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[Sadie~Bronson~252]

Poor horse. Colic is awful. He sounded like such a sweetheart too. Those fence jumpers always are.

At my stables, we've have two horses die from colic as well. One was because she got cast up against a round bale during the night, and the other got cast up against the barn. Only, he wouldn't have colicked in the first place if his owners hadn't fed him so many lima beans. Ugh, it makes me so mad, how stupid they are.

And I agree about the feed thing. Did they change it suddenly or something?

[Hanoverian]

A picture would be awesome, but I do have some advice. :3 Practice the two-point at the walk,trot, and canter on the flat, and over ground poles. Your leg should not move from it's usual position and should be solid. Your butt should slightly brush the saddle, and not be sticking up in the air. Stretch your hands up about a quarter of the way up the neck, with your hands a bit open and applying pressure on both sides of the crest. Have an experienced equestrian critique your position until you build up muscle memory.

Now for jumping. On the approach, you may find it easier to get into your jumping position a good 3 strides before take off. Keep the same position you have on the flat, but over the jump you can allow your legs to move slightly back and your toes should turn out. Keep your shoulders back, eyes up, and back straight. Try not to rely on the horse's neck or your hands for balance. The practice on the flat will have made you much stronger in your legs. Use a crest release... slide your hands up slightly on either side of the crest. Or use a basic release, which is pretty much just a light half seat and grabbing the mane, which saves the horse's mouth if you are in the habit of yanking the horse's mouth come landing.

Hope this helped. :3

I'm fine getting into and holding my jumping position (when I'd only been riding a year and could barely canter my instructor decided to teach me, even though I didn't start jumping for a few years after that; she had me go into jumping position during my lunge lessons I had after my first fall, so I did it at walk, trot and canter, and continued to practice the position during almost all of my group lessons at the three paces and over poles/raised poles, then small jumps getting gradually higher. ;3) it's sitting up again after a jump. When we're only riding around the school, even going over poles I find it easier to just sit back, but maybe I don't balance quite the same as when I'm actually jumping.
Anyway, here's the best pictures I've got from Saturday, with me and Obbie.

--We started off the jumps TINY because I haven't jumped Obbie since I fell off him. If we do next week, I'll try and get my mum to take pictures over higher jumps, just to compare and see if the issue is with small jumps, where Obbie doesn't really try as hard and I don't even really have to go into my jumping position, since he more or less just takes a canter stride over some.--

The first is of us, just as he's taking off, so hopefully my position's not too bad. *fingers crossed*
(Normally I would "give" more with the reins, but when I used to ride him, Obbie would charge off towards the jump and I was a little wary that he'd still be doing it. In the majority of other photos, I've given him longer reins, it's just I think this was the first time at this new height, and then afterwards I had to turn and jump a tiny straight going the other way. So I kind of didn't want there to be any risk of him lapsing back to his old self while trying to do that. c:)


Then here's one (coming over the other way) just as we've landed.
(I trotted him into this, because, as you might be able to see from under Obbie's neck, the corner --and a large majority of that long side, actually. -- was pretty boggy and we had to take a tighter turn twards the jump. He's much more comfy from a canter, so that could contribute to any issues. x3)

I could probably do with having my stirrups shorter, but they're uneven enough as it is, without having to mess around trying to get them at a jumping length. Hopefully they look more or less even, but one had a twist in, so they're pretty odd when it comes down to it. That's as close as we could get without having to call someone to grab us a spare pair, which would no doubt set is badly behind.
Luckily, it would seem from the one picture we've got, that once the jump went up again I managed to regain my seat fine. So maybe it's just over smaller jumps that I have an issue. ;3 Unfortunately my mum only managed to get one of me with the jump at its final height, and that's a little blurry, plus it's incredibly hard to crop without getting rid of myself. xD So you'll just have to take my word for it.
I hope it doesn't seem like I'm making excuses for whatever may be wrong in the pictures, I'd just like you to understand the circumstances, I guess, and then be able to help me more from knowing that.

Oh, sorry, I think I misunderstood you. :3

I'd say that your position over the jump is good, but your heel could go down a bit more, the leg could come forward a little bit, and the toe could turn out a little. :3 Other than that it looks great, though.

Hm. After you land, stay in the two point for one stride. A good, solid two-point. Then, with your heels down and arms soft, slowly steady your seat back. I hope this helped, but I doubt it. x3


GUESS. WHAT.
So I hacked Uman on Tuesday.
I worked on collecting and extending. I've never tried voice cues with him. I said Ho, and he halted! Then I clucked, and he trotted, then I said Ho with a bit of leg and he walked. Then in the corner ALL I had to do was kiss and he picked up the canter! Apparently my trainers didn't even know he could do that! :p
I have a lesson tomorrow. Private! Wonder who I'll ride. Trainer says that I'll be working on 2'6 courses with Summer, probably <33

[simply,]

Terrible news! Lanzer a six year old Oldenburg gelding just passed at my old barn! He was so young, but aperantly has a really bad collicing problem. Last night he went into colic and they took him to a near by vet school. He was in so much pain that they decided to put him down, because they did not think he could survive a third colic surgery! A third colic surgery on a six year old... He was an amazing boy with a sweet heart attitude. Yes he was sometimes lazy, but could soar over five foot fences no problem. He had a heart of gold and would always cheer you up with his goofy antics. He was commonly called Scooby-doo because he towered over most horses at 18.2, but was also not the sharpest tool in the shed. We all loved him and he will be sorely missed. How he used to jump out of his paddock every time you walked in another horse. How he managed to rip off his shoe and a good chunk of a his hoof while jumping out of the paddock, but was still ready to do it again hobbling along right after. His heart. His lazy attitude somedays where he would plow through every over with his knees. He was too young and had such a great future ahead of him. The world lost a great horse and jumper, last night.


