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paulimapi wrote in horsemanship Feb 11, 2009 23:05

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Away to far off parts...

glenatron wrote in horsemanship Feb 01, 2009 00:13

I'm off for the next month, living the dream in Texas at Martin Black's horsemanship school. I'll be updating whenever I can over on my regular LJ- assuming this is reasonably regular and the content is vaguely interesting feel free to pass it on to anyone you think might be interested.

In my absence, the very able penella22 and sleepsy_mouse will be around to manage ( Read more... )

Treeless Saddle ... Yay!

dreamswept wrote in horsemanship Jan 29, 2009 22:57

Just wanted to share a little bit of a video of Mitch in his new treeless saddle. The Barefoot Cheyenne DryTex arrived on Tuesday, and I got to give it a test ride. And today, we picked up the pace a bit ( Read more... )

Long time Lurker, First Time Poster

dreamswept wrote in horsemanship Jan 23, 2009 07:44

Whoo! I posted! Go me ( Read more... )

Misbehaving, Part II

spirithorse21 wrote in horsemanship Jan 20, 2009 14:10

I enjoyed glenatron's Misbehaving post, so thought I'd follow with my own (I wasn't sure if these should be in the comments or a new post).

This is what happens when Sam is tired of posing for cute photos with me...

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Misbehaving

glenatron wrote in horsemanship Jan 19, 2009 23:07

Inspired by this somewhat dramatic photo from blitzen I thought it might be nice to see whether anyone else has pictures/videos/etc of their pony playing up.

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bad behaviour, entertaining

Mark Rashid clinic?

z111 wrote in horsemanship Jan 16, 2009 16:42

Has anyone been to a Mark Rashid clinic? I'm looking for reviews, as I may audit one.

The opposite of positive reinforcement

spirithorse21 wrote in horsemanship Jan 05, 2009 22:50

I have a student who owns a National Show Horse named Priority. Priority has very narrow shoulders and a narrow chest. Despite a pretty near perfect saddle fit, his saddle was sliding forward onto his shoulders constantly, causing all kinds of problems. I told my student to get Priority a crupper to help keep the saddle off of his shoulders after a ( Read more... )

Feeding the hoof

glenatron wrote in horsemanship Jan 03, 2009 21:50

One thing that you really get if you spend any time with our trimmer, which we do every time our ponies feet are trimmed, is a lot of information on the recent transgressions of her husband. You also get a lot of information on how a healthy foot is a consequence of all aspects of how the horse is kept, particularly diet. Most horses in this ( Read more... )

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buymeaclue wrote in horsemanship Dec 23, 2008 11:03

It's about that time of year...thought this might be fun?

1. What have you and your horse(s) accomplished this year, now that we're approaching the end of it? What are you proud of and pleased about?

2. What would you like to get done in 2009?