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[Groom&Taxi]

Well, first I think the best way to fight the perception that you are doing this just as a hobby is to achieve your goals by being competitive in high...

[Groom&Taxi]

I bit. I am not sure how that survey can yield any useful information, but hopefully it will fulfill the purpose of the class....

[Groom&Taxi]

Own one horse who is boarded in a retirement type situation and lease one who is at one of the higher end facilities for the area - for the lease, I pay...

[Groom&Taxi]

In our area, it is fairly common for county level 4-H programs to have perpetual trophies - so groups like that might be interested in re-purposing?

[Groom&Taxi]

In my understanding, weaving as a stable vice is a neurosis - which is NOT a neurological problem as we typically think of them with horses....

[Groom&Taxi]

I did not read the OP in detail (too painful, both due the writing style and the memories evoked), but I did live through similar horrors at the first...

[Groom&Taxi]

Thanks for the rest of the story Toblersmom - quite a saga. Sad to hear about the loss of the buddy and hope your boy continues bright and perky and...

[Groom&Taxi]

If the solution involved a bucket loader, we DO need details LOL! Glad to hear no consequences and will keep fingers crossed that none develop....

[Groom&Taxi]

Agree you need to find a way to ride not in lessons. Have you tried seeking out a horse that just needs more exercising than it's owner can give it?...

[Groom&Taxi]

We went through this with our dog in the spring of this year. She was over fifteen years old and had a bad vestibular spell in July of 2017 that turned...

[Groom&Taxi]

What a great update - always interesting to hear what happened next! Hope you and your horse continue in a positive direction.

[Groom&Taxi]

$4500-6000 might be accurate for parts of the West Coast, but it is definitely high for an OTTB straight off the track in the PNW.

[Groom&Taxi]

Agree on the loveliness of the course and the jumps. I am still disappointed that Ocala didn't get awarded the 4* (back when there were no 5*s).

[Groom&Taxi]

I am not an expert by any means and probably shouldn't even comment, but hey, this is the internet so...

He has quite a presence, but he...

[Groom&Taxi]

Yup, when the Eventing YR fundraising posts started hitting my feed last summer, I couldn't muster up more than a few hard eyerolls. Nice, hardworking...

[Groom&Taxi]

I have a saddle pad and can't honestly say I felt like it made any difference in the cold backed horse I bought it for. It is however, one of the highest...

[Groom&Taxi]

Given your somewhat unique work-related constraints, I wonder if some kind of on-line training "course:" (thinking Mary Wanless) might be better...