades are not ruled out

Thanks for all the support y'all.

SF - keeping the flies off the sarcoid will not only help the lesion but decrease the chance of spread.

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I hesitate and don't want to get too excited but Brandon passed the PPE. It looks like we're moving forward with the sale and Brandon will eventually be landing in Oklahoma. At least it's an area with far more Morgan shows than what I have access to and this gal want's to do baby novice/novice event...

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khall I hope this weeks provides you with good news all the way around. Blob, I too hope that MM's condition improves on the new meds and wish you a fun filled vacay. I had the stinker pony (aka Morgan) on tapering doses of Dex on and off while he battled the worst of his allergies. FWIW he never fo...

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ExVet, that's way odd. I'd be inclined to tell her to ef off and mind her own business. Not when you're dealing with a breed that has small numbers. It is much of why I didn't go into Morgans as my family would have preferred many years ago. I got really tired of being told what I thought and what ...

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LSP, all I can say is when Junior has to go, he gets quite cranky. I started getting stalls even if I was just there for the day in order to give him a place where he could go. He's got things pretty well figured out now that he usually makes an effort to pee before I get on him if he has to go. For...

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Alternating back-and-forth between the bosal and the Mylar snaffle seems to really be working. I schooled Brandon today in the snaffle and he was willingly and pleasantly giving me the 2nd level counter canter loop, canter-walk-canter transitions, turn on the haunches and turn on the forehand (have ...

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I had two fantastic lessons today. Junior is really starting to understand what we're trying to do with passage/piaffe under saddle. Of course he needs much more work but the light bulb is coming on. Brandon is really loving western dressage and as an added bonus, as we keep peeling the onion, it ap...

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Congratulations Aleuronx! I too am setting my sights on PSG. Honestly if I can get the changes solidified, Junior is ready. I will share that my (hopefully) soon to be next project is a black section D Welsh Cob. He's expected to be bigger, like Monty and my last stallion, Resi. He has chrome too. T...

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Gosh, I'm sorry there are so many equine and human related health challenges. I too am sending jingles to all who need them. Our trip to Colorado was a short albeit much needed and welcomed relief from real life. The weather was great and we had a lot of fun. The boys look like they enjoyed their br...

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Moutaineer is correct on both accounts, though, Silverbridge no longer has a lippizans. He's gotten into Pre's now. He recently purchased and imported a rock solid young gelding.

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LSP, sounds like you're getting it sorted out with Lynx. I'm getting very excited for you two. It was HOT! at the schooling show today. Even better, there was a rodeo event going on immediately next door. I was a little worried that my guys might not take it well; but, fortunately I saw improvement ...

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Gosh SF you and Tesla are looking very strong (in a good way) and supple with your over fences work. Nice job! Moutaineer, glad to read that you're on the mend. I actually have a pair of tall boots that are a half size larger than what I normally wear because of my many mishaps over the years and th...

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Yes! So glad it's not worse khall. Today was hot for mountain Arizona standards. Temps hit 100 degrees. I had two lessons this morning, both short. Junior was the bomb. I didn't think I'd have enough pony but he really pulled out the stops and tried. We had clean changes. I still won't say they're c...

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I'm sorry to read this khall. It's how I lost my Arabian who took me to my bronze. Jingling that Rip stabilizes.

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Chisamba, I have owned, shown and ridden mares. I backed Junior's dam and showed her before I bred her (produced two full siblings before Junior). My foundation mare I purchase as a 2 year old along with her sister which I backed, rode and showed before turning them into a baby machines. I backed an...

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Congratulations Blob that's pretty impressive. Chisamba, I'm a fan and not a fan of western dressage. I love my western saddle for backing the babies; but, not to really develop feel and use of my seat. As for new prospects, I really would prefer to stay 15.3 or lower and even 15.3 is a little highe...

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Chisamba, you look absolutely fabulous. Moutaineer, I hope you're already starting to feel better. mari, I'm glad all is well from a horse health perspective. I'm also very jealous of the air time you get in the canter ;) I too had a lesson yesterday morning, well actually two. We had my instructor ...

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Chisamba, Junior does what I think most would expect when he's getting tired. He flattens and drops on his forehand if I can't keep him forward through the progression of the changes. If he's got good energy going in and I can rock and keep him back through the corner, I can manage them if I think I...

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I'll be working the next 3 days so this will be it from me for a while, phew ;) but I was downloading some of the pictures my daughter took this weekend and thought the following were interesting or something :roll: These were from the warm up areas. The first one shows an exercise I love for loosen...

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Which mouthpiece is everyone using on the winderen? Most know Joplin can be a bit bit reactive too. The better she’s engaged though the better her acceptance but hey maybe there is a better fit for her. Right now she’s in myler wide barrel eggbutt I had not heard of these bits untilmSF mentioned th...

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I agree with khall. Nice canter work with Potters. I did ride Junior today because he's going to get a couple days off while I'm at work. I decided since I've spent all this money on all these bits I'd try the winderen on Junior (loose ring snaffle). He loved it. I got some of my best collected cant...

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Congratulations on a really nice test Aleuronx. SF it looks like Tesla was taking things in stride and concentrating on what she was being asked, good mare. Glad to read that RP's canter is improving. I think his gears will develop with more strength. Rode in front of Schmutz again on Sunday. I real...

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Awwww that's so cool. Hope they have many more years of bliss.

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Congratulations Moutaineer! I used to ride with Bev Rogers several years ago. She's not an easy judge. My day of showing, just the one test, 4-1, wasn't as grand. Junior did very well in the warm up both yesterday and today. I'm starting think this is ALL ON ME, well, of course it is since I'm the p...

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Thank you chisamba. I really appreciate it. As far as I know yes, you can go all the way through the levels bitless in WD. One of my coaches is a rated judge for WD and I plan to confirm with her tomorrow but I'm pretty sure that's still true. As for my mother, she's more or less just waiting to die...

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It appears that the bitting/bridle saga has come to a conclusion. The winderen was NOT met with a glorious reception. I have to say I prefer to ride a relaxed and willing partner. The horse who uses his mouth for everything, picks up everything, even things you wouldn't expect a horse to be attracte...

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The other day my friend was walking home and a peacock started to display right in front of her very high-strung TB mare. That was an interesting morning. Peacocks elicit some interesting reactions! Mom's very placid gelding turned into a snorting, prancing monster when he encountered a flock at a ...

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LOL you and me, both Moutaineer. Junior was determined not to let that happen. I also got my ride times for next weekend. Looking likely I'll be scratching Brandon but Junior rides 4-1 at 1:00 pm on Saturday and 1:47 pm on Sunday. Good news for me, though, the show is all indoors including stabling....

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SF I have stopped vaccinating Ace for everything except tetanus and west nile (higher risk of exposure and mortality) due to the severity of his vaccine reactions. Junior and Brandon also have reactions but are much milder. Maybe it's just me but it seems like the chance of reaction is getting highe...

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On the subject of tense horses, we took the mustang (Ace) and Junior over to a local trail. It's up in the mountains/pine with loads of wild life. We done this before but it's been a few years. The weather was gorgeous and the trails very strenuous. The two got a work out and I'm convinced Junior wo...

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Chisamba, Molly has had me do much the same with Junior in terms of schooling - always working towards and periodically asking for 5-10 degrees more in bend, complexity, etc building up the time in the harder work so that at the shows he thinks it's all 'easier'. He's so damn smart and sensitive tha...

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