LOCK ME PLEASE C:

[Flitter]

I'm typing on an iPad, so ignore my probably numerous errors/bad grammar. :3

Hano...what Rain and Dolphin and Inspiration are saying makes sense, but let me put in my thoughts too. It's ultimately your decision, but that's just the thing: it's YOUR decision. Not your trainers. She's doing her job, and that's teaching you to ride horses, and win shows, and be successful. But if you'd rather stay with Kat, then that's ok. Maybe it won't let you maximize every speck of your potential, or win the most ribbons...but it might make you the happiest. And isn't that what riding is about, really?

I'm not explaining myself very well right now, so I'll use me as an example. I'll never be a great rider, probably not even a good one, and I'm ok with that. My ultimate dream isn't winning a gold medal in the Olympics. It's hacking around in a sunny field with a horse that I love, just having fun. I care more about horses than I care about riding. And if it came to choosing between what would maximize my skills and what would give me the most love and pleasure? I think my choice is obvious.

I'm not insulting or even disagreeing with you if you choose to leave Kat. And I'm not the most impartial judge right now...I probably think this a lot because I would give anything to be able to choose whether or not Max would have to leave. Just know you have a choice, Hano, and doing what your instructor says isn't the only option. Everybody here will support you no matter what. <3

[Mr.Milo]

Hano; D:. I know I'm practically repeating everything, but I feel bad for you hun. We all can tell how much you love your Kittybug, and he loves you. But, sometimes the trainer is always right, no matter how much it hurts.

Mr. Milo; I need to get some art of my Bambiman! I'll order something soon, I guess using the Arabian lineart. I'd use the QH if it wasn't closed. c:

well im tyring to get hold of the photogrpaher since i used a refrence and it doesnt say anything in their journal about using it as a ref or making adopts. Though ill probably make antoher QH lineart since it seems to be in high demand.

Two weeks without riding stinks, i hope im not horrible when i have my lesson this weekend. DX

[{A Dream Is A Wish}]

I'm sure you'll be fine ^^ ... I can't wait till I get my vest!... then I can finally ride again XP

[L O K I]

Hey Guys

I havent posted on here much since I introduced myself, but I dont think anyone replied to my other post so I post it again

What's the most effective way to get stains out of Joddies?

[{A Dream Is A Wish}]

no clue... sorry

[--I am Sherlocked--]

Yeah, I know I don't, but it is hard to since I just started riding again and I am not leasing a horse or anything like that. You guys have more to talk about and I wish I could join in more but I can't exactly.

[Livid-Silver]

@ Who ever was talking about the collab and a secret Santa; I think those are awesome ideas and I would do both I just need to get Donny's page up and running :3 I'd love to do a collab though =D Arts for everyone 8D

@Hano; I am so sorry Sometimes it just doesn't work out for horse or rider no matter how much you love each other or how good a rider you are, like OctoberRain said, we can all tell how much you love Kat and you are certainly an excellent rider. Everything else I was going to say has pretty much been said. Also I adore that drawing you posted a few pages back! I can never seem to get the shading right but you just nailed it!

@Mr.Milo; You're lineart shop is awesome! When I get Don's page up and running I'll order some! Maybe on the jumping line art if you don't have a TB one by then

[Bluebird22]

@in hand showing: When you show, you have to move around the horse a lot (I forget what it's called) but it's best if you use your horse, and have some one be the "judge" that way you can practice without the nerves. Have fun!

frodo: That's cool! Group lessons are so much fun!! I'm in a class of four, so that way you can get a better idea of how to do the course but you don't have to wait forever to go again.

Wik

gam gam: YEA videos!

cray: what a beautiful boy <3 He looks so sophisticated and CLEAN! What I mean is that he must have just gotten groomed or something

Rain: sounds beautiful! Silly Riley, you could try a jolly ball, I know some horses like those. I'm pretty sure you can see what they look like on SmartPak.

dolphin: sounds amazing! It's the best feeling when people who you don't know too well give to great complements.

wibeke:Sounds like a really good ride!

Hano: one word on your drawing: stunning!
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I will finish everything later, and will also tell about my ride yesterday (it was wonderful)

[Hime]

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@Kobato Fan: I see... I thought it would something among those lines. I get it with rein contact that she wants more/avoids the bit, either isn't that good thing. But with loose reins... That's just weird. You've probably had her teeth and bit checked out. But if you haven't just a suggestion to check them. Also are you going to use a standing or running martingale?

