moves at all.
I know that a lot of people have the idea that dressage is all about heavy rein
contact, but how she teaches is similar to how I started learning - it doesn't
HAVE to be about heavy contact, and it probably shouldn't be.
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You think it might help?
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not a threat
to the herd. Which Fafnir is this - I was wondering if I might know a
relative
of his...?
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are helping, so maybe I'll
break the worst of the cycle soon. Like you, I don't want to end up with some
variation of COPD long-term - my mom never smoked, but her untreated asthma has
left her with serious breathing problems. I hope to learn from her mistake...
Karen Thomas, NC
AWESOME Karen!! but you shouldnt ride in sneakers :) Janice
Well, if you want to get picky, with all the pollen out and all the shedding
horses, and with me taking meds for asthma, I probably shouldn't be out riding
at all. But, Brunka's pretty chilled, and Cali needed some company...and I'm
, and had a crippling sciatic injury for almost two years... BUT luckily,
I finally got back pretty much to normal. It could easily been VERY different,
and it all happened in a split second.
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find a way to
ride him...if not, you'll know you did all you could for his happiness, and
that's the most important thing of all.
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the same rations.
It's much easier if the horses have free access to pasture and/or hay, with
little-to-no grain/pellets - there's no strict mealtime other than the first
few minutes when the hay is just put out and is a novelty.
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mainly I think...?) she sees as many
treeless saddles as treed ones, and that treeless saddles continue to gain
popularity in the sport in her region.
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oh my gosh he is cute as the dickens!! Janice
Isn't he? I want one like him too. And didn't you love the expression on
the hubby's face? Great pictures. :)
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yahoo mails have
been lagging, so I'm sorry if this is late.
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of
theater! That's one reason I was never sure how much I liked him. And
I'm pretty serious about this stuff - I can't really imagine how he ever
developed the following he has developed. So, maybe he DID use a round pen
a lot and maybe I just slept through those parts!
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, but it doesn't
have the correction pockets that I like, where you can insert foams of
varying thicknesses. I wonder if standard Rit fabric dye would work...?
I'd sure hate to ruin it.
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are the most
playful of any subgroup of horses I've ever encountered...except for Buck,
the mini-mule!
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to look for ways.
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happy until the
end. I'm not recommending this to everyone, but I have a strong gut feeling
this is the right thing to do for Thunder. I want him as happy and healthy
as possible during his final days.
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. Since I wrote that first post, I've been thinking
about that very thing...maybe there's a niche that Janice could fill? :)
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than mere gaits - but even so, I do try only to breed horses with
ideal gaits.
By the way, I never noticed any of my horses catching Tivar's
three-gaitedness. Janice, has owning him ruined your other nicely gaited
horses?
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badly with a lot less respect to the riders/trainers.
I remember that it was Sigrun and her American husband, Jason, who seemed to
be sponsoring it, so I assume they were also riding. I assume Gudmar
too...?
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- but it also helps me make informed decisions about the
long-term soundness implications of certain training practices being hawked
by some unscrupulous trainers...
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?
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ice tolts.
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them
all before seeing them ridden.
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liked the
BMSS, but man, it killed me to ride it or the no-twist Barefoot on wide old
Falki.
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background music or anything ... Poor little guys.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE5UMjjh1io
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They were pug, chihuaha and lahsa apso mix. I thought that was quite an
interesting mix of breeds.
That sounds like my kind of dog - I want one! Good thing you're across the
continent. Cary says five is our limit. But, then Cary says a lot of
stuff... :)
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think it's basically hooey. I guess it just depends on
the horses.
It's been a couple of years since Orri was gelded, right? And he only bred
for one season? Has he lived with geldings since his surgery?
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bred a lot of mares too, for
several seasons. He was absolutely no trouble at all when we brought him
into a herd of four geldings and one mare.
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where no training proved to be a good training alternative.
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provided them the laugh of the week!
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, and it worked well for Tivar, but as much as
you ride, it could be time for some replacement parts.
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they are due, and we'll even pull
a foal if there is any doubt about the mare's or foal's survival during
delivery...
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that he had to be retired so young. This
video is recent?
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wouldn't use that type on Tivar.The
peaked ones don't seem to bother the low-withered horses, but the non-peaked
ones can sure rub the withers of the horses who have them.
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nor levade, not in my area, and there's a strong
dressage crowd here. I suppose that Spanish Walk is more common in the Spanish
breeds, but I sure don't see many trying to teach it.
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first, just from the video, even though she
claims to be a gait newbie. :)
Karen Thomas, NC
Here's the link to the long distance video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjE9zN9oB04
And the Best Director award goes toDarn, who DOES it go too? Not Kevin,
certainly not Cary...Janice, maybe Donny ISN'T so bad after all
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took a little video of Isak and Landi playing with a little Walmart SpongeBob
ball. Should I upload that to YouTube?
