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Chisamba I feel you! Thank you for saying some horses can't be changed to look a certain way! I look at my mother and two daughters and see, though I have done the same things with them, they don't all have the same development! I used to think I was great at putting on flying changes, too, because ...

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Very interesting discussion. I've said this forever--dressage is a lot better than it was 40 years ago, and the riders are WAY better. And I've always called BS on abuse or cruelty--you can't really get horses at the top and sound that way. And that includes Anky and deep and round. And I don't call...

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exvet--VERY well written. Explains so well what i was thinking and "trying" to write briefly. I don't know the answer. I won't do western dressage, but I would LOVE to do serious working equitation! We do all of that already! We could be queens of the world!! In talking to my friend (who t...

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Man, I don't know what is going on. I keep posting whole things, and then it disappears. Not just here, everywhere. I am back from Omaha, so maybe it will stick this time. I hope all of the horses are feeling better? As for the BS judging (I ran into this judge walking the other way there, and every...

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khall--I'm glad Joplin is OK. This weather has been wrecking havoc on the horses every which way, so hopefully just passing. Thanks for the feedback on the test. That's kind of how I felt. Conservative, but I thought the extended canter was fab. I've been working on the little stuff. Aleuronix--I'm ...

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She's doing better now that the weather has changed (no more atmospheric rivers!) Having a muck bucket to drink out of helped, and just a half a scoop of alfalfa pellets in over a gallon of water soaked all night seemed to do the trick. Thanks for the ideas.

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I'm going to just put this here and let you guess the score. It's in two sections because I got so distracted (not Quinn) by the palm fronds on the roof, I went the wrong direction after the halt. She did mess up the 43s and i was a little conservative, but I very happy with it. For reference, the p...

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I'm not sure about the teeth thing, Chisamba, but since it is when she is most relaxed, I would say a good thing. I use nosebands for decoration, so Quilla clacks her teeth all of the time, especially in p/p. My first GP horse used to do the same thing. They just don't clench their jaws, so it is mo...

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Amen, too, Chisamba. And that's it. You don't get diversity of anything. I taught in a school district with 150 languages (one of the most diverse areas in the country.) It's really uncomfortable for me to go places where people aren't in a huge variety. I learned so much from all of this diversity ...

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As a teacher who, thankfully, retired before Covid, I think homeschooling tends to be a way for parents to keep control of the kids and manipulate them into what they want. Covid taught a lot of parents how insanely hard it is to teach, and the loss of basic manners and ability to behave and think i...

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Agree with everyone. This is a valuable board. There are many boards, but the ones with SO many people are not worth replying to because you're just talking to yourself. Here the number of people is low enough that you feel you know most of them and can actually have conversations, not be lost becau...

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I have all kinds of issues. I have an amazing work out class on Zoom, and what I find is that when I finally get to a problem area that has been stuck for a long time and start moving it, it is very sore for a long time. I just have to keep at it, and eventually it gets stronger and the pain lessons...

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Aw, mari, I love your fat spotted pony! You know my first horse, who was doing FEI work until I lost him at 31, was an Appy? He was piaffe king (just couldn't passage.) You'll get it. If I started again, which I won't be doing at my age, I would start every horse on piaffe as fun as soon as possible...

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GORGEOUS change, Aleuronx.

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texsuze, yeah, I've been doing that for missIdon'twanttodrink. It hasn't been that cold here, but warm bucket of water. No. Hold it up to her nose. No. I tried the muck bucket so it was more like a tank yesterday. No. Quilla, especially, loves to stick her nose in buckets and play and dump water as ...

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She gets grain that I actually grind at home in the blender so it's more broken down and rice pellets in water as well as soybean oil. I haven't tried beats or tubed electrolytes, so maybe that's an option. She is eating all of the grain, rice pellets, and oil with all of her supplements, which incl...

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Yeah, you can lead a horse to water, but not make them drink. My older mare is doing OK and feels fine and has plenty of energy, but looks like shit like a lot of the horses---this weather has been brutal, and even though they are getting plenty to eat, a lot are thin. I give her everything under th...

