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Good luck Exvet! Not much going on here riding wise. I am lunging or wih several days a week for ms fatty pants but like mountaineer wrote the holidays were pretty bust here. DS came down for a week. Spent Christmas Eve with my family and saw DHs family over the weekend. That relationship has become...

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Blob I hope you can find a solution to your instructor problem. I know how I felt until I found Mark and then the time I had between his death and finding Cedar. Ugh learning from someone should be energizing not something to dread. Hubby and I went off last weekend for our anniversary. 32 years. Wi...

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Al fabulous work as usual! I love how excited you are over Kora’s work and I don’t blame you one bit. Pretty snow but thankful it’s something I don’t have to deal with regularly! Flight love the pic! I hope Ding comes sound. It took Rip quite awhile to. Farrier was finally able to open up where the ...

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Chisamba I hope you give yourself some grace with your decision on Deneb. I remember you reaching out to me after I had to put down Joplin’s dam because of colic. You affirmed my decision to not put a 16 yr old mare with other issues through colic surgery. I appreciated that support you gave me at t...

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I am so freaking lucky that Joplin has no winter coat to speak of. Just none. And she’s so slick she rarely gets nasty stains even with her lighter coat. What she gets the purple waterless spray stuff does the job. Even when she gets sweated up she dries off quickly. Now Rip is a wooly mammoth. I do...

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SF my friend absolutely said to ride with it. I did some just WT never tried canter and boy it gave me a different feel! Like you I need to pull it back out and start using it again. I do say that the piaffe and active trot work I’m doing in hand is most definitely making a difference in Joplin’s ga...

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Exvet have you tried the equi band? There is scientific data that shows the effectiveness in the use of the band. My holistic vet had me get one. I need to go back to it.

Anyway another possible tool to use

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Chisamba have you done any wih with the bridle? Teach her to release the jaw and also release the neck inward and downward. One of the go to work Mark used with most horses. Mountaineer that does sound like a challenging show venue and trip overall. Sometimes it’s good to push ourselves though. We l...

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It’s begun!

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="khall"]I have no idea what a brand inspection is. Very familiar with health certs. Travel to Florida it’s a must. Other SE states not so much but better safe than sorry. Joplin seems to be fine after her UGA stay. Lost a few pounds but she needed to! Not much work going on with horses ri...

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I have no idea what a brand inspection is. Very familiar with health certs. Travel to Florida it’s a must. Other SE states not so much but better safe than sorry. Joplin seems to be fine after her UGA stay. Lost a few pounds but she needed to! Not much work going on with horses right now. Finally ge...

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Can’t say I’m surprised but I am definitely scared of where our country is heading.

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Exvet RB to canter and piaffe to canter great for encouraging the lift. Don’t discount the piaffe work for building strength. I saw that during my last Cedar clinic I had mostly done in hand work with Joplin because of the heat and mom dying. Low and behold Joplin’s canter was improved to the point ...

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Joplin is home! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/HsLbxZjcvxXAsQv3/? A bit drawn up but happy to be eating. I know myself I’ll probably be up at all hours of the night to check on her. Need to look into cameras for the barn. We have rain for this week so might work her in hand just a bit. Light TO to...

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Good luck to all who are showing. Nice FS Tanga I agree her ones were good. I like her CPs too. So sorry you are feeling so tough!! Glad you have some help. Well my two months ended very differently than I thought it would. But I do have a live horse who continues to have good updates and is suppose...

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Joplin has turned the corner! Got the call just after 4 pm that she was bright and alert and off her sedation. Passed some poo and seems much more herself. Hopefully she stays comfortable over night. They will rework her tomorrow and see if she can start eating some. She had a displaced colon causin...

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Not a good night. At UGA with Joplin. Colic. Couldn’t get her comfortable on banamine and sedation so my vet friend had me haul her here to make sure she will be ok. So far they’ve found nothing horrible. Waiting for rectal results. I sure do hate the 1 am run to the vet school. Funny though the vet...

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Great fun SF! It’s good cross training for sure. My WE clinic is coining up soon. Appreciate all the remarks on my first foray into 3 rd level. I fully understand where Exvet is coming from remembering the test actually riding the horse you have under you and being accurate in the process. That is m...

