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The one rein stop is just about the very first thing my youngsters learn when I start them u/s. Before I ever sit on them, they will have learned something about the cues for it from the ground.
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I ride English in a close contact saddle...I have this cool pack that sits at the back of the saddle and connects to the billet straps. It holds two big water bottles and had TONS of room for food,...

Hey PVC: I have enjoyed reading your enthusiastic sharing of your first foxhunting experiences...welcome to the addiction! The people you hunt with have enormous impact on how much enjoyment you get...

Most interesting thread. My observation is that, unlike many other forms of hunting, foxhunters do not employ stealth. Quite the opposite: we are extremely noisy, make no effort to conceal our scent,...

DELIGHTFUL post, Badger. How lucky you are to have witnessed those two encounters, especially the one of the youngsters. That had to have been priceless.

Yet consider that even mild dehydration can contribute significantly to fatigue. So I guess it's really a matter of what the OP can tolerate. She's a young'un, though, so no doubt is less prone to...

This is one of the BEST most informative "what it's really like" posts I've seen on this topic.

I recommend taking some Aleve or Tylenol the morning of the hunt with your breakfast. The...

It's fun to read about the big prices folks pay for horses, yet here I sit contented out of my mind with my $1500 mule who is turning into a delightful field hunter and who is worth a million bucks...

Thanks for the clarification/reassurance, HR! Guess we're safe in our little backwoods holler for now. ;)

I must say, it concerned me greatly that our local Rappahannock paper had a full page article on Sheila Johnson some while back. I hope to the gods that she never sets her sights on this county.

He's got enough money that he could put all that property in a conservation easement without blinking an eye. That's the kind of money it's going to take to preserve what's left of the nature and...

I voted No as well. What I can't figure out is why anyone would want to do that kind of riding. It just seems so....I don't know....disconnected...from the horse. I notice there are darn few...

Renn/aissance: I'll step back and fill in for you, LOL:

260 My mini horse is a pixie!

256 bales of hay stacked like bricks.


(there, I made it rhyme, sorry I went out of sequence; I SWEAR I must need new glasses!)

OMG, ALL of your posts bring back memories. The most outlandish thing I did as a horseless kid was sneak home some horse poop from the barn where I occasionally got to to for an hour trail ride (when...

GTD: Thanks for posting that link. GREAT photos--really brought back some recent memories, LOL. That ledge doesn't look ANY wider than I remember it...especially seeing as how my head was initially 9...

AC I can't wait to meet you. You are SO freakin funny.

HR: Got to appreciate a man who looks that good on a horse!

Hey GTD, didja ever post story/pics? I couldn't find them...would love to see them.

Wrong-o....but then, I'm basing that on MY personal reality.

Geeze boys, don't getcher panties in a twist. Some people are okay with a sandwich, some want the whole enchilada. ;) :lol: And every...

I think we shall have to dub this event

THE ROAD TO THE MAN

Hmmmm, the requirements. Okay, in three days, the man must:

> Not spook or shy when accompanying you into a scented candle store...

Too bad I'll be floating around on an aircraft carrier that day (Family Day on the Roosevelt in Norfolk; stepdaughter is attached to that ship)...be kinda fun to go incognito and watch all you single...

AC....wake up hon...wake up...you were dreaming...

heh heh heh.

you forgot one criteria: an ego not larger than capabilities.

Oops, my bad, Sorry, hee hee.

Parade the goods? I think arm wrestling is a better way to tell if a guy is compatible with ya. I mean...who'd want some wimpy noodle of a guy???...

This is a HILARIOUS thread! I'm happily married but still...don't mind ogling "fine art" when I see it...even if I'm not interesting in a "purchase" ... :lol:

BTW...my DH bakes bread from...