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Comment by Geoffrey Pannell on June 29, 2009 at 10:10pm

Hi Wiola, welcome to the group. Have you had a positive experiance with the exams ? What is the next level, BHSI?

Comment by Wiola Grabowska on June 29, 2009 at 6:01pm

Hello All, I've only joined recently and think this group is a great idea. I work freelance in the UK and I'm certified BHSAI with the British Horse Society. Taking my next teaching exam is 3 weeks - eek! My background is in SJ but I have a lot of passion for dressage and eventing.
My site: http://equestriantrainer.co.uk/
I'm looking forward to learning more on here :)

Comment by Geoffrey Pannell on June 27, 2009 at 6:49pm

Hi Jan, I was layed up completely for two days, had to cancel all lessons that weekend, ouch! A week later and it still grabs me now and again, went to the physio for some ultra-sound , that really helped. By the end of the day I am feeling like I'm ninety! Neadless to say the horses have been getting a lot of lunge work this week. I have ridden a couple but had to go for the heat pack afterwards, At least I can walk upright now , so we have to be thankful for small mercys. None of us seem to bounce back as quickly as we use to!

Comment by Jan Jollymour on June 26, 2009 at 9:44am

Hi, Geoff:

How are you coming along? I had an SI joint injury a week ago at a show (my first since the fractured wrist), and only managed to ride my first two tests. Since then I've been popping Meloxicam, which is certainly helping, but the soft tissue hassle is really slowing me down - are you finding the same thing?

Comment by Jan Jollymour on June 24, 2009 at 9:50am

OUCH! At least you're only sore - you could have had broken ribs, which are much worse than sore! I'm glad you're OK, although soft tissue soreness can last a long time. This must be the Aussie version of my March accident in the barn!

Comment by Geoffrey Pannell on June 20, 2009 at 6:56pm

BOY , am I ever sore. Only soft tissue damage, but gee it's hard to get up out of a chair and move around. In the paddock with the youngsters yesterday morning I got squished!! Haltering one 3 year old when another one got crankie and went to bite it , of course the one I'm catching jumps into me and bashes me against the strainer post. Let me tell you there is not much give in a strainer. Knocked the wind out of me for a while, the hardest thing was to drag myself out of the paddock so the horses didn't do a dance on me. Was going to go out with the hunt today , but I think I will give that a miss!!

Comment by Jan Jollymour on April 22, 2009 at 1:43pm

Thanks ,Geoff! I had a horse I was leading go down in the aisle. She jumped past me and fell, trapping me up against the wall between her thrashing front/hind legs. It could have been much worse, so I'm glad I got away with only a fractured wrist. I'm back to canter work, get the cast off and pins out tomorrow, and leave Friday a.m. for a clinic with my Dutch coach. Onward and upward!

Comment by Wendy on April 16, 2009 at 7:45pm

My rising 5 yr old Belgian/Stdbrd cross gelding has been causing me some grief the past couple days and I don't know why. I've done a lot of ground work with him up to this point, lunging, side passes, etc. I am hoping to back him this summer. I had hoped to back him last year but circumstances didn't allow for it. Anyway, he's been lunged with bridle, saddle, and sidereins (last spring) - not yet this year. I wanted to bring him along slowly before starting on that again. Okay, so yesterday, I started lunging him (bridled), and as soon as I asked him to trot, he bucked and took off. The only place I have to lunge him at this point is in the paddock with two other horses. Of course, he took off and ran to them. When I went to bring him back, he seemed a little nervous so I calmly walked him back to where we were working. I waited a few mintues, just talking to him and stroking him. I asked him to lunge, he walked very nicely, and again when I asked him to trot he took off. I repeated the same process, talking, stroking, etc. Then I tried again, he tried to run off but not so strongly and he didn't get away so I was able to get him to trot a few steps very nicely and we ended with that.

Today, I was bridling him and he took off. He dragged the bridle around with the bit banging against his knees. Again, I went to get him and got the bridle off him. I decided that I would take him down to the barn paddock (I haven't wanted to use that because it's still a bit muddy). I put the bridle on him (he was very good about it). And I free lunged him, making him trot, turn direction, stop, walk. At first he didn't really want to trot and every time I asked him he would run off under a tree in the corner of the barn paddock. After a few tries I got him to walk nicely, trot nicely (not running off), and halt. However, this took some time, he was in a sweat, but he was listening to me.

I don't know if I did the right thing or not. I think what I've done wrong is the following:

1. I've been too much of a friend to him - I've brought him along since he was 6 mos old. Perhaps he's now thinking he could be the boss.

2. Working him around other horses. As I mentioned, the barn paddock is muddy and I've been chomping on the bit to get working with him because I lost all of last summer.

3. Not working with him enough. He had all last summer and winter off just to be a horse. When I started working with him in the past couple weeks, it would only be for a few minutes at a time. I'd do groundwork such as leading, turn on the forehand, sidepass and he did all of it very very well. No problems whatsoever. Have I maybe left a step out? I just don't know.

He has a lovely temperament, very quiet - he's been lovely to work around. Now, I'm getting a little edgy about him because of the last couple days.

I'd really appreciate some comments back.

Comment by Mary McGuire Smith on April 16, 2009 at 7:41pm

Excellent! Be sure to post pictures of the new baby when it arrives! :-)

Comment by Susanne Rauhut on April 16, 2009 at 5:49pm

I'm here since 2003, teaching since 2005 Pony Club and private students. Just a few yet. Breeding Can. Warmbloods, habe one foal from last year and get my next beginning of June. I'm excited.

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