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[Jaysquirrel]

Had fun today but I am said my last lesson on pogo

[Hanoverian]

@Parents and Horses: Well my mom goes to most/all of my lessons. She enjoys being with the horses and watching me ride but doesn't know very much about them and she doesn't really try to learn about them either >.< But she enjoys being at my lessons and around the horses. My dad attends a lesson or two occasionally but goes to all my shows. He has put in a huge effort to learn about horses and riding and Hunters, which I really apperciate. During the HITS he was trying to learn about grooming and tacking so he can help me out (the older girls did) when I am wearing my nice show clothes that I can't get dirty xDD

Hano, your mom is really involved!! That is so cool that she at least has ridden before ;D I laughed when you said what you guys did in the dog park xDD That is something I would do too Even though my dad is really trying, I would love to have a parent like your mom :3 I am sure one day I will make my dad that person xDD[/center][/size][/quote]

@Dolphin:
Can't wait to see the pictures! ;D I hope he does well over courses.

Yeah, she's definitely feeling better. I stay on EVERYTHING - Uman taught me that much, haha. xD I don't exactly know how, though. I just do? Kat bucks, Willow has decided that being fresh = bucking time, Trickster ALWAYS bucked... Uman is the only horse that has actually bucked me off. xD

Awesome that you stayed on those refusals! They can be tricky.

Yeah, it felt great, especially since she knows Willow so well.

Aww, your parents sound super nice. <3 I wish my dad was like yours! He sounds really sweet. Mine doesn't care about riding. :p

Hey, my mom took time to become the ultimate barn mom. :p Your dad will get there, lol. I've been working on my mom for years.

[Actually.A.Herondale]

There's a horse where I go riding. Her name is Delilah. She is the nastiest, meanest, most agressive mare I have ever seen. Someone walks by her, and she snaps her teeth at them, pins her ears, and tries to bite. I want to knock some sense into her, because she's going to hurt someone someday. At least with Cowboy, he's just a cribber and will nibble on jackets and sweat shirts.

[Jaysquirrel]

My mom just comes to shows and dose not care because I have all my friends and they help me.
Same this with a pony named Foxy at our barn and if you feel cofiendt and be nice to her the horse will be nicer back.

[wibeke]

My parents aren't horse people at all. They seem to like that I'm getting some sort of exercise [I'm a junk-food devouring couch potato] and that it makes me happy, but they're not too involved.
My mom is also terrified of horses. When I was new she'd just cower in the corner in fear because she was fully certain that the horses would burst out of their stalls and trample us. She's better now, though she'll only pet Colorado, the oldest horse in the barn. That's actually a massive improvement. We even got her to go on a trail ride! xD
And my dad is usually too busy to come, but he really likes photography so he brings his cameras and gets a lot of pictures. Beyond that he's a bit clueless. He keeps trying to get me to do western for some reason, though. But he seems proud that I ride, he always tells people about how much I love horses and that I ride.

Neither of them like that it's so expensive, though. Can't blame them for that. xD
But but but at the Dover tent sale I found 400 dollar tall boots on sale for 75. At least I'm a smart shopper?

There's a horse where I go riding. Her name is Delilah. She is the nastiest, meanest, most agressive mare I have ever seen. Someone walks by her, and she snaps her teeth at them, pins her ears, and tries to bite. I want to knock some sense into her, because she's going to hurt someone someday. At least with Cowboy, he's just a cribber and will nibble on jackets and sweat shirts.

Cue used to be like that. He'd be okay just sitting on the crossties, but as soon as it looks like you're going to put the saddle on his back he'd get nasty. It was almost a little scary, he'd swing his head around and snap at everything. Once he swung around and bit my hip when I wasn't paying attention. It hurt like ***.
Once you got to work with him more it was easier. The biting wouldn't let up, but you would start to predict when he'd go for you and avoid it. He was a really fun horse, though. He had a problem with his hoof awhile ago and hasn't been ridden since, but I do remember the biting.
Sometimes you just have to work around crap like that and know their boundaries. Horses aren't perfect animals, they can't always help being bad tempered little brats. Sometimes they get that way from mistreatment, too. Cue was like that because people used to tighten his girth way too tight, so he learned to be afraid of the girth and didn't want it tightened.

