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Harvey was my bro  He's not mine because we poor and I stopped riding about a year ago after 18 years after a huge fight with my mum because we always went to the stables together and  gently caress you mum I never want to see you again dumbest thing I ever did. Thinking about going back because me and mum are chill now. He's chucked me off so many times, the most memorable being in the middle of a hack for literally no reason anyone could see, because some twat was shooting pheasants nearby and I missed a wheelbarrow full of manure by about 3 inches and just because he's a spooky fraidy cat baby who can't walk past a hedge. The big grey lady in the back is Nancy his bff, he won't go anywhere without her and now she's semi-retired she has to be kept in the loose area beside the manège where he can see her or he won't do anything. My sister rode her a lot while she was still doing little jumps and stuff but she just goes in chill circles now with one of the nervous girls and basically just danders about. This big dude was Warrior (lol) and he has sadly passed (he was p badly treated in his previous life, he was massive so big dudes just pulled him about and wrecked his mouth and his back legs were hosed so he was euthed but he was spoiled rotten for his last year) he was the biggest horse I've ever been on and the biggest sweetheart. I miss him a lot. Also lol at my stupid feet and lovely seat because I couldn't keep my rear end on the saddle, we eventually fixed that mental block.  I don't have any more pictures because I suck
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I miss it so much  I'll field the idea this weekend and see if she even has a horse for me! That's disappointing news about Boyse  it's v sensible to get out before you get yourself worked up and nervous tbh I've been there before with my instructors insane show pony, I had a few really scary moments and I just had to quit him before I gave myself a complex.
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Apr 13, 2015 19:37
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I would say that motorbikes are dangerous because of how cars don't take proper precautions with them but hah that's even more true for horses. "Slow" doesn't mean go from 70-60 I'm a bit sad that I got so teenytinymouse fucked around with this message at 11:39 on Apr 14, 2015 |
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Apr 14, 2015 11:28
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Aquatic Giraffe posted:A friend and his lab partner were out in the woods one time collecting specimens for a lab in college and they got shot by a hunter. Like, actually shot. He lost part of his hand and his lab partner was killed. That is incredibly sad And how can you just shoot at anything that moves and call it hunting, that's ridiculous.
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Apr 14, 2015 20:54
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Some people deserve to be bitten. Except those first kids, they need to be arrested. Also in response to your earlier post Aquatic Giraffe your horse does not look like a deer s/he looks like a total dream 
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Apr 15, 2015 02:49
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Don't you stifle that pony, she could have her own dreams.
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Apr 15, 2015 10:12
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Yay Nondevor and yay Angrymog!  Nondevor your instructor is very sensible having you ride a variety from the very start and I enjoy it a lot more when you don't know what's coming every week, keeps it fresh! And that holiday sounds incredible Angrymog I haven't managed to get back to the stables yet with all the other poo poo going on recently but the end of June is my target. I can't wait to get yelled at for my terrible terrible feet! Maybe a break will have broken all the awful bad habits I had???
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May 14, 2015 10:29
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I visited the stables, I actually got a bit teary when I saw Harvey, he's my special buddy  instructor was giving a private lesson so I didn't get a chance to speak to her today but I got to hug everybody and meet new dog and new chickens, got to hug a chicken too and I took bad photosThis is Dillon and Sylvester who is blind in one eye, they are new  Debonair is grown up now  Ruby is still the prettiest  I failed getting photos of the new dog (I petted his tummy for a good half an hour, he's lovely) or the chickens or the other new pony, boo me
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May 24, 2015 13:33
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I would love a go on Tinker. Gimme the big fluffyfoot to jump on  A couple of good lively circles beforehand to wake him up and you would have been golden imo.
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May 28, 2015 12:16
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Aaaah she's gorgeous! come back and tell us what you call her! Orbit is beautiful too, I have very fond memories of a big derpy piebald called Magee
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Jul 27, 2015 20:46
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Probably, yes. Horses aren't like greyhounds, you should not be able to see ribs. Faires are not exactly bastions of animal welfare. Take photos and report it but prepare for gently caress all to be done about it
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Jul 28, 2015 18:48
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Watching the Royal Dublin Horse Show and an Irish pair, Bertram Allen (20) on Romanov (17) get two clears in the team showjumping, makes my heart go all fuzzy to see the golden oldies do so well Look at this gorgeous guy!! 
