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Re: [RC] [RC], OR Angela's Curse/log cabins, training, 2 coffees - Laurie DurginOn my 2nd coffee and ridecamp before I mosey to the barn to feed and give Rascal his meds.Log cabin. Need andy pointers? We built one 7 years ago. Ga. Cypress Log homes. Unfortunately Atlanta is swallowing us.Get your corners tight, and never seal both log surfaces.And don't forget to caulk the upfacing cracks :} Oh and Carpenter bees love the log ends underneath. Working on making my arena (160 x 66) into a round pen(66 d.) as I am going to seriously ride Honey now. My super sensitive green mare, who went thru the fence the first week she was here (the saddle under her belly on a lounge line may have caused that :} .You have to be real careful how much it too much with her. She trust me, but she can spin on a dime and is so sensitive and responsive I feel like she is a 'reiner'. Yet she has a lazy streak. We have been walking and stopping and giving to bit and learning to stop on one rein , and to stop when I get off balance.Course now if I shift my stirrup, she stops>sigh<. Frankly I need her to learn to trot witha a rider , but she has bolted 2 times with me when trying this ,she gets real tense, so I wanted a nice , smaller round circle to work her in. She fortunately stopped the last spook on the one rein stop. I did lots of despooking last year, but I think she needs a tuneup.She knows the go forward, but I am a llittle loathe to use a crop on her to get her to trot.jShe is not the kind of horse you can hit . You can annoy her , but if you get abusive she'll flee and not forgive. Not that she has been abused, but a farrier hit her once when she was young and she took months /year s to get over it. Plus Scout , half arab, half Qh(appendix 1/2 tb).is now 15.2+ and growing.he needs to learn to give and lead better, much less tie, and trailer load. I may even start ground driving him this year and introducing a saddle.Wont' be backed till he is 3 at least, and only at a walk.My only concern with him is his front legs loiok to toe out . His mother paddled out some, guess he got it too.Nice straight legs would be better.But he is a "good mover", looks thoughbred, except his is red dun with some white hairs in his mane.Big red boy. Then i may ride th 'meanderilng elephant" down the trail just to keep them clear.Bought Champ (the semi retired hunter tb) a pair of red easy boots, cause he gets footsore easy and I took his back shoes off.Course I may have to carry a crop or wear spurs, not like Rascal the '"jigging dragon" I am used too. From: rides2far@xxxxxxxx To: mark@xxxxxxxxxx CC: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Top of the Rock, OR Angela's Curse Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 00:30:51 -0400 _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus
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