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Post by kat on Mar 25, 2008 4:14:53 GMT -2
aaaw.... i have my own baby now...
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Post by michele on Mar 25, 2008 6:47:37 GMT -2
Who's yours Kats?
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Post by kat on Mar 26, 2008 4:27:45 GMT -2
shes soooo cute!!!!
her name is nashae, and shes b e a utifull!!!! hehe
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Post by michele on Mar 26, 2008 5:37:46 GMT -2
Rode Daze for the first time in two months yesterday. She was a dream and actually happily did rein-back for me.
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Post by kat on Mar 26, 2008 6:46:41 GMT -2
WOW!!!!
omw thats so great....that girl is a legend!!!! i miss her lots....y did u move her???
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Post by michele on Mar 26, 2008 9:53:25 GMT -2
Most of the horses at CW were jumpers and I was stuck on my little dressage horse. But KB is closer to me, has loads of outrides (which is perfect for Daze) and there's a dressage arena that doesn't flood in winter. Another plus is that there's lots of practice shows in Joostenbergvlakte that I can ride to.
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Post by kat on Mar 27, 2008 6:21:46 GMT -2
ooooothats awsome!!!!
yea so does she luv it there???
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Post by michele on Mar 27, 2008 6:33:52 GMT -2
She's in a 40 hectre paddock with another 40 horses or so. She loves it!
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Post by kat on Mar 28, 2008 4:22:13 GMT -2
thats soooo awsome!!!!
so is she still riding good and strong?
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Post by michele on Mar 28, 2008 9:33:02 GMT -2
Yup. I cantered her down the long side of the arena, and she didn't bomb or anything. I'm now working on perfecting her rein-back. She sometimes walks back skew, so I'm straightening it out. And we've pretty much perfected turn on the forhand. I also got her to do side pass for 5 steps the other day.
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Post by kat on Mar 28, 2008 11:10:01 GMT -2
AWSOME thats realy kwl!!!
im teaching shae to jump...lol....its interesting, but shes so sweet
and also im teaching her 2 rain-back.....she is clueless about it, but on the first day i got 3 steps from her at the end so it all goooooood!!!!!
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Post by michele on Mar 28, 2008 11:55:55 GMT -2
If you teach rein-back from the ground, coupled with a voice command, it's much easier once you're on board.
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Post by kat on Mar 28, 2008 17:16:01 GMT -2
ooo realy?
i only realy ever train her rain-back when im on her, she responds well to voice though, so im guna try rain-back while im on the ground nxt time!!!
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Post by michele on Mar 30, 2008 17:44:24 GMT -2
You should basically be able to get them to do any flat work on the ground before you try it ridden. That way, you show the horse "I'll show you: This is what I mean", rather than you saying "You should know this by now!" It's very easy to give incorrect signals when you're onboard. Example: When ask Daze to rein back, I give tiny bit of leg, give the verbal cue "Back", block the forward movement with my hand (don't pull back on the reins; just don't follow the horse's head either) and tip forward slightly (so you'll barely notice) When riding, we're normally taught to sit back a bit and deep, but if you do this, you're telling your horse's quaters to go forward and under them. If you tip forward slightly, you lift the weight of the quarters, so to speak, and open it for the horse to walk back. If you rode this 'traditionally', you wouldn't be opening up the way for backwards movement. This is why you need to train them on the ground to do everything on their own first. Once they know it, if you make a mistake onboard, your horse still knows what it needs to do. It's not both of you standing there, confused, giving conflicting signals.
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Post by kat on Apr 3, 2008 10:42:44 GMT -2
ya...that does make more sense....thnx
mwah*
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Post by michele on Apr 3, 2008 14:24:15 GMT -2
No probs. IF you ever need help, or want me to show you something, just sjout  |
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Post by kat on Apr 3, 2008 16:15:45 GMT -2
hehe thnx!!!!
ya so im soooooo exited, amys cumin to sleep ova this weekend!!!
i havent seen her 4 a year!!!!thats soooooopa llllllloooonnnnnggggg!!!!
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Post by michele on Apr 3, 2008 16:24:02 GMT -2
Hehe. I haven't seen Amy in about 6 months or something. Maybe more.
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Post by kat on Apr 3, 2008 16:31:11 GMT -2
yea ... moving is never a gud thing for friends!!!!
we're going to countryways on sunday. so if u wanna c her....plz cum ova
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Post by michele on Apr 4, 2008 6:34:13 GMT -2
Won't be able to make it  Got Dave over and neither of us drive yet. Besides, Dave is kinda scared of horses, so I'll have very little luck convincing him to come. |
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