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  • #221
    Originally posted by MissBri
    I just posted my 'story' on that other thread - course I'm just a dumpy old broad on a used up old Morab mare - but we do make an interesting couple.
    to view the odd couple go to the thread on 'Fashion Trends' - sad isn't it?
    Bridal Sweet 05/28/1983 to 01/23/2008


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    • #222
      Goodness, the OP's financial status and other snipey stuff have 'what' to do with the issue at hand? Anybody here ever heard of the phrase, 'it is possible to disagree without being disagreeable
      Yes. But read her other posts. Almost everywhere she mentions being financially well off, having a high IQ, being able to do absolutely everything on the face of the earth, blasts people for being overweight and/or foreign.

      I am known for being a *very* tolerant person. I do not ordinarily participate in flaming threads. I have been known to be very patient with newbies. This gal, however, has pushed me to my limit. And I happen to be *very* type B.
      Meet Wendall the wonder horse
      and introducing Machado! http://pets.webshots.com/photo/28186...SDi?vhost=pets

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      • #223
        Originally posted by Phaxxton
        I've brought the mint milanos and a pitcher of margaritas.

        Can I offer you folks any?
        I'll take a margie, please!
        RIP Bo, the real Appassionato
        5/5/84-7/12/08

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        • #224
          I just looked through the post and thought I'd offer my 2 cents...Personally I love it when my trainer gives me something different to ride, especially a greenie. It shows that he trusts me enough to allow me to help teach if not just inforce what he's been training the horse to do. IMO its a great experience to try different horses, especially the more difficult ones. Thats how you get to be a better rider.

          I think you showed a tremendous lack of disrespect to your trainer in your actions during that lesson. By refusing to ride with the crop you showed you did not trust your trainer's judgement, even though riding with a crop was obviously the right thing to do (horse doesnt go with just your leg, reinforce your leg with something else...ie a crop or spurs instead of sitting there walloping on his sides). I think you need to wake up and be greatful that your trainer thought enough of you...or at least did anyways (probably doesn't anymore because of your actions) to give you a more challenging horse to ride.

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          • #225
            Well it sounds like the horse had your number and took advantage of you. If I was your instructor I wouldn't have been so nice to you. I would have cracked that whip until the horse JUMPED into action. Then again it's not the instructor's job to make the horse move forward, it's YOUR job. Were you wearing spurs at least? I have a horse that will move off the leg without spurs. Put a novice rider on and he will totally ignore your leg, he will make you work for it. Sounds just like what this horse did to you but you didn't want to work for it.

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            • #226
              Okay guys

              This is starting to look like a swarming. Either alysheba has gotten the point or will never get the point. I agree she has brought it on herself but time for mercy perhaps?

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              • #227
                Originally posted by alysheba
                I guess I thought I should have had a horse well schooled in lead changes to make me comfortable with the lesson, when all the while, getting the horse to move probably would have given me even more confidence and helped me gain the horses respect.

                I'm not a spoiled brat. I just didn't see the point of the lesson clearly. I'm sure we have all been there.

                I will be requesting to ride Bailey next Monday, with crop in hand! ( will give you all an update) Hey, maybe I can ask for some extra time with him to see if I can train him to "Hold a Gate" Hey, if you can't laugh at yourself for being an idiot, who can you laugh at????
                alysheba, I'm not the biggest fan of your's, but good on ya for admitting you were wrong.

                This forum can be tough...make too many mistakes (rude posts, arrogance, possibly fabricated stories, etc) and they will follow you around forever. It's a good idea to read for awhile to get the general tone of the board so that you fit in well. Also remember you are dealing with some people that have EXTENSIVE experience in the horse world as well as YEARS of formal instruction (not necessarily myself, but others). There is A LOT to learn here, especially for someone who hasn't had formal instruction.

                Keep taking those lessons, know that every horse has something to teach you and know that if your trainer is asking you to do something, she probably has a reason for it.
                Keith: "Now...let's do something normal fathers and daughters do."
                Veronica: "Buy me a pony?"

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                • #228
                  back to the issue

                  I would say that depending on what stage of riding you are at, it could
                  have been you being over faced with the wrong mount.
                  I am an old lady and if my trainer had of put me on a horse that was
                  beyond my capabilities i would have gotten off. End of story.
                  Sounds to me like you are trying to learn lead changes and that tells me
                  you are an inexperienced rider. Please correct me if I am wrong, but trying
                  to learn lead changes is NOT done on a green mount, it is done on a school horse that is used to beginner riders.
                  Thats why barns who give lessons advertise good lesson horses as a draw
                  to bring clients in.
                  I don't carry a crop because i have all i can do to keep the reins correctly
                  in my hands and at my stage i need to concentrate on the basics, which
                  is all about me and not the horse.
                  Now if your an advanced rider, than I think your trainer probably thought
                  you could handle it. I would talk to the trainer and see where they were
                  coming from that way you can figure it out together.
                  At our barn the horses are selected according to the riders capabilities!!!
                  www.tayvalleyfarm.com
                  My other home.

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                  • #229
                    For those who have not read the past posts...

