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[rsyaghh12311]

Okay, again the tack shop owner can help you find a saddle for what your looking for, just if you have questions, ask.

[OneRowdyNight]

Yeah, on the way to my barn there is a beautiful brown mare, who is pretty small. She is really beautiful, and she has a little, little pasture in a small yard. All she gets is a small stack of hay, and there is droppings everywhere. They have no stall for it, only an empty, large shed that she goes into when it rains. Its so sad, and I'm trying to convince my parents to get involved.

Problem is, they don't need a stall. Rowdy has lived outside with no shelter all of his life. Droppings are going to happen, it's a horse. The shed is good, but horses are very hardy animals. As long as she's not emaciated or being mistreated and her environment is free of hazards, it'll be fine. ^.^

[Typical Aquarius]

Yeah, on the way to my barn there is a beautiful brown mare, who is pretty small. She is really beautiful, and she has a little, little pasture in a small yard. All she gets is a small stack of hay, and there is droppings everywhere. They have no stall for it, only an empty, large shed that she goes into when it rains. Its so sad, and I'm trying to convince my parents to get involved.

Problem is, they don't need a stall. Rowdy has lived outside with no shelter all of his life. Droppings are going to happen, it's a horse. The shed is good, but horses are very hardy animals. As long as she's not emaciated or being mistreated and her environment is free of hazards, it'll be fine. ^.^

Unfortunate, I agree with rowdy here. It might be sad, and pull at your heartstrings, but there's nothing wrong with that, as long as she is healthy and fed. The horses at my stable have only large sheds for shelter, and a couple of the pens have only 3 sided windshields.

[cobalt.]

Aww, poor Hano! D: Hey guys, I'm wondering, how can you tell when a horse really, really loves what they do? Because, I want Rowdy to love what he does, but it seems like the only thing he loves to do is eat.... Like every other horse. x.x

Usually they lick their lips. I noticed my lesson horse did that once my seat improved at the trot. Hoe that helped a little

[Typical Aquarius]

Aww, poor Hano! D: Hey guys, I'm wondering, how can you tell when a horse really, really loves what they do? Because, I want Rowdy to love what he does, but it seems like the only thing he loves to do is eat.... Like every other horse. x.x

Usually they lick their lips. I noticed my lesson horse did that once my seat improved at the trot. Hoe that helped a little :D

Usually a horse licks their lips when understand something, or are thinking, not necessarily when they like it. Most horses will be more enthusiastic, and do what you ask better. They might also have a little quirk about them. They might shake their head up and down, or flap their lips, or something like that.

[Tyki-Pon]

Aww, poor Hano! D: Hey guys, I'm wondering, how can you tell when a horse really, really loves what they do? Because, I want Rowdy to love what he does, but it seems like the only thing he loves to do is eat.... Like every other horse. x.x

Usually they lick their lips. I noticed my lesson horse did that once my seat improved at the trot. Hoe that helped a little

that doesnt mean they like it. When a horse licks their lips and chews, it means they are thinking and digesting what you just taught them, or they just learned.

[Hanoverian]

Awesome about your presents, Dolphin! I hope that you can lease this summer. (:



Yesterday's lesson was... bad. It was bad. I almost cried, actually. xDD It's a LONG story, though

Thanks very much. I was very pleased with my horsie presents this year Me too :3

Aww really? That must have been terrible if you almost cried D'x Is everything okay? What happened? (If you don't mind telling me).

Thanks, guys. :C


Well... this is going to be long, so prepare yourselves.
I ride in a group lesson with a girl a year older than me. She has been riding for about 3 more years than I have, but I'm at her level. I was even above her level. I'll call her "Tracy" xD. Tracy has always gotten pretty much everything she wanted, being rich and all - she is a nice person, but sometimes it hurts to see someone that isn't half as devoted as you are to horseback riding getting everything. So, Tracy and I have been riding together for over a year. At first she was riding more often than me, but then I started taking 2 lessons a week way back when, so we were equal. This past summer we both leased. And starting this school year, we went back to 2 lessons a week, until I used my work hours (I work a lot at the barn. 7.5 hours is a free private lesson!) and some babysitting money to start taking a third private lesson a week. Tracy noticed that I was doing this, so her dad just got her 2 extra lessons. >< Now besides our group, she has 3 private lessons a week! Which I understand that she can afford and all...
But anyway - the point really is that all my riding life I've worked extremely hard to be at the same level as the people my age and older than me. Right now I'm 14 and have been riding for almost 5 years... I'm at the same level as people that are 17 and have been riding since they were 5, no joke. I push myself to my limit and I'm always extremely hard on myself, so I learn and progress quickly. I've managed to stay with the other people my age and above my age with less riding... but now I'm having troubles keeping up with Tracy. She just got a fancy new horse and takes 4 lessons a week, sometimes 5, and can hack all the time. I'm happy for her, but she isn't that devoted to the barn OR her horse - given the opportunity, she'd choose a party over riding her horse, if you know what I mean. I don't mind being below her... but part of me does, and I DON'T EVEN KNOW RIGHT NOW. ;_; I just have all of these feelings about riding and myself just building up. I know that I sound like a spoiled brat, but I just feel... I don't know how to even say it. ><
Now onto the lesson. Sooo I was riding Willow as usual and Tracy was on her horse. Willow was really fresh and really stiff - at the same time - when Tracy's horse is oh so perfect. But I would rather have Willow than him, I enjoy the challenge... I know that he is fairly simple to ride because the trainers and Tracy say so. We warmed up, but Willow wasn't softening and was trying to buck and such, and so I didn't have to deal with her today (I did for most of the lesson though) my trainer hopped on. Willow did a little rear with her and was generally naughty, so my trainer worked her for some time. She went to do the brick wall line but Willow ran out on the first jump, My trainer got her over but she was taking really weird distances and such, but my trainer says that it'll teach her to be more correct by understanding how uncomfortable the wrong thing is. Then I got on, and we started with a course... Tracy's course went fairly well, and then I went. It was just a warmup thingy, so it was canter to the X on the quarter line, and trot the line of brick walls on the diagonal (they are each about 2 foot high and about 4 feet long, with no standards). The X went wonderfully, but afterwards, Willow was trying to run away from me (I KNOW how to handle this - don't go lecturing me, please ), but I got her under control, and brought her to the bricks... she ran out, which was probably because I was nervous after seeing what she did to my trainer, but I got her over... the line was kinda sucky, though, I chipped in at the last jump, and I cut the corner afterwards. On the wrong lead. ><
This is something that you need to know about this horse - she doesn't. Slow. Down.. You have to squeeze her with your legs and push her into your hand, but then she tries to run away from it, so you take, take, give... it's a difficult balance.
So. I went again and again, but my bricks consistently suck. Willow is now TRYING to run out - She literally lept SIDEWAYS when we were going over the jump to get away, but I kicked her back and she knocked the whole thing over. Willow is a VERY big horse, and we have a VERY small arena, so it is hard to fit things in comfortably with her. Tracy's horse is small, so she had no problem.
Now, I'm fine with lessons that don't go my way, because I always get over it. I had one great line at the very end of my lesson, I got her to stop in a straight line after a lovely line of bricks.
But what bothered me was Tracy. She looked at me like I didn't know a thing, and she probably thinks that Willow is an easy ride even hough she has never ridden her. Just because Willow is 15 doesn't mean she won't be freakin' difficult.
And then my trainer raised the jump for her, and the smirk on her face was enough to make me want to cry. I've jumped bigger than that with Willow, but only in private lessons, and I think that Tracy thought... I don't even know, I'm just so confused right now. ><


I'll be showing against her on the 21st and 22nd - and I plan on winning. I need to win - I want to prove myself to her so badly that it hurts. I want to prove myself to everyone at my barn. I may have less than they do, but I sure do care a lot, and even though I guess it isn't right to want to win so badly, I do. ><
I probably don't have a chance. Her 4-5 lessons a week compared to my 3... her nicer horse (I love Willow so much, though, but she isn' a 20,000 horse)... But I want this so badly. I want to prove myself.


Ug. I'm just pretty confused right now.

[Hoofbeats]

[/quote]Well... this is going to be long, so prepare yourselves.
I ride in a group lesson with a girl a year older than me. She has been riding for about 3 more years than I have, but I'm at her level. I was even above her level. I'll call her "Tracy" xD. Tracy has always gotten pretty much everything she wanted, being rich and all - she is a nice person, but sometimes it hurts to see someone that isn't half as devoted as you are to horseback riding getting everything. So, Tracy and I have been riding together for over a year. At first she was riding more often than me, but then I started taking 2 lessons a week way back when, so we were equal. This past summer we both leased. And starting this school year, we went back to 2 lessons a week, until I used my work hours (I work a lot at the barn. 7.5 hours is a free private lesson!) and some babysitting money to start taking a third private lesson a week. Tracy noticed that I was doing this, so her dad just got her 2 extra lessons. >< Now besides our group, she has 3 private lessons a week! Which I understand that she can afford and all...
But anyway - the point really is that all my riding life I've worked extremely hard to be at the same level as the people my age and older than me. Right now I'm 14 and have been riding for almost 5 years... I'm at the same level as people that are 17 and have been riding since they were 5, no joke. I push myself to my limit and I'm always extremely hard on myself, so I learn and progress quickly. I've managed to stay with the other people my age and above my age with less riding... but now I'm having troubles keeping up with Tracy. She just got a fancy new horse and takes 4 lessons a week, sometimes 5, and can hack all the time. I'm happy for her, but she isn't that devoted to the barn OR her horse - given the opportunity, she'd choose a party over riding her horse, if you know what I mean. I don't mind being below her... but part of me does, and I DON'T EVEN KNOW RIGHT NOW. ;_; I just have all of these feelings about riding and myself just building up. I know that I sound like a spoiled brat, but I just feel... I don't know how to even say it. ><
Now onto the lesson. Sooo I was riding Willow as usual and Tracy was on her horse. Willow was really fresh and really stiff - at the same time - when Tracy's horse is oh so perfect. But I would rather have Willow than him, I enjoy the challenge... I know that he is fairly simple to ride because the trainers and Tracy say so. We warmed up, but Willow wasn't softening and was trying to buck and such, and so I didn't have to deal with her today (I did for most of the lesson though) my trainer hopped on. Willow did a little rear with her and was generally naughty, so my trainer worked her for some time. She went to do the brick wall line but Willow ran out on the first jump, My trainer got her over but she was taking really weird distances and such, but my trainer says that it'll teach her to be more correct by understanding how uncomfortable the wrong thing is. Then I got on, and we started with a course... Tracy's course went fairly well, and then I went. It was just a warmup thingy, so it was canter to the X on the quarter line, and trot the line of brick walls on the diagonal (they are each about 2 foot high and about 4 feet long, with no standards). The X went wonderfully, but afterwards, Willow was trying to run away from me (I KNOW how to handle this - don't go lecturing me, please ), but I got her under control, and brought her to the bricks... she ran out, which was probably because I was nervous after seeing what she did to my trainer, but I got her over... the line was kinda sucky, though, I chipped in at the last jump, and I cut the corner afterwards. On the wrong lead. ><
This is something that you need to know about this horse - she doesn't. Slow. Down.. You have to squeeze her with your legs and push her into your hand, but then she tries to run away from it, so you take, take, give... it's a difficult balance.
So. I went again and again, but my bricks consistently suck. Willow is now TRYING to run out - She literally lept SIDEWAYS when we were going over the jump to get away, but I kicked her back and she knocked the whole thing over. Willow is a VERY big horse, and we have a VERY small arena, so it is hard to fit things in comfortably with her. Tracy's horse is small, so she had no problem.
Now, I'm fine with lessons that don't go my way, because I always get over it. I had one great line at the very end of my lesson, I got her to stop in a straight line after a lovely line of bricks.
But what bothered me was Tracy. She looked at me like I didn't know a thing, and she probably thinks that Willow is an easy ride even hough she has never ridden her. Just because Willow is 15 doesn't mean she won't be freakin' difficult.
And then my trainer raised the jump for her, and the smirk on her face was enough to make me want to cry. I've jumped bigger than that with Willow, but only in private lessons, and I think that Tracy thought... I don't even know, I'm just so confused right now. ><


I'll be showing against her on the 21st and 22nd - and I plan on winning. I need to win - I want to prove myself to her so badly that it hurts. I want to prove myself to everyone at my barn. I may have less than they do, but I sure do care a lot, and even though I guess it isn't right to want to win so badly, I do. ><
I probably don't have a chance. Her 4-5 lessons a week compared to my 3... her nicer horse (I love Willow so much, though, but she isn' a 20,000 horse)... But I want this so badly. I want to prove myself.


