The Poultry Keeper

scottish vamps · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:17 pm Post subject:

sssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhh, i know. just text the woman who as him at moment to make sure the storm has hit her yet. she's such a lovely woman! was it just one she sent?

IrishLass · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Posts: 29 Location: Ireland

I would really like to do some proper dressage with my fella in the future. it is nice to watch, especially freestyle to music is amazing sometimes, admittedly watching repetitive tests can get a bit boring after a while. As for people thinking it's cruel, you can't force a horse to do something, it'll all about training. when you think about it, is it cruel to train a dog to sit? it's the same thing really. of course there is cruelty in every sport and one method I don't agree with is Rollkur which can damage the horse physically, I used to be a huge fan of Anky Van Grunsven until I found out that she was using this method on her horse Salinero.
I do think a certain level of schooling is essential for all riding whether you intend going further into dressage or not, it is more comfortable for the horse and makes his job of carrying his rider easier when he is encouraged to carry himself well and be light on the forehand.

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7424 Location: isle of lewis

well said. i know so many horses here that no one will school and then wander why they don't go properly. its a shame most now need so much work that no one bothers and let it be the normal. mine lad was started on free schooling, and join up today.he enjoyed is now knackered at stables. giz here by the way. pics irish lass!!!!!
ok random tho what is the rollkur technique so i can avoid it!!!!
giz

Loudmouth Schnook · Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:29 am Post subject:

Hey Giz - lovely pics of your new lad - what a cutey. I also noticed some 'stolen' pics of my boys on this thread! Laughing

Sadly we had to sell one of our boys as we didn't have enough land to sustain them both, so the bigger one went - though he was the superior horse. He's now in a good home and recently did his first show on the island, coming away with a few ribbons! The remaining Paddy is a laid back cob who prefers driving to riding and if he had his druthers, work wouldn't enter his vocabulary at all! He is definitely a horse that could not be made to do dressage no matter how hard you tried - not interested (as well as not having floating paces, more like stumbling, lumpy paces.... am I right Giz?)

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7424 Location: isle of lewis

he's lovely ,i've seen him do some nice work Very Happy

.but he can be lazy Wink

i'm getting confidence back ,and we are making friends ,but gizzy is his best friend Wink

scottish vamps · Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:01 pm Post subject:

nope he doesn't float but he has such drive in his rear when he's going well. he can be forward going, just not that often and depends on moods of both riders and horse. as ever!