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How do I ask for a lead when cantering when driving?

How tight do you make the girth for driving? I have heard it is looser than riding. How loose? My horses are fat. I'm working on it. The saddle keeps moving forward because that is the smallest circumference around them. Any tips on keeping it back. Do I need to shorten the back strap and...

Trying to figure out if my new breaching fits. It lays flat when my horse isn't moving but when he trots it bounces up and down and gaps off his back and bounces against his rear. When I canter it is all over the place. All the vids I see of other people's breaching, their breaching remains...

My reins keep getting hooked on the buckles of my hip straps. The buckles are really high up on my horse's hip. I have heard of hip terrets that hold the reins up. Does anyone know where to get some?

I got a new comfyfit harness and am trying to determine fit. The girth is too big and needs swapped out. The bridle fits, but I have to use the smallest hole. My horses are B size, would an A size fit better. The nose and browband fit great. The cheek pieces and throatlash are on the...

How do you determine where to wrap the holdback straps on the shafts? They keep pulling my breaching either forward or back so it doesn't lay flat.

I am looking into adding snaps or shackles to my harness to make harnessing and unharnessing easier. Areas of possible snaps, reins connecting to bridle, breaching to shafts, crupper to saddle. What areas have you used snaps or shackles? What kind did you use? Pics would be great.

How far have you driven your mini in a single drive? At a slow trot, how long is reasonable to ask your mini to keep that gait?

Ordering a new harness. Have the options for the necks strap to either have a d ring or floppy terrts. What is the difference? Why is one better than the other? Anyone have pics of both?

My hubby built me a tack locker for my barn. I don't have a tack room and didn't want to waste the space in our carport barn for a whole room. I am in the process of painting it now. I will keep you updated with progress. This is a pic of the main unit and one of the doors.

With the conversion rate for gbp being around $1.50 for every $1usd, are there any harness makers similar to Comfyfit or Camptown in the UK?

With the conversion rate for gbp being around $1.50 for every $1usd, are there any harness makers similar to Comfyfit or Camptown in the UK?

Can you perform a one rein stop while driving? I planned to teach this while ground driving? Should I? It has always been my emergency brake while riding.

What cues do you use to counterbend while driving? How do you compensate for leg cues?

What cues do you use to bend a horse while driving? We are talking forward motion while bending the head and neck?

I am new to driving. My definitions of direct and indirect while riding. In direct reining my arm is straight, the horse is moving forward and turning. Indirect, my arm is bent crossing over the horses neck, the horse is yielding his hindquarters, one- rein stop etc. Can you indirect and...

Paxton's first bath. Having some fun. I couldn't resist.

My hubby built some great stuff for my horses, he is such a sweetie. A scratching post because they keep using the fence and a shade tunnel. The downside to living in a new development is no mature trees. