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Hi, Kath:
I think it's a little like choosing a partner, or a friend. It works best if you choose what complements you and your approach to life. Some of us need the thrills and adrenalin, and some of us need comfort and stability....I think too th…
Hi, Kath:
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I am a believer in horses being barefoot when/where reasonably possible, but I ALWAYS shoe for competitions. There are too many unknown variables, and I don't want my ho…
Hi, Kath:
I don't personally have any experience with glue-on shoes, but my farrier does, as do several other farriers whom I know reasonably well. None of them have much good to say about glue-on shoes, and my farrier says they come with all the p…
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I agree with Helen W.'s comments about the feeds. Here in Western Canada we have access to several low carbohydrate/high protein/high fat feeds which work very well for keeping condition on horses without making them hot. I use them t…
After aggressively treating thrush in an imported horse for 5 (yes, five!) years, with every product available in tack stores as well as bleach and Irish iodine, and managing only to hold the line on the thrush, not eradicate it, I finally came acro…
By the way, your English is much better than my French!
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Hey, my wonderful mare finished her First Level Bronze Medal in 2008, started and finished her Second Level Silver Medal in 2008, and picked up the first 2 required scores of her Third Level Silver Medal in 2008! She's also the BC Second Level Open Champion! She is a total sweetie, really fun to train and show, and completely belies the myths about chestnut mares!
She's now (fall of 2009) finished her Third Level Medal, and started on the Fourth Level Medal. We had a short season due to my wrist and back injuries this year, but she managed to pull the scores anyway. She won her Fourth Level class (first ever) at the last show this fall and won the Division as well. She was the Reserve Champion High Score horse for the Southern Interior Dressage Association, reserve to her 1/2 sister and stablemate, Whimsical, who won the award for 2009!
She's now (fall of 2009) finished her Third Level Medal, and started on the Fourth Level Medal. We had a short season due to my wrist and back injuries this year, but she managed to pull the scores anyway. She won her Fourth Level class (first ever) at the last show this fall and won the Division as well. She was the Reserve Champion High Score horse for the Southern Interior Dressage Association, reserve to her 1/2 sister and stablemate, Whimsical, who won the award for 2009!
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- At 11:04am on August 10, 2010,
Meghan Rainey said… - well i am not in love with him.. adn i have plans for my future and he is supportive of them which is hard to find a city boy that likes horses and i do try to ride lots but rite now with the heat is hard.. but im trying to sample the world but its nice to have a guy there behind u to help u every once in a while... i mean if i really thought bou tit maybe i will stick to horses... they are so much easier to please and be round and u dont have to look good for them! plus no back talking and complaining when u r grumpy...
- At 11:09pm on May 25, 2010,
Jennifer Lamm said…
- Thanks again Jan. I don't really give him sugar or butter creams... I just noticed that he likes them.. I'm pretty boring... he eats good hay and a few supplements and hardley any butter creams.... he like marshmallows that I had left over from Christmas... I'm sort of against the treats really but realized that they made me more confident.. it's like I have something he wants and I make him work for them... even if working to me is just listening and doing what I ask for now.... ":)
- At 7:40pm on May 25, 2010,
- Thanks Jan.... at this point with Oliver I do not encourage him eating out of my hand..... so we go to a feeder instead.... he loves butter creams..... do you think horses get cavities? Is that a dumb question? Getting the vet near him to fix his teeth is a whole other issue don't you think? LOL.. thanks for helping me and cheering me up..... why does this horse affect my moods so much, ugh????? (I'm smiling as I say this.... )
- At 10:56am on May 16, 2010,
Laura Coffey said… - I'm off to the barn of course. The weather has been rainy so I've been spending too much time searching for a truck. I've decided that there is very little I hate more than shopping for used trucks. Most of them are in terrible condition and very expensive. Of course then I have my guys helping me...that would be my ex-husband, and my current partner. My ex-husband knows a lot about vehicles, and I gotta work with my partner. Between the two of them if you don't read about me tying them up and shooting them, in the newspaper it will be a miracle.
Dee is being a good boy. Seems like he's relaxing a bit as the season progresses. He's using his back more, starting to stretch down into the bit.
Well it's a beautiful day and I can't wait to get to the barn. Speak with you soon. Laura
- At 11:03am on May 5, 2010,
Laura Coffey said…
- It sounds like you're doing great! But I think we are both right. It is like an addiction. With horses I am obsessive,driven, goal oriented, I never just ride for fun,( I still haven't had him out on that trail ride). The saddest part of this is that I'm an amateur, I supposedly ride for fun... I guess we each have our own definition of fun.
Is it hard for you to give yourself down time when your profession is also the thing that you love?
