mega thighs... it's a problem

PC: Pam Corey, DMV

“Ribbons are red, and some are blue. I need all the horses, but I don’t need you.”

Again, how NOT to react when your horse stops. Beating it will not make it jump from a stand still. If you want to give it one smack, fine. Circle and try again. This repetitive beating shown here is useless, especially when you’re leaning at the horse in front of the jump.

Just because the rules say it’s legal doesn’t necessarily mean it’s okay.

“When a jumping horse refuses an obstacle, is is not uncommon for trainers to use the whip as the horse stands motionless in front of the obstacle after its refusal.  Punishment at that point is non-contingent and, therefore, devoid of any useful training effect.  In some cases, the refusing horse is punished and then turned away from for another presentation.  When horses do attempt an obstacle after a random act of punishment, it is likely that increased anxiety levels make the horse run and, if the obstacle is in its path, it may well jump over it.  At best, this is a haphazard training exercise, destined to have low, if any, efficiency.  At worst, it simplify trains the horse to default to a flight response in the presence of jumps.” — Paul McGreevy & Andrew Mclean ~ Equitation Science

PC : Pam Corey, DMV

spent my weekend with these goons, how many dogs is too many dogs?

when the dogs you watch are prettier than you

It can be yours for only US$11 Million :L

anyway this is BZ’s most recent thing she has going on… so basically she’s always had a caped elbow and one day it got really really big like the size of a softball… she looked and felt very off so we had our vet come check it out. She gave me a creme to take the swelling away it did absolutely nothing so if this happens down freak out. the next step was just to drain it and inject it and get a donut .. all links are there by the way. After she was set and ready to go (so we thought) we realized her now unshelled elbow cap was slightly hitting her regular fluffy schooling girth. My trainer suggested to first try my leather girth and push my saddle a little further back and it worked for her. Other horses though may need a shoulder relief girth (link is above). Also another thing to add… after your horse is set and ready to go do not let them have turn out at night because you can’t use the donut at night for safely reasons and your horse may feel the need to lay down to sleep (like bz) and cause it to re-swell and cause the vet another trip to your barn to drain it again….

january: the weight of your sins february: full communism march: rage bigger than your body can contain april: the Sun may: eleven-dimensional space june: violence july: the merciless confines of linear time august: a fictional character september: the void october: a ghost november: every single dragon december: a giant robot

Lovely girl in all her glory

Never quite got over my pony phase.

Reilly is v excited for her baby sister to get here

cute but crazy