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Chisamba wrote:I see a big empty ring, must be late or between rides. Is there a start list with times somewhere?

You should be able to slide the time forward to the rides. Then you can skip the breaks and such.

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A lot of spooky, naughty, not going to do it rides!

Almost done. Have to say, not liking most of the cut and paste music.

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Good job, demi! I have been helping a friend lately, and it's always the same. There is nothing really new in what we are asking for, just different ways of understanding it and getting the feedback. Every time I tell her something, she's responds that she's always telling her students the same thin...

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It seems Omicron is getting everyone. My barn owners, double vaxxed and boosted, got it and were down for a couple of weeks and now other people have it at the barn, despite not really being around others. Most people are wearing masks when around anyone. I think we will get it eventual, but I am tr...

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Whoop, whoop! I just got a saddle! I finally found that Albion a few years back for $350, but it is literally coming apart--seam rips on both sides of the seat and the bottom is detaching from the top. I check out all of the saddles on sites every day. I just found this locally on craigslist! 18&quo...

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I wish I could lose weight. No matter what I do, it stays there, and I am working harder and harder. I've been super tired lately, I think because I had the extra slog up the hill in deep mud looking for Quilla who escaped the pasture routine to it. I finally think I've got her in with lots of baili...

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This is a clip of trot-walk transition from today. Yes, it has a ways to go, but I feel there is improvement since this thread started. A lot of the comments you all have made have resonated with me. One of the things Tanga said was that no matter the level, all of the horses settle and feel more s...

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Chismaba--lucky you to have the training. Maybe the issue with the low arms is more with people who didn't early on have someone correcting that a lot. On the first video, I didn't really see loss of balance. I saw she did a nice transition, and then maybe had a tweak or it was a little hard, so she...

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Let me explain my thinking on shorter reins more. And, again, to be clear, I think I "almost" have it finally figured out after 40 years of riding. It isn't necessarily about the rein length, though it can be. It's more about where it puts the rider. When you have longer reins, the rider t...

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Lipsmacker, yes, I mean your elbows are straight holding the reins down. You have no bend in your elbow. One of the things I have "just" figured out in the last year is I and most people's reins are always too long, forcing you to tilt forward and work harder. It's much easier to sit up st...

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Lipsmacker, I think his down transitions are lovely. Very smooth and balanced. My only comment is you are are straight trying to hold his head down. Put some bend in your elbow so YOU are more comfortable and balanced and then let him find his balance there, adding some leg as he needs help.

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Lipsmacker--Totally do the L program. Always a good education! Hopefully you can find one near you to keep down the expenses. I did it I think 30 years ago now (!) and it felt expensive then. My goals: I am going to find a way to drop some weight and get my belly smaller. (Apparently the eating bett...

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Well, we did it. The shelter was heartbreaking. 125 dogs. They were so full all of the dogs were in half kennels, 3 by 4', with the little dogs 4-6 to a kennel. We went looking for an older female for our older dog, Kash. The females we looked at growled at Kash. We ended up with this guy who they s...

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So good you are doing this. I fostered dogs for a long time, which is how I ended up with a Beagle. I stopped when they rescue started shipping dogs in from Taiwan. We had to make the decision to put Tanga down a few weeks back, and I think I waited too long. I have been thinking, and today we are t...

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Yesterday I decided to just hack my girls, I had a long tiring day and I promised myself I wasn't going to skip riding them. I couldn't really hack out because of the weather and after about 15 minutes of walking, I took up the reins without anything in mind and did a bit of schooling. Both ladies ...

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I made a video! I ended up ponying Quilla and fixing the fences she keeps breaking through. So I decided to work on her piaffe/passage from Quinn's back. I'm just trying to get her so solid and easy in it in every form she'll actually do it at a show! This is not even as good as she can because I am...

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What I see. Yes, the second transition is smoother. It's not because of the higher hands, but because of the balance and being in contact. I have been helping some people with exactly this lately, and the answer is to shorten the reins and bring the elbows back so that they are lower towards the whi...

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Thinking of you Heddy. I love the idea of a video thread, demi. I don't know how to cut up my videos, but I would love to do a compilation of pirouettes and try to figure out why I get anything less than a 7! If anyone knows how to pull short clips, let me know. I think it would be very educational ...

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Maia and I were making great progress, and now she's getting an unexpected vacation. I started dry coughing Monday afternoon, which could have just been my normal seasonal allergies, until I popped a fever late Monday night. Cancelled our flights, hotels, etc for meeting up with my mom over Christm...

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Yes. If you're actually ground driving, it's long enough to work. But I just do work in hand, so a regular whip is fine.

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I'm so sorry, exvet. I did the same thing last weekend. I think I waited a little too long. My friend came to visit and asked when I was going to put her down. It was so obvious. And then the too many drugs I was giving her really didn't work well that night. Tanga (that was her name) went in the ne...

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My youngest, Quinn, does this all of the time. It's basically heightened emotions for her.

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demi--Just some feedback on the leg yield. She seemed very willing, But I think you could make it even a little easier by pulling your inside elbow back and thinking about shifting your weight to the outside hip each step. Thanks, Tanga. That’s an interesting thought. Ive been so focused on my insi...

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demi--Just some feedback on the leg yield. She seemed very willing, But I think you could make it even a little easier by pulling your inside elbow back and thinking about shifting your weight to the outside hip each step.