Ug. I'm just pretty confused right now.[/quote]

I understand how you feel, this happened to me and Grump - Stump once, its not a good feeling.
Oh BTW, I got this stuff for New Years eve:

- Black riding pants
- Breyer horse models
- Half chaps
( Why do I get doubles?)

[OneRowdyNight]

Hano- That absolutely sucks complete a**. I know almost how you feel. Except backwards. Because, I used to be the one working for lease and lessons, but now I can board and don't get to do barnwork. They all think I'm snobby or something. I don't like it at all. >.< But, that really sucks. Get all her energy out, loosen her up a bit, lunge her a bit, maybe? I don't know Willow, but Sonoma at our barn is alwyas stiff and we can't use a bit on her, due to her teeth, but I always had to lunge to get her warmed up. Sorry if it's not helpful, I'm just spewing out suggestions. ^^;

[Dolphinlover~]

Awesome about your presents, Dolphin! I hope that you can lease this summer. (:



Yesterday's lesson was... bad. It was bad. I almost cried, actually. xDD It's a LONG story, though

Thanks very much. I was very pleased with my horsie presents this year Me too :3

Aww really? That must have been terrible if you almost cried D'x Is everything okay? What happened? (If you don't mind telling me).

Thanks, guys. :C


Well... this is going to be long, so prepare yourselves.
I ride in a group lesson with a girl a year older than me. She has been riding for about 3 more years than I have, but I'm at her level. I was even above her level. I'll call her "Tracy" xD. Tracy has always gotten pretty much everything she wanted, being rich and all - she is a nice person, but sometimes it hurts to see someone that isn't half as devoted as you are to horseback riding getting everything. So, Tracy and I have been riding together for over a year. At first she was riding more often than me, but then I started taking 2 lessons a week way back when, so we were equal. This past summer we both leased. And starting this school year, we went back to 2 lessons a week, until I used my work hours (I work a lot at the barn. 7.5 hours is a free private lesson!) and some babysitting money to start taking a third private lesson a week. Tracy noticed that I was doing this, so her dad just got her 2 extra lessons. >< Now besides our group, she has 3 private lessons a week! Which I understand that she can afford and all...
But anyway - the point really is that all my riding life I've worked extremely hard to be at the same level as the people my age and older than me. Right now I'm 14 and have been riding for almost 5 years... I'm at the same level as people that are 17 and have been riding since they were 5, no joke. I push myself to my limit and I'm always extremely hard on myself, so I learn and progress quickly. I've managed to stay with the other people my age and above my age with less riding... but now I'm having troubles keeping up with Tracy. She just got a fancy new horse and takes 4 lessons a week, sometimes 5, and can hack all the time. I'm happy for her, but she isn't that devoted to the barn OR her horse - given the opportunity, she'd choose a party over riding her horse, if you know what I mean. I don't mind being below her... but part of me does, and I DON'T EVEN KNOW RIGHT NOW. ;_; I just have all of these feelings about riding and myself just building up. I know that I sound like a spoiled brat, but I just feel... I don't know how to even say it. ><
Now onto the lesson. Sooo I was riding Willow as usual and Tracy was on her horse. Willow was really fresh and really stiff - at the same time - when Tracy's horse is oh so perfect. But I would rather have Willow than him, I enjoy the challenge... I know that he is fairly simple to ride because the trainers and Tracy say so. We warmed up, but Willow wasn't softening and was trying to buck and such, and so I didn't have to deal with her today (I did for most of the lesson though) my trainer hopped on. Willow did a little rear with her and was generally naughty, so my trainer worked her for some time. She went to do the brick wall line but Willow ran out on the first jump, My trainer got her over but she was taking really weird distances and such, but my trainer says that it'll teach her to be more correct by understanding how uncomfortable the wrong thing is. Then I got on, and we started with a course... Tracy's course went fairly well, and then I went. It was just a warmup thingy, so it was canter to the X on the quarter line, and trot the line of brick walls on the diagonal (they are each about 2 foot high and about 4 feet long, with no standards). The X went wonderfully, but afterwards, Willow was trying to run away from me (I KNOW how to handle this - don't go lecturing me, please ), but I got her under control, and brought her to the bricks... she ran out, which was probably because I was nervous after seeing what she did to my trainer, but I got her over... the line was kinda sucky, though, I chipped in at the last jump, and I cut the corner afterwards. On the wrong lead. ><
This is something that you need to know about this horse - she doesn't. Slow. Down.. You have to squeeze her with your legs and push her into your hand, but then she tries to run away from it, so you take, take, give... it's a difficult balance.
So. I went again and again, but my bricks consistently suck. Willow is now TRYING to run out - She literally lept SIDEWAYS when we were going over the jump to get away, but I kicked her back and she knocked the whole thing over. Willow is a VERY big horse, and we have a VERY small arena, so it is hard to fit things in comfortably with her. Tracy's horse is small, so she had no problem.
Now, I'm fine with lessons that don't go my way, because I always get over it. I had one great line at the very end of my lesson, I got her to stop in a straight line after a lovely line of bricks.
But what bothered me was Tracy. She looked at me like I didn't know a thing, and she probably thinks that Willow is an easy ride even hough she has never ridden her. Just because Willow is 15 doesn't mean she won't be freakin' difficult.
And then my trainer raised the jump for her, and the smirk on her face was enough to make me want to cry. I've jumped bigger than that with Willow, but only in private lessons, and I think that Tracy thought... I don't even know, I'm just so confused right now. ><