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Quinn

https://youtu.be/56GhW60Z5aM She actually won his very competitive class with very nice horse, and it would have been even more if there was't the tempi mess up

https://youtu.be/idmC2uAFYIo

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OMG. I am exhausted from yesterday. We've been getting a lot of all weather in a day here and yesterday was a doozy. Not too bad getting to the barn and the horses were at the top of the hill, but came galloping down when I whistled. (When Quilla sees I'm there early a lot of times she'll play keep ...

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Aleuronx I'm jealous! Snow is SO much nicer than mud, and what a great strengthening tool. Water and snow are such a great way to train passage. You have a pretty fancy looking horse there! Sigh. We have another atmospheric river coming in Thursday night. The show is on for Sunday, so hopefully no r...

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Zevida, well, having scribed for this one and others, things like counting the tempi changes out loud for her. But, yes, pointing out things like off course, too. She was having trouble keeping up with the FEI tests and even mentioned it was time to retire, but didn't. The show in Oct. last year I g...

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I'm with you on the eating, Chisamba. I am the same way. I have literally been working my ass off as I exercise on Zoom five days a week, plus ride two horses and hike to get them, in deep mud up hills lately, and no difference. I think what finally helped a little was being able to access a lot mor...

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Ah. We're closing out February with heavy rain and nonstop rain in the forecast in CA (and of course snow at almost sea level, hail, and who knows what.) It usually warms up when it rains here, but it's staying in the 40's during the day, which, for you sturdier people with more metal, is freezing a...

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Love the boots SF! Am thinking of getting a pair that are similar since buying more taupe/tan pads/gloves/etc to go with my navy coat. Ooh, oooooh. I can tell you how to dye your white stuff! :lol: Just FYI, it's in the rulebook that gloves still have to be white or black. Interesting because I've ...

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exvet wrote:Love the boots SF! Am thinking of getting a pair that are similar since buying more taupe/tan pads/gloves/etc to go with my navy coat.

Ooh, oooooh. I can tell you how to dye your white stuff!

Just FYI, it's in the rulebook that gloves still have to be white or black.

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Sorry, Chisamba. I never thought of you as large, just my sized. I just wanted to make sure I put out all ideas. I wasn't trying to harp.

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Tanga, I’d fly to CA pay 300 to have a lesson from you on either of you mares!!! Thank you. This is helpful in getting perspective. I have LOTS of time to think about it. There are so many ways I can do this. I always sit on the other horse when I teach, so, depending on how fit a rider is and how ...

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Chisamba-- I think your saddle is too small. As a similarly sized rider, it makes things hard if you can't sit. To me it looks like it's kicking you in the tailbone. I got that 19" Barnsby that is super flat a few months back and I think it makes a big difference. It took me years of every sing...

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I enjoyed the videos , Tanga. I like the blue looks. I'm still in admiration for you having two mares in FEI. Especially a home bred. That's truly green to grand prix. I think Quinn possibly doesn't score higher because of her occasional head tossing. I know it's momentarily but I suspect judges di...

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And
Quilla GP

https://youtu.be/0bMqIt_QjuE
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-G6RdiF294

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:D Hey Chisamba, Well, I HAVE dyed my hair blue before, but I prefer purple. Right now it's grey. And yes, I think not sitting deep has made a difference with horses, scores not withstanding. Here is the blue I was referring to. Pad, breeches, stock tie and shirt are all dyed blue. the tail coat is ...

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Aleuronix Aren't Pivo's great? You have a perfect arena for it. Nice lengthen trot. Hint on RB--don't lean forward. Lean back if anything--soo much easier for the horse. I wish I could even complain about an aging parent. I assume my mother is alive. Evil ($@&^$%*(! half sister at 45 never had a...

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It's funny. I found the one administrator of that group to be aggressively anti bit, and she slapped me with a warning for recommending a loose ring snaffle with a lozenge mouthpiece. I just left because most of the parts were picture of nasty harsh bits berating barrel racers. Zero interesting inf...

