Dustbunny

Hey!!! I was born and raised in Vancouver Wa.,. Don't live there anymore, been in Texas for a long long time. Love it here. Just saw you were from NW Oregon, and thought I'd say Hi!

Now, keep in mind that this is coming from a cowgirl who's never rode an eventer in her life, but the way I get a green horse to straighten out and just move on without being all "drunkard" is to...

I love this: some modification is needed to get this done. That suits me just fine. Yes! We are all working and living our lives to get to a place where it's not the same as before, and...

So agree with this and it's funny but in pretty much all of my life, I've gotten to be very easy about "perfectionism" and "getting it just so" in favor of having fun and letting go. But I guess I...

-- I have Grade III Spondoliothesis and don't ride an inth of what I used to but I still do ride bareback. You do not want to see how I get on my horse these days - lol lol Many's the...

We named her Stella

I like the pails and pans made by Fortex. These are made like car tires minus the wires. Mine have withstood being driven over and anything the horses can try to do to them. The rubber is thick. On...

Your horses must play 'nicely'! I have one horse that has taught all the youngsters how to properly play with them. He will teach them how to destroy a rubber feed pail in about an hour. At the...

Thanks for writing that BSMS....really good. There was a time, not so long ago, when I started taking lessons for the first time...that I actually thought I wasn't good enough to ride! I didn't...

Thank you everyone for being so helpful:) I read all the responses and I think I got ska better look I to my own situation. I. Any case I appreciate all the support here and to that girl whom I said...

I think that if you, OP, have been having these feelings for a long time, and maybe kind of stuffing them down because you feel you should NOT have them, then they are probably correct. Meaning,...

One more point I was thinking about before I hit the sack for work at 5.30am.. If you don't enjoy something, you won't progress at all, you may even get worse. That talent you have, OP, might not...

Wow. Are all y'all on the same cycle as my wife? If so I'm gonna go hide now! Mare magic isle 6. To the OP, if you think you've done what you want to with horses, feel free to try other...

OK everyone we are talking to a 13 year old here. No need to call her names or insist she is ungrateful. SHE IS 13. She doesnt know what she wants and that is completely normal. We have all had...

Then do so. Maybe you will come back to riding some day. Maybe not. Life is full of odd twists and turns. Accept them and keep moving.

FWIW, I think dressage is oversold as a style of riding. The books I have suggest it is for everyone. However, the dressage seat often taught is the one used by athletic, skilled riders on highly...