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I like Dresseur's post. My horse likes a firm contact. He does better dressage with quite a lot of weight in the reins, and certainly jumps better. He is elastic and responsive in that firm contact, but you need to be strategic and diligent in your HHs and transitions to maintain that elasticity. In...

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Wow! So lovely!

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Still struggling with a torn disk in my neck. So my goal is just to get a few rides in, even if they are just in walk.

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Thanks everyone! It was great fun, they're both such easy, do-anything horses.

I was laughing in the third one, because Odie was loudly blowing bubbles as we were walking through the water.

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PaulaO wrote:Speckles! What breed is Odin?

I know! I swoon for speckles

His dam is an Appaloosa, and his sire is a Belgian wb.

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That's great!

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We did an early morning shoot with a local photographer at a nearby dam. It was so much fun! I definitely want to do another one, with all the ladies from the yard. A beautiful shot of the two most handsome boys I know: http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa75/Rue_MT/Horses/Odin%20and%20Legacy%20Phot...

mari

Great update! Sending you lots of healing jingles and zen vibes

mari

Sounds as if you "just" :roll: :roll: have pain. I had pain, cord compression and mild weakness and altered reflexes. Mine was also due to an old injury - being hit on the cheek by a baseball bat as a kid. My first surgery was when I was 47 or so. They did not have artificial discs, so th...

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They are lovely! And your pictures are fantastic. I have had two cervical fusions. Back to doing whatever I want. Peyton Manning has had three fusions. What are your plans?? I've been for an MRI, and consulted a really good neurosurgeon. The disk between C5 and C6 is ruptured, and a bit has torn of...

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They're all very pretty! It's interesting that the lovebirds are fascinated by the parrot, and I suppose unfortunate for them Very unfortunate! They basically just ignore each other, but when they see the parrot they come running. I have to fend them off constantly, while she sits and waits like a ...

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texsuze wrote:Wonderful pics. I was expecting to see chooks

I desperately want chickens! Or little ducks. We don't have any other pets, because I'm not crazy about the idea of mixing dogs and tame birds, so I'm trying to convince my DH that ducks will be the closest substitute

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Mari, they are so beautiful! They gave me a smile on a very snowy Monday here in southen Ontario. What breeds are they? Tico is a Senegal parrot, and the bottom two (Kiwi and Litchi) are lovebirds. They're all tame. We hoped the lovebirds would be friends, because Kiwi was very lonely before we got...

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I am out of riding (and any activity whatsoever) with a ruptured cervical disc. It SUCKS. So yesterday, I lined the birds up for a school-type photo shoot. Tico, the cuddliest homicidal velociraptor: http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa75/Rue_MT/Birds/Tico_zpszun3wmmm.jpg The derpy baby: http://i20...

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What a cute guy!

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My goal for the next few weeks is to ease my sore back and neck back into riding, and lateral lateral lateral.

mari

I had many goals, but had an episode of progress-interuptus with inflamed facet joints and monster pain. So here are gratuitous pictures of my lovely friend jumping my super keen horse in a lesson this morning. I can't decide if I like riding him more, or if I like watching him more :D http://i203.p...

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No useful critiques, but a nice exercise is to put poles down in a little course, 5 or 6 is enough. You just trot over your course, with the focus on being straight for the approach, straight over the pole, and especially STRAIGHT after the pole. It helps if you have markers (like cones or cans), th...

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Great notes, thanks for taking the time to post :) I really identify with your warm-up notes, especially. My horse appreciates me taking the first 10 minutes to turn up the dial. We work on a slightly longer rein in trot warm-up, and with his neck as "straight out" as I can get it, and the...

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Fabulous updates everyone! We are mostly back in action after a looooooooooooong suspensory rehab. My dressage instructor commented that his neck looks bigger now than it did before the injury. We had a tiny jumping lesson today, just a short warm-up and a pop over a few fences. He was very strong :...

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Aaaaaaaaw shucks, you know the way straight to a horse gal's heart

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Lovely story! Mine is not nearly as interesting. But I have a good horse :D He was born a thug, and as much as he often ignores me in favour of doing his own thing, he is also ridiculously brave and steady. He has taught me so much (even if some of the things were "yes, you CAN be run away with...

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Also off topic slightly, but I am the opposite. The more stressful work is, the more relieving and rewarding it is to have the concentration and single minded focus of dressage. Hacking around does not have the same exclusive focus of training. It is the very act of excluding all else and focusing ...

