LOCK ME PLEASE C:

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@ Lord G; You haven't really been contributing to the conversation, so how are we supposed to answer you? And we don't all have fantastic facilities!

@ Dolphin; Oh my goodness, secret santa is the best idea ever! We must do it. (:
How about someone without a horse page runs it? If anyone would be willing. I could create the page and most of the stuff and then... yeah. Unless someone else would like to. I just like organizing stuff like that. And then someone else could assign secret santas.

@ Hano; Would you mind me critiquing you?
At the trot, try to speed Kat up a little. He has a rather short stride, so while he is going at a normal pace, it looks slow because of his short strides. And because he was going slow, it looks like you're pulling yourself out of the saddle. Also work on really bending him, and keeping his head and his whole body aligned. His head was only a problem in the pink shirt videos, but you said he was stiff so whaloooosh! No critiques there. (:

I'm going up to my farm. I'll probably be hand-walking my baby, so if I find my camera I'll take some pictures.

@ Tiny; That's awesome! I hope you get to work there. :3

@ Flitter; Rosie is so gorgeous!

[Dolphinlover~]

Thanks everyone for all of your support of my ideas <3


@Flitter: Yeah that's a better idea. It could be a log of important lessons, shows, and everything in between ;D Yay! I am so excited to get all of this up and running. Oh the collab is a good idea too ^^

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Alright guys, I have three videos uploaded from my hack on Saturday. Just please, please, please, keep in mind that Mulligan was incredibly lazy and it took so much effort ot get him going making my eq, by default, a lot worse than it usually is. I usually don't look like I am pulling myself out of the saddle at posting trot -- no not at all. Just bad timing on when my dad came to take video of my hack >.< I can assure you my eq is always sooo much better. Oh also, on one of the canter videos my dad changes the video from being vertical to horizontal. I don't know how to not make the video look sideways, so sorry about that xD Just enjoy the videos of Mulligan and I <3

My photobucket account. Password is: horselover. I will be sure to get more pictures of Mulligan and Mully and I this Saturday at our show 8D

[.:HunterJumper:.]

Hey guys! I haven't been to the barn lately but I jumped Milton (My schooling horse besides Guenivere) for the first time <33 I had so much fun!

-Also I got some Deacon art in my siggy made for me

[bonjour.]

I so just ordered one of those chubby ponies you have in your signature, Paw! It's so squishy, and going on Bam's page.

[.:HunterJumper:.]

I so just ordered one of those chubby ponies you have in your signature, Paw! It's so squishy, and going on Bam's page.

I know! I looks like my baby old man Deacon <33

[ubiquitous]

@Dolphin -Secret Santa is a great idea! It'd be one of fun.

@Hano - you and Kat look great, and all I've got for crit has already been said.

Instead of having my lesson today, I'll have it on Friday, when I have no school. I'm going to ask if we can do some no stirrup work to help with my lopsided position.

[Hanoverian]

Thanks for the crits guys, he was being rather lazy. I don't really think I'm pulling myself out of the saddle... but whatever. I only do that on him. I think it's because he's small and has lots of motion whereas I'm big. Am I doing anything right though? lol. He challenges my Eq so much, you have no idea.
Oh, and I know he's slow - but you haven't seen this pony in the past. I WANT him to go slow, my trainers WANT him to go slow, instead of balling around like he's wanted to do in the past. I'd rather have the overcorrection of going too slow instead of bolting off every five strides. He's not easy and I'm just really frustrated because I know that I look like crap on him and I feel like a total failure lately.. ugh. Ugh. Ugh.


@Dolphin:
I watched the video but for the most part you were a tiny sideways speck so therefor I can't really give you any feedback.


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Well, went to the barn today, and I'm shattered. ;_;

[Toppyrocks]

Hey guys, I haven't been here much since I've been busy, and because you all post so much it goes so fast.

I just watched this and I thought it was fitting for today: Click I think you should all watch it if you get a minute.


I like all the collab-y things and art you all are talking about, sounds good! I had a little idea of my own. My way of making something for everyone is to make a little video. So if you'd like to be in it, send me links to clips on YT of you, like Hano's, that you wouldn't mind me downloading and using in a video for everyone to enjoy. Plus song suggestions, too xD

@Hano- what's wrong, why are you shattered?

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@ Hano, what happened? D; I hope everything is okay ;-;

[Hanoverian]

I live right by the Budweiser Clydesdales. C:


It's a long story.
But pretty much, I won't be riding Kat. Like hardly at all.

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My trainer thinks that I'm not learning enough from him. We had originally thought at the beginning of summer (I was schooling him 2' then) that I would be able to do 2'6 on him in the fall and then bump up to 2'9-3' next summer if things went well.
Well, they didn't go well. Things went downhill instead of up. Yes, we've had our good moments, yes, we've had our breakthroughs... yes, I love him and he loves me. He's taught me things and I've taught him things - and he's come a long way since the beginning of summer - but it's just not... going all that well. He's green, he's still green, he's inconsistent even though my trainer says that I've been doing the right things... every day is a different Kat, every day a different ride, and I can ride him effectively now (for the most part) but I just can't get where I need to be with him.
Trainer says that he won't be ready to show or jump over X's for a good amount of time due to various reasons.
She says that I should be showing the 2'6. Says that she wishes that I already was. But I can't get there with Kat, and I've been left behind in a bit of a rut all summer, stuck on the flat, maybe doing an X, dealing with his issues, trying to work out mine on a horse that challenges me just because of our builds.
I'm trying the new Trakehner tomorrow, and we're getting in a new Westphalian soon that my trainer also wants me to try.

So yes, I'm kinda upset. I spent my WHOLE SUMMER with this horse, I put my heart and soul into him, I love him, I trust him... but we're just not RIGHT for each other.
You've all seen how he screws my equitation up, and actually, I'm happy for that, because whenever I sit on another horse, it's easy. Maybe not "perfect" but honestly, none of our Eq is perfect, not Dolphin, Rain, myself, George Morris, Beezie madden, etc... I'm thankful for Kat because he has made the average horse easy.
But I love him. But we're just not right. But I love him... he loves me.

I just don't know what I want to do - stick with a horse that I adore but I can't improve on, or move on and start doing more advanced things that I should've already been doing. I don't want to give up my first true horsey love, but I also want to reach my goals.


...I just want a horse of my own.