milliepops
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Don't blame you AH! i was questioning my sanity driving to the yard in the pea soup darkness this morning 
weekend plans?
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HufflyPuffly
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Don't blame you AH! i was questioning my sanity driving to the yard in the pea soup darkness this morning
Haha yes I've told Skylla her dressage career is starting minimum of medium, I am so over those early starts lol!
Really need to move but hurty wrist is also adding to my lack of motivation to get pulled about by the thug that is Skylla jumping!
nikkimariet
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Happy jacked yesterday with one of my best mates riding Fig. Lovely morning.
Then some work/revision and a meal out last thing.
Today I’m at the convention. I’ll beoosting my notes later on.
Then some work/revision and a meal out last thing.
Today I’m at the convention. I’ll beoosting my notes later on.
Ambers Echo
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Thats brilliant MP. A 9!!
Deedee had a lesson over at her new yard and the RI thinks the bucking is pain related. She looks like she is really trying hard to please but whenever she asks for canter the bucking starts. Ulcers? SI joint? Back? She is not lame and not showing a pain response. So the physio/vet merry go round starts again! I can pm video if anyone would be willing to offer a constructive opinion?
Deedee had a lesson over at her new yard and the RI thinks the bucking is pain related. She looks like she is really trying hard to please but whenever she asks for canter the bucking starts. Ulcers? SI joint? Back? She is not lame and not showing a pain response. So the physio/vet merry go round starts again! I can pm video if anyone would be willing to offer a constructive opinion?
ycbm
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I'd be happy to pop over and take a look in person if you think it would help you at all.
Ambers Echo
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That's very kind but we won't be riding again without an all clear. I've got some trot-work then the transition to canter and subsequent reaction. Just be curious as to whether people felt able to see if they think back/SI/Ulcers/Other. I am convinced RI is right that it is pain somewhere or other.
ycbm
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Ulcers have got to be really high on the list of possibles, given her stressy behaviour recently. Can you test her with some omeprazole or ranitidine? I've always found it will change things in about 48 hours if ulcers are the culprit.
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Ambers Echo
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Yes I think I'll try that. Can you buy it OTC or do I need to ring the vet? Will the offer a pragmatic trial or will they always insist on scoping??
HufflyPuffly
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Naughty but I bought it from Abler for Skylla, for the quantities needed you’d need the vet to prescribe otherwise x
Sasana Skye
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Saturday was ab-fab. Brieze was a utter darling and just flew around the BE course with the upmost enthusiasm. Really like Coral Keen, I would definitely recommend a lesson with her if you ever get a chance...she called Brieze pretty so she was always going to get my vote!
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Pippity
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It turns out I'm not quite as wonky as I thought - still very wonky, though! - but the physio was able to pinpoint why the outside of my right foot goes numb after an hour or so in the saddle.
The simulator at Carrington is one of the more advanced ones that shows you your weight distribution and leg pressure, and it was fascinating to see. The video clearly showed that I sit to the right, but my weight is carried more on the left side. My right side is braced and comparatively immobile, and I always have more leg pressure against the horse on that side. It goes some way to explaining why Blue is so much worse on the left rein - my body is essentially always telling her to bend around my right leg.
I've been given some exercises, both mounted and unmounted, to carry on with, and I'll be booking another session after Christmas to see what progress, if any, I've made.
(Oh, and despite me carefully explaining to Blue that she had to be sensible after two days of box rest, she passaged alongside me to the field. As soon as her headcollar was off and she was given the release, she walked a few steps away from me, then took off with an almighty buck and a twist, and hooned twice around the field. I'm just telling myself that at least she's feeling well. And she isn't on painkillers, so it's not like any pain is being masked.)
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ycbm
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I know that a lot of vets will allow a pragmatic trial to avoid scoping an already stressed horse. Mine would.
I've checked on ebay for ranitidine but it's not back on sale after a product recall yet except in small and very expensive batches, and the omeprazole us all from Sri Lanka where it's made, with a very long delivery date.
Abler.com is illegal of course but it does get here and it does work, but minimum order is now fifty dollars.
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Bernster
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That simulator sounds really good! Have they improved the tech? The two I tried years ago were pretty basic.
