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The group for anyone who wants to learn about horses and riding or anyone who teaches about horses and riding. The source for the information that a riding instructor should be able to give to students.
The group for anyone who wants to learn about horses and riding or anyone who teaches about horses and riding. The source for the information that a riding instructor should be able to give to students.
I don't think it sounds like that Brenda, not a bit. You sound like one of those great horse owners I love to listen to and learn from. You're working with the vet very closely and have some really well thought out guidelines you are following. Euth…
It is difficult to know "when" in some cases. I'm struggling a bit myself right now. One of my horses has cut himself badly in a bad place. Vet came and if the cut isn't into the joint then the horse will heal and although he may be lame he will be…
Very, very sad situation. I've seen similar ones, such as the beautiful elderly Saddlebred in agony after multiple episodes of founder(in my experience, many of these are caused by administration of steroids intended to make the horse more tender fo…
The other day on a blog, http://theridinginstructor.net, I wrote a post about boarding contracts. It was triggered by a recent situation where my daughter took over care at a small boarding stable here, when the owners went out of town. A horse went…
Happy New Year, Jackie
I think, if you look hard enough you can probably find an exception to every situation. I'll always maintain that care and treatment of equipment AND horses says tons about the commitment and values of a horse person, and woul…
I basically agree with you, but there are some exceptions to the clean tack room/best horseperson rule. Often these people are traumatized about cleaning tack by obsessive/compulsive Pony Club or 4-H instructors (or is it mothers?) who seem to prefe…
I hope many many boarders read this. I experienced a call while riding with a veterinarian where the owners thought that the horse was colicky and waited 5 days to call the veterinarian thinking that the horse would magically start to pass manure! T…
Hi Jackie,
That clean tack in lesson tack rooms is a rarity is a pretty sad state. If the instructor is not paying attention to the welfare of the horses or even to his or her own investment in equipment, would make me wonder how much attention they…
I agree!
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- About Me:
- I have been a riding instructor for 45 years. I was certified in 1968. My love is for the beginner and intermediate because teaching a really good foundation is my passion. Students have been champion riders in Hunt Seat, Stock Seat and eventing and several have become excellent instructors in dressage, eventing, H/J, and Pony Club. I've taught Pony Club riders for 35 years and have held lots of Pony Club positions; such as Regional Supervisor, Reg. Instruction Coordinator, DC, organizer, examiner etc.
I'm very interested in teaching people about teaching riding and have a blog called "The Riding Instructor".
My web site is about the history of riding in America. Right now it focuses mostly on the English riding venues but as time goes on I want to include history about all the types of riding in the US. I have a second blog called "US Horsemanship" that deals with current issues. The blogs are linked from my web site which is listed on this page. I'd love to have other horse lovers take a look and make comments.
I love to write and am currently working on an equestrian curriculum.
I especially love Thoroughbreds and Arabians. The older I get the better I like a smaller horse but my current riding partner is a 16.3 hand TB named Bert. Bert and I lean to the older side of the age thing so we're really happy to have one another.
I love my Shelties. I've had Shetland Sheep Dogs since I was a child and think they are the smartest and easiest to train breed. Samba and Diamond are full sisters and they are two years old.
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- U.S.A.
- Do you have any pets?
- 10 horses: 3 Arabians, 3 Thoroughbreds, 1 appendix Quarterhorse, 1 warmblood cross, 2 ponies, 5 dogs: 2 Shetland Sheepdogs, 3 rescues 2 cats (both caught as feral kittens) and a family of horny toads in the yard
- Topics of Interest
- Dressage, Eventing, Jumper, Hunter, Pony Club, General RidingAdvice, Horse Care, Training, Stable Management
Comment Wall (24 comments)
- At 6:08am on December 17, 2009,
Lorel Dennis said…
- The part of Australia that I am in is quite green and normally has good rainfall although we've been suffering through a long "green drought". We get enough rain to keep everything going and get spring grass but our permanent creek now only runs for half the year and our dam which should be 28 feet deep is now a puddle you could walk through. Our elevation is 571metres or 1,873 feet. I checked on the internet the other day and your elevation is almost as high or higher than the highest peak in Aust, (Mt Kosciuszko, at 7,310 feet) so any wonder its so cold where you are. I'm lucky that for around 1/4 of the year my horses have so much grass that I don't need to feed hay. Some of my horses at the moment are up to their chests in grass, happily picking the tops off without having to put their head down to graze.
