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April 01, 2009

On today's date


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Once Upon an Equine said...

Tee hee hee. That's a cute one.

April 02, 2009 12:25 am

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This blog is mainly about my horse life. As a birthday present when I turned 6 yo I wished for, and got, a riding lesson. Have no idea why; none of my parents were into horses. But I was bitten by the bug. 43 years later I am still a horse person, and luckily my husband and daughter are too. Now we are owned by 2 horses and two cats. We live in a woodland area outside Oslo, Norway, where we at wintertime have to fight our way between moose and ski-nitwits. Welcome to my world!
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mummy's pet

mummy's pet
Simply the best, and knows it too. (Yeah, yeah, I know. I have a totally blind spot here.) Electric Fame, 8 yo sports pony mare after Power Boy. How it started? Click the pic.

Elin's pet

Elin's pet
The eternal optimist. Carrots anyone? MacGyver aka Charlie, sold in 2011

the sofa princess

the sofa princess
Sleeping Beauty. Wakes up in good weather.

King of hunt

King of hunt
A living furball that won't let bad weather come between him and a mouse

Me

Me
Happy on horseback in 1974

Happy on horseback in 2009
"Take most people, they're crazy about cars. I'd rather have a goddamn horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake."
J. D. Salinger (1919-)

Followers

The foundation

"Winning the horse's trust and relaxation takes the greatest patience and self-discipline, a lesson that riders can learn only if they are made aware of the necessity of learning it"
Walter Zettl

The work

"One's goal should be to achieve great things playfully"
Egon von Neindorff

Riders

"Beginner riders ride what they see in front of them - the head and neck. Intermediate riders ride what's underneath them: the ribcage. Advanced riders ride what's behind them: the hindquarters."
Unknown author

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Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.
(John Adams)

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"Dressage in harmony"---what does it mean?

Dressage training is systematic, structured, and nature-oriented education --- both the teaching and the being taught. Dressage does not mean total submission of the horse, not overtaxing him forcefully, nor getting into useless arguments.
Harmony means sensibility, synchronization, consistency and unison.
"Dressage in harmony" means to solve together a task in such a manner that rider and horse are enjoying the work. Then and only then will you feel the wonderful natural ease and subtle relaxation which every rider seeks in his or her daily work.
Egon von Neindorff

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