A little stampede...

[KBOC]

Went to a Pirelli Clinic up at a local ranch run by Sandy Parker where we spent the day getting Pirelli's level one down.#ed_op#br#ed_cl#
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On the second day, we had this interesting little insident.  We're
practicing latteral flexion and releasing the hind quarters and/or
leading them out of latteral flexion forward.  This is sort of a
prelude to a safety drill, but what we had didn't turn out to be a
drill.#ed_op#br#ed_cl#
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I'm on a gorgeous ten year old mare named Dusty who is about fifty
times smarter than I am.  My friend Toni is on her four year old
mare Beautiful.  She's in the corner of the covered arena where
the wall ends and the open side begins bunched in with three other
horses and me about ten or so yards down the rail...#ed_op#br#ed_cl#
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Now, Madison is this adorable little girl (who I know from a Horse Camp
that was held last year at our place) and she's wearing this bright red
ponch that flaps gracefully whenever the wind blows or, as she was now,
skipping around the corner quite close to the arena...#ed_op#br#ed_cl#
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Beautiful saw her appear, and spooked.  The three horses around
her spooked, Dusty sees this wall of horses coming at her, she spooks...#ed_op#br#ed_cl#
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Now we have a five horse stampede and Sandy Parker's screaming from the sidelines "LATERAL FLEXION! LATTERAL FLEXION!!!"#ed_op#br#ed_cl#
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Every one of us bent the horses to a woah.  On Dusty, well, Dusty
gets the credit.  On Beautiful, Toni, who has no more experience
than I do in the saddle (which ain't much) bends to a woah and the
whole situation is diffused as if it never happened...#ed_op#br#ed_cl#
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While none of us would have planned this, we were all glad it
happened.  We came away from the experience with a whole lot more
confidence in our abilities to keep a wreck from happening.  I
think it's probalby the most valuable lesson I've had so far.#ed_op#br#ed_cl#

[goldendryad]

#ed_op#span style="color: rgb(255, 128, 191);"#ed_cl##ed_op#font size="4"#ed_cl#That's really great, crisis averted.#ed_op#br#ed_cl#
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Wish I had the time and the $$ to go to such a clinic.#ed_op#br#ed_cl#
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[Eileen]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#KBOC, Where have you been?  have you been lurking here all of the time, at first I was reading this post thinking Kobau, but the story did not fit.....then I check out the poster again....like I said....where have you been, spit it out man....we want details...lol#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[KBOC]

got active in the Republican Party #ed_op#br#ed_cl#
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Just kidding :p#ed_op#br#ed_cl#
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been busy doing stuff,.  We've gone through a lot of transitions
here at the ranch.  No more hay, no more shavings, no more idiot
trainers who are clueless... thank goodness #ed_op#br#ed_cl#

[Eileen]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Thanks for the brief update Kobac, good to see you back in on the board and chatty...lol  soooo no more hay not feeding the horses anymore....lol  all pasture, no horses to feed. going to ellaborate....dont have to if you feel I am prying....lol#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[KBOC]

We went with
Stablemix
exclusively, and the horses we care for have been thriving amazingly
well... after the price of hay skyrocketted here locally, it brought
the pelletted feed to a very economically sound investment.  I've
been fighting for it for a while.  I also finally won my battle to
get pelletted bedding.#ed_op#br#ed_cl#
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I'm working with three horses, including Dot.  They're at three
different levels.  Dusty is a level 3 Pirelli Mare, gives every
right answer and won't be P.O.ed if you ask the wrong question (though
she'll ignore you give the answer to what you were asking).  She's
basically teaching me the language.  Jack, the thouroughbred, who
I'm bringing up to Level 1, pirelly.  I'm basically trying to make
him a safe horse, he's kinda goofy.  And Dot. #ed_op#br#ed_cl#