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Ten Ways To Get In Shape To Own A Horse

admin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:09:44 +0000

Drop a heavy steel object on your foot. Do not pick it up right away. Instead shout “Get off, stupid. Get off!”
Leap out of a moving vehicle and practice “relaxing into the fall.” Roll lithely into a ball, and spring to your feet!
Learn to grab your checkbook out of your purse and write out $100 without looking down.
Jog long distances carrying a halter and lead in one hand and an arm stretched out with a carrot in the other. Encourage your non horsey neighbors to join in.
Affix a pair of reins to a moving freight train and practice pulling it to a halt. Be sure to smile as if you’re really having fun.
Hone your fibbing skills. ”See hon, moving hay bales is fun” and “I’m really glad your performance and multi-million dollar horse won you 1st place – I’m just thankful that my hard work and actual ability placed me 2nd.”
Practice dialing your chiropractor’s number with both arms paralyzed to the shoulder and one foot anchored on the lead rope to a frisky horse.
Borrow the old Army slogan “Be all you can be……(bitten, thrown, kicked, slammed, trampled….)
Lie face down in the mud in your most expensive riding clothes and repeat….”This is a learning experience, this is a learning experience,…”
Marry into Money!

WANTED: FEIT Inspection Host Facility

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:35:23 +0000

WANTED:A host facility for the Fall 2012 FEIT Sport Horse Inspections.

Requirements: Indoor ring and ability to stable a minimum of 12 horses. All stabling, trailer parking, day use fees will be paid directly to the host facility. FEIT will cover insurance for the event.

If interested please email me (Lindsay) directly.

http://equineinspections.com/

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New: Facebook Group

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:36:21 +0000

With the changes Facebook has been making I’ve decided to close down the RTR Club page and opened up a Group Page.

Moving to a group setting will allow members to easily connect with each other to set up rides, share links and photos.

Anyone can join the group. I will be the moderator. All I ask is no spamming, keep it clean, and open discussions welcome but don’t make personal attacks should discussions get heated.

Click Here to join the group.

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Foal Training: Month 9

admin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:34:06 +0000

Here’s a short video of Ellie line driving for the very first time.

I love line driving. I exercise my horses this way very frequently. (mainly to give myself exercise) I like it because the horse is out front, it encounters all the scary things first and they have to think through obstacles.

Since this was Ellie’s first ever attempt at line driving I can only say I’m thrilled to pieces on how well she did. I couldn’t even help but give her hugs when she got confused with the word WHOA and turned back to come be with me.

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Tyja Training – Scary Tarp

admin — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:13:19 +0000

Since I had my camera out to video Ellie vs the tarp I figured I’d might as well get some video of a new horse we now have. Tyja has been with us for about 2 weeks and we’ve started her in-hand training. She’s been green broke to ride/drive but I start every horse at square 1. I’d much rather spend the time on the ground gaining respect so when it comes time to hitch or ride, scary events are a non-issue.

As you can see by the clip Tyja, though 5 years old, is much more concerned with the tarp than Ellie was. It goes to show you starting horses as early as possible makes a big difference. Handling a 400lb foal when it’s frightened is much easier than a 1,000 adult!

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Foal Training Diary – 8 months old

admin — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:13:37 +0000

Happy Thanksgiving!

With a super long weekend I had time to dig out the video camera and get some video clips of how Ellie’s training is going. It has been a blast keeping track of her training progress as I get to she how she is growing both physically and mentally.

We’ve been doing a lot of despooking to make her as bomb proof as possible. That way when she is old enough to hitch to a cart or saddle up it really is a non event.

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Paddock Paradise: Stage 1

admin — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:23:28 +0000

The initial track is finished!

Just in time for winter I finally have a full track all the way around my big 4 acre pasture.

The circumference is over a 1/4 mile and has 3 corner loafing/feeding stations and is ultimately connected to the old “mud” paddock which has shelter and water.

Currently 3 sides of the permanent fence have wood posts and I still have to replace the old T-posts with wood along the top of the hill. That will happen next spring.

The corner loafing areas will be used as feeding stations and eventually have pea gravel for footing when time and funds can be allocated for it.

The inside track fence is made up of 2 strands of hot rope and I used step in posts. I used T-posts in gate areas and in locations that change direction. It is energized by a buried insulated hot wire leading from the perimeter fence.

Here’s what the current track looks like and a horse eye view of the track.
Click Here to learn more about Paddock Paradise

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Training Tip: Back it Up

admin — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:38:20 +0000

Chores taking up too much time and you don’t think you have time to train your horse?

Start simple. Instead of walking your horse into his stall, turn him around and back him in/out of it.

Instead of walking him down the lane to his paddock, back him up all the way.

A horse that has a good back up is a horse who is respectful and not pushy!

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Foal Training Diary – Month 5

admin — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:30:35 +0000

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Hump Day Horse Photos

admin — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:43:53 +0000

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