Pippity
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I'm not sure whether this is a newer model or just a higher-end one. I've 'ridden' one of the basic ones (trying out a bunch of saddles as part of a saddle-fitting workshop) and this was definitely an improvement. It's still absolutely nothing like riding a real horse, but the pressure pads are really useful, and you can do all kinds of weird and wonderful physio exercises without the horse freaking out!
Bernster
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Sounds interesting Pippity.
I think hunting might be my favourite thing in the (horsey) world. Beautiful forest, ground was fantastic, 1st line was a bit mental then I realised I was in the 1st field. Switched to 2nd field for a slightly slower time of it. F was v excited - maybe not the snaffle next time haha.
I think hunting might be my favourite thing in the (horsey) world. Beautiful forest, ground was fantastic, 1st line was a bit mental then I realised I was in the 1st field. Switched to 2nd field for a slightly slower time of it. F was v excited - maybe not the snaffle next time haha.
Ambers Echo
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Awesome pic Bernster!!
That sounds interesting Pippity. I'm not a million miles from Carrington so might check that out.
That sounds interesting Pippity. I'm not a million miles from Carrington so might check that out.
Fiona
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Brilliant Bernster 
That sounds amazing. I miss hunting so much.....
Fiona
That sounds amazing. I miss hunting so much.....
Fiona
Fiona
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We had a super weekend, with lots of rosettes on Saturday (2nd in league, 4th in team today and 6th individually) and a fast DC.
Then on Sunday we went to see the new pony and he is gorgeous, and it looks like as soon as we can arrange a date to get down again in the lorry to collect him we will be a four horse family again lol
FIona
Then on Sunday we went to see the new pony and he is gorgeous, and it looks like as soon as we can arrange a date to get down again in the lorry to collect him we will be a four horse family again lol
FIona
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Bit slow to post, but I had my first go at clear round jumping with my soon to be loan horse. Was a bit messy the first time round, but we had another go and got a pretty rosette so I’m pleased with us! Today will just be having a hack and a leg stretch on the downs
HufflyPuffly
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Managed to shorten my videos, Skylla wasn’t too thuggy amazingly as the wrist is not holding up well 😬.
Bernster
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Oooh awesome vids AH !! She's super.
Jumping piccy, bad quality as it's a still from a video. Only popped a few of the smaller more inviting ones, but we are both much braver out hunting and I did eye up a few of the meatier ones...(pic too big will upload later).
Jumping piccy, bad quality as it's a still from a video. Only popped a few of the smaller more inviting ones, but we are both much braver out hunting and I did eye up a few of the meatier ones...(pic too big will upload later).
Leo Walker
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I'm not sure how Bobbie is still alive. Saturday she was cross tied waiting to be harnessed up and she decided to throw a temper tantrum. She was pawing and digging so much she got her leg in her hay bar. Rather than wait and let me get it out, as soon as I unclipped the cross tie to go to her leg, she reared up, slipped over and ended up upside down in the door way.
I was torn between terror she would break a leg and being really, really, REALLY angry that she had done something so utterly stupid.
She trashed about and managed to slide herself out and get up. She walked away sound without a mark on her. How she managed that I will never know. I was shouting for help thinking it would be a fire brigade job to get her out.
Shes been getting naughtier and naughtier about being tied up, hence her being cross tied, but since she did that shes been dramatically better. I suspect the shock of falling and me shouting at her, has finally gotten through. She wont be getting tied up by anything she can put her feet in again though!
After that my lesson was amazing. Its not great to realise how bad you are and how many terrible habits you've picked up, but its softened a bit if the instructor can then at least start putting things back together.
It has made an enormous difference to us already. Normally driving Bobbie out is done at a spanking trot until shes tired, having a rest and then repeat. This is not ok, and its something I've allowed to happen. So Sunday we went out and carried on what we learnt in the lesson.
We barely trotted and both of us came home exhausted and ready for bed. Seems its much harder work doing it properly as opposed to just stampeding around!
I've got some homework to work on, and I suddenly feel really enthusiastic about it all again, so its been money well spent from my point of view!
I was torn between terror she would break a leg and being really, really, REALLY angry that she had done something so utterly stupid.
She trashed about and managed to slide herself out and get up. She walked away sound without a mark on her. How she managed that I will never know. I was shouting for help thinking it would be a fire brigade job to get her out.
Shes been getting naughtier and naughtier about being tied up, hence her being cross tied, but since she did that shes been dramatically better. I suspect the shock of falling and me shouting at her, has finally gotten through. She wont be getting tied up by anything she can put her feet in again though!
