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LOL! I lived in the barn apartment the last year I was in Arkansas. Best year of my life. YOU DO HEAR EVERYTHING - HORSES HAVING A NORMAL ROLL SOUND LIKE TORNADOES! I don't have a ton of time or...

Only to be immortalized by a nebulus-yet-cathartic Mommy Blog that would also occupy my Newsfeed called "Remembering Pepper," which would contain status updates such as "Pepper was such a brave...

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What was the result of your surgery? Did you have cervical discs fused?

Almost all of my clients have some degree of neck/back injuries. You can certainly do pilates - there are just certain...

Toadie's Mom,

Hi lover! Here's a great exercise for balance in the tack to add to your at-home warm-up:

Get yourself pelvis positioned correctly on a good practice horse. Instead of returning...

p.s. Duck butt and anterior tilt are two different things. Returning your spine to a normal lordosis (S-shape) and stabilizing it in that position is not perching. Sticking your butt farther behind...

I am such an anatomy nerd: I read your post twice! It is gleeful. :D

I never have ridden stirrupless with ankle weights but I think it might be the best idea in the world, as it will definitely...

I thought it was a mare too, for the same reason.

I also thought the rider looked like chicken-fried vom. Like maybe she was anticipating doing stunts over the fences.

Well done Seema! So excited for you!

Hi there, your original post cracked me up - especially the part about being a Corgi!

Almost all of our tendencies in the tack (and on the ground) are directly related to the position of our...

I like pulled and banged ... especially the (gasp) extreme British style. Which, of course, is the proper way since that's where it originated. ;)

I have used clippers as well. I am a stickler for...

I hate to put this kind of pressure on you - especially in public - but I got 3 texts from Piper last night. She said you should send her to me, that she was sent to this life to bring me back to the...

I'm not gonna lie, I'm kind of obsessed with her. :D

Use the end of a rat tail comb, and braid without rotating your wrists, keeping fingers on the V of the braid to make sure it's taught. I have also dropped in yarns for each section of the braid,...

I think I learned to french braid when I was in the 10th grade, when my sister was a senior in high school. She was willing to overlook the "mannequin models" on which I learned, particularly since...

I'm pretty sure it's a mare. Let me go re-read article.

She is absolutely gorgeous! I love love love her! Congratulations!

The trick (ok, a few tricks) with a forelock is:

1. If it's a decent/normal size (unpulled/altered) forelock, you'll want to take your add-in hair from the sides only, meaning as you're french...

This is a great thread. LOTS of great input/things to consider. My own opinion is that if the horse is responsive to the bit - meaning no head tossing or otherwise external signs of discomfort - that...

LOL, no don't! I thought it was awesome! Your braids are fab, by the way. I particularly liked the "I see this all the time," example. Mostly because I do see through it, and ultimately what's there...

LOL purps, where you drunk when you typed this? :D

Congratulations! I remember the Kelly Belly days too!

I went over in 2011 to help a friend in the CIC**. It is an absolutely gorgeous facility and it made me sad not to be riding!

We were stabled in a far corner, in a stallion-designated barn, not a...

I hate to even open my mouth here, because I didn't see it, but the report on EN said she left a stride out at a water combination toward the end of course, and made it sound likea kiss-of-luck got...

That was going to be my thought/observation. If she's that difficult to braid, she's probably not easy to pull, so the "pulled neat and tidy" option isn't likely.

Many horses are sensitive at the...