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Terry
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Post by Terry on Sept 24, 2014 16:27:43 GMT
How fun! 
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mistersmom
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Post by mistersmom on Sept 24, 2014 17:33:07 GMT
Ooohhh, so that's what those pictures were on your FB page! Looks like fun!
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nhg
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Post by nhg on Sept 24, 2014 18:02:32 GMT
That sounds like a blast! Kind of sounds like what we call the Cowboy Challenge. It's trail class/obstacle course that's timed. They can have all kind of different things that you and your horse have to do, there's no set activities or obstacles. I once saw a video of a blind horse doing it, it was amazing!
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Post by diamondgirl on Sept 24, 2014 20:11:47 GMT
We have a bridge, a teeter totter, and a stair step thing built out of rail road ties. The gate, the noodle gate, and the cowboy curtain is over at a friends house. Oh and we had 20 flags to set in a row to ride through. Obstacles are a great training tool.
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Post by horselady on Sept 25, 2014 0:41:45 GMT
What a great day, and the photos are fantastic. goes to show that your stallion trusts you and is smart.
he knows you will guide him around and will not do anything to get him or you in trouble.
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mistersmom
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Post by mistersmom on Sept 25, 2014 12:08:35 GMT
I agree with HL - you can tell by the position of his ears in these pictures that he is relaxed and listening to you which is great with all the other stuff going on around there in the background. How old is this horse?
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Lipizzan
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Post by Lipizzan on Sept 25, 2014 13:11:20 GMT
He is 8 years old. He only did not want to gallop much. He wanted to get back to other horses, and his private part was out all the time again hehe. I can't blame him, there were lot of nice mares there hehe.
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Post by diamondgirl on Sept 26, 2014 18:04:50 GMT
I have never owned a stallion. Would it have been uncomfortable for him to gallop, with his privates hanging out like that?
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Lipizzan
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Post by Lipizzan on Sept 27, 2014 7:23:21 GMT
He was not naughty while we were at polygon, but when we are among the other horses. He did not wanted to gallop because he wanted to get back with his horsey friends, but still it was his first time, so he was good. My dad was riding our black stallion Basco also for the first time, and he was great.
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hugs
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Post by hugs on Oct 16, 2014 12:00:19 GMT
I'm glad I found this even if I am late. I really appreciate the comments about the horses ears and their interpretations of that. Horse ears are so expressive, but my trainer tells me I look too much into things and need to keep things simple. Its difficult to know where that line is.
My Ziggy likes obstacles, she's a thinkie kind of horse and likes to be active. Peaches will if I ask her, she has zig zagged backward through 5 or so cones and wasn't too happy about it but just the fact that she did it was pretty cool.
At the risk of hijacking this thread, may I ask a question?
I think obstacles are a good way to develop a pattern and get a horse paying attention, don't you? How might someone use it to check for holes in a horse's training toward developing a safe horse?
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Post by enigma on Oct 19, 2014 23:58:17 GMT
. This is really fun!
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Post by Shelly on Nov 2, 2014 1:58:56 GMT
That looks fun! riding a stud must be challenging in situations where he is surrounded by some pretty ladies. Good work |
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Lipizzan
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Post by Lipizzan on Nov 3, 2014 11:29:00 GMT
Thank you.  , it sure is a good way of finding out what can be done to improve both horse and riders skills. You have to use every part of your body to coumminate, also it is chalange to keep yourself balanced on a horse, while going up, down , over...as well for a horse to be balanced. It is always a good thing to do various things with a horse, I always try to do new stuff, and not focus on just one thing. |
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hugs
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Post by hugs on Nov 4, 2014 2:24:26 GMT
Thanks Lipizzan. I didn't think of it that way, but yeah, good for horse and rider all the way around. I also like to do play stuff, no pressure stuff every so often, mostly for me, but I like to think Peaches appreciates not having to be right or wrong too.
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, it sure is a good way of finding out what can be done to improve both horse and riders skills. You have to use every part of your body to coumminate, also it is chalange to keep yourself balanced on a horse, while going up, down , over...as well for a horse to be balanced. It is always a good thing to do various things with a horse, I always try to do new stuff, and not focus on just one thing.