tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post1217873377416759866..comments2023-10-23T12:43:45.847-07:00Comments on Eventing-A-Gogo!: Back from OH!Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15902291220984883182noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-55837554611749243662009-02-19T17:32:00.000-08:002009-02-19T17:32:00.000-08:00Andrea,I saw your name for the year end awards whi...Andrea,<BR/>I saw your name for the year end awards while browsing through my COTH American Horses in Sport 2009 issue.<BR/><BR/>Congrats!!Daunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13051134715306832694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-50769842722182396602009-02-19T06:52:00.000-08:002009-02-19T06:52:00.000-08:00Thanks for the explanation... I forget how those e...Thanks for the explanation... I forget how those explosions would come out of the blue with a young horse... my guy is 23 now and we rarely get those "frisky" moments anymore.Julie Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02882188268978553970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-86956183420415903882009-02-18T18:45:00.000-08:002009-02-18T18:45:00.000-08:00Julie.... I wish it were that easy!!! Gogo's been ...Julie.... I wish it were that easy!!! Gogo's been worked in the chambon for about five months now, so it's nothing new to her. The explosions, however, are. The chambon that broke had elastic on it, but the one I'm currently using now does not, so that *may* be contributing to it, but mostly I think it's just that this is a young, very fit, very haughty mare who can be very temperamental and who had just had four days off. She was utterly perfect today, so I think she was just getting the 'high' out of her system over the past couple of days. I've found the chambon to be VERY helpful in unlocking her back and helping her stretch in a very correct way, and at this point it is the only lunging tool I ever want to use on her. She's just an unfortunate level of fit, and that combined with her attitude.... well, sometimes you just have to take the explosions with the brilliance, I guess!Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15902291220984883182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-58224935111107621602009-02-18T16:55:00.000-08:002009-02-18T16:55:00.000-08:00Pardon me throwing in my uneducated two cents in o...Pardon me throwing in my uneducated two cents in or anything.... and having never worked with a chambon... is there a way that the length on the chambon can be lengthened so that it is less "frustrating" to Go-go? Then you can build on the tension throughout the lunging session just like adjusting side reins. (Which I completely agree with your post way back when on how side reins seem to create "issues" with the head) Again, sorry but my job is working with shaping appropriate behaviors (more so with kids than horses and dogs), and based on what you've describe with the lunging situations she might need to be eased into it more?!?! You definitely know you're horse quite well. I've really enjoyed following your blog for the past month/so and am truly envious of the amount of time you have to ride, compared to my 2-3 times a week. Good luck with all your shows in the spring!Julie Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02882188268978553970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-69075387567594568702009-02-18T14:08:00.000-08:002009-02-18T14:08:00.000-08:00No seriously, this farrier is supposedly THE autho...No seriously, this farrier is supposedly THE authority around here - shoes all the big barns and everything. They love him and rave about him. I personally can't see why. <BR/>Then again, the poor guy has a very aggressive brain tumor and nine months ago they gave him six months to live... and somehow, he's back shoeing horses. Apparently though, they say he's just not the same guy now, so I wonder if that has anything to do with it. <BR/><BR/>When I rode her yesterday, I found that she felt much freer and looser than I had remembered. Then I also remembered that earlier that morning I had given her some Banamine to counter the effects of ouchy feet after getting shod. I personally don't think a horse should EVER have to need pain meds or light duty after farrier work - seriously? It's not supposed to hurt them! - but apparently it was warrented in this horse's case. And all the other horses that were shod that day too, all five of them. Everybody got drugged up and lightly hacked. I just don't understand.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15902291220984883182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-21279304730033007512009-02-18T13:06:00.000-08:002009-02-18T13:06:00.000-08:00Now that you have Rena a few more times since your...Now that you have Rena a few more times since your last post about her, do you find her gait as jarring as you did the first time your rode her?KThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02691882315695178132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-76428544157328162852009-02-18T08:35:00.000-08:002009-02-18T08:35:00.000-08:00That farrier must not have any idea what he/she is...That farrier must not have any idea what he/she is doing! I was just helping some Pony Clubbers study for their Quiz competition and we specifically studied a picture that looked like those feet as an example of "fitting the foot to the shoe" instead of shoeing for the individual foot. Poor girl!Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11098723884511551091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-6008648561931358442009-02-18T02:56:00.000-08:002009-02-18T02:56:00.000-08:00Yeah, interesting is the right word for what Gogo ...Yeah, interesting is the right word for what Gogo has been.... now that she's acting up not out of confusion or frustration, but just to be a wench, it's might be time to start bopping her over the head when she rears!<BR/><BR/>Oh feet.... this poor mare. I feel so bad for her.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15902291220984883182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-70598241703780946002009-02-18T01:05:00.000-08:002009-02-18T01:05:00.000-08:00OMG the "Don't take my pic" face is awesome! LOL!...OMG the "Don't take my pic" face is awesome! LOL!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-27675665694203016802009-02-17T23:04:00.000-08:002009-02-17T23:04:00.000-08:00man I can't say i have even see feet like that on ...man I can't say i have even see feet like that on a competition horse poor baby. Gogo sounds liek she has been avery interesting ride of late lolBeckzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09114970876099684280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-84729285961337738902009-02-17T20:46:00.000-08:002009-02-17T20:46:00.000-08:00Those feet literally make me feel sick to my stoma...Those feet literally make me feel sick to my stomach.dphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03072031429438530210noreply@blogger.com