Karen Thomas, NC
of Jolli (head instructor at Holar) showing his mare
in some contortion of what he tried to pass off as Spanish Walk. That
picture shows about every possible don't for Spanish Walk all rolled into
one posture. It's the picture he selected to be on the cover of his video.
Karen Thomas, NC
english and western!
That's a pretty common misconception...with children. We should hope that
adults know better, but some don't.
Karen Thomas, NC
their bodies arranged into some odd position...
Karen Thomas, NC
Here are a few pictures of pretty boy Trausti. He's got that spring gelding
look - too much gelding play and not enough shedding yet - but I think he's
still a handsome guy.
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=4jh0nhxz.1h4dk27jx=0y=-u4jckxlocaleid=en_US
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Pretty Brunka - too bad it's not easier to take good pics of dark horses.
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=4jh0nhxz.5y46fstrx=0y=dckbb8localeid=en_US
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This isn't a great video - I was trying to encourage Trausti forward and video
at the same time. Trausti is a really sweet boy, very dependable, but
generally
not in a big hurry. http://youtube.com/watch?v=PU-RAUy1RPI
What gait(s)?
Karen Thomas, NC
Here's a short video of Brunka gaiting at liberty today - again, not an optimal
angle.
After a few people guess, I'll send in some still shots I grabbed from the
original video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn_rumnsqwk
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on. These things take time: both the initial training
and especially any retraining that may come up later because of the initial
rush.
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.
of profit in doing this...only an immeasurable
feeling of trust to be gained from these awesome creatures.
Karen Thomas, NC
How do you make a small fortune with horses? Start with a large one.
research, and we
certainly
took lessons, before we bought our horses, and we still made tons of mistakes.
We still do, but hopefully, we'll make fewer and fewer as we go along.
Sadly, some people are so clueless that they don't even know they are clueless.
God bless their poor horses.
Karen
to be having lots of Kodak
moments any day now, when the two foals finally come out to play. :)
Karen Thomas, NC
I was thinking of those babies last night. Aren't they about due?
I say so, but they are vetoing my decision on this matter... :)
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the current pictures of, say, Tom Jones, who has apparently had so much
work done that he's now got that perpetual surprised-deer-in-the-headlights
look, which is really pretty scary-looking to me.
Janice, I'll bet Tab-Teev will age just as gracefully... :)
Karen Thomas, NC
be surprised if they are that inexpensive now.
Since
I already have two harnesses, I probably should just go ahead and get a cart...
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The greatest enemy of the truth very
just bear in mind me and tab hunter will be BEATING you and the cali girl
Jacki!! haha Janice
Not if he shows up wearing those frog slippers! Jacki
She does have a point there, Janice. :)
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Karen says Tivar will work on a lunge but I must be doing it in that
roundpen manner he fears because when I put him on a lunge he starts
going fast in a circle in a very frantic upset manner until I force him
to stop and pet him and talk soft and calm him and get him back.
I'd be willing
it that
often though...) Last year he bred his remaining reining-horse-bred QH mare
to one of JP's stallions, producing what they call an Azteca foal.
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for him. I do not
know about the lunging except that he hated it so I did not do it. He
would go like Karen said fast around while gritting his teeth. perhaps
he had that done in training. When he was first trained Jo did free
lunging with him and ran alongside him and he loved it. They would
I posted three photos in an album titled Baldur fra Alfasaga.
How long did you have him?
Karen Thomas, NC
patterns.
I'll try to remember to get some pics of Sina's back next time I ride -
assuming
I ever get over this stinking cold and the weather ever gets decent again...
g.
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potentially more
complicated about gait training a gaited horse is that there may be more
gaits
to pick through and isolate. I just think we should never have to create a
gait, only hone the skills within whatever natural gaits the horse has.
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at a good price. I'm not looking to fork
out $3000 on one of those, when I can get a new easy-entry cart for about
$500-600.
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The greatest enemy of the truth very
about stuff, but
a
raised eyebrow from an older broodmare will leave her quaking in her boots...
Karen Thomas, NC
often go two years between floats, and some even longer. But, it
will vary a lot from horse to horse.
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need to gently push a horse past
his comfort zone in order to make progress, but hopefully we can do that in
small enough increments where the rider's physical safety and the horse's trust
aren't jeopardized at all.
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that may be.
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From the help of some hikers we got some pictures taken of both of us.
Nice
butts huh? The horses that is
Scooter is just too adorable and I'm glad you're having fun with him. He seems
like a great guy.
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, even at a standstill. And if the
horse has other viable soft gaits and/or can canter, we can encourage those.
