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Have you seen the stages of learning? Unconscious incompetence (you don't know you don't know) Conscious incompetence (you know you don't know, but can't do it) Conscious competence (you can do something correctly if you really think and work at it) Unconscious competence (correctly and without much...

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So winter is coming. It's still 70 during the day here, but the night temps have been dipping lower. My horse is a super wimp. He was bred in the south, and he has the thin skin of a true southerner. He doesn't really know what REAL winter is, and gets super cold when it drops below about 35-38 or s...

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Love these pics. I owned a palomino for a short time. A beautiful golden palomino. But she was so sweet and gentle and incredibly boring, I couldn't stand her. :lol: I sold her to some people who adored her and her job became standing still while their grandkids used her as a jungle gym. I bought a ...

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Apropos of nothing, Wisconsin legislature has voted on blaze PINK as official hunting color. Along with orange The idiots seem to believe more women will hunt if there is more pink. *headdesk* Wut? That is so silly! They're predicting lots of precip this winter, so I'm gonna be in the same boat. I ...

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Oh, no.

I've gone through it, and I'm sorry. Good luck, it can take a long time to heal.

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I love them, they're all I buy. Mine is a 15 QH. I like keeping the neck warm and dry, too. But they can sometimes be hard to find, so I guess not everyone has the same experience as me. I usually buy Weatherbeeta or the generic WB through Chick's Saddlery...get a heavyweight waterproof high neck bl...

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I am so sorry for your loss

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Jingles for him and for you!

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What a horse. Just amazing!

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What do you mean by "foundation breeding?" Sure! Foundation breeding...when AQHA first came into existence in 1940, they reserved the first group of registration numbers for selected stallions. These early stallions sired dynasties and, well, founded the breed. Early horses were inspected...

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She’s a 1976 model. Double bred King, with dashes of Waggoner studs, Poco Bueno, Roan Hancock, Leo in the mix. The mare’s sire is Blu’s Wagon Wheel, who is by Blue Glo out of Blonda Dun. Blue Glo is a grandson of the great King. Blonda Dun is by Poco Dun, out of a Sergeant mare. Her dam, Dusty Gray ...

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What's the name? or you can PM me, I'd be happy to help.

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Mine is. I don't have pics handy, he's fairly balanced, but is downhill. We're showing I-1 right now, schooling higher. I am an amateur that trained him myself. If your horse is has a strong work ethic and a willing heart, and has the physical ability to take weight, then it's possible. Heart is a H...

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I made a dog's breakfast out of it, *laugh* I spent so long looking at this, trying to figure out what exactly you fed your dog and how it tied into the 3-3 test. :oops: :lol: I'd never heard that expression before. So, I have been really trying to concentrate on foundational stuff. Serpentines, ci...

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Wooo boy, that is a big black freighttrain of a horse. Should be fun to see his progress!

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Sounds like a win-win-win situation for everyone, to me...

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I'm so sorry Chisamba

Bless you, sweet lesson pony.

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chantal wrote:You are awesome. Thank you for sharing.

This

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Yaaay

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demi wrote:Ok. I think I've got it.
Nice cow pony, by the way. Is he your FEI horse?

You got it!

Yep, one and the same.

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Thanks, gee. Will have to see if I can borrow or find it a little more economically priced. I have a book called Through a Dark Silence all about training blind/deaf dogs which is pretty useful, but I need all the help I can get! Gunner is a sweet soul. Sleeping in my lap as I type. I look forward t...

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I cant figure out how to work the quote function and i dont want to make a mistake with that particular function! Demi, just click the little quote mark button in the upper right corner of whomever you want to quote. So the weather finally cooperated and the Cowpony and I got a dressage lesson. Gen...

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My prediction: At some point, at some location, weather of some kind will happen.

Mark my words.

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I forget.. is it three wins for the rider and three for the horses? I dunno, honestly. We won one overall, but mostly finish 2-4th place. Guess I'll look it up if I ever win again. But I spend exactly 0% brainpower on trying to play the game (i.e. setting up for the best PnR numbers, trail strategy...

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I found Domino at the pound, a huddled and sad pile of matted hair and bones. I found his blue eyes pretty creepy, but I wanted a Cocker Spaniel, so....home he came. At first, he was a wild child. Young, with no manners at all - he peed on everything that he wasn't chewing up! But time passed, and w...

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clanter wrote:Competitive Pleasure ?

Naw, just novice. Ain't no one gonna confuse us with a national champion NATRC horse

you have to win 3 to be forced to move up, so I will stay as long as I can - I am not serious about competing, I just like the rides. The novice and CPs ride the same trail, anyway.

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how does the vibration collar work?? Never heard of one. You press the button and it vibrates i get but does it have different patterns etc or is it used as "negative" reinforcement or as a cue? Looks and functions exactly like a shock collar, except the only thing it does is vibrate.It h...

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I just can't add anything more in my hands. I have too many things to juggle as it is. The penlight (clicker) can be difficult to use, if he's looking away or we are in a bright room, it doesn't work well. I used a long-handled spoon with squeeze cheese as a target to help with "heel" and ...

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Are you handy at all? It's possible to build agility equipment. Most of the equipment is relatively simple -- A-frame, dogwalk, table, weave poles, jumps, etc. You'd probably have to buy the tunnels. But you could build the stuff with a few weekends of work, I think, for a few hundred dollars' in su...

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so I removed the photos. Pictures of Foxie are NEVER a distraction to any thread. It could be a discussion on cookware, and then there is a picture of Foxie, and it would be OK. She was that awesome. :lol: But, anyway, I love trail riding. It is harder for me to do frequently, though -- requires a ...

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Kande and Amado, those are so pretty!

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Meet my new project. This is Gunner. He is appx 1, is 100% dead and about 80% blind. He came from the Cocker Spaniel rescue I work with. A good samaritan saved him from being killed by his breeder and turned him in. He is a homozygous merle, which causes his coat and eye color, and congenital defect...

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I don't know how reining broke he is, but maybe try researching a good reining trainer and see if you can talk to your horse in the language he already understands. Look up Dick Pieper, he is a true horseman regardless of tack. His Basic #1 and Basic #2 are what you're looking for. I highly recommen...

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How cool!

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I use Bookbub, too, and found some good books that way. I mean, they're free, so low expectations. The other method I use is through Amazon. Go to Amazon, then Kindle books. Then pick your category of choice (on the left side, ie Biographies or History). Then in the upper right corner, select 'sort ...

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Sorry for your loss, Rockabilly.

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planning on debuting 3rd level. Well.....WE DID IT!!! Got a 63 & 65 at 3rd-1, and earned our bronze medal! Whoa! Congrats MaryC! Woop Woop! :mrgreen: Gosh darn it, I always LOVED the goals thread so now I'm gonna JOIN instead of lurking. I am done showing for the year, so I am just working on i...

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I'm checking in! I was Kelo before, and I suppose I shall remain so, to prevent confusion. :) I am a QH person, through and through, with far more experience in the QH, reining and cow horse world. Been doing dressage for about 6 years, and I loff it, even if I don't know exactly what I'm doing and ...

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Thank you, Chancellor!

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