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Wow! We had a great time! Downloading GoPro footage when I get home.

You are the best! Thank you so much. There were old posts with courses but all the picture links were broken. Cheers, Susan & Missy

Greetings, The nice weather is finally upon us. After a bit of a free style drive today my barn owner suggested we set up a basic cones course to try. I'm looking for easy to read diagrams and measurements. The facility has a large field and a large indoor ring. Thanks for any help. Susan &...

Sorry Abby, Bit of a rough month. Missy is 33" at last mane hairs. Her AMHA papers say Buckskin, her AMHR papers say Silver Buckskin. I've heard her referred to as a "silver dunskin". For those with more smarts than I possess... Genetic Profile Test Results Horse: Sunnyvale Psyched Up...

That's great. Thinking is huge in my book.

3/3 Drove Missy 40 min - hyper-bike 3/4 Drove her 30 min - Easy Entry 3/5 Drove her 40 min - Easy Entry

This has been a GREAT week. After the past 2 months dealing with Missy's lack of patience when we're putting to, my coach came up with an amazing offer! Rather than 1 lesson this week, we did THREE days in a row. Each day was broken into two parts. Put her to, drive for awhile, finish up and put...

I use Step 5 as treats. Probably not lowest in sugar but they work for us and they're inexpensive.

Kendra Gale got me off to a great start with Missy. The only behaviour I shaped that I had to change was "be nice". The undesirable behaviour was bugging me for treats. Using Kendra's suggestion I taught her to "be nice" which meant turning her face away from me. Just as KG said, Missy would...

Thanks, I'll give it a go tomorrow!

I have a Silver and my options are horse, person or face. No object.:(

Thanks! Mine doesn't zoom in/out very well even IN horse mode.

30 minutes for me & Missy today. I really need to remember to track our times more consistently. I believe this thread will inspire me!:D

Is anyone using the Pivo hardware to capture their driving? I've seen some terrific video footage of horses being ridden on flat and over jumps but nothing for VSEs being driven. Yesterday was quite successful in hand but I foolishly tweaked a setting and it failed me today so I shut it off...

Today was lesson day. It was a step forward for us both. Missy started on up & down transitions between working trot & strong trot. Considering a week ago I didn't know the difference it felt quite miraculous! For the first time since we started back into driving in October Missy actually put...

Thanks for the input. How do you calculate the amount of flax seed to feed? Do you measure/ weigh before or after grinding?

A year later, surgery & healing were both successful! Missy has come such a long way in the past 8 months since I started back with her. One of the biggest changes is with my new found confidence she trusts me more to keep her safe. If something startles her she calms down much more quickly...

Here we are almost 12 years later and it's my turn. My 10 year old mare was enjoying breakfast and supper both including sunflower seeds for MONTHS. Then all of a sudden, she went off her breakfast feed. Both meals are quite wet and include apples. She would eat the apples then let the rest of...

Wishing you all the luck in the world! I wash heart broken when my surgeon told me 6 month from surgery to working with my horse. :( Hopefully the time will fly by and you'll be back to it before you know it! Sharing a picture of Missy in her Winter woolies. First visit since my surgery last...

You are MASSIVELY welcome. Australia has been there for us. It's payback time. Nice to know kharma isn't always a... you know what. Cheers, Susan