Never Sweat a Horse's Back
"But "a sweat" treatment doesn't necessarily require liniment. Is liniment the problem? Or is making the horse's back sweat the problem?"
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4XChestnut commented on Jochen Schleese's blog post Saddle Fit and Female Pain""why ‘fine’ is acceptable to you when ‘excellent’ is an option?" Money. Specifically lack thereof. Oh, and spending months and months trying to find a saddle to fit my apparently average horse…"
4XChestnut commented on Jackie Cochran's blog post An Experiment with Two Different Results"I have a Myler ported barrel mouthpiece and plain D rings (no cheek or rein slots) that my QH loved. It's not legal in the dressage ring and when I went back to the regular snaffle that he'd gone in for years he showed that he didn't…"
4XChestnut commented on Jane at Equestrian Collections's blog post Choosing the Right Horse Blanket"It's a good idea to go to the manufacturer's website (if available) and check on what their measuring guide is. Weatherbeeta changed their guide and sizes when they started putting the Freestyle system in their blankets (the old 81"…"
4XChestnut replied to Timothy Wayne Martinak's discussion Horse Ring Sour?"And sometimes the harder you work to perfect something the worse it gets. ;-)"
4XChestnut replied to Emily Walsh's discussion Nervous Rider"I agree you need a different coach. I've had a few students who were very nervous or even scared after losing their confidence. I've been there myself - had my jumping confidence destroyed to the point I could not do the right thing in…"
4XChestnut replied to Timothy Wayne Martinak's discussion Horse Ring Sour?"My QH used to go arena sour every spring - he simply would not put any effort into anything we did in the arena. I used to hack down the road and through the woods for the 2-3 weeks it took for the outside rings to become rideable (dry enough). When…"
4XChestnut replied to Barnmice Team's discussion Name your top 3 tips for safeguarding the health of an older horse."My old man was on 24 hour turnout for much of his life. In the years I had him he developed arthritic bone spurs in the joints of his forelegs and living out 24/7 was fantastic for him. The ability to move around whenever the horse wanted or needed…"
4XChestnut commented on Jochen Schleese's blog post Saddle Fit Tip #8 - Tree Angle"When I was on the great dressage saddle hunt a few years ago my biggest problem was finding a saddle that had a wide enough angle on the tree points. Most off the rack wide tree saddles were still too "narrow" for his shoulders. I…"
4XChestnut commented on Julie Goodnight's blog post The Importance of Posting on the Correct Diagonal"Interestingly enough in the dressage rulebook there is no mention of "correct" posting diagonal. In dressage work we want to influence the inside hind leg much of the time and therefore must either apply our inside leg as we rise, or post…"
4XChestnut replied to Barnmice Team's discussion Clipping your horse for the winter - yes or no?"Jan - that's an Irish clip that you describe - at least in my horse books that's what it's called. ;-)
My horses live outside 24/7, year round. When I didn't have an arena I didn't even own a horse blanket, let alone bother…"
4XChestnut commented on Jochen Schleese's blog post Saddle Fit and Common Sense"Hunter riders around here have a nasty habit of misplacing the saddle as well. I kid you not, at an A show I saw one rider getting a leg up onto her horse into a saddle pulled so far forward onto the withers that there was a good 4-5 inches of air…"
4XChestnut replied to Barnmice Team's discussion How do you get rid of your horse's thrush?"I use a mix of apple cider vinegar and tea tree oil (15-20 drops of TTO to about 1 litre of ACV) as a regular application on my horse's feet in damp weather. If he does develop deeper crevices I will stuff a cotton ball soaked in the mix into…"
4XChestnut commented on Kimberly Cox Carneal's blog post The Mindful Horse"It's a pity, but the thing that sticks out of your comments for me is "...Linda is a founding member of the Anti-Longeing Movement. To her,it just doesn’t make sense to run the horse around in circles until he is so exhausted he…"
4XChestnut replied to Barnmice Team's discussion How do you teach your horse to rein-back or back up?"Make sure the horse can and will back easily in hand from pressure on the halter, then the bridle.
Let go. Set up your aids and as soon as the horse leans back, stop asking. Repeat until the horse shifts his weight back easily, then you can…"
4XChestnut commented on Kimberly Cox Carneal's blog post The Inimitable Eddie Izzard's Take On Riding"Child wearing!!! :-D"
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- At 5:55pm on June 21, 2010,
Jenna Merkley said… - Cute horse in your display picture! :)
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