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Quelah--oh boy, you are put where it's hot.

Mari--She says over and over it's just a picture, but is just teaching you to look. Some of the pictures I wouldn't have known why, but would never have thought those horses were trained in any way correctly.

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Are you in the east bay, too, Quelah? I live in Hayward, horses in CV. Agree, Flight, it's basics. What gets me, is it used to be "out there" as a standard. Of course the back needs to be lifted and moving, muscled and the top of the neck. The problem is now we see some of the top horses i...

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I love the No Bit-Shit group on facebook. I've learned so much. https://cavalontack.com/ is a favorite of them. Really good bits for horses and amazing prices if you don't know about them. I'm just bummed they don't have curbs and bradoons for doubles yet.

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Mountaineer I think you just need to play, but a shorter shank doesn't act quicker or slower. That's a matter of contact and curb chain length. Maybe if you are a smaller person on a bigger horse the longer shank would be OK. I am not that. Everything I do has a magnified effect, so I try to use equ...

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On the double discussion. I have been every which way on it, and at least monthly I think I finally have it right when I figure out something new. Quilla is very light and can suck back and I rode her in a snaffle for a long time. She rides in a double fine. Quinn I ended up putting double on at 3rd...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMEXvcFdkPc

This was done by our chapter and is very cool. It is so much of what I believe and am disheartened with in dressage with these supposed "great uphill movers" that are functionally incorrect.

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Ooh. Velcro tails is a great idea! Someone should start a business. Speaking of a business, here is my dying venture of white stuff. Bottom is a pad, a nylon type shirt with some neckties, and two different breeches. The more cotton, the better the dye, but I think the nylon breeches still look cool...

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Mountaineer--I TRY to always keep the attitude when they are energetic that they are just asking for a more challenging question and need something more to do. :) I had a show on Sunday, but it got cancelled because the show grounds were damaged from the rain (like so much else, not that we're compl...

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Thanks for the consensus on the black pad. I like it too, but you just sometimes can't see it! Well, the show Sunday was canceled because there was so much damage to the grounds where the show is (from SO much rain.) I'm OK with it, though I do like to start early on a champs. year. I already entere...

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Ooh. Yeah. She's on the low end. She did the AA champs here and the scores were way low, and she was the higher judge! (Roth was super low.)

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Sorry about the judge, exvet. This is what I have been seeing as I posted about. The judges are just scoring lower even though you know it feels/looks better than it was. It's like a notification went out to lower all scores half a point, and don't give an 8 to anything but but super expensive horse...

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exvet--You can do it! Every time the weather or something makes a show seem a mess, it often turns out the best for me, probably because I'm just so glad I managed to do anything, I'm relaxed. I have a show a week from Sunday and the unending rain is supposed to stop for a few days on Saturday, so I...

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Glad you are OK! Same conditions here. I have to be very careful walking to get the horses for getting stuck in the mud or falling. I have all of the equipment to deal with it, but I am getting a whole new level of workout with the waterproof riding boots and walking in mud and in them all day. So f...

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Thanks. Yeah. It's always been BS, but it's just getting out of hand. And I really have done all I can do without a lot of money. Maybe I can make some money off of letting people experience these high level movements on nice horses since I won't have to try to stay AA for champs every two years so ...

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Ah, I think I will participate now that I don't have to read pages to catch up. It's been RAINING here!!!!!!!! Whoooo Hoooo! So needed. So, we won't have the "easy" winter of not having to slog through the mud to get the horses and deal with a crowded covered and showing in the rain. SO gl...

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Exvet, I had the same issue with the gaping mouth with my older mare when I got her (and a lot more.) I went through every iteration of trying to ke her mouth shout. I finally took off the flash and made the noseband really loose. Now all of my nosebands are like that. I have gone back and forth and...

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I just looked into it because we have two young dogs that eat everything. (And just spent $10 k the last year stitching up the dog, who we then had to take to ER in the middle of the night and euthanize because he was very old and pretty sure the cancer got him, and a tragic loss of a cat.) Trupanio...

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