tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963277636652034473.post8955816648928090977..comments2023-09-09T05:35:11.672-07:00Comments on Boots and Saddles: Watch and Learn....Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16627065628317652042noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963277636652034473.post-3126206426970007102010-10-21T11:23:36.883-07:002010-10-21T11:23:36.883-07:00AareneX - you are right, I've totally jinxed m...AareneX - you are right, I've totally jinxed myself. Now I get to worry about her REALLY going lame and me falling off in the process!Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627065628317652042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963277636652034473.post-58194623321222752292010-10-21T11:23:20.725-07:002010-10-21T11:23:20.725-07:00AareneX - you are right, I've totally jinxed m...AareneX - you are right, I've totally jinxed myself. Now I get to worry about her REALLY going lame and me falling off in the process!Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627065628317652042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963277636652034473.post-19708572414039467492010-10-21T11:22:25.620-07:002010-10-21T11:22:25.620-07:00Wanted to add.....I've been making a point to ...Wanted to add.....I've been making a point to watch trot outs more and I've cometo the conclusion that a good trot out comes from training a horse. Just like you train it to have other skills - walk, trot, canter on command - a good trot out (impulsion, straight, obedient) is a SKILL that I need to teach. <br /><br />I never really taught Farley how to trot out. I jogged with her and as long as she hung out behind me and didn't annoy her, than I was happy - now I'm seeing that the endurance trot out is different than just jogging along with the horse.Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627065628317652042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963277636652034473.post-48033744149829386912010-10-21T11:04:28.055-07:002010-10-21T11:04:28.055-07:00Hey diane! Looks like your comment came through a...Hey diane! Looks like your comment came through afterall! I'm glad because you bring up some points that although I didn't specifically go through all of my thought processes in this post, I did consider. <br /><br />As I said in my e-mail I really appreciate you sharing your story - For 3 years I've looked for a cause, taken her to vets, had lameness exams done, and monitored everything I know how to very carefully. My final conclusion is that as mare, (even a very good mare) she has opinions of what we should be doing, and I've been tolerant of it since she's so good everywhere else....for examplewe can be going down the trail happy as a clam on a loose rein, just trucking along....and I can dismount (at a trot) and ask her to continue in hand and she isn't very enthusiastic.....or I can take her into the arena and ty to work on a loose rein....and she's not really enthusiastic - but take her on the trail and she totally perks up and says "lets go!"<br /><br />So unfortunately - unless she gets actually lame enough to show that there IS a problem, I have to just assume that it's a behavior problem because of her preferences.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03706790384521584232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963277636652034473.post-8078639687734791612010-10-21T10:06:18.883-07:002010-10-21T10:06:18.883-07:00Have you had a full lameness exam done on your mar...Have you had a full lameness exam done on your mare? The reason I ask is because my 12 yr old was looking off to me (and only me) for over 2 yrs. My trainer couldn't see it, all the vets who vetted him sound in the multi-days couldn't see it, but I would see in when I would work him in the round pen at a slow trot, then he'd work out of it quickly, so out of sight, out of mind. At a faster trot he'd blow thru any sign of it and I think that's why it was ignored. Fast forward to Tevis, he was pulled 3 days before the race because he finally was head-bobbing lame. 2 wks after the race, my vet diagnosed him with a suspensory ligament tear and he was confined to a small area. 8 weeks later, his front looked better (and quickly ~ not consistent with the diagnosis) but his rear looked horrible. With some light work, he looked fine but I made an appt. with UC Davis. 2 vets & 1 10 yr student and 4 hours later, they diagnosed him with juvenile arthritis in his hind hocks, one being much more severe than the other. Finally in a hind flexion test, we saw him off. Up to this point, he was so sound looking, I kept telling the vets he'd easily pass a vet check at a ride. Having heard this news and that he's not a good candidate for endurance, he was thrown out onto our 25 acres and is a happy, sound-looking horsey. (And let me tell you I have CRIED.) I won't consider Tevis with him next year. My personal feeling is if your mare is showing issues with moving out, it might not be a lack of training to trot out correctly, or attitude, she might have something else going on and it's too subtle to recognize. The hind leg issue was not where anyone was looking because Ali'i looked unsound in the front. Prior to Tevis I had a chiropractor work on him and he said he looked quite wonderful except for his sacrum was out a little. Apparently he's been compensating with the hind hock and it was showing up there, and also with front suspensory pain. I don't think animals really screw with us as much as we think. I think they try really hard to please us and try to compensate pain that shows up in poor behavior. This has been my experience with the horses and my dogs.<br />Take care!<br />Diana<br />http://entaiscollieshorsesart.typepad.com/collieshorsesartlove/Squishyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01609283994605336235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963277636652034473.post-88374199061177743582010-10-20T19:48:14.888-07:002010-10-20T19:48:14.888-07:00Interesting...and, of course, now that you've ...Interesting...and, of course, now that you've stated in public that you've "never come off of her", you have completely jinxed yourself, so BE CAREFUL!!!AareneXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17569818745110332355noreply@blogger.com