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Location: Rodeos or Baseball games | Great post.  I need you to come stay with me for a few day!! 
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| This is great! I was beating my head against the wall with my horse this spring, so I went back to my friend who started him and asked for help - I was behind, and I knew I needed to work on myself. I rode with her EVERY week this summer, and by August, we were consistently running in the 1. I wanted to get there, and knew my horse had it, so I worked hard, and continue to do so. Time well spent!! Great piece of advice right here. |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Funny, I just had this conversation with my niece about gymnastics.... |
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Location: Great NW | Very WELL said! |
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| Probably the best post I've ever read on BHW. I'm so glad that you shared this. |
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Location: Bandera, TX | WrapSnap - 2013-11-26 10:43 PM uno-dos-tres! - 2013-11-26 10:39 PM Well said! Are you still in TEXAS? I will be in Tyler, teaching a clinic the 18th and 19th of January. Until then, I am mainly on the East Coast.
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Location: Knoxville,TN | Where on the east coast? You sound just like someone I would love to take a lesson or clinic from. anywhere near Tennessee? |
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  Warmblood with Wings
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Location: Florida.. | great post..
and if you really want it.. you eat , breathe ,sleep it.. just make sure you have time for your family and friends to.. or you will wake up one day and realize you missed alot of years..find a balance.. |
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| Great post. I had the good fortune to get roping instruction from Walt Woodard several times. Each session was probably 75% horsemanship. |
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Location: Slipping down the slope of old age. Boo hoo. | This is a great post. IMHO "horsemanship" is sorely lacking in the arena these days in many events. |
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| Bibliafarm - 2013-11-28 12:56 PM great post..
and if you really want it.. you eat , breathe ,sleep it.. just make sure you have time for your family and friends to.. or you will wake up one day and realize you missed alot of years..find a balance..
If my family or friends want to see me-they have to come to a horse show.
I don't put all my money and time into the horses to spend my weekends not doing anything with the horses.
HEEHEE-may sound harsh, but husband and I live for it-and we have each other.
And so far my Thanksgiving has consisted of packing for a horse show, cleaning stalls , and hubby putting a new pair of shoes on my horse,I will run to visit my family for a few...and then come home and ride and finish packing everything up tonight.
At first we used to try and make every single event with our families....but then it was impossible to really put time into the horses like we needed to. So when I really started to show we pretty much said screw it-this is what we do, this is what we spend our money on, if you want to see us come to a show!
I truly cannot function without riding and showing and working with my horses. It would kill me. That is what happens though when both you and your SO's families don't have anything to do with horses! |
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| Puddy - 2013-11-26 11:49 PM Very well said! I used to want the 'tips' to improve my runs... but this year I focused on my riding and horsemanship. Connecting with my horse, and 'filling in the training holes' with myself, and then my horse. It worked wonders! We have a different relationship, and our outcome has shown huge leaps and bounds. You are right. People dont need barrel tips. They need horsemanship. If I need something to improve. I will look off the pattern first.
Every letter of every word you typed is what I went through last winter/early spring.
I wanted to step it up but didn't know how so I swallowed my pride and got help. I am a HUGE comfort zone person, don't have much confidence and am VERY uncomfortable "looking dumb" in front of people. I take myself way to serious. I used that as a crutch for way too many years that I'd probably never get better, boo hoo, poor me.
My aunt died of breast cancer and I had a wake up call that life really is short and you only get one chance. I was sick n tired of being sick n tired with my riding and training. I found a trainer that was going to push me past my comfort zone whether I liked it or not and drove nearly 3 hours round trip once a week to first watch him work horses, then I started riding with him. It has completely, 110%, 180 degrees changed my outlook on horsemanship, the connection I have with them not to mention my new found riding and training tools. I went into this concentrating more on training colts and my riding. It had an unexpected side effect as it completely transformed my relationship with my open horse as well.
This whole deal is a work in progress, always will be if I want to continue getting better.
If you want it, you'll seek it out. If you don't, you won't. Simple as that. Neither is right or wrong, it's just a difference in people. |
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Horsemanship, Yoga, and learning from different disciplines. Love it!
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Location: That part of Texas | This needs to be made into a sticky. Awesome post. |
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Warmblood with Wings
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Location: Florida.. | magic gunsmoke - 2013-11-28 2:42 PM Bibliafarm - 2013-11-28 12:56 PM great post..
and if you really want it.. you eat , breathe ,sleep it.. just make sure you have time for your family and friends to.. or you will wake up one day and realize you missed alot of years..find a balance.. If my family or friends want to see me-they have to come to a horse show.
I don't put all my money and time into the horses to spend my weekends not doing anything with the horses.
HEEHEE-may sound harsh, but husband and I live for it-and we have each other.
And so far my Thanksgiving has consisted of packing for a horse show, cleaning stalls , and hubby putting a new pair of shoes on my horse,I will run to visit my family for a few...and then come home and ride and finish packing everything up tonight.
At first we used to try and make every single event with our families....but then it was impossible to really put time into the horses like we needed to. So when I really started to show we pretty much said screw it-this is what we do, this is what we spend our money on, if you want to see us come to a show!
I truly cannot function without riding and showing and working with my horses. It would kill me. That is what happens though when both you and your SO's families don't have anything to do with horses!
yep agree..on alot of your post but i am talking my own experience.. it was a full tiem commitment as well for me, which
I dont regret my life but id definately make sure i had time for my family.. |
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