                    Alysheba
                    On keeping her own horse whole
                    http://www.chronicleforums.com/Forum...05#post1653905
                    http://www.chronicleforums.com/Forum...10#post1631110
                    On actively retraining OTTBs
                    http://www.chronicleforums.com/Forum...61#post1653861
                    On jumping a paint stallion bareback over a 6' fence
                    http://www.chronicleforums.com/Forum...54#post1653754
                    http://www.chronicleforums.com/Forum...28#post1626128
                    On riding her 2 year old horse
                    http://www.chronicleforums.com/Forum...05#post1648105
                    On breeding her 2 year old horse
                    http://www.chronicleforums.com/Forum...93#post1647993
                    On being mad that people's horses aren't "for life"
                    http://www.chronicleforums.com/Forum...ad.php?t=47515
                    On not being able to deal with a biting horse
                    http://www.chronicleforums.com/Forum...24#post1642024
                    On obesity
                    http://www.chronicleforums.com/Forum...89#post1647689
                    On foreign relations
                    http://www.chronicleforums.com/Forum...00#post1611800
                    On horse collecting
                    http://www.chronicleforums.com/Forum...60#post1635360
                    http://www.chronicleforums.com/Forum...41#post1608341
                    http://www.chronicleforums.com/Forum...81#post1612481
                    http://www.chronicleforums.com/Forum...62#post1624862

                    On breeding
                    http://www.chronicleforums.com/Forum...83#post1623083
                    http://www.chronicleforums.com/Forum...74#post1627174
                    http://www.chronicleforums.com/Forum...23#post1633623


                    *sigh*
                    Meet Wendall the wonder horse
                    and introducing Machado! http://pets.webshots.com/photo/28186...SDi?vhost=pets

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                    • #230
                      It's always good to read a thread like this when I'm starting to feel a bit bummed about not being part of the COTH "in-crowd" ("In" being those that the clique people actually dialogue with and respond to). It makes me just say a little prayer of thanks for being inconsequential me.

                      It also plants the thought that if I wanted attention, perhaps I should grandize, exaggerate or fabricate. Perhaps that's what the OP is looking for?
                      Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.

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                      • #231
                        Originally posted by Phaxxton
                        I've brought the mint milanos and a pitcher of margaritas.

                        Can I offer you folks any?
                        Me! Me!
                        http://s31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...nibbystrot.jpg
                        http://s31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...t=IMGP0754.jpg

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                        • #232
                          That's quite possible Desiderata - however, you're not at all inconsequential! You're just not independently wealthy, breeding your 2 year old colt to draft mares, collecting horses, retraining OTTBs, ripping on fat people, people on welfare, and foreigners, ripping on Quarab breeders, riding paint stallions over 6' fences and complaining about all the thumping and kicking you had to do to get a "spoiled" horse to move.

                          That's all.

                          Sorry - I couldn't resist.
                          Meet Wendall the wonder horse
                          and introducing Machado! http://pets.webshots.com/photo/28186...SDi?vhost=pets

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                          • #233
                            Oaksbrea -- (Big sigh) No, you're right, I'm not. But I am an expert on mucking, fence post planting, installing electric fences incorrectly, feed and tack room outfitting, lawn mowing, hay selection, seeding apparatuses (apparati?) supplement balancing, lickit procurement, and ruling my little kingdom. Some day I hope to be all of those other things too. Maybe next week????
                            Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.

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                            • #234
                              Installing electric fences incorrectly
                              Heyyyy, I can join that club! That's what I was doing last night!! I'm still whining about it *laughing*
                              Meet Wendall the wonder horse
                              and introducing Machado! http://pets.webshots.com/photo/28186...SDi?vhost=pets

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                              • #235
                                We're still trying to fix our problems from last summer. This weekend we're pulling it all up and starting from scratch. And we're not stupid. Really.

                                But I don't want to hijack this pleasant thread with my (and your) fencing woes!
                                Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.

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                                • #236
                                  *snicker* well it's either that or we discuss having margaritas

                                  I'm so glad I'm not the only one - see my other fencing thread which you are quite welcome to hijack as much as you want I could use the company!
                                  Meet Wendall the wonder horse
                                  and introducing Machado! http://pets.webshots.com/photo/28186...SDi?vhost=pets

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                                  • #237
                                    Originally posted by ~DressageJunkie~
                                    I think riding a green (was "he" green?) stallion without permission, then jumping a 6ft panel of a round pen would be more like a death wish then just crazy for most people.

                                    I don't think telling your "stories" are going to help you, to most people they sounds like fantasies.
                                    I am sorry, but sidebar here.



                                    Does anyone else find the OP getting a smackdown by DJ freaking hilarious!?!

                                    Sorry, back to the trainwreck. But good god, funniest thing I have read on this board to date.
                                    Grab mane and kick on!

                                    http://www.ashleykriegeleventing.com/

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                                    • #238
                                      Originally posted by PiedPiper
                                      I am sorry, but sidebar here.



                                      Does anyone else find the OP getting a smackdown by DJ freaking hilarious!?!

                                      Sorry, back to the trainwreck. But good god, funniest thing I have read on this board to date.
                                      Someone is gettin' their come uppins !!!
                                      http://s31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...nibbystrot.jpg
                                      http://s31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...t=IMGP0754.jpg

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                                      • #239
                                        Yes but come on, umm, isn't that another pot, or kettle? I forget. . . .
                                        Grab mane and kick on!

                                        http://www.ashleykriegeleventing.com/

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                                        • #240
                                          On actively retraining OTTBs
                                          http://www.chronicleforums.com/Forum...61#post1653861
                                          What a scam!


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