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Location: Iowa | does walk and trotting behind the 4 wheeler count???? |
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Location: Kansas | Zanadoo88 - 2014-03-05 1:34 PM hoofs_in_motion - 2014-03-05 7:52 AM My equine chiro said only 4-5 days on my mare a week, so I do exactly what she tells me. Also butt tucks and tail pulls before/after each ride
What are butt tucks and tail pulls?
That is honestly one of those things.....where I would have to show you how LOL. I wouldn't be able to describe how to do them through here. Maybe you can youtube it? |
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Location: Jersey Girl | hoofs_in_motion - 2014-03-05 4:55 PM Zanadoo88 - 2014-03-05 1:34 PM hoofs_in_motion - 2014-03-05 7:52 AM My equine chiro said only 4-5 days on my mare a week, so I do exactly what she tells me. Also butt tucks and tail pulls before/after each ride
What are butt tucks and tail pulls?
I believe those are stretches that the chiro recommended. |
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Location: Jersey Girl | Once the time changes I try to go out to the barn 3-4 times a week. Even if I don't ride, I will round pen my gelding to get him/or help keep him fit. |
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Location: Central TX | 5 days a week. i go to a CPRA/UPRA or prca usually 3 weekends a month but i work 9-3 4 days a week and have an 8 year old daughter. We have 6 horses at our place and luckily my daughter helps me out by riding 2 a day. She's a great little helper and the only reason i am not completely burnt out.
Edited by brrlrcrtx44 2014-03-06 4:59 AM
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Location: Minnesota | I try to ride at least 4 to 5 days a week. I work long hours so some days I have just enough energy to clean stalls and that's it. |
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Location: Oklahoma | Every d#*% day (weather permitting). However, each horse gets exercised 6 days a week. 
I act like it's a chore... but my life is better when I'm able to implement this plan! J/S |
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Location: When you hit the middle of nowhere .. Keep driving | Ride? I haven't ridden since October 17.... We have either had rain, sleet, snow or now icy roads (no indoor and we have 3 and a half feet of snow in the fields/arena). I'll be lucky if I can start riding by the beginning of April.... |
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| hoofs_in_motion - 2014-03-05 6:52 AM My equine chiro said only 4-5 days on my mare a week, so I do exactly what she tells me. Also butt tucks and tail pulls before/after each ride
Found one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9BSMA26VJw |
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Location: North Dakota | ndiehl - 2014-03-06 8:46 AM Ride? I haven't ridden since October 17.... We have either had rain, sleet, snow or now icy roads (no indoor and we have 3 and a half feet of snow in the fields/arena). I'll be lucky if I can start riding by the beginning of April....
We used to clear a "track" with the tractor through the snow. Right now we have all ice and its making for terrible conditions to ride in. I walked my horse around the pasture the other day and we about fell down 4 times because of the ice.
When the weather is nice I try to ride 5-6 days per week:) |
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| 3-4 days a week right now. The wind in our area is usually horrible till April. When the weather clears up 5 days a week. I just bought my daughter a pony yesterday..... so I see it being daily real quick. |
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| I'm in college and my horses dont live with me :( I ride 4 days out of the week and my neighbor rides 1 day for me! Have a 13 year old and a 5 year old getting seasoned |
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| 3-4 days... But that's only because I just had a baby and don't have anyone to watch her unless my husband is off work. |
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| Riding? Is that a foreign thing? I have not rode my mare in 3 months due to the weather, but I'm taking her to a race this weekend just so I can get on her, since she's so depressed not being ridden. It's supposed to warm up and then I'll be working her in the round pen until we can fix the awful ground that is the outdoor arena. Haha
Normal times I try to ride my mare 4-5 days a week, I will be trying to work with the two year old 6 days a week as soon as it is good weather again, then the pleasure gelding gets rode about once a week right now by me, and his owner rides him once or twice a week, plus he is used for lessons since he is the safest horse on the property most days. Haha so he is in good shape right now. But the other two, not so much. |
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Location: Cocoa, Florida | I only have two so it's easy to keep them legged up, I ride 3-4 days and show every weekend, I always give them the Sunday after shows off. I usually ride one and pony the other for about 45 mins to an hour. I rarely school on barrels unless I'm taking a lesson on my filly with my trainer which I've backed off of now since all she needs is seasoning. I exhibition her every new arena that counts as barrel work. The older horse just gets exercised to stay in shape. I do a lot of long trotting with both, breezing and Fence work, I trail ride as much as I can, working them on trails |
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