I'll be showing against her on the 21st and 22nd - and I plan on winning. I need to win - I want to prove myself to her so badly that it hurts. I want to prove myself to everyone at my barn. I may have less than they do, but I sure do care a lot, and even though I guess it isn't right to want to win so badly, I do. ><
I probably don't have a chance. Her 4-5 lessons a week compared to my 3... her nicer horse (I love Willow so much, though, but she isn' a 20,000 horse)... But I want this so badly. I want to prove myself.


Ug. I'm just pretty confused right now.

@Hanoverian: Oohh that does suck >.< Tracy seems like such a brat -- a spoiled brat. Ugghh I hate people that are spoiled like that and probably can't ride a horse worth less than like $30,000. That made me want to puke xDD But I understand how you feel. When I have not a great lesson I always can't wait for next week to prove to myself that I am better than that. I totally understand why you want to beat Tracy and well practically crush her and her expensive horse.

During my lesson I had a really good time and I was really happy to ride Bubbles again and jump her for the first time. We some really good exercises about steering mainly with your legs and seat. Like serpentines in very small spaces and stuff. Also, we jumped a line with verticals that were 2 feet. First there were two poles on the ground like a bounce, then a one stride to the first veritcal, and two strides to the second. So we did that a few times and my assistant trainer said I did a very good job so she let me stop after the third or fourth time. Then we did something harder -- she put one pole to the right of the last vertical and one to left of it. Then my trainer would call "right", "middle", or "left" for which fence to go over after the first vertical. So Bubbles and I did fine with it, but after the pole we used our space really well after cantering away from it. So my trainer said that even though Bubbles tapped the pole our recovery was beautiful :3
Anyways, at the end we did something really challenging. A bending line with two poles pretty darn close together. Doesn't sound hard right? But this was after we did all the jumping and my trainer was saying how all of the horses, especially Bubbles, will be very excited and it will be hard for us to get them to listen to us. So the first time I missed the second pole by a bit. Then when we trotted it again I did it. But I couldn't get Bubbles to listen when we cantered it -- she was too excited and expecting to jump. So I was a little dissapointed that I couldn't do it and I felt pretty bad.
But after we dismounted and I was walking Bubbles back to her stall my trainer said how much my riding has improved and what a good job I have been doing :3