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Nice to hear about your drive with Rowdy and Dapper Dan! After having body work done on Mikey I learned that horses tend to show stiffness bilaterally. So, if the left hind is stiff the right fore would tend to be, too. It's quite possible that he's a bit stiff in both due to compensation. As...

This last week was great for training and fun. My lesson with Larry was very helpful. While Mikey got training I never received a lot as my trainer left for his summer job just as I started to have more time to come out and work with the pony. Spending an hour with Larry was definitely worth it...

When I first got Mikey he weighed 298lbs (scale weight at the vet) and was definitely fat. I took him to the trainer who started working him and by the time they were up to an hour or so a day 5-6 days a week he started dropping weight and getting in condition. Now, 5 months later he is down at...

June 2016. What a difference after shedding out and slimming down

Feb 2016, this is what he looked like when I first met him.

My very first (yep, waited a LONG time) truck/trailer setup. Now Mikey and I can go just about anywhere ;-)

Standard price around here (from what I've seen) is around $70-$75 for an hour. Larry is $50 for 1/2 hour and $80 for an hour. I think we'll get a lot out of it and if so I plan to take at least one more before the next competition (where he happens to be a judge) I'll let you know how it goes!

I wondered about the Euro collar too when I was deciding on my harness style. I ended up with the V breast collar which is working well with Mikey. We've had some good driving days the last week now that I have reliable transportation and I'm over my darn summer cold. The hard part is that I...

That is going to be great! I look forward to seeing it all done and filled with stuff

Saddleseat08, what type of cart do you have and what type of tires are you looking for? There are lots of styles and colors out there so knowing what you want will help with shopping. Cat is beautiful! Can't wait to see him hooked up and driving. Are you looking to just drive for fun or do you...

It would be easy enough to make a shared document on Google docs that we could all add to as we get hours

Doing a quick search the closest I could find was a Zilco Sport harness. http://www.ponyandcarriage.co.uk/zilco-carriage-driving-harness-sl-sports-tedex-classic-zgb-shop.htm

I managed to get out and work with Mikey on Saturday this last weekend. I wanted to do more but had to admit that the slight cold I have brewing was just wearing me out. We did arena work and I think by the end we were doing ok. Had a couple of "fun" moments though. The first was when a...

Thank you for the pictures! They are both looking great. I love how Paxton has black down his back. He's a striking boy! What a difference with Willow. I never would have guessed she was a dapple. I agree that she looks like a silver dapple though I am also not up on horse colors.

That's great how well she is responding. I'd love to see video of her. I'm sure all the work you've put in on the ground is going to make a huge difference when she is hooked up! Do you have any pictures of her now that she's shed?

Rowdy looks great! I'm glad your first parade was a success. I love the stars, too :-) I'd love to do a parade and will have to check them out around me. We have one in the town closest to me plus with Seafair coming up there are parades everywhere. I sadly did not get any driving in this...

Great idea about setting up the camera. I need to do that and luckily my husband is more interested in playing with the horses than my other hobby (fishing) so I can usually get him to come out to the barn. Mikey was having the same issues as Clementine. With my only able to get out on the...

I spent all day yesterday (Sunday) at the barn. Mikey hasn't been getting worked as much as he used to what with the trainer away for the summer so we have regressed a bit in our standing and being "still". I was able to get my husband to hang around long enough to help me with hitching and then...

BSharp, I love the pair. Spotted horses are my favorites and it's nice that they went so well together! In my experience ADT stands for Arena Driving Trial and is a compact version of a CDE that takes place in an arena instead of outside. Obstacles are limited to 2 or 3 and the cones course is...