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Photoshopping the Perfect Horse

Photoshopping the Perfect Horse

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There’s been a lot in the media lately about photoshop.  With celebrities being anti-photoshop (show the world my wrinkles and hips!) or okay with it (show no one my wrinkles and hips!) the topic has gotten a bit polarizing. Simon has conflicted stances on Photoshopping his portfolio. He feels as if a little enhancing could really help him with the “plump, hunter warmblood look.” Without any post processing enhancements, his hope for an AQHA Aged Geldings Halter World Championship would…

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Seeing the Light

Seeing the Light

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On the dog and horse front, I may be starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.  Maybe.  This morning I’m feeling the most optimistic I have in weeks, so we’ll take that happy momentum and roll with it regardless of what ends up happening. Today, let’s talk about Simon.  I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read my post on his NQR’ness and offering their insight.  We left it with seeing how booting…

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Keep on Keeping On

Keep on Keeping On

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Simon is still not quite right.  I’m just a few bad rides away from the crazy train… hell who am I kidding – I’m probably already on the crazy train.  I may have been born on the cray train.  Here’s the timeline: Thursday, January 30th: Simon comes out stiff, works out of it Friday, January 31st: Simon comes out stiffer, works out of it but I give him the night off Saturday, February 1st: Simon looks great in the AM,…

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Simon’s New Favorite Chiro

Simon’s New Favorite Chiro

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In an attempt to move my horse from NQR land to “feeling like a million bucks’ land, I had the chiro come out last week.  Last time Simon had a chiro adjustment, I wasn’t able to be there and wasn’t sure I felt a huge difference afterwards.  I decided to give chiro another chance before I made a firm opinion on whether it was worth the money or not, and wanted to be there to witness and ask questions. The…

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The Not-So Weirdness

The Not-So Weirdness

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When you think your horse has a broken back, it’s bound to be not much of anything. So I had the vet out yesterday afternoon and was prepared to do hock injections and hoped my horse didn’t have a rare degenerative spinal disease. You know, the normal fears. When the vet called, he said that he lunged Simon on the hard ground and the ring.  He was ouchy on the hard ground, and responded positively to hoof testers in his…

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The Weirdness

The Weirdness

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Even though we had a fun weekend at the schooling show, something is nagging me in the back of my head – Simon is NQR.  Here’s the timeline: Wednesday: Trainer jumps Simon 2’9″ – 3′ in training ride.  She says he is awesome. Thursday: I ride Simon in a lesson. He starts off feeling a little weird every now and then in the hind, but not consistent. By the time I get the words out of my mouth for trainer…

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Future Disciplines for the Lead Change Flunkee

Future Disciplines for the Lead Change Flunkee

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So much is going well with Simon pants right now.  He’s jumping with great form.  He’s starting to relax with flat work.  He’s even making strides with getting the strides (-1 points for over use of the word ‘stride’).  There’s just one problem we’re still having… lead changes. For the record, I officially hate lead changes and I don’t think it’s possible I will ever own a horse that does them. That being said, I love my Simon and I’m…

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Slow Weekend

Slow Weekend

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I was planning to have an awesome lesson write-up post for you with tons of new and improved jumping pictures.  But I have jack.  Why?  Because I hate the weather. I know that immediately I will get a bunch of comments about how much worse your weather is than mine, but at the moment I don’t care.  I lost a lot of days riding this week due to rain, and when it was beautiful low 70’s and sunny on Saturday, all the…

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