After that my lesson was amazing. Its not great to realise how bad you are and how many terrible habits you've picked up, but its softened a bit if the instructor can then at least start putting things back together.
It has made an enormous difference to us already. Normally driving Bobbie out is done at a spanking trot until shes tired, having a rest and then repeat. This is not ok, and its something I've allowed to happen. So Sunday we went out and carried on what we learnt in the lesson.
We barely trotted and both of us came home exhausted and ready for bed. Seems its much harder work doing it properly as opposed to just stampeding around!
I've got some homework to work on, and I suddenly feel really enthusiastic about it all again, so its been money well spent from my point of view!
Fiona
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Crikey LW ….. That was scary.
F's pony hurt herself by trying to push out the stable door at a stay away show, and when pushed back she slipped and went down on her bum, and stood on her own tail trying to get up... You couldn't write the script lol.
FIona
F's pony hurt herself by trying to push out the stable door at a stay away show, and when pushed back she slipped and went down on her bum, and stood on her own tail trying to get up... You couldn't write the script lol.
FIona
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LW that must have been really scary! Glad that all were okay in the end and your lesson went well
Denbob
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Christ LW that sounds so frightening! My friend's highland slipped tied up and they thought he'd cracked his pelvis, thankfully he was fine but really scary stuff.
A relatively quiet few weeks for Denzel post-camp seem to have cheered him up! He's gone a bit bored of the school so I've been doing very little and only doing fun exciting things to try and freshen it up a bit - culminating in the best session we've had in a while, canter poles and lead changes (unintentional but nice!). My OH came along and took a few pictures, one of which was the perfect opportunity to do a "before and after" from a pole clinic almost exactly a year ago as a 5yo. Goes to show how little you notice when you see them every day. He's still inconsistent, so this is a snapshot of one of the nicer moments, but each time they're getting longer, and when he picks up to an actual forward trot I don't shut him down in a panic. Someone else could be doing much more with him but I'm determined to try!
A relatively quiet few weeks for Denzel post-camp seem to have cheered him up! He's gone a bit bored of the school so I've been doing very little and only doing fun exciting things to try and freshen it up a bit - culminating in the best session we've had in a while, canter poles and lead changes (unintentional but nice!). My OH came along and took a few pictures, one of which was the perfect opportunity to do a "before and after" from a pole clinic almost exactly a year ago as a 5yo. Goes to show how little you notice when you see them every day. He's still inconsistent, so this is a snapshot of one of the nicer moments, but each time they're getting longer, and when he picks up to an actual forward trot I don't shut him down in a panic. Someone else could be doing much more with him but I'm determined to try!
Pippity
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That sounds terrifying, Leo. I'm so glad she walked away from it okay - she's one of my favourite HHO horses! And congrats on the productive lesson.
zaminda
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I've had a rather difficult and upsetting weekend. Having woken up feeling rubbish prior to the AGM, we went off, and I probably enjoyed the hotel facilities more than the meeting and following dinner!
Unfortunately on Sunday I had a message from my YO that my ex partners oldest wasn't looking great. He went straight down and rang the vet. Sadly she had gone rapidly downhill and we lost her yesterday. He had had her for 23 years, she was his first horse and has been the matriarch of the herd until we moved her to a paddock after she tweaked herself just over a month ago.
I will miss her terribly, she has been a huge part of the last 17 years of my life.
I'm glad to have been part of her life, and there until the end.
Unfortunately on Sunday I had a message from my YO that my ex partners oldest wasn't looking great. He went straight down and rang the vet. Sadly she had gone rapidly downhill and we lost her yesterday. He had had her for 23 years, she was his first horse and has been the matriarch of the herd until we moved her to a paddock after she tweaked herself just over a month ago.
I will miss her terribly, she has been a huge part of the last 17 years of my life.
I'm glad to have been part of her life, and there until the end.
Michen
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Lent Bog for some hedge hopping with my very talented friend! He didn’t question a thing over 4 & 5 foot hedges though he did somewhat go through one where he failed to get out of very deep ground quick enough. Really proud of him as he’s never been faced with stuff like this before and was the smallest in the field jumping this stuff out of awful ground (wouldn’t have gone if I’d realised how bad). He will have learned a lot from that day! I will stick to the little ones for sure!
Bernster
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Wow clever bog!