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AL, they won't even take your entry around here--deer in the headlights above third level, and even that can be challenging. Chisamba. You both look great. She looks willing and forward and happy and focused. What more can you ask for! LSP, I'm finding out a lot about my hips and my body imbalances ...

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I'm glad Rip is doing better, Khall. I understand the retired horse money pit conundrum. I'm happy to see Joplin is bringing you joy. AL, trainer said yesterday she'd like to see my do 4.1 this summer. We've got to get a couple of qualifying scores at 3.3 for Regionals, if we are going to do them, b...

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A wonderful ride this morning on this cool, grey day. Potters started out a bit draggy as he's had quite a big week, but we worked on some lateral stuff and he got himself together, literally, and moved right along. I'm still struggling a bit with the half pass to the right. It definitely lacks flow...

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Exvet, I lost my much loved older cat a week ago. My vet was wonderful. Thank you for what to you do let our friends go with dignity.

Good luck at the show, and good luck on property offers this weekend.

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Laddie used to be terribly crooked in the canter. When I first got him, he'd avoid the left lead completely and just crab around with his haunches in. It was a strength issue. He was such a big horse that it took a lot of patient and steady insistence, and short bursts of canter, to build up his hin...

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Sounds like a useful clinic, Blob. I'm having a "normal service will be resumed as soon as possible" stretch at the moment. Work and life have intervened since the middle of last week, and I doubt I'll get back on until Thursday this week. But such is life. Potters is fine, won't so him an...

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Mari, you both look lovely. If you put yourself out there and go out and show, you are going to have days like that. Could be you've pushed the judge's buttons somehow, Could be you need to revisit something fundamental to the level of the test. For instance, Third apparently starts to want a lot mo...

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LSP, believe it or not, it's my 4th anniversary with Potters this week! It's been an interesting journey and he's made me a much better rider. After being shuffled round from owner to owner in the couple of years before he landed with me, I think he's finally settled into the idea that he's here to ...

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Good scores, exvet! I'm glad the shoes seem to help T, SF. I hope you poor daughter catches a health break, LSP. It's been a rough few months. It was a lovely day here today. A bit wild and windy this morning when I rode outside, so I was picking sand out of my teeth by the time we finished... howev...

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We rode inside today as it was snowing again. Sigh. I assumed it would probably be a trainwreck as we have been working outside all week, and when we went in the arena for our lesson today, the snow was coming off the roof. But he was positively angelic, and we had a really nice ride! He's been bein...

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Potters was a totally different horse today. Cooperative, happy and just a really good boy. The RL trot and canter have really improved since his shots. I had just the ride i needed today!

Now for a yoga class for me. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger!

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First lovely spring day in the outdoor arena, and a Monday, and I'm still feeling a bit translucent, so I let Justin get on first... Rather glad that I did. We were a little exuberant and apparently P was for Poltergeist today. I got on and walked and trotted for about 15 minutes (still spooking at ...

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I am positively giddy with excitement. Not only will I get to ride tomorrow, for the first time in 2 weeks, but the outdoor arena is groomed and ready for use!

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My boss has just told me our board material prices will be going up by 25% at the end of next week. We just can't afford to absorb the tariff increase, and the Canadian suppliers aren't inclined to help us out.

I have some interesting calls to make to my contractor clients on Monday.

Yay. Winning.

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Chisamba, do you think she just doesn't have the core muscle yet to be able to connect her back end to her front end in collection?

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I'm still exhausted, pale and snivelly, but I masked up and tottered down to the barn today to take grain and get out of the house and get some fresh air, and I caught Potters' training ride. He's feeling great. Happy and sound and full of the joys of spring, but not a spooky mess. I'm going to need...

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Eek, Ace! Don't be doing that! I hope you've caught it early, exvet. And yes, people complain about February but March is far worse, in my view. Nice pic, LSP! My first order of business for the next 2 months is to get well again. I had a miserable night last night and can barely speak this morning....

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I think you get a pass on the wine, SF.

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I'm still not feeling great, unfortunately. I'm missing the clinic this weekend. Potters went back to work Thursday and Friday (in beautiful weather, sigh) and I'm told he was a superstar. So I'm hoping I feel well enough by Monday to get back on and enjoy his newly-lubed self. We are having a few d...

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Sick. Very sore throat, body aches, head full of wool. DH has had this for a week, so i suppose it was inevitable. I hope it doesn't last that long for me.

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How frustrating, exvet. Saiph and Potters have much in common, Chisamba. Ask them for just that little bit more than they are prepared to give at that moment, and their heads explode. Glorious warmer, blue sky, muddy as heck day today. Several of the horses came in from turnout to go to work with a ...

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I got my bronze, Chisamba. Then I broke my foot... I didn't get a lot of showing in last year. I think I'll start out at third again this year (June before we really get started with shows here,) with a goal to do 4.1 by the end of the year. But, yeah. Depends how hot it gets and how motivated I fee...

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Good thoughts, Chisamba. I know I catch myself getting fuzzy and confusing with my aids especially if I let him get behind my leg. But is he behind my leg because I lack clarity? I'll have to ponder that.

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It was actually a glorious morning here. After I'd shoveled and blown, I went to the barn really looking forward to riding. Did some in hand work, all very nice and pliant. Got on and had a really nice forward walk warm up. A nice lwarm-up trot to the left. Picked up a trot to the right... hmm... no...

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Ugh. Winter is out in force here today. Discretion was the better part of valor and I've spent the day riding my desk. But, I've got a lot done which will give me more time to be in the barn on nicer days (right? Like that ever works.) Justin rode him today. I haven't heard any reports back so I gue...