News on Hero. He suppousably coliced as well. He would found out in the pasture with cuts all over his legs where he had been kicking himself during the night. So he must have been in serious pain.

Two horses in just about two weeks!

your barn needs to check your feed or something....

Lanzer is owned by a Grand Prix rider and is own a mixture of flax, some other feed, and supplements. He is not on the same feed as the rest of the barn, but is a bad colicer. Last time I saw him he a had a mild case of colic, but got better real quick after a few days off and some meds the vet gave him. I don't know if he has had a serious change in feed, but I doubt it.

Hero is my old trainers horse, an elderly thoroughbred who has far as I know had never coliced in his life. He was on the cheap triple crown feed with a supplement of caf-mana and alfa-alfa for lunch. He had not has a serious change in feed as far as I know, but I have slowly been drawing away from that barn so I am not to in-tuned to what the horses there are feed anymore.

The only conceptions in-between the two deaths is that they were both colic, they both lived at the same farm, and they both grazed in the same field but indifferent pastures. It could be a weed or something that they digested that cuased colic.

[Dunup-In-Platinum]

Question:
There is this lady that lives down the road from me, she has 10 horses, 1 is a black horse. He is a Anglo Arabian, now my concern for this horse is that his paddock has no shade, he never gets fed, he has a lot of grass though(not skinny), he has water but it's not very nice..
I have a black/white horse and he gets hot in the summer even though he has shade. We have to cool him down with wet towels sometimes.

My question to you guys, is that lady wrong?

I have tried to tell her and he collapsed last summer and I had to put him in her stables. I had to cool him off because his temperature was nearlly reaching critical.

What advice should I give her and how do you think I should handle the situation. I know that he is not really any of my bussiness but it kills me to see him in the sun

I know this is late but...
I would at least tell somebody. I would be very concerned too... maybe you offer to the lady to build an inexpensive tarp shade frame thing. If you are really serious and worried about the health of the horse, report it to the police, maybe with photo evidence. I mean, it sounds really bad.

Agreed. Are the others in bad shape, or just that one?

She is selling them all Grrr some people annoy me, she said that she is no longer into them?
She is 40 years old and acts like 15yrs(no offence 15 year olds xD)

He was down at my place yesterday, he had gotten out, my horses were thrilled to have another companion. Poor thing was standing under the shade when I got home. I was horsey shopping xD luckily I had just bought a new set of horse rugs for my guys, I put one on him and took him back down to his owners place, I told her, she can have it. He is the same size as my old Appy, so the rug was a snug fit. That's when she told me she is selling all of them... Sad for the horses.

[|iris|]

Didnt get to ride, but I got to lunge the mini's. June Bug and Carlos were very good and jumped and cantered, but sonce lunge whips are too long, we had to use Riding Crops xD

[Tyki-Pon]

Hacked on cutter with my trainer on cowboy. Cutter was terrified of th E mud and puddles. But after a hour of good riding, he was sweaty and tired. It was funn.

[Lao]

I am soo excited First of all, my mom is an esthetician, so she does nails and stuff. And my trainer comes to my house every two weeks to get gels. And, today she was over and she said for my lesson tonight, I can ride the new horse at the barn, Remi. And, during the winter I can help clean up after lessons for experience and stuff. And, she wants me to draw a picture of her horse <3 She said she'd pay me.

[dearly beloved]

I get to ride Digger today. <3

[simply,]

Terrible news! Lanzer a six year old Oldenburg gelding just passed at my old barn! He was so young, but aperantly has a really bad collicing problem. Last night he went into colic and they took him to a near by vet school. He was in so much pain that they decided to put him down, because they did not think he could survive a third colic surgery! A third colic surgery on a six year old... He was an amazing boy with a sweet heart attitude. Yes he was sometimes lazy, but could soar over five foot fences no problem. He had a heart of gold and would always cheer you up with his goofy antics. He was commonly called Scooby-doo because he towered over most horses at 18.2, but was also not the sharpest tool in the shed. We all loved him and he will be sorely missed. How he used to jump out of his paddock every time you walked in another horse. How he managed to rip off his shoe and a good chunk of a his hoof while jumping out of the paddock, but was still ready to do it again hobbling along right after. His heart. His lazy attitude somedays where he would plow through every over with his knees. He was too young and had such a great future ahead of him. The world lost a great horse and jumper, last night.


News on Hero. He suppousably coliced as well. He would found out in the pasture with cuts all over his legs where he had been kicking himself during the night. So he must have been in serious pain.

Two horses in just about two weeks!

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A picture of Lanzer I took back in July. I don't know why it is lopsided. I am sorry it is blurry, but he would not hold still. Miss you big boy!

His grooms Facebook status touched me so much.... Like he said, we know your in the "Pastures of Glory" now and you will never been forgotten.

I am crying right now and I don't know why.... He was not my horse and I did not cry this much when Hero died. Maybe it is because he was so freaking young and his life was cut so short....

[Erille]

Since school started I haven't ridden once. It's the first week and I'm loaded with homework. Luckily tomorrow's Friday so I can ride this weekend.