April 2013 Blog Posts (29)

I Wish I Had Cider's Energy!

 

This has been a slow week for me since I have not gotten back my energy after being sick with a head cold weeks ago.  By the time I get to the stables, the horses are groomed, tacked up, and I get to the ring and mount I am already tired, and after the second trot I am exhausted, wrung out and hung out to dry.

Wednesday I got my lesson on Mick, using my new EZ-Fit treeless saddle of course!  This time I decided to go back to the Mullen mouth bits since I seem to have…

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Added by Jackie Cochran on April 14, 2013 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Mutual Respect and Trust, at Any Size.



I love working with ponies and minis. I know it isn’t politically correct for a dressage queen. I don’t think they’re especially cute and they are certainly not safer at this size. Trust me, I know ponies aren’t toys. I remember getting…

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Added by Anna Blake on April 12, 2013 at 8:17am — No Comments

African Horse Whispers, Elephants and Marina Visser

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We are taking you on a journey to South Africa into the wilds of your soul and the continent of dreams. Marina Visser and African ElephantsHere you will find…

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Added by Cynastry on April 8, 2013 at 9:39pm — No Comments

April 2013 Time with Cooper

Tuesday, April 2 2013

We went up tonight to meet with the farrier and try on the new Myler bit. When the farrier was done with Cooper he thought he was done and since we were right in front of his stall he started to back into it without me asking. I brought him back out and then walked him in so he wouldn't think he could do what he wanted. The farrier was going to do another horse in front of Cooper's stall so I took him out and moved down the aisle to try on the new bit. I attached…

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Added by Coopersmom_1958 on April 8, 2013 at 11:13am — 8 Comments

A Wonderful Ride on a Wonderful Mare

 

After a long week and a half of no riding I was excited to get out this morning.  Last night when I talked with Shannon she told me that her mother was sick and would not be out, so I asked if I could ride Cider (an Arab-Welsh pony mare), and she said yes!  Cider is one of the horses that I got my EZ-Fit treeless saddle for and I was really wanted to try it out on the widest back that I ride.  Since it is finally getting warmer down here in NC I went out an hour earlier,…

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Added by Jackie Cochran on April 7, 2013 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Our Solo Ride

This video is very short.  When you go out riding alone there is no one to take pictures of except yourself and your horse - Sorry.  We played with the self-timer and multiple exposures and generally just had a relaxing time.

Ranae was off were her friends for the weekend so I decided to take Jessie out to the river for a solo ride.   First, we…

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Added by John Harrer on April 5, 2013 at 5:55pm — 2 Comments

NEW BARN RULES



  I was at a barn recently, talking to the manager about a client who would be hauling her mule in.  A rider standing by wanted warning ahead, her horse (or someone riding her horse) didn’t like mules. A couple of weeks later that same rider told me that my music spooked her…

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Added by Anna Blake on April 5, 2013 at 7:48am — 7 Comments

My boy's birthday was yesterday:)

Hi everyone:)

So my darling Titan had his 11th birthday yesterday, time is flying so fast I bought him when he was an 8yo my april fool<3
When are you're horses' birthday?

Added by Annamarie Howells on April 2, 2013 at 6:50am — 1 Comment

Lunging and Lunging Exercises

Hey bloggers,

We hope everyone had a lovely Easter long weekend and enjoyed lots of delicious treats. This issue of the Baker’s blog is going to be based on lunging and hand/lunging exercises. Lunging, also referred to as longing, is a very useful tool for training your horse. When a horse is being lunged, the horse moves in a circle around the handler. As a handler, he/she controls the horse by using aids such as your voice, the lunge rope, and body language to…

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Added by carmen griscti on April 1, 2013 at 7:02pm — No Comments

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