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  • #141
    Schnork.......
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      #142
      [QUOTE=

      Maybe she put you on this horse to teach you the importance of the artificial aids in reschooling a spoiled horse or teaching a green one, because don't you train OTTBs who may not always want to go forward when asked?



      [/QUOTE]

      Haven't run into that problem yet.
      I've got the 3 things men want. I'm hot, and I'm smart!

      -The 6th Member Of The Bareback Riders Clique-

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        #143
        Originally posted by Astraled
        More like 6" with her Proud Arabian Foal Breyer.

        Seriously, Alysheba. What is with the lies?

        To answer that comment, I'll refer u to the "Hunter" post that has everyones panties in a bunch.
        I've got the 3 things men want. I'm hot, and I'm smart!

        -The 6th Member Of The Bareback Riders Clique-

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        • #144
          I'll be happy to share my Planters Mixed Nuts. Or do we already have enough of those to go around?

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          • #145
            Snork!

            Originally posted by BelladonnaLily
            I'll be happy to share my Planters Mixed Nuts. Or do we already have enough of those to go around?

            Gotta luv it...

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            • #146
              I'm sending this link to my instructor...I never knew what a prize student I was! I ride whoever she says, follow instructions to the best of my ability, and think it's fun to ride the new lesson horse just so she can see how it goes. Hmm, makes my complete inability to come up on the "correct" diagonal even after all these years look pretty good -- who knew?

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              • #147
                I had to go to the gas station to get some gum for the gym tomorrow morning-the eliptical sucks without gum-and they were giving away their leftover donuts, so I took all of them for us to eat while watching the derailment. (The gas station lady told me I could!)
                Co-founder of White Trash Dressage (WTD)
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                • #148
                  Irish Ei's beat me to it but... You can learn SOMETHING from every horse. If you choose not to, that's on YOU, not your instructor, and certainly not the horse. It's never the horse's fault, always the rider's, and no real horseman will tell you otherwise. The difficult, rank, and green horses are the ones you will learn the most from, even if it's not always fun.

                  "Shut up and ride"... you might learn something you weren't expecting, even if it's not lead changes. Not using your crop when indicated and reccomended by someone you're paying to teach you? What's the point? If you're not going to listen to your trainer, then find someone who will let you do what you want, tell you what you want to hear, and not teach you anything, or just ride your own horses.

                  Forget the popcorn... who's got the blender and the frozen drinks??

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                    #149
                    Originally posted by BelladonnaLily
                    Oh my goodness I just read the story, um I mean thread, about the 13yo untamed girl riding the wild paint stallion (after all, she was his ONLY friend) and jumping 6 foot. Then someone mentioned "Black Stallion syndrome:. Good grief, I just spit Diet Lipton Green tea on my keyboard and monitor. Thats going to be sticky as hell.

                    :

                    If anyone has the Black Stallion synd. its you, I never said Sam was "wild". Far from it, unless a mare in heat was around he would never know he was a stud. Not all stallions are uncontrolable. All a stallion is is a horse that still has his balls. Just like not all mares act "mareish"

                    2nd of all, I never implyed that I was his only friend, I said that was a possiblility, but I also said maybe it was because I was the only one who ever let him out of his stall (funny how you left that part out..didn't fit the image you are trying to portray?)

                    And I don't even like Paints/QH!!! They are sluggish, they drag their heads, etc. As I said before, if I was going to make up a "magical stallion" story, it sure has HECK wouldn't be a PAINT!
                    I've got the 3 things men want. I'm hot, and I'm smart!

                    -The 6th Member Of The Bareback Riders Clique-

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                    • #150
                      ..the Paints and QHs where I board are surely not sluggish....I think you have been misinformed.

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                      • #151
                        Since when do all Paints and QH's drag their heads and are sluggish?

                        I am not really one to be able say this, but your digging yourself deeper.
                        -Lindsey

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                        • #152
                          I had a head dragging paint horse once. Know how I cured it? I just put a mare on the other side of the fence. Taught that horse to jump real good, and never even used a crop OR a saddle.

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                            #153
                            Originally posted by Astraled
                            http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/...d/pyramids.htm



                            ETA: Just general information about pyramid schemes. Nothing implied, really
                            More interesting info...Jobs are Pyramid Schemes. (:
                            I've got the 3 things men want. I'm hot, and I'm smart!

                            -The 6th Member Of The Bareback Riders Clique-

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                              #154
                              [QUOTE=Phaxxton]
                              Originally posted by alysheba

                              All right, I've been content to just watch the train wreck (b/c I do understand your point in your OP)... but come on. How is this (taken directly from your profile) not to promote yourself?


                              (emphasis added)

                              Thats my profile, not my posts. A lot of ppl have their farms in their profiles, even their sigs!
                              I've got the 3 things men want. I'm hot, and I'm smart!

                              -The 6th Member Of The Bareback Riders Clique-

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                                #155
                                Originally posted by ~DressageJunkie~
                                Since when do all Paints and QH's drag their heads and are sluggish?

                                I am not really one to be able say this, but your digging yourself deeper.
                                Hey, its how I feel, and a lot of QH ppl I know think Arabs are high headed and crazy. Its an ongoing feud..mostly in the western horse world. Maybe its mellowed in the last 15 years, I don't know for sure.
                                I've got the 3 things men want. I'm hot, and I'm smart!

                                -The 6th Member Of The Bareback Riders Clique-

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                                • #156
                                  Originally posted by ~DressageJunkie~
                                  Since when do all Paints and QH's drag their heads and are sluggish?

                                  I am not really one to be able say this, but your digging yourself deeper.
                                  Thank you, ma'am. My sentiments exactly.
                                  "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." - Churchill

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                                    #157
                                    Originally posted by HerefortheParty
                                    I had a head dragging paint horse once. Know how I cured it? I just put a mare on the other side of the fence. Taught that horse to jump real good, and never even used a crop OR a saddle.
                                    6'?
                                    I've got the 3 things men want. I'm hot, and I'm smart!

                                    -The 6th Member Of The Bareback Riders Clique-

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                                    • #158
                                      Most horse "trainers" know the difference in a characteristic of the breed (hot) compared to the the training and bringing up (high headed, crazy, sluggish, and dragging their heads.)
                                      -Lindsey

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                                        #159
                                        Originally posted by Helen of NC
                                        Thank you, ma'am. My sentiments exactly.

                                        I wouldnt have been put in the position to state that opinion had someone not exaggerated my "wild paint stallion' experience. For Gods sake, it didnt even have anything to do with this thread.

                                        My apologies to all Paint/QH owners, (flame suit on..I have it coming this time)
                                        I've got the 3 things men want. I'm hot, and I'm smart!

                                        -The 6th Member Of The Bareback Riders Clique-

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                                        • #160
                                          As for advice, do yourself and the trainer a favor and find a new trainer.
                                          -Lindsey

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