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Mid-challenge check-in and body scan on Monday. 12lbs of body fat mass lost, 6lbs of skeletal muscle mass gained. I'm pretty happy with that. We will see how part 2 goes. I suspect the rate of change will slow a bit as the low-hanging fruit has been picked... (And I'm heartily glad it's no longer ha...

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Monday's ride, happy horse, lovely ride, a couple of lightbulb moments, particularly with my seat at the canter, and actually the trot, with not blocking him and allowing him to really move more expressively underneath me. I think this is where all my out of saddle work is paying off. My leg is long...

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I take potassium to help with foot cramps at night. It seems to work. I'm also trying magnesium for my sore muscles. Not sure it is making any difference yet.

Yes on the knitting! I'm halfway through a sweater at the moment.

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You have your hands full, exvet. I'm sorry your mother is declining. Fancy duds, Aleuronx! It looks like a nice fit, too. It looks like we are all,soldiering on through this winter. Dreadful here today. Heavy rain all morning which has now turned into snow and it's getting really cold. I'm glad I bu...

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Thanks! That's very helpful.

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Blob, I was thinking to try zyrtec next. I need to find the dosage. It would be so much easier if we could actually establish what he was reacting to. Its apparently environmental (I say this because not only am I extremely careful about any changes i make for him, but also in November he left here ...

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I've just done my first ever yoga class. And it was an hour long.

I may never walk again.

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Potters a completely different horse today. We had a lovely, happy ride and some fun with trot poles.

Now if we could all pray the hives don't come back, because I'm going to have to find a different way to treat them if the meds really are what's pushing him over the edge.

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Chisamba, Covid knocked the stuffing out of me. It took a while of just being kind to myself. It felt like months before I was back to normal. However, my husband, who had it at 83, (which would have scared the heck out of me if I hadn't been too sick myself to care about anyone else,) was completel...

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SF, it's the first weekend in March. I'll be going to audit even if I don't ride. And don't settle for that (temptingly pretty) saddle if it makes you sore. 55 degrees at the barn today after a rain/snow mix weekend. Slush world. It's going to be hideous when it all freezes again in a couple of days...

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First day will be, but the second day seems to be the "carrot."

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Now we have made it to February, and the time of New Years resolutions has passed, who is doing what to get/keep themselves in riding shape as we head into spring? I joined the local gym's 8 week challenge. I've never felt the need to do anything like this before, so it's all foreign to me! I'm keep...

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So this symposium is a nice idea. It's an introduction to the L program, so not directly part of the program but uses the 2 judges who will be the trainers throughout the program, which will be put on next winter. The first day is the true L program format, with demo riders who are not there to get ...

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Hoping February is more productive for us than the last few rides have been. He started out beautifully yesterday but then the wheels fell off his brain for no apparent reason and the invisible dead people were out in force. I'm wondering if it's related to the meds he's been getting for his hives. ...

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Ugh, I feel badly for you feds. So disturbing. I felt like wet string today. I did a HIIT session yesterday evening that completely kicked my butt. I don't actually hurt today, which i guess is a step forward, but I'm just physically wiped out. I've just eaten a protein packed dinner and am aiming f...

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Very much looking forward to some warmer weather coming in next week. It has been cold enough that I just hurt all over. Nothing dramatic going on here. Chipping away at better quality everything. Working on my position, all those good freezing weather so let's not have the horse break a sweat thing...

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I braved the snow and was glad I did this morning. A productive ride after all! The trot work was a bit distracted to start with because there was a lot going on, but it got much better as we went along. We ended up working on canter pirouettes, which is always fun and a useful focus exercise for Mr...

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I'd agree, because I have similar skin sensitivities! But this crops up both in and out of blanket season, new blankets and old, and all his clothes are washed in baby soap and double rinsed. I even take care there is no soap residue on his tack. Who knows. They don't appear to distress him. When we...

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I'm always impressed by how detailed and analytical your posts are, exvet. I feel like I'm just winging it most of the time! Blob, that is frustrating. I'm so glad to not be party to the eternal wretched saddle search. Good luck with that! Potters has hives again. In the arctic January cold spell wh...

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And here we are, in the mountains of Utah, 20 miles from a ski resort, and we can see grass.

Cold as heck, though.

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Cold cold cold here. Mostly too cold to ride. He got lunged on Monday and apparently busted out some spectacular moves so I think he just needed to move freely, which he can't do much of in turnout at the moment. We are going to try to move him to a less shaded and therefore less icy turnout next we...

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Potters was a complete butt last week. This week, he's got his halo back and is just lovely. Let's hope this version lasts!

It is cold here and about to get a whole lot colder. Hibernation sees like a really good idea.

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I'm sorry you are still feeling so bad, Tanga. Here's hoping your various specialists can sort something out for you. Potters is celebrating almost being at the end of his Adequan course by being a bit over-exciting to canter. Particularly to the right. He looks great, moving fabulously, so I really...

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Sorry you had to scratch Exvet, but happy it wasn't a completely wasted trip.

I signed up for an 8 week health and fitness challenge at the local gym that starts next Monday... I've got to be 20 years older than anyone else in the group. Oof.

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Happy New Year to you, too, SF and everyone! Simple goals here too. With cold weather, snow and being in a potentially busy, not terribly large, indoor arena for the next couple of months, it seems like a very good period to go back to the training scale basics and make sure we have them thoroughly ...

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