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Also, remember that a big marching walk is hard for them to maintain because there isn't that much momentum to help them out, like in trot and canter. Mine has a great walk, but even he will struggle to maintain the same consistent level of energy for 15 minutes continuously. So I'll do a bit of the...

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Hi there! Your lower body seems pretty stable, and all in all not horrible at at

I think you can really work on "pumping" less with your upper body, that will also help with keeping your hands and arms more stable.

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Lovely, thanks so much for posting

The Lippies are still here in Kyalami, at the Kyalami Equestrian Park. Now I'll think of you every time I'm at the the Park, which is quite often

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Woo hoo! Thanks

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C'mon everyone, surely you've all purchased photos before?

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Hi! I'm in South Africa. A friend of mine is a photographer at horse shows, and she's interested in restructuring her packages to something more appealing to buyers. Currently what happens at most shows here is that the photographer takes pictures of the class, and a few minutes later the images are...

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If you search for "Jane Savoie" on YouTube, there are quite a few good ones.

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August is the last month of my 4 month suspensory rehab program. I've been riding 4-5 days a week, doing only walk and increasing sets of trot on hard ground. Odin is doing fantastically, and he feels ready to work. So crossing all fingers and toes that our scan in mid August clears us for going bac...

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Aside from muscling, there are also "tells" if you are riding. For me, a horse that can't stay soft and steady and flexible in the bridle while doing simple t/w/t transitions (quite experienced horses, not babies), is a big tell of incorrect work. You can get a steady contact while in the ...

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You all are amazing, loving the updates. Odin's 3rd suspensory scan was this morning, it was clean and lovely!!! So rehab can begin. I was so relieved I nearly threw up :D :D :D Really good news!!! Now, take twice as long with the rehab as the vet is telling you... Will do! I have a 4 month plan, a...

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You all are amazing, loving the updates.

Odin's 3rd suspensory scan was this morning, it was clean and lovely!!! So rehab can begin. I was so relieved I nearly threw up

mari

That's pretty cool!

Mine was seeing Loeries at my bird-feeding station, first sighting this year. They're pretty shy in summer, but in winter they become garden birds

mari

Love the updates! My goal is to not go crazy while waiting for a suspensory injury to heal. We've been out since March, seriously losing my grace. I have some other horses to ride, and it's making me a better rider and I'm enormously grateful blah blah blah. But at some point, riding other horses wh...

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In general, I would say "no". In your life trajectory (education, career choices, etc), I don't think it matters that much to society, and you can and should be able to get away with not doing your best ALL THE TIME. But as a society, and as a citizen of the world, in actions that affect o...

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Well, to be fair, the UDBB hardly fostered an environment where people felt free to post photos or training concepts/ideas for critique. And that is ultimately why we join horse forums - to read about and discuss training/riding horses... Flight - I read Horse & Hound quite a lot. Not so much i...

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Well, to be fair, the UDBB hardly fostered an environment where people felt free to post photos or training concepts/ideas for critique. And that is ultimately why we join horse forums - to read about and discuss training/riding horses... Flight - I read Horse & Hound quite a lot. Not so much in...

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I think I might have been a bit unclear in my post. My vet is normally sceptical, but feels there is enough research to back up the effectiveness of this product, and she strongly endorses it

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Moutaineer wrote:Let's see if this works...

https://youtu.be/-cgkoll7_C8

(This is how things roll around here when you FINALLY get it right )

It says 'private'...

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"I just cleaned my tack last week, and look how sparkly it still is!"

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I'm using it for my horse, but only for a joint maintenance supplement, not to treat a specific issue. It was on recommendation of my very "if it hasn't been researched and proven to work, don't bother to waste your money" vet, if that helps

mari

Thanks so much for your notes! One or two things I'm making notes of to carry forward in my riding

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Lol, so good!

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Congrats, lovely pictures

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Chisamba wrote:Koffee behoort nie te proe soos tabak nie!!! Lmga.

Daar maak jy nou my dag

Baie dankie!

mari

South African here. We've got a few brands that are half chicory, half coffee. I really struggle to drink it, it just doesn't have that strong tobacco flavour I crave in my coffee

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I'm navigating the treacherous waters of suspensory rehab. So my goals are walking, walking and more walking. And also to try and stay sane and not imagine every horrible terrible thing that might show up on the second scan near the end of April.

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Thanks PaulaO

He's out of an Appaloosa mare, by a big Belgian wb stallion called Ulior van het Wuitenshof (http://www.capital-stud.co.za/ulior.html).

Fortunately he inherited his dad's lush mane and tail, and not the typical Appaloosa wisps

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