I have ridden one horse who's reaction to rein contact was usually lifting his head all high and bending his neck backwards, so he would have a bulding lower neck. He was ridden with thiedeman reins(some may know it as a german martingale) for while, which didn't do much. But once or twice when I rode him really really really softly and gave him some space the head came down, though it did spring back up when I moved the rein bit too much. He was othervise lovely as well, though he had huge trot that I couldn't then sit properly, but he actually reacted when I used my seat to slow him down.

@Dolphin: I like the secret santa idea. But I probably would sit out of it as I suck at arts or am too perfectionist with my own work. When drawing head shots of horses are usually the ones I'm most pleased about, but add legs and I hate them. XP But I could help running it then, maybe? Though it's still few months 'till December, so won't be able to promise 100%.
Show team I'm not too excited personally as I don't show. But as an idea it's not too bad, it just needs to be worked on bit more.
>next page> That arena is freaking HUGE. O_O Heta would have blast there cantering, or galloping more likely, it would be more like a small racing track for her than an arena. XD

@Lord Ghirahim: Fantastic facilitys? Where? Some do have some fancy stuff at their stable, but not all of us. Like at my stable we don't even get running warm water, not to mention general heating in the stables, if I'm not totally mistaken.
Btw, where you called Artemis before? Or am I just confusing you to someone else with same avatar...

@Flitter: I like the collab idea as well.

@Hano: That sucks, and sadly I can't kinda relate to that. I'm kinda running in circles with Heta at the moment... I would suggest what about every one so far has said. You could ride Kat and another horse? Like even if it would be just fun free ride with Kat that would still count. I think you mentioned sometime that you have been nearly the only one riding Kat for while, so I'm thinking you probably could continue riding him, even if you would no longer have a certain goal with him.

@12cj3: Joddies, as in pants or shoes? The joddies/jodhpurs -word always confuses me greatly as to me joddies are shoes, but to some they are riding pants. XD

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So the weather ended up being really nice in the afternoon yesterday. It also got really warm, around 20C. So I had a nice trail ride with barely no bugs and with lots and lots of cantering. XD It seems that Heta has found her canter gear again, as well as the joy of trails as there's not so much bugs around anymore. Now when I ask her to trot, after a while of trotting she starts to offer canter, which I don't really mind as her canter is really nice and calm. Compaired to what her trot may have been before the canter, speedy=bumpy. We met one baby carriage on the trail, which needed to be stared very instensly while walking past. Sadly it was on a trail that wold have been real nice to go faster. It's a dead end trail on horseback, so I had to wait out a little to put some distance between us before I could go faster on the way back. Then there's the small fallen tree I've been using as a jump, it's kinda small though. This time Heta decided to leap over that fallen tree. Or so I would describe it as it wasn't exactly a jump or just running over it. There's also two fallen trees that make kind of on oxer, they are maybe half meter appart, or bit less, and higher than the tree we've been 'jumping' now. They still have branches sticking up, so it's not jumpable(?). Even if it was I don't think Heta would get it's wide and would end up middle of it.
Speaking of trails, I have to load those images of the trail to the computer... Today's day off for Heta so I have time to mess around, as I also got off work earlier than I expected. (:
Also some (possible)pregnancy update. Heta has been peeing a lot more. I asked L about it as I've noticed she pees after almost every ride. L agreed with me saying that Heta's stall has been lot wetter than others'. Then I started thinking about the pregnant mares and mares with little foals in collage, who's stalls were super annoying to clean as they were more dirty than others.

[canter]

@HANO Okay, I totally feel your pain, I felt the same way when I moved on from Sahm [Arabic for Arrow]. It left me heartbroken, literally. We loved each other so much and he would always greet me and he was just a flat out amazing horse.. except for the jumping part. He's a full blooded Arabian and he's really frightened of many things, like colors [especially blue, its the color they see best]. He could jump about 2'9 to 3 feet, but my instructor said that I had way more potential and that that horse had been dragging me down. I didn't want to beleive her, I kept doing what I always have done, loving and jumping Sahm as much as I could. After a while though, I realized everything was just getting worse by the day. I could eventually physically see that we just weren't meant for each other. That hit me so hard that I wasn't sure what to do. I took two months off of horse riding. I felt like I just couldn't do it without him. Then I realized that I just couldn't go that long without seeing him. I came and he was waiting for me, with kind eyes and a soft nicker. I couldn't help myself, I went into the stall and cried. The next day I told myself that I would visit him everyday and bring him treats and do my homework beside him, and I still do. He's like a friend. You don't need to ride a horse to form a bond with it.

Urrm, today I rode; Azi, Sparkle, Daisy and some private horses.