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25 day countdown to my road trip through France from Calais to Provence! Recommendations for my trip welcome! #chompingatthebit #dog #roadtrip #rav4 #toyota #france #calaistoprovence #dogonaroadtrip #mansbestfriend #germanshepherd #bergerallemand @dogsofinstagram__ @best__germanshepherds_moments @germanshepherd24

Brakes done. Fresh liner in the tank. All plumbed and tuned. Tomorrow is first ride if the weather holds out... #r100slash7 #hellride #dotheton #noraindance #firstride #smoothtransition #bmw #airhead #chompingatthebit

Looking forward to #painting in the new #studio post-carpentry #chompingatthebit

This is 3 month old Waylon! You can find him on Instagram @waylonthegolden

He used to be a bull dozer, on the ground and over fences and would frequently break halters in the cross ties. He didn't have as much of a personality at all. His canter sucked to the point where I was convinced cantering him would be torture and that there was no way it would be smooth. He was suuuuuuuper high headed and liked to be a giraffe and was just clumsy and what not and now he's polite for the most part, good in the crossties, has a huge personality and an awesome canter and is no longer a giraffe and is no longer chargey but still brave to fences. 

Hey, I didn’t know you were from Alberta! It’s always cool to have tumblr people close to home! Hopefully your weather is as beautiful it is here! (But hopefully your horses pasture/paddocks are not also flooded) Honestly I love cremellos, they always attract attention, so if you are showing you’ll get noticed! They are prone to sunburn, I always try to put a fly mask on Scamp, and I’m currently on the look out for a full face mask. (I went away for a couple weeks the first summer I got him and come home to peeling and very raw skin, needless to say I learned my lesson.) You can also put sunscreen on them if you’re working them or whatever. Because they have light hooves they are more prone to developing white line disease(Scamp did) but your farrier should be able to catch it right away! (I personally used diluted bleach and disinfectant hoof oils and it was gone by the next trimming) I would post links for more information on it, but I’m on mobile. There are tons of articles online though! The blue eyes are more sensitive, I’ve seen people put like that eye black stuff football players use on them, so that the light hits there rather then directly in the eye. I’ve yet to have an issue with this. So I wouldn’t be too worried about it. Really there’s not much different. All the research I’ve done has assured my they are not prone to cancer! Thank goodness! Mostly they just need more baths! :)

They generally have velcro at the front that you velcro over your lap and a keyhole for the rider's body. They aren't too common to buy in store as far as I know because you have to get the measurements right to fit the rider's waist properly or they don't work very well. If you want me to pass off the info of the lady who I got mine made custom from, I can. She may  be open to shipping her products out and she is very affordable. 

Exactly -.- plus the horses could care less. so long as the horse is getting fed and healthy and well cared for, someone could dye their horse pink (with animal friendly dye of course) and i could care less