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of buying a traditional cart because
I'm tired of waiting. They sounded good, but they certainly were a departure
from convention.
Mic, do you know anyone in the UK that is using them? Weren't you the one who
first saw them and reported them to the list?
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gaited, but I'd like to know more about what's
going on. If he's really young and just under saddle, maybe it's not a big
deal, but it sure left me with questions.
If he IS that green and still finding his balance, I'd like to see more plain
old regular walk before asking for gait.
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than 24 hours, Cary was indeed tired of putting
up with her sh*t.
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something pretty soon.
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The greatest enemy of the truth very often is not the lie- deliberate,
contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive
more pics i took just before they arrived.
Tivar's mane is looking GOOD!
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Was it Tab Hunter?
HAHHH! Tab - what a great nickname for Tivar/Teev!
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to get a new name...? Has anyone
else heard that...?
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him go. Send prospective owners to dreamhorse.
Is this him? http://dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1202065
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. They
are just $5 each, but appear to be made of the same heavy-duty stuff the big
real ones are. They are very visible, so they seem like a great deal.
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Cali used to be known as Angie, but someone suggested that with her blonde
mane, she looks like a California surfer girl.
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of the carts she has and a new harness from Simon, maybe we can do a
two-fer deal.
Keep me informed. I would certainly like to see one and I'll try to forego
the temptation to order an easy-entry cart until I've seen one. (Moses Cone
in Junea!)
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instantly.
Cali also figured out the unwind game pretty quickly.
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Here's a little video of Jacki working/playing with Cali last weekend. That
was
Cali's first experience with the feed sack.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl7zupaWAGI
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Congratulations! What a wonderful picture.
Cali was fairly wary of folks when she first got here, but she WANTS to be a
friendly, cuddly horse. She really warmed up to Jacki, as the picture shows.
I think she's decided that she'd like to have her own person.
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I was thinking we could have called her Gidget
Gidget and Tab - how cute!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USMPPfKqE2I
Karen, nice job. That would be a good video for the on-line show; what do
you think?
Thanks, Judy - it's certainly fine with me, if it's ok with Jacki. I'll make
sure it's ok with Shirley.
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, the horse is supposed to move forward.
Connie is convinced that she could help if she were just allowed to.
Later, Cali got to meet the saddle pad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As_tENWgmhM As typical, there is a cat
underfoot.
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of us who INTEND to be forever homes may not actually be.It's a
sobering thought, but we do what we can. This is why I gelded Melnir last
year...I may have a FEW more babies here, but at 52, there's a real chance that
this generations of my babies will outlive me.
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money,
you can't beat a Skito for protection, longevity, and the ability to customize
them.
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training now - if we see that she needs
more time, we'll give it to her, but I think she's getting ready for a new
phase
of her life.
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certainly seen a few dead mice in our hay - not many, but a few. And
like
you, Nancy, I've heard about all sorts of dead critters in our hay in our area.
I haven't seen any lately, but I know others have. It happens in NC.
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- it was cut before the heads fully formed.
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or requires expensive and risky surgery.
I'd bet the number of non-fatal colic cases is much higher than the less common
botulism poisoning. While the odds of a full recovery after a colic bout are
fairly high, even plain old colic isn't something I want my horses having.
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, and many of the reported cases never
get a specific cause assigned. It's usually not fatal, but I still don't want
my horses to have it.
Karen Thomas, NC
Orri is shedding like crazy. When I was brushing him I noticed that he
has some matting around the armpits.
Darn. I thought you were going to say that you bought the cow carpet mats
and that you liked them.
Karen Thomas, NC
Oops, sorry...maybe the spelling should've been matts?
I don't know - it's probably right. Just knowing you are setting up a farm
makes my brain go to certain topics... :)
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the flex-tree saddles in videos...and never shown in
that light. Do you know what brand that saddle is? No wonder the horse was
bucking.
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that they pull some letters out
of a hat containing all the letters in the alphabet, and they would use
whatever they thought of from the first letters. And thus it was:
CehN...ehDeh.. With just three letters they got CANADA.
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No virus found
as a
lecture, and I'm sure you'll make the best decision for your horses and your
area.
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woods and like to come dig thru the trash maybe?
Or maybe your foxes and coyotes are killing off the raccoons and opossums.
(Did I really just write opossums - and me a good Southern girl...?)
Karen Thomas, NC
(Saga, Trausti, Skjoni, Melnir or Sina most likely) who's quite used
to the trails, know how to ground drive, and who knows how to steer from the
saddle and from the ground.
Karen Thomas, NC
Had anyone seen or tried the new Tipperary plus sportage helmet?
No, but I'm going to order one for Cary to have as a spare. It comes in an
XXL, and those are hard to find - unless you are ok with the $300+ models
from Dover! Thanks for the tip.
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