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I’ve gotten so lucky with Joplin and changes. They make sense to her and while I do need to work on L to R she quite happily changes with no drama at all. I’ve even done multiple changes on straight line no issues. Most of mine have accepted changes fairly well except Rip. As good as his canter was ...

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Mountaineer here is sweltering Ga the covered is much more for shade in the summer than anything else. Well rain too. But I’d rather ride in rain than our July heat. Should get started on the pad this week or next week. Trusses supposed to be ready mid November. Possible could have it up by my Decem...

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Very happy with Joplin yesterday and our first foray into 3 rd level. Could not ask for her to be any better at dealing with hauling and show atmosphere. Wouldn’t mind just a bit of an energy bump from showing but that is just not Joplin. I just need to ride a bit better for better score. 60% with e...

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Blob I agree the boeckmann looks like a very well made trailer. I just want a bit more trailer. One I can sleep in comfortably if needed. The shadow I’m looking at is a GN with large dressing room and AC/ heater. So I can sleep in it if I want to. 3H too. Mine now is only a 2H. But will wait until n...

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Chisamba can you share which arena rake you have? I’ve only used a flexible drag. Can it be pulled by a side by side or need pto? Well the arena I’m building is just a cover only. No sides. Here we really don’t full indoor. More shade for heat and cover in case of rain especially since I host so man...

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More fun with the flying changes! Joplin really gets into them and boy when she starts bouncing they she can be hard to sit on. https://youtu.be/lbYIi9jC-2k?feature=shared She can catch some air! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/6vbd5SyiTtEiHeAn/? I did sign up for just 3 rd 3 next weekend. See how ...

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I did decide to hold off on trailer purchase. I pulled the trigger on the covered arena instead. Was afraid cost of building supplies would go up after the two hurricanes here in the SE. some major damage in widespread areas felt it makes sense to build it now. Plus it works well with Hay fields. On...

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Blob I weaned Lani yesterday. I thought Gaila would be the difficult one. I was wrong:). Geeze Lani showed she can be dramatic and it’s a darn good thing my stalls are well built and tall. As it was my 7 month old could almost get her front feet over the top of the stall wall. Sheesh. She’s very del...

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Aleuronx super work! I know you are having a blast with Kora!! Exvet jingles for your NC family!! Keep us posted if you do end up there volunteering. It’s hard to fathom the widespread damage from Helene and now Milton. Been watching the Cajun navy mules. God bless them. Chisamba awesome with Saiph ...

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Exvet it’s a complete mess from Fl to TN/NC SC. Just east of us got hit hard here in Georgia with tornadoes. All up and down the east part of Ga. Friends near Augusta got hit with a tornado. No power lots of trees down. Thankfully house is ok. Aiken had a big event at stableview. Crazy there. They e...

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Josette it is but not sure I would trust him down there. He’s been known to jump fences. It’s just 3 rail where my pasture fences are 4 rail. No telling what kind of mischief he would get into!

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Chantal yes he’s on soaked hay and forage diet with balancer for most of his life. Love your pics!! Exvet actually yes I can lunge him fairly easily. I don’t have a horse to pony him off of. He’s the dominant horse around here and that wouldn’t go well. Hand walking wouldn’t be much fun with him:). ...

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Oh no Mari! Major jingles for Odin!! I know you had been battling sheath issues for a bit. Blob we came through Helene fairly unscathed. Power was out for a few hours and that was pretty much it. Helene jogged east so we were on the west side of the storm but friends east had it harder. Aiken got hi...

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So road trip to see the equi trek north of me today. Much closer inspection and it’s been sitting out in the weather for 6/8 months. Decided that type of trailer is not for me. Had already contacted Hawk and back looking at GN. Still light trailer. Now to figure out if 3/4 ton is what I want to have...

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Blob we are here since dark. Bad winds predicted and rain. I’ve got every available container full of water and outside troughs full in case power goes out. Being on a well no power no water. We do have ability to run the house well so if needed can fill containers there. Generator is checked and fu...

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Lsp jingles Lynx continues on a positive path! You certainly are giving him all the support to do so. That’s great Exvet that all your boys are getting along! Will be fun to watch Troy mature. He’s so flashy! We’ll definitely have some big news on a couple of fronts. Rip Friday morning first day of ...

