Recent content by Stormi

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    Striding to the jumps!

    Thank you for your answer! :) Do you mean placing poles furher away like 2 -3 strides or just before the jump ?x
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    Striding to the jumps!

    do you have any useful exercises to help my horse get a good striding at the jumps??!! He tends to get too close and then goes through the jump.. Any advice? Thank you
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    Bit sizing! PLEASE HELP

    How do i check that my pelham fits my horse. Its a rubber one and i use it with roundings. But how do i check if it fits him width wise? How much distance does it have to be on either sides? Btw .. I was told that he is 5 1/8 in a sprenger loose ring bradoon. If thats right would my 5.5''...
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    Opinions on the Optimus leather saddles by Shires

    anybody got one? or heard something about it? What do you think of the saddle - i am interested in the optimus York all purpose and the puissance close contact?
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    Saddle

    Does anybody know good jumping or gp saddles/brands but not too expensive? I prefer leather saddles or leathery look synthetic ones. Do you know any good websites that sell saddles? Unfortunately in my country there are not any tack shops with good saddles, which doesn't give me the chance to...
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    Despooking my horse

    Any ideas on scary things i can use to despook my horse ? ;p (incuding jump fillers)
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    Spooky horse

    Thank you for your answers. He is not the type of horse that will go mad, and he is very obedient to my aids, but since he was abused in the past he can be a bit spooky at different things. He does novice dressage and jumps around 90 cm at the moment. So it's time for us to overcome the...
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    Spooky horse

    My horse is a 6 year old Thoroughbred. He is a very good horse but he can sometimes be a bit spooky. For example he wont hack alone, and he will be scared of things like water, different color of surfaces, scary jump fillers etc.. What i started thinking is to do more and more scary things to...
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    Feed additives!!!

    Garlic for flies and i ve heard that it cleanses the blood and i was just wondering about apple cider vinegar since i ve heard its really good. What do you think ? ( especially for the apple cider vinegar)
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    Feed additives!!!

    What do you think about - Apple cider vinegar - Garlic - Salt in a horse feed. Do they have any negative effects?
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    Feeding

    For different things. For exampe garlic to keep the flies away and for the respiratory. He doesnt have any heath probems, I was just thinking if any of these are good for his general health
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    Feeding

    I have been thinking to add different things in my horse food. And I wanted opinions about some stuff. - Garlic (powder/ granules) - Corn oil - Apple Cider Vinegar - Carob syrop - Salt ( Should i add in his food, or just get a salt block?) Can you please tell me whether some of...
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    Horse running backwards

    Unfortunately, I live in Cyprus, so there are not any qualified dentists as far as I know. Thank you for the advice. I ll tell the vet to check his back as well.
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    Horse running backwards

    He hasnt done that before though... I dont think he does that for play or anything because he just goes full speed backwards and he even might bum into something :/ .... today he even did a small rear at the end. do you think teeth might be the problem ?
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    Horse running backwards

    Hello. I have a 6 year old horse. It's been a month, that he runs backwards as soon as i get on or just before I get on. I don't know what's wrong. I 've had him for 2 years and he has never done that. Its getting really dangerous. Somebody checked his teeth today and he has few sharp edges, so...
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