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straightforward, actually, that is right on. they will mimic you. You can do the same thing to people. They will start following your breathing. Of course, you need to remember to breathe. I am on a break right now taking care of some medical issues, but I will play with that more when I get back on.

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I just wanted to say, I finally found a place to sharpen my blades. I didn't want to send them to Idaho. Groom It Industries in LA. Shipped them off, they did them, and will ship back two sets of blades for $24. Pretty good. Just FYI if you need sharpening.

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I agree Chisamba. It took me a long time to realize what I thought was normal was not. As a teacher, all of the kids thought they had the problem situation and everyone else was good. You have no perspective if that is your life. Just think back on some of the things we accepted when we were younger...

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Moutaineer wrote:It's so deeply disheartening when people we have admired turn out to have feet of clay.

Agree. I just have a hard time dealing with all of this. Too many things have happened. The older we are, mostly all of this BS was "normal."

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The last article explains it better. It put everything in it. But it's still confusing. It seems the victims don't like what Safe Sport did? And aren't their names going to come out if they sue? "SafeSport officials decided to issue an “administrative closure” because of the reluctance of the t...

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Wow. So Safe Sport dropped the ban? From what I understand, they use ex FBI to investigate, so they are pretty thorough. I don't know what to say about the rest of it. Are there any lawsuits of sexual assault decades later where the plaintiffs aren't named?

Just. Ugh.

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Oh, good point. To add, I don't use a flash and my nosebands are so loose I can take the bridle off without undoing them. I learned the hard way with their mom trying to hold a mouth closed only makes it worse.

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My take on lunging is I don't like side reins, no matter how well used. It's too easy for the horse to pull against them instead of give to them. I prefer a degogue or chambon. They don't hold a horse anywhere, but put pressure on the poll and bit if the frame comes to high and bump them down.

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Very interesting. And, inadvertently, I think I have been doing what Chisamba and shall are saying even more. Besides my winter goal to sit STILL and not tighten my back and butt, I have been just working on strength in both of them, being forward and up and carrying. This has including a lot of ask...

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I have been more and more connecting my workouts and how I do them and get strong with my horses, thus when it's not working with them, I try to see what work through exercise and stretch I need to do to get them to where they can do it, just as with me. It takes a long time with me and them. As I w...

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What blob said. It is actually more difficult to get a horse to work correctly on the lunge. In the saddle you can help and support them a lot more. I don't lunge very often, and when I do it, I work on very specific things. I'm not a big lunger.

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We just got a new pressure cooker because I wanted to disintegrate all of the meat bones for the cats and dogs. All of that great nutrition. My husband loves making beans in it, and though a whole turkey didn't fit, I cut one (well, two, because they had them on sale for $10) in half and was able to...

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I really liked these tests, she seems nice and settled and steadier in her way of going. Your riding looks nice too. Was there comments for the piris in the PSG? It thought they were worth higher scores than that too. The other videos wont work for me, I think they try and go to your video studio o...

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Yup, Tanga, "through" at the canter is a next goal. "Canter without trying to kill me" needed to be achieved first :) He is turning into such a nice horse as we get to know each other better and he feels he can trust me. And he has so much to teach me. I get that one! I am worki...

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And here is Quinn. The PSG I was working on super steady and up, and steady position and her comments were that I had ridden much better but the canter was flat and transitions need clearer, which I agree as I was going for quiet. 63.5% Video link https://youtu.be/UFdCgnoPRIo The only thing I don't ...

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Mountaineer Boy I know Melissa's voice! Nice changes. When you get him really on the bit and through, those are going to be amazing. The fact that he did them so nice and through behind without really being there in front is amazing! I agree with Melissa--you have a diamond. I finally got my videos ...

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Nice photos, blob! That's what I like to see that shows quality work--that separation of the hind leg. What a cutie face.

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Good job everyone with the showing! I think going to Nationals is never going to happen for me. It's just so far out of my expense range. It's so fun to be able to do. I am done for awhile here, and it's actually almost like winter. I will post some videos from the show a few weeks back when I final...

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OMG. I just looked at my older mare today. I need to do a 4th clip soon. It's bad. And I never clip legs and heads, and stop clipping the neck after the first clipping, so she in particular has massive hairy hobbit legs. I'll have to get a picture. I have about six sets of blades for my big clippers...

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All three of mine think think live in Alaska this year. I really like my Andis. They don't seem to make the exact same one any more, but it is the horse and cattle body clipper.

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In my area we got between 5 and 15 inches in ONE day on Sunday. That's what we got all last year. It was amazing. We desperately needed it and you can see the landscape just sucking up the water. There are five normally year round ponds at the barn which have been bone dry since May. They're all abo...

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Oh boy. I'm glad you don't have to have surgery. Rotator cuffs are a bugger. I'm on five years of careful strengthening and stretching of mine and I still find areas of weakness and go through phases where I just have to back off. It's lifelong thing. When I first noticed it and didn't know and igno...

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Oh man. I wish this were bigger. My saddle is coming apart and I need to find another. I hate all of the chinky kneeblocks.

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I am debating whether I need to clip him for nationals or not. I know most horses will be clipped, but he does not have very much coat and clipping him will be more of an ordeal than I'd like (esp in the long run, since they do not blanket at my barn other than for rain). I'm wondering if I can get...

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tkidding God advice. I've been too lazy to type anything out, but I do both of those. I sort of taught Spanish walk to "up," so when I am riding I can say "up" and/or tap the shoulder and get that. When I ask for the med/ext. I do that so they think slower and up, not speedy. It ...

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