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I haven’t touched on changes since July. Just didn’t have time to because of mom. So Cedar clinic this weekend and one lesson we worked on changes. Joplin was getting all excited and was throwing not good changes all around kind of bulling through the aids a bit. I found it a bit amusing and Cedar w...

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Blob Cedar just got back from regionals in KY before she came here. Said that scores were low up there too. Apparently they are trying to limit the horses eligible for Nationals so were asked to lower the scoring.

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Texsuze thanks for the input! I’m definitely keeping the truck even when I get a newer one. We grow our own hay and need a truck big enough to haul 20’ GN flatbed with 140 bales of hay on it. In a hilly field at that. Right now it’s my daily driver. I did have use of a suv for a few years of my mom’...

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Mari yes I’ve thought about it but that would be even more expensive because of the width I would need to cover my existing arena. 85’ of free span. The one I priced out would be 60x110. Same size I’ve ridden in before at my trainer Mark Russell before his untimely death in 2016. He built same style...

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I like the round toe (RT) Ariat paddock boot. https://www.tackroomonline.com/ariat-ladies-heritage-rt-zip-round-toe-paddock-boot-10000803.html?size=58&color=25 I got a MIPS helmet this last time. It’s not quite as comfortable as my previous helmet that was not mips. Uvex is the mips I got. I ord...

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Blob which manufacturer of European trailers did you go with? I’ve seen several in person and have hauled a Brenderup. I just like the look of the equi trek. The one I’m looking at can haul 3 horses though I’ve not done that in years. 2 is the most I haul now. Exvet I hear you. And that is why I’m w...

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Joplin has a green change on her. She finds them pretty easy to do. Transitions. Lots of them. All over the arena. I think trot canter trot are just as good as simple changes. Lateral work in canter. SF HI renvere HP and even LY in canter to help get them upright in their shoulders. When doing my tr...

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I’ve got some equine related decisions in the near future. Wouldn’t mind some input. I’ve put them off for a bit because of dealing with my parents but now I can move forward with them. DH doesn’t really have much input New horse trailer. I’ve had my Exiss 2H GN for over 20 years and it’s served me ...

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Just wanted to thank all for your condolences and understanding of losing mom and the difficulties we faced during that time. Horse people get it. Anyway I’m still trying to catch up with riding. I did get on Joplin one day this week and have worked her in hand some too. Definitely not ready for cli...

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Oh no mountaineer! What a PIA:(. My in laws just went through this due to busted hot water heater and we did here at my mom’s place after bad storm. Ugh takes forever these days for repair work Exvet sounds like an interesting diversion with Junior but understand not going down that road again. Glad...

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Tanga jingles you get your health sorted soon. Aleuronx so happy for you! Mountaineer awesome on your clinic! It is fun to have a good egg to have as a partner Chisamba how’s your new girl? Such a pretty mare. Blob have a great vacation! Mari congratulations! Love the pics:) Me I’ve not ridden or ev...

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Exvet wow. Good for Brandon keeping his cool. Selling horses is a PIA! Cross my fingers this next interested party works out and ppe is good. Lsp glad L seems to be ok! Horses can definitely be a puzzle. Blob jingles for mm! Have a good vacation too!! As for me we are doubtful that mom will last to ...

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Some lovely reports and fun video flight! Norsey is huge!! Big guy handled the course though. Jingles blob for MM My report is Rip is still lame. Another vet trip to dig into this more but if things aren’t going to be able to turn around I will euthanize him. Living in a stall is not fair and he’s t...

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Texsuze Rip had a metabolic panel done making sure he was not ppid or insulin resistant. One vet says he’s insulin resistant the other says he’s wnl. Sigh. I do think they ran chem and probably cbc but not 100%. If so all was fine. I’m like can cellulitis be transmitted? I didn’t think so but this i...

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I listen to many podcasts of political nature. One was hot for Mayor Pete because he’s such a beast with articulating facts and fearless in going on Fox etc. I would love Pete but Shapiro from PA looks good and Mark Kelly he and his wife true American heroes. I too am so much more hopeful with Kamal...

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Awesome show results Exvet blob and aleuronx!! WTG! SF i don’t not really like how T goes in the saddle. I’ve seen her canter better. I know saddle shopping is a PIA. Expensive too. I’m not getting much done here. Trying to figure out all the issues between horses and mom. Henry is good after his ve...

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