I stole my housemate's camera and found some pictures she took a while ago and never told me about. Bl

Paula the Percheron compared to 5'4'' me. I left the top of my helmet for comparison. XD Keep in mind this was like, last September, so I'm about 30lbs lighter now

My Pony Chance so handsome ;u;

One of the other school horses I ride, Lopey
He's almost 6 and still very green, but sweet, though recently after being leased by an intermediate rider he's developed a nasty attitude and is generally sour. ;u;

Chance looks just like a pony at my barn, only he looks a lot bigger. She has the same sort of attitude as well, though her's is more on account of kids jerking on her mouth and kicking her insanely hard than anything else. Apparently she's fun to ride, though.
And it's too bad that Lopey's attitude is changing. I hope whatever is making him that way gets sorted out, it's horrible watching a good horse turn sour.
That Percheron is beautiful, too. <3

[Typical Aquarius]

Hello guys (: I haven't been on here for a while... I lost track of the thread >.<

I need to rant about a little bit of something to people who understand:
I ride an Arabian mare named Sassy. She is really sweet, and will do just about anything for me. We have a great connection, and it doesn't take much for her to follow me around, and do about anything I ask. Whereas she isn't ridden by anyone else now, over the summer, she will be used for camp every day, which means I won't be able to do anything with her on a regular basis. It breaks my heart to know that I have to give up my baby girl so that a few bratty campers who don't know how to control her can ride her. At the same time, it also means I have to find another horse, and there aren't really very many options for me. I am stuck choosing between a moody, slightly spooky, and rather slow mare and a Morgan gelding who is fast, sweet and a quick learner, but was just started under saddle and is still a little green. I also know that while I am working, Sassy will follow me around in the arena, simply because she is my baby and I am, in effect, her boss mare. What would you guys do about this?

[sam sam]

Guess who can't ride for several weeks do to medical issues? This girl .-. It's crap. And you know what? I'm ready for galloping. Mentally. My instructor says I have good form, and that I'm ready physically. Hopefully I'll kick butt next go-a-round.

[Actually.A.Herondale]

There's a horse where I go riding. Her name is Delilah. She is the nastiest, meanest, most agressive mare I have ever seen. Someone walks by her, and she snaps her teeth at them, pins her ears, and tries to bite. I want to knock some sense into her, because she's going to hurt someone someday. At least with Cowboy, he's just a cribber and will nibble on jackets and sweat shirts.

[center][size=85]Cue used to be like that. He'd be okay just sitting on the crossties, but as soon as it looks like you're going to put the saddle on his back he'd get nasty. It was almost a little scary, he'd swing his head around and snap at everything. Once he swung around and bit my hip when I wasn't paying attention. It hurt like ***.
Once you got to work with him more it was easier. The biting wouldn't let up, but you would start to predict when he'd go for you and avoid it. He was a really fun horse, though. He had a problem with his hoof awhile ago and hasn't been ridden since, but I do remember the biting.
Sometimes you just have to work around crap like that and know their boundaries. Horses aren't perfect animals, they can't always help being bad tempered little brats. Sometimes they get that way from mistreatment, too. Cue was like that because people used to tighten his girth way too tight, so he learned to be afraid of the girth and didn't want it tightened.

Cowboy I have no problem with. He's perfect when being tacked. And I don't ride the mare, but I do tack her sometimes for people. She seemed fine once you get her out of of her stall, but in her stall....She's going to break someone's face.

[spvrjumper]

*spvrjumper's Riding Details!
Do you board, lease, own, or just take lessons?:lessons
What is your discipline?:hunter/jumper
What is your favorite off-the-saddle activity?:does bareback count?
Anything else we should know?:not really.....

All about Jasper!
Barn Name(s)?:Jasper or Pretty Boy
Show Name?:Grease Lightning
What breed is your horse?:Throughbred
Gender?:Gelding
What do they look like?:Flebitten grey,although wants to be a bay,so usually turns out looking like a buckskin paint
Personality?:He is the ultimate lover boy,he will do anything for you,he is super mellow,but can step it up for the jumpers,his inner throughbred often shows through
How about their quirks?:Enjoys tripping
Anything else we should know?:He has a big head,haha

[Monstercat]

Ivanhoe and I were jumping in my lesson and we had 2 newbies in the class (they weren't actually that bad... it's just my friend and I both had more experience and could jump higher xD). I caught up to one, so I stopped while she went over the jumps and so I was waiting and as soon as she finished Ivanhoe decided that it was his turn to jump so he started cantering without me picking up the reins. I was caught by surprise but Ivanhoe jumped the cross and straight perfectly xD. I was so happy with him, finally! I don't have to tell him to slow down as much! =D