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Aug 7, 2015 17:12
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He is flipping gorgeous
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Aug 16, 2015 19:18
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Mia is also an absolute stunner. She should wear her shark every day :3 Poor Eddie
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Aug 20, 2015 10:52
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Trotting without stirrups is good for you, that's why it hurts so much  I had a bad habit of gripping up so I had to do a lot of work without stirrups. Think of having big weights attached to your heels and put a hand on the saddle when you need to and keep yourself stuck on the saddle, it's not fun for anybody if you're bouncing the whole time. Murphy is a gorgeous big guy, he has a sassy face! Tyma posted:It's not fun, but it all comes together in the end, right? ^^; Edit: I left the reply window open a long time there! I agree with you Tyma about group lessons, I like having downtime between turns to settle myself and think about what I'm doing. What are US style lessons like? teenytinymouse fucked around with this message at 15:42 on Sep 19, 2015 |
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Sep 19, 2015 15:38
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Tyma posted:Hello, fellow 'Huge Imaginary Weights' user! That's a good one! My instructor was always one for imaginary aids, carrying imaginary trays to keep your hands up, having an imaginary pole behind your back to keep your elbows at your sides, imagine you have squeezy sponges in your hands to keep from having too hard a contact etc. I don't think I ever saw her use a real aid for position, she brought out this weird back brace thing that meant you couldn't move your upper arms from your sides but it was purely used as a threat. Which worked very well!  quote:The only one I've ever been in was English Riding, but also kind of like circuit training. Everyone was assigned a corner, half or route around the school, and had 20 minutes to ride around and work on a specific fault or manoeuvre, by repeating it over and over again. The instructor was on horseback, and rode around the school observing the riders and pointing out faults, while her understudies all watched from the gallery.
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Sep 19, 2015 16:14
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Nondevor posted:I fell from my horse today. If you don't know Dusty well then it could have been anything causing him to speed up. If you're sitting for a diagonal then he might take that as a prelude to a canter signal, it could mean you're gripping with your legs more while you're sitting (I did this a lot), you could be concentrating on your diagonal and putting more tension than he likes on his mouth etc, so I wouldn't attribute it to him "acting up" just yet. Very sorry you got so unlucky as to come off though! Get well soon finger  Falling off is something you also have to practise, what if you never fell off and then one day you really need to roll towards the centre of the arena and bounce back up immediately while staying calm and not making any fuss (despite any and all injury in case you spook someone) and you haven't practised any of it?! Also I won my first ever rosette on a grumpy little skewbald pony called Dusty, it's a good name
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Oct 7, 2015 01:10
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Bummer you were right to try and not hit the jump though, I've done that and it hurt a lot though I guess I didn't break anything... Tyma posted:In all the time I've been riding, I've never been taught to fall, because riding schools over here all have stipulations in their insurance policies that prevent it. I've asked a few, because I have a really messed up back, and I'm scared of wearing a Body Protector, but they're all "NOPE!". I might just go to a judo class or something ^^; Why would the body protector hurt your back? I never rode without one tbh and my back is the one bit of me I never really hurt (except the time I mentioned above when I landed on a pole)
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Oct 7, 2015 09:46
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Oh that sucks. I didn't realise there wasn't like, other options for people who can't wear them I know people who just don't like wearing them, it's crazy. Mine actually maybe saved me from some cracked ribs in a stable once too when a mental pony decided I did such a bad job on his feet that I needed to be squished.
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Oct 7, 2015 11:43
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Just to tide us over till Angrymogs picture dump of exotic horses and beautiful scenery, here is something completely different Spud and myself are coming up on 20 years of acquaintance and I heard he had a slip in the field and twisted his pelvis (???) so I visited to give pets and mints. He was grumpy because of flies and sneezed in my face.
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Oct 18, 2015 16:34
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They might go to local rescues? I know that a rescue near me will take animals from those kind of situations. There's no way to know I guess but there's a chance they're happy and being rehabilitated somewhere There were two very sweet little donkeys and a tiny tiny pony in a field by my bf's dads house and their poor feet were really overgrown. I was thinking of making a call about them but I couldn't get the nerve up to potentially cause any bother (I'm the worst). This week though someone came to bfs dads house from the rspca asking about them and he was able to give them the address of the person who owns the field so hopefully they will see a farrier soon. Angrymog I'm so jealous of your beautiful holiday I'm sick with it I'm glad you had a good time and I know Sadia wasn't nice to you but I think she's very beautiful and she sounds like exactly my kind of girl. What was your other horse friend called? He is very beautiful too
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Oct 25, 2015 15:27
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Aquatic Giraffe posted:I get to sit on my horse for the first time in almost two years next week RIP your butt!!!!
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Nov 21, 2015 21:08
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Congratulations Jewel!!! She is so pretty, I would just pile ribbons on her for general gorgeousness
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Nov 30, 2015 08:54
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Horse thread lives!!! Look at this beautiful boy I still haven't got back riding after a year talking about it, my sister still tells me how all my horse friends are doing tho and it's lovely but also heartbreaking, I know Harvey is getting near retirement and I might not get to fly round the arena with him jumping literally anything that's put in front of him again Once I pass my driving test tho 
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Dec 8, 2016 22:10
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My sister was on Harvey my best boy last weekend for the first time ever in the 18 years we've been at that stables and said he was wonderful  But also  because I miss him. She's used to big horses because she's 5'7" and broad so being on a little fella like the ones I'm used to was apparently really weird lol I posted him before but here he is again
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dandybrush posted:Aww Harvey! He looks so sweet, how big is he? You know I don't actually know exactly lol a bit shorter than me at the shoulder so I guess about 14-14.5? You can see Nancy (Harvey's best friend for life in the background there, she's 17.5hh and she's my sisters no. 1, a big beautiful dinner-plate-footed megastar) Harvey won't go anywhere without his majestic grey lady friend, when she's in the manège he has to be tied up somewhere so he can see her, he's neurotic and anxious as hell and I love him 
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