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MissMissel has it right. Fear will stop us from everything we enjoy. I have a fear of heights. Climbing up on a horse terrifies me. Once I am up I am fine. I don't look down. I have been doing better now that I have lost weight and can climb up from the ground. I also stick to short horses and avoid mounting blocks if I…

Could be a number of things. How is your iron? Have you had it checked. Low iron is common in women. 32 and arthritis, do you take any meds that could make you feel depressed? Are you following a low carb diet? Lack of carbs can take away your energy too. High protein diets make you feel full but not enough energy. I'm not…

^This^ I used to fit ladies for bras and sold lingerie while I was in college. It paid the rent.

I did not ride as often, but I would get on every once in a while. My poor boy was 14.2 and 1000lbs. I have now lost a lot of weight and have started riding again. My skill level has gone totally down hill. I am starting to ride my young horse but still a little to heavy for any serious work. I am looking forward to…

Check with your local churches. I know several members of our gym that go to different churches and do a boot camp or other type of fitness classes for people that either cannot afford to go to a gym or just do not feel comfortable in a gym environment. I have the same problem with lots of belly fat. Try some workouts that…

So many cool places to ride. I never thought of Yosemite. I will add that to my bucket list. 2017 we are heading to Vegas and I want to ride in the grand canyon. Good thing you don't cover your coats in poop MissMissle. What would people think :laugh:

I don't take diet breaks. I eat what I want within my MFP guidelines, and yes there are days like yesterday that I eat 2000 calories. These are the days that I allow a splurge. Most of my days are spent eating foods that my husband cooked. We are good most of the week and allow for a treat on occasion. This has been…

This is great advice, I also want to be part of the 5% that change for life.

Sounds like a fair trade to me. Plus he can play golf while you are out riding.

My coworker visits family in up state NY every year. I have seen pictures. Very beautiful there. Lots of horses too! :happy: Now I know why they sell so many different types of blankets. I only blanket Chico. He only gets a blanket if it drops below 40. He has no hair and is thin skinned. No need to body clip him. He does…

I have lots of loose skin. even on my neck. I have more wrinkles on my face now too. I look older. I would not give up the weight loss though. Maybe one day I will have surgery, maybe not. A little makeup and the right clothes and I look great. Shopping is so much more fun. My activity level is great. I am living my life…

thank you. I hope to get a better check up when he comes back on the 17th

MissMissle your place sounds awesome, I would love a covered riding ring only because of the rain. I could not imagine riding in the snow. Our horse to acre ratio is really crowded. it is however the "norm" here. We have to load up and drive 45 minutes to a little over an hour to get to some really big trails or places for…

Thank you ladies. I have already started the Ivermectin every week. We started that in June. It is our way of trying to prevent any new ones while we work on this one bad one. Dr. G said not to take off the pressure bandage for 3 days. So I guess I will have to wait until Saturday to see if it looks good still. Then I will…

Chico and Scout are my first geldings. I grew up with mares. I love their honesty. Bad moods and all. As for sheath cleaning. I do a little in between vet visits but it is so much easier to have the vet do it. A little sedation and the horse is so cooperative.

we talked about pythosis and the possibility of something caused from standing water I can't remember what it was called. I am lucky that I do not have standing water on my property and it drains fairly well. The ground will get muddy under the grass but the horses paddocks are sand and drain good. He spoke of other…

Well my vet visit didn't go so well. He was not happy with the look of Chico's leg. I wish I could put a picture of the wound while he was cutting away. Pretty gross. The granular tissue is pushing the skin out and away. it grew in a way that made it difficult to cut off. He did the best he could. Now we need to pray that…

I hate it when my mare and my friends mare cycle at the same time. We feed mare magic to the more aggressive one. I am lucky that I can separate everyone if it gets bad. I have had friends give their mares bute when they were in season. I really don't know if either of these products would work for your mare. Bute needs a…

thanks Pip I will be asking my vet on Wed.

MissMissle while reading this it reminded me of an old mare I had that at one point in her life was bomb proof and one day became scared of the entire world. She lost her eye sight. I really never knew how old she was but I bought my pony Minny Moo shortly after that and Minny was her eyes. They would even share a stall. I…

Never thought about a fox trot. Gaited is new to me.

Summer time in Florida means watermelon for the ponies. They love them.

:glasses: I think I could handle that. Scout has the easiest trot to sit too. Got to get the gaited trainer over to my place so she can tell me if he is gaited. To me it looks like a trot and you can still post to it so it must be a trot. Unless there is a 4th gait in there I don't see. I do know that the mustangs from his…

sorry you had a rough week. thank God for pony time.

That would be fun, a group dressage lesson.

Most are true summer sores with the habronema virus. This one I am not sure about. All others have healed with me cleaning and treating with the ivermectin dmso combo the vet gave me. This one also popped up in February, which is very unusual. They never start when it's cold out. This one had no larva in it when the vet…

I agree, it's our nasty humidity. Chico gets all kinds of crud every year. The Equiade was great for the smaller sores. This one is huge.I go through a jar in just 2 weeks. I know my English saddle fits Scout good. It fits him better than it does Chico. So I may have to buy Jessica a new one and confiscate this one. I have…

My favorite instructor was a woman in her 70's and a dressage instructor. She was rude and direct and I worked hard with her, but boy did I learn a lot. Turns out the mare I had at the time was better trained than I thought and the problem was me. Am I surprised? No, I never really had an instructor that good before. I…

How old is your mare?

That's awful! We don't show in the summertime in Florida. Too Hot. I am hoping to get into a green horse or walk/trot class with Scout once the show season starts in the fall. Hoping to be slim enough to fit into my breeches by then.