tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318842770364105067.post7566479473085699256..comments2023-08-27T06:04:21.991-05:00Comments on Eventing Saddlebred Style: Where O Where...EventingSaddlebredStylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610596082916022402noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318842770364105067.post-42771893963138735982016-09-10T22:56:02.910-05:002016-09-10T22:56:02.910-05:00It does get better. He isn't nearly as bad now...It does get better. He isn't nearly as bad now. Despite our issues I am quite attached :)EventingSaddlebredStylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610596082916022402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318842770364105067.post-86303289966770881712016-09-10T07:59:50.270-05:002016-09-10T07:59:50.270-05:00That first gif is like my life. Lol. Saddlebreds a...That first gif is like my life. Lol. Saddlebreds are so special.kaityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01389820971120741273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318842770364105067.post-41875434483791559392016-09-10T07:59:43.481-05:002016-09-10T07:59:43.481-05:00That first gif is like my life. Lol. Saddlebreds a...That first gif is like my life. Lol. Saddlebreds are so special.kaityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01389820971120741273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318842770364105067.post-83710203732305939272016-09-09T22:25:06.181-05:002016-09-09T22:25:06.181-05:00So so very hard to be a horse. Almost as hard as b...So so very hard to be a horse. Almost as hard as being an adult ;)EventingSaddlebredStylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610596082916022402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318842770364105067.post-5374909494635862862016-09-09T20:02:38.534-05:002016-09-09T20:02:38.534-05:00Oh Mr. Stinker! Horsing is hard sometimes haha :P...Oh Mr. Stinker! Horsing is hard sometimes haha :P Glad it ended on a good note anyway!KateRosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12870548960430847612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318842770364105067.post-18053169624267097182016-09-09T19:02:26.295-05:002016-09-09T19:02:26.295-05:00Royale is such a cutie! Stinker doesn't go for...Royale is such a cutie! Stinker doesn't go forward he just gets quick in place which throws me for a loop. Part of it is me not being able to set a rhythm with my hips and part is me not really knowing what I'm doing when it comes to dressage. But I still love the skedaddlebreds!EventingSaddlebredStylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610596082916022402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318842770364105067.post-65936113512119340142016-09-09T18:57:08.011-05:002016-09-09T18:57:08.011-05:00The struggle is real.The struggle is real.EventingSaddlebredStylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610596082916022402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318842770364105067.post-42905899250778211862016-09-09T17:42:27.330-05:002016-09-09T17:42:27.330-05:00Royale is like this too (although not as dramatic)...Royale is like this too (although not as dramatic). He will be fine one moment, and the next he does not accept leg. His head shoots up and he just goes faster and faster. It has helped me to squeeze with my thighs to help him slow down. Or just do a transition. It's still behind the leg even though they speed up/skitter/etc. So you have my sympathies! Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11609268980526224486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318842770364105067.post-34465479558205157842016-09-09T16:13:43.823-05:002016-09-09T16:13:43.823-05:00poor Stinker. life is so hard. stimulus overload!!...poor Stinker. life is so hard. stimulus overload!!! glad you got his brain back by the end tho!emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318842770364105067.post-64318142524038167142016-09-09T10:48:43.708-05:002016-09-09T10:48:43.708-05:00It is the forgetting things mid ride and then spir...It is the forgetting things mid ride and then spiraling into the frantic that is bothering me. I use similar exercises (but I am stealing some of yours too now) in the beginning to get him soft and loose and work on slowing him down because he power walks everywhere. I think it is just going to take some consistency on my part and not buying into the bull shit (at least that is my hope) that will get us back on track.EventingSaddlebredStylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610596082916022402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318842770364105067.post-45929660398714384902016-09-09T10:44:30.280-05:002016-09-09T10:44:30.280-05:00Inverted piaffe is our speciality...Inverted piaffe is our speciality...EventingSaddlebredStylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610596082916022402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318842770364105067.post-67356098370183115422016-09-09T10:44:00.905-05:002016-09-09T10:44:00.905-05:00It makes me laugh too. Especially the tail flip.It makes me laugh too. Especially the tail flip.EventingSaddlebredStylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610596082916022402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318842770364105067.post-90608536701313945862016-09-09T10:43:04.981-05:002016-09-09T10:43:04.981-05:00Haha! Yeah, he has been getting told to deal with...Haha! Yeah, he has been getting told to deal with it quite a bit lately. It cracks me up when he spooks at my leg because it has been there the whole time...at least he is cute ;)EventingSaddlebredStylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610596082916022402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318842770364105067.post-28151723083879203022016-09-09T09:26:45.437-05:002016-09-09T09:26:45.437-05:00Glad you were able to find something to unlock him...Glad you were able to find something to unlock him in the end. <br /><br />I do that zigzag every ride as part of my warm-up to get Kachina moving her shoulders - I will call it the drunken sailor from now on! great name haha<br /><br />I had the same issue with Kachina not accepting any leg pressure, except her answer was to shoot forward every time. We introduced a warm-up that involves moving her haunches over (like a turn on forehand but with forward motion), moving her ribcage (like spiraling out on a very small circle), and moving her shoulders (drunken sailor) and that helped a lot. However when Stinker has it figured out at the start of the ride and then forgets: I'm not sure how to best deal with that. Good luck AutonomousDressagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10326654414307652910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318842770364105067.post-68127970364350733062016-09-09T08:18:54.526-05:002016-09-09T08:18:54.526-05:00hahah looks like you are starting to get moments o...hahah looks like you are starting to get moments of piaffe eh?! Horses have a wonderful skill of taking a few steps forward and one step back...almost like they forgot what something meant even though youve worked on it hundreds of times. <br /><br />and girl i hear you about the lessons! kaitlyndznhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11334903273598072322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318842770364105067.post-31335792990109139952016-09-09T07:52:51.845-05:002016-09-09T07:52:51.845-05:00Aww Stinker! Get with the program! :)
That first g...Aww Stinker! Get with the program! :)<br />That first gig, tho - so awesome!Shaunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17348396578251983461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318842770364105067.post-56385468924361347242016-09-09T07:52:51.129-05:002016-09-09T07:52:51.129-05:00Aww Stinker! Get with the program! :)
That first g...Aww Stinker! Get with the program! :)<br />That first gig, tho - so awesome!Shaunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17348396578251983461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318842770364105067.post-12871116295065270292016-09-09T07:52:25.704-05:002016-09-09T07:52:25.704-05:00Aww Stinker! Get with the program! :)
That first g...Aww Stinker! Get with the program! :)<br />That first gig, tho - so awesome!Shaunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17348396578251983461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318842770364105067.post-76479240913034537262016-09-09T06:20:58.273-05:002016-09-09T06:20:58.273-05:00I hear you- sometimes you just have to put your le...I hear you- sometimes you just have to put your legs on and say 'deal with it'. I'm drunk for a part (or all my rides) all the time. TeresaAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05311118900077951863noreply@blogger.com