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[Bluesman]

I think it was Holly talking about Pepermint Bark just a little while ago. And others were interested. Well, guess what? Now you can vape it.

Peppermint Bark E-Liquid - New - MyFreedomSmokes.com

 

[SandySu]

This is the stuff:

As usual, I wanted to find out about this song, and, according to Wikipedia, Muddy Waters first heard this version Ann Cole - Got My Mojo Working - JamilSR - YouTube and was sued for copyright infringement.

 

[SandySu]

I saw Clifton Chenier in NYC in the '80s. Then, he was very old, not much energy, but a friend of mine convinced me to see him as it might be our last chance. To me, this song is more blues than zydeco. Clifton Chenier I'm a Hog for You - YouTube

I wonder when this performance was. I wish they'd say on YouTube. What do you think? The '60s? I love the shots of the audience.

This selection sounds more zydeco to me. I think I can hear an African influence in the music more, even, than in the blues. Clifton Chenier.........Josephine Par Se Ma Femme - YouTube

Here's a South African group. Hear the way their voice goes down the scale at the end of a phrase? Mambazo - YouTube

 

[Renolizzie]

If a person is into horses and they learn nothing else, learning the meaning of that last statement is what it's all about. Well said.

Why do you think Wiseguy doesn't like you? I bet he does, even if he has his own agenda sometimes and it seems like you are both working at cross purposes. I think if you have your horse at home and feed him and care for him every day, you are working at a huge advantage that Penny & I lack. Sure, Penny likes me, but she knows who feeds her, and it isn't me.

I'm pretty sure the horse doesn't dislike me but I'm not sure he totally likes me yet either. I have spent some quality time with him for the last couple of days and I will do my best to do that often although the weather is turning a bit nasty so we shall see. I got him out and cleaned his cute little hooves. I walked him around a bit today, did some circles, figure eights, backing, whoa and stand. I can't find the long rope so no lungeing. I'll have to tell Hubby to keep an eye out for that since I have no idea where that has gotten to.

I spent some snuggle time with him after I got him back into the pen. I feel that we are a bit short of being bonded as a team or herd or whatever. I have had him for seven months. When we are in the cart and it is going well, I am on top of the world. We have had our times when we are really doing good together but then there are times when we are not. I'm not saying we are doing totally badly just that I would like us to really do good as a driver, drivee team and we just aren't there yet. Right now I am not even trying to hook him up to the cart since he is so hairy that he's hard to get cinched up. I just don't have it in me to work that hard right now anyway. The ground work is fun and doesn't take as much effort and we need it anyways.

I'm going through a sore and tired phase but I'll be back to feeling better pretty soon

Today was great and he looked happy when I left him so ... what more can you ask for?

 

[awsum140]

Sounds like horses and dogs have a lot in common. If you don't work with them continually you get nowhere.

 

[Bluesman]

As usual, I wanted to find out about this song, and, according to Wikipedia, Muddy Waters first heard this version Ann Cole - Got My Mojo Working - JamilSR - YouTube and was sued for copyright infringement.

Sandy, thank you for that memory. Oh my. Ann Cole was fantastic. She was ahead of me, actually ahead of her time. I would listen to her. She was fantastic. Thank you, Sandy.

 

[Bluesman]

I saw Clifton Chenier in NYC in the '80s. Then, he was very old, not much energy, but a friend of mine convinced me to see him as it might be our last chance. To me, this song is more blues than zydeco. Clifton Chenier I'm a Hog for You - YouTube

I wonder when this performance was. I wish they'd say on YouTube. What do you thing? The '60s? I love the shots of the audience.

This selection sounds more zydeco to me. I think I can hear an African influence in the music more, even, than in the blues. Clifton Chenier.........Josephine Par Se Ma Femme - YouTube

Here's a South African group. Hear the way their voice goes down the scale at the end of a phrase? Mambazo - YouTube

Sandy, you've got the stuff. Clifton Chenier. I always liked those Louisiana blues folk and the music they played. Dr. John was one of those Louisiana blues folk. The second one there is his Zydeco style. Love that stuff.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Very nice.

Sandy, thanks for posting this stuff. It makes my day.

 

[Bluesman]

Dr. John

 

[SandySu]

I'm pretty sure the horse doesn't dislike me but I'm not sure he totally likes me yet either. I have spent some quality time with him for the last couple of days and I will do my best to do that often although the weather is turning a bit nasty so we shall see. I got him out and cleaned his cute little hooves. I walked him around a bit today, did some circles, figure eights, backing, whoa and stand. I can't find the long rope so no lungeing. I'll have to tell Hubby to keep an eye out for that since I have no idea where that has gotten to.

I spent some snuggle time with him after I got him back into the pen. I feel that we are a bit short of being bonded as a team or herd or whatever. I have had him for seven months. When we are in the cart and it is going well, I am on top of the world. We have had our times when we are really doing good together but then there are times when we are not. I'm not saying we are doing totally badly just that I would like us to really do good as a driver, drivee team and we just aren't there yet. Right now I am not even trying to hook him up to the cart since he is so hairy that he's hard to get cinched up. I just don't have it in me to work that hard right now anyway. The ground work is fun and doesn't take as much effort and we need it anyways.