Riding is great. I have an arena but also have the opportunity to school out in the paddocks and send my horse forwards so he doesn't get too stale. We also have some fantastic roads and tracks to ride on from here so I am definately spoilt.
Bet you would be looking forward to moving into the farming land. Do you still ride much or do you mainly teach?Delete Comment
- At 2:51pm on December 15, 2009,
Brenda Cope said…
- The horse in the picture is a buckskin. She's the offspring of a PMU mare (1/2 Percheron, 1/2 palomino quarter horse who was bred to a paint).
- At 2:44pm on December 15, 2009,
Els de Jong said… - The horse is a Connemara pony stallion, named Carraig Thunder.
Be bought him two years ago in Ireland and he's performing very well now in Holland.
grtz
Els
- At 2:26pm on December 15, 2009,
Ashley Elson said… - Thanks for the welcome!
His name is Benjamin. He's a 17hh 19ish y/o Percheron and he's a big baby. He's a very good boy and loves to please. He's my boy and I love him :)
- At 6:12pm on December 14, 2009,
Angel Martin-Dias said… - Thanks for the welcome!
Angel
- At 12:31am on December 11, 2009,
Lorel Dennis said…
- Hi Barbara,
I'm very fortunate where I live. I'm on 200 acres and surrounded by farms of similar if not larger size, in an undulating area in between two lots of ranges so I'm only a couple of kilometres away from bush in any direction and have some beautiful views from my house. It was originally a volcanic area so its quite fertile and in a normal year has good rainfall.
Our seasons are really changing here. Our winters have become drier and milder, normal would be around 8 - 12 celcius and this November was our hottest on record. We had two weeks of around 35 degree days which was great for cutting hay but started really drying everything out. Then in December it has really cooled down, we've had some good rain and its been fairly mild. Its been around twenty degrees the last couple of days and will get a bit warmer next week. Everyone here is dreading January to March due to our fire seasons becoming so bad. We arent very far from where some of the Black Saturday fires were. We had a quite a few days last summer that were in the mid forties.
I had always assumed that Arizona was a hot place so found it interesting that you get blizzards. How cold does it get there and do you get snowed in?
- At 12:24pm on December 9, 2009,
Barbara Ellin Fox said…
- My old guy is Russian?Polish from Canada. He's 16 hands. He was a real power house and very unusual for an Arab. He was Canadian National Champion about 17 years ago..... Gee time flies!
Do you cross any of your Arabs and Andalusians?
We just went through a blizzard....have you gotten it in Indiana?
- At 12:18pm on December 9, 2009,
Ellin McGinley Daum said…
- Yes, it is a very unusual spelling, but I have met or seen several others. My other stallion is an Egyptian Arabian who does very good dressage although he is barely 14.2. He sires very nice cross and purebred foals many of whom we have in training for dressage and hunters. They are registered as Half-Arabian. Jo's full name is Alla Babba Jo, he is by Sonny's Black and out of Salilah Nazir. He has produced black, chestnut and bay foals all of which are taller than he is by a mile, most very close to 16 hands! He is a joy to have around.
- At 10:59am on December 9, 2009,
- Hi Barbara,
How interesting that we have so much in common besides the spelling of our name, Ellin. My name is my grandmother's first name. She was Ellin Laura Quinn before she married my grandfather: John Bresland McGurl.
I share your love of teaching and have been at it 25 years. Dressage, the riding in lightness kind, has been my specialty for 20 years.
Glad to make your acquaintance!
- At 6:19am on December 9, 2009,
Lorel Dennis said…
- Hi, thanks for the invite. Sounds like you have an interesting and rewarding life. Are the photos shown on your page taken where you live and is that you jumping? I currently have a 1/4 clydesdale x 3/4 thoroughbred trained to Medium level dressage. We are currently working towards canter pirouettes and flying changes so its all very exciting and I also have a 3yo warmblood about to be broken in.
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I just moved my blog to it's own server. It's been a real learning curve but I love the way it looks. Please check out my U.S.Horsemanship blog at http://ushorsemanship.com/ and let me know what you think
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The other day on a blog, http://theridinginstructor.net, I wrote a post about boarding contracts. It was triggered by a recent situation where my daughter took over care at a small boarding stable here, when the owners went out of town. A horse went head to tail down (seizure) and remained that way for at least 8 1/2 to 9 hours. The horse owners refused to get a vet for the horse. The stable owner had no board contract, and the vets will not touch a h… Continue
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