Ok - I see I need to clarify - nic base in glass in freezer (smaller sizes) for less air oxidation. WL thread. I saved the info in Memo program but ATM not sure how to copy to paste it here. Will try to locate link.
After a lil chat w/ Natasha, I have to thank her! I realized some of my fruit flavors are Likes bcs of TH more than actual strong taste coming thru. Me thinks it also explains why the "menthol" is preferred. Also why Ice Menthol was preferred (no 'baccy flavor) over Artic. Now I find the 'baccy w/ or w/o menthol good.
SandySu: More thots on what you said - here's hoping my bro will have some time to help me get started w/ stalls! Mostly dirt floor BUT I have access to some 2" thick rubber mats from the dairy barn! My final goal is no more than 4 horses which would leave a generous shelter AND nice stalls 10x12. That's close to standard right? The area is 32x40 or 42 feet. Think I better be lurking at the horse forum. Sorry guys-don't mean to hi-jack Voltvillian Vapors! (WISH those buckets came in more than 3 colors! I'm all about color coding! Ink on calendars & vaping juice-drip tips; halter-feed bucket!)
Also: your guide to lunging: I've heard you should align w/ their shoulder/wither area. Step behind to move them forward; step ahead to slow. Do you (and Raynes) concur?
Oh I don't want to jinx it! Prayin for go ahead to finalizing 'sale' tomorrow!
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Color coding is nice, but if you can't, maybe you can paint a stripe of the color you want on the outside of the bucket. Choose nontoxic paint, because you never know what a horse might want to gnaw on.
Yes, you're right about body positioning for longeing. There's lots written on it on the Internet and some books on it I read, too, when training Penny to longe. Some of the rules I used, and some I abandoned, like using a longeing cavesson. Penny hated the heavy noseband. Still, whatever you put on a horse's head, be careful that it stays in place when the horse pulls on the longe line so the halter doesn't slip up and rub the horse's eye. Then there are lots of ideas on how to attach the longe line. Do you get a surcingle or attach side reins to the saddle? All that stuff. I tried to keep it correct but still simple and cheap, i.e., I attached the side reins to the saddle rather than buy a surcingle. Then there's the natural horsemanship style of longeing, which is a bit different, not only in equipment but in practice. I guess you need to decide which style you want to do, though Penny learned both systems and is not at all confused by that. I started with the dressage style, then, years later, dabbled in NH, and she learned that style. And at one point, I was free-longeing, and I don't mean just chasing a horse around. We used a round pen, no longe line, and from my body position and voice commands, Penny would respond as if there were a line.
I consider myself, horsemanship-wise, a jack of all trades and a master of none. Penny & I have tried a lot of different things, but we never got top notch at any of them. It was fun and interesting, though, to try different methods.