I'm going through a sore and tired phase but I'll be back to feeling better pretty soon

Today was great and he looked happy when I left him so ... what more can you ask for?

You've assessed the situation correctly. Things down't always progress in a smooth, uphill manner. Sometimes it's 2 steps forward and one step back. You and Wiseguy are both distinct personalities, and either or both of you may not be in the mood on a particular day, so when you do things, sometimes they just don't seem to work as well as they did yesterday. That's life. I find that one of the best ways to bond with a horse is a groom-and-graze session. I take them out of their pasture to a lawn. Grass is always greener on a lawn than in their pasture, where the grass is coarser or more grazed-down. I have all the essential grooming tools with me. Then the horse eats while I groom. We are both happy and relaxed. Horses love eating succulent grass, and I love grooming. There's something relaxing and sort of Zen about it, IMHO. I like the close physical contact with the horse that grooming offers. I use a currycomb and brush, but sometimes I use my hands, too, to explore a rough spot (Is it rain rot? A minor scratch or sore? Just ground-in mud?) and I rub all around the legs just above the hooves, too, to get any grunginess out from between the heel bulbs and around the coronet band. I detail the horse like an attentive car owner waxes his car. Somehow, that kind of contact seems to make the horse and me be on the same wavelength. I always do that when I meet a new horse that I think I'll be having a relationship with, and I do it a lot with a horse I already have a relationship with to reinforce it. I do training, too, but sometimes this grooming ritual is just as important and connecting -- sometimes even more so.

 

[SandySu]

Dr. John

From the movie, "The Last Waltz." What a star-studded cast!

 

[JoAnnW]

I don't know any significance, but there are over 1000% more marriages today than there were on 12/12/11. I thought that was pretty interesting, being married on 12/12/12. But then I thought imagine a child out there, and there must be some, who will be turning 12 on 12/12/12.

... Babies born at midnight or noon or weighed 12 pounds...

 

[Raynes]

Raynes, I, for one, love hearing about your horse exploits. That's a lovely stallion and some beautiful foals. I really like the buckskin foal (Are there 2 buckskin foals? It's hard to tell, but I think there might be.). Is this a stallion you know? Reining is something else I'd love to try someday. It's not too far off from dressage, which I've dabbled in for years.

Thank you Sandy, yes the Sniders,owners of Foothills Ranch are very dear friends of mine,they used to be a PMU farm and a very good one.
I'd like to try western dressage one day,I still watch that western dressage video you posted.Just think one day it won't be long before you'll be back in the saddle.

 

[JoAnnW]

Reining! Such a neat discipline. In case some of you don't know what reining is, here's a video showing an excellent performance, made even more remarkable by the rider doing it all without a saddle and bridle. Stacy Westfall 2006 - YouTube

You know... I joined ECF to learn all about vaping. I am getting such an education on this thread you would not believe. Being a city girl born and bred, I never had exposure to such amazing things. Never seen anything like this, only rodeos now and then on TV, not even on Animal Planet. (I love watching rodeos by the way.) Now the only programs on there are such things as... hillbilly handfishing or finding bigfoot. Who is interested I ask!? But this... TV has sooo much garbage on it now. Nothing like this... This I would love to see. THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!! SandySu, Raynes, Renolizzie... Thank you from this city girl!

 

[SandySu]

Thank you Sandy, yes the Sniders,owners of Foothills Ranch are very dear friends of mine,they used to be a PMU farm and a very good one.
I'd like to try western dressage one day,I still watch that western dressage video you posted.Just think one day it won't be long before you'll be back in the saddle.

Basic dressage may be something you're familiar with and don't even know it. A lot of the fundamental work is universal to all disciplines, and, in fact, if more people used those methods, more horses in any walk of life would go better. If you want to learn how your Western horses might benefit from basic dressage training, see if you can read this book: Amazon.com: Cross-Train Your Horse: Book One: Simple Dressage for Every Horse, Every Sport (Bk. 1) (9781570760464): Jane Savoie, Lynn Palm Pittion-Rossillon: Books Especially in reining and cutting horses, you want the horse working off his back end, which is one of the golden rules of dressage. How could a horse do a sliding stop if he was on the forehand? It would look pretty awkward, at the very least, and it might even be impossible for the horse to do.

As for me getting back in the saddle, it won't be too soon. I am thinking of not riding till spring, though who knows. My first order of the day is to achieve full range of motion in my right arm. Each week, it gets better, but now I need to focus on getting my arm to lift over my head and stretch out to the side. And my biceps are really tight and painful still, since that's where the surgeon had to cut to put the metal plate in my arm. My physical therapist massages my shoulder and arm, and she does it so it hurts, not the gentle rubbing you might think of when you think of a nice back rub. It loosens the muscles and frees up everything inside that's stuck together, but it's not pleasant. Still, this is a real case of "no pain, no gain." I will get totally better! I'm determined! I'm not a person who is into doing exercises like sit-ups at home; I'd rather be doing things like riding or swimming or hiking or whatever. But I faithfully do the physical therapy exercises because I know that's the only way to achieve my goal of full range of motion and total healing. One of the hardest things is to be patient. I want to be absolutely fine right now! And of course, I know it won't happen, but still, I dream and wish for it.

 

[JoAnnW]

This is the sire of three of my colts. Foothills Beau Dunit working a reining pattern. Foothills Beau Dunit - YouTube

Rave,I sure do miss you. Keep hanging in there. REST,do what you need to do for YOU HUGSSS
OK I have bored you good people long enough and bragged to I guess,I sure didn't mean to do that so if I come off like I am I apologize. I'm just hyped up at the possibility of being able to ride again so please forgive me. What you see Beau Dunit doing in this video is what I hope to be doing with Jae in Jan. Reining is more for the rider than the horse IMO but I have to train myself to this before I can cut cattle. If you were to dissect the moves you saw in the cutting video you'd see they are pretty much the same.

Truly beautiful horses! Please continue to share... I LOVE it and will NEVER get bored. Are you kidding me???

 

[SandySu]

You know... I joined ECF to learn all about vaping. I am getting such an education on this thread you would not believe. Being a city girl born and bred, I never had exposure to such amazing things. Never seen anything like this, only rodeos now and then on TV, not even on Animal Planet. (I love watching rodeos by the way.) Now the only programs on there are such things as... hillbilly handfishing or finding bigfoot. Who is interested I ask!? But this... TV has sooo much garbage on it now. Nothing like this... This I would love to see. THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!! SandySu, Raynes, Renolizzie... Thank you from this city girl!

I'm glad you enjoy the horse videos. Here's another that I think will impress everyone. LORENZO The new DVD 2011 - YouTube

 

[SandySu]

Raynes -- and everyone else, too -- you have to see this if you want to compare reining and dressage. Lots of fun. Dressage vs Western, Horses - YouTube

 

[JoAnnW]

You've assessed the situation correctly. Things down't always progress in a smooth, uphill manner. Sometimes it's 2 steps forward and one step back. You and Wiseguy are both distinct personalities, and either or both of you may not be in the mood on a particular day, so when you do things, sometimes they just don't seem to work as well as they did yesterday. That's life. I find that one of the best ways to bond with a horse is a groom-and-graze session. I take them out of their pasture to a lawn. Grass is always greener on a lawn than in their pasture, where the grass is coarser or more grazed-down. I have all the essential grooming tools with me. Then the horse eats while I groom. We are both happy and relaxed. Horses love eating succulent grass, and I love grooming. There's something relaxing and sort of Zen about it, IMHO. I like the close physical contact with the horse that grooming offers. I use a currycomb and brush, but sometimes I use my hands, too, to explore a rough spot (Is it rain rot? A minor scratch or sore? Just ground-in mud?) and I rub all around the legs just above the hooves, too, to get any grunginess out from between the heel bulbs and around the coronet band. I detail the horse like an attentive car owner waxes his car. Somehow, that kind of contact seems to make the horse and me be on the same wavelength. I always do that when I meet a new horse that I think I'll be having a relationship with, and I do it a lot with a horse I already have a relationship with to reinforce it. I do training, too, but sometimes this grooming ritual is just as important and connecting -- sometimes even more so.

It's not just with horses either. When I groom my dog, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, it has a relaxing and calming effect on both of us. His coat is very long and very thick, even for a cavy. He loves it as much as I do. I massage him all over his body, sometimes he will close his eyes. It really reinforces that bond. Actually I think he hates when the session is over.

 

[Raynes]

Lizzie, Sandy is right some days its one step forward and 10 steps back but every training session needs to be short and end on a positive note. Every minute you spend with Wiseguy your both in training and learning to communicate with each other. Grooming is great,I go out and drink coffee while mine eat.
Bonding takes time,sometimes yrs. Every time your with Wiseguy he's teaching you how to communicate with him. Its a learning time for both of you. So don't think he doesn't like you,he has no reason not to like you he's training you to.Your both learning.
Just like this abused cat that I adopted that Blues was kind enough to help me with, its taken a yr for her to train me how to communicate with her and multiple scratches. Once she got me trained we're fine. Sounds crazy right? Far from it--how many times do dog owners get up to let their dogs out to play knowing they have already been outside? Or gets up to get them a treat,or plays with them when they bring a toy? Millie has to be rubbed first thing when I walk in the study,if I don't she'll hiss and scratch at me. So who's trained ? Me. Millie also refuses to drink out of her water dish if I'm up she'll howl until I get up and let her drink out of the bathroom sink.
She has me well trained.
Us humans are funny we say our pets are "spoiled" that's our way of saying our animals have trained us well. When we say our pets are spoiled rotten that means our pets have trained us very well. We don't like to admit that animals are smarter than we are but in truth they really are IMO

 

[Raynes]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsUOW4mljfg Barrel racing and training is how I made my living before I became a nurse. Can't say I enjoyed running barrels.