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LOVE your signature lol :)

So i feel like a TOTAL creeper because i was on eventing nation, and went to sport horse nation and saw a sale ad and i was like woah, i've seen this horse before, then i remembered you from here lol. I hope you find a good home for your boy! :)

hah yeahh, mouse has a ton of potential but i am def not a good enough rider to get it out of him, when my trainer rides him he looks amazinggg. I can't wait to be able to ride him like that

Silvia is amazing, dressage is my weak point too lol my horse is always a bit tense but he is alott better now

yeahh thats true but at least i could just squeeze in a ride or lesson with boyd martin or silvia martin here and there since they teach there...and the barn manager is a good friend of mine so im hoping she will be understanding...if not ill just go up for a week just to chill around and help out

even better!!! haha i cant wait till this summer cause i think im gonna accept the offer i got from phillip duttons barn manager to work their for a few weeks and hack his horses/clean stalls/etc but idk if i will unless my horse can come with me

thats definatley the right thing to do...hopefully in the future you'll be able to own a wonderful horse that can compete at the upper levels!!

ah thats good that you will have horses to ride so you can keep doing it! i would be heart broken if i sold my horse, Mouse...ive worked so hard training him and i love him. hopefully when i have to take over paying for him when my dad retires ill be able to afford him!

haha good plann. you planning on buying a new horse after he sells?

And i was kinda the same way two years ago...i had just moved up to novice with my horse jet and we were doing good for the most part but then he died from him having a meltdown in the trailer and ended up breaking his coffin bone in two places. it was so sadd

that sounds funn! im flying down every once in awhile since my trainers will be riding/training/taking care of him so i can move up to training level...what level do you do?

Unfortunately a lot of the tack that is purchased these days in tack stores does not have the horse in mind. It is a marketing thing, I am not one to drop names but I am friends with some of the top...

My husband and I got into the TIP (trainer incentive program) for the blm a couple years ago. They pay you to gentle mustangs and find an adopter. But anyways, they are actually super easy to train!...

I know I may get bashed a little bit for this method. But in my experiences, it has been the only way that I have taught a horse with ground tying problems to stand tied. Below is a picture of a...

I get asked a lot what the ideal build on a horse would be for me. There are a lot of things I like about a lot of different horses. But if I was choosing the complete package for a horse it would be...

And yes, these horses take a very very light handed rider. This is a problem I run into quite regularly. Someone will send me their horse so I can make it a bridle horse. They do it a lot of the time...

The two-rein step has to be the most unique stage of the bridle horse process. You are using two very different training tools, a bosalito and a bit to come together to create a handle on a horse...

And now before I describe a bosal, I'd like to go into a little detail about a bosal and why they are a better training aid that rope halters. First of all, a rope halter can twist and move on the...

Thought I would share this. The term "straight up in the bridle" not only means that a horse responds very very lightly to a spade bit, but also that they know how to carry the spade. When I move my...

Thanks all! And I especially enjoyed the video. 6'6" - wow. And he doesn't look at all odd on the horse.

Getting a horse totally comfortable with water is an ongoing thing trained in very small steps, and definitely not something that can be accomplished or "fixed" in a short time. Eventers spend...

^^^^ Well since I'm British and you mention Fox Pitt I have to put in a video of him jumping - just look how he tucks his long legs up!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoB01LZpJ2A

Pasture only. Hay only. Alfalfa vs. grass. Beet pulp. Ration balancers. Pelleted feed. Sweet feed. Cereal grains. Fats. Supplements. The options are endless. So how do you decide what...

Shoulder in is harder than haunches in, because horses find it very easy to go crooked in haunches in. They can have their weight over their forehands and perform the movement but not the exercise,...

Tenakee is doing good; she really likes to be out in the herd. I'm sure she misses her baby a little, but she is high on the totem pole out there and gets sort of special honors from my gelding, so...

Eeeeeeee! She's a tank!!! I want so much! :D