By the way have you ever heard of some one choosing not to purchase a horse because, "the left hind leg has a crooked swing phase"??? I guess if I really thought about it I could imagine what that might look like. What would it take to see something like this, slow motion film? Is this a legitimate issue or is the potential buyer simply having cold feet.
- At 7:06am on April 29, 2010,
Heike Bluemke said… - Jan,
You sound like a very busy woman. I have only 2 horses and live on 50 acres west of Stratford. I work with both of my horses in Dressage and hope to start showing them towards the end of the year. I wanted to show them last year but a storm destroyed our Riding arena and damaged our barn and horse trailer. Everything is rebuilt and fixed now except the trailer needs some more work. At this point I am not very experienced in Dressage. I have read tons of books on it and if push comes to shuff I have a great Dressage trainer not too far away. I might ask for her oppinion before I show. Will see. It's been great meeting you here at Barnmice and I hope we will chat in the future again. All the best to you. Heike
- At 11:06am on April 23, 2010,
Laura Coffey said…
- Jan, I can not believe the difference in this horse. To think it was less than a year ago on this very site that I wrote, desperate for advise. I clearly remember someone telling me that he wasn't "trainable". It hit me like a brick wall, I believed what I was hearing . Then up you appeared heartily disagreeing with those comments, instead validating the fact that Connemara's are a challenging breed. They are...but once they decide to submit, they'll give you anything "reasonable" you ask for. I've never known a horse like him. He learns so quickly that it's amazing. He's incredibly sensitive and athletic. What's more at 15'1, and me at 5'1, I can really visualize him as an extension of myself as I ride. Something I was never able to do on my warmblood. My trainer rides him and then he teaches me the lesson. He seems to like being a dressage horse. His work ethic started somewhere south of horrible but has gotten better as the work becomes more interesting. As he gets better I keep thinking about how dangerously close I came to giving up on him, and how you saved us as a team. Thank you, Jan. I'm creating a video journal of Dee's progress. When I get a few of them I will post them for you to see.
On the newsy front, my trainer Denise, purchased CC. I'm glad he's going to a home where he will be both loved and utilized to his full potential. Tina is a horrible salesman, and the video you saw did not begin to do him credit, but he's quite a horse.
How are student preparations going for the show season? Are nerves beginning to run high? What are you and your mare doing this year? Is Vee the baby or the mare?
Well I'm off to the barn. I'm beginning to think this is a serious addiction and the better we get the more addictive it becomes. Laura
- At 10:45pm on April 22, 2010,
Barbara F. said… - Thanks Jan! :)
- At 12:59pm on April 16, 2010,
Laura Coffey said…
- Part II
I had a particular event happen to me and I wanted to run it by you. I wanted to get Michael Schaeffer to do a clinic in this area, so I contacted a woman I know who has a huge, beautiful, new, indoor with a viewing area etc. Once the door was open this woman began to try to sell herself and her barn to me rather aggressively. It should be known that not only is she aware that I have a trainer, but knows who the trainer is and was bad mouthing her to me,(which I did not appreciate). Tina, the barn manager ( shown holding Dee) was with me, when I said something to her about it her response was,"Maybe she just feels like she's offering a different kind of product". Jan, she called my trainer, "stupid" In the therapy world we call that behavior splitting. If she behaves this way with her professional hat on ( when we are all at our best),what is she like around the barn ( which is also her home)? I found it unprofessional and catty. What makes it worse is, this woman has her MSW and used to work as a Family Therapist. Next time someone tells you they think therapists are nuts, believe them. Am I missing something or is this considered to be OK horse etiquette ? Tina may not have been so quick to defend her had she known that she was just as anxious to have me as a boarder in her barn, even offering to lower her board. The effect of the situation was to make me happy to be at my little barn where I ride most days without ever encountering another soul. It's true, on occasion I miss the camaraderie of a dressage barn, but now I wonder if it's worth the angst. Riding is my meditation, my time to be in touch with my physical, intellectual, and spiritual self. My time to feel close to the natural world, and the wonderful animals that are our partners. Not time to worry about who's saying what to whom. Certainly not time to get involved in mediating disputes. Sorry for the venting, Thanks for listening. Laura
- At 12:19pm on April 16, 2010,
Laura Coffey said…
- Hi Jan,
Finally a rainy day in which to write. Dee has been doing so well I barely recognize him. He gone from insolent to almost willing. He takes his work very seriously, you can feel the wheels spinning ( he is very smart). Of course he's conflicted, on the one hand work is such a bother, on the other, no work means no treats,no mommy contact. After his day off he's always waiting at the gait for the next days work.
I'm still working on getting him to accept the rein. He hates it. He's pretty good at the trot, getting better at the half-halt, but awful at the walk and upward transitions. My trainer has been riding him which is working out great. Dee remembers his lessons and I can feel them immediately when I get on him. Which helps circumnavigate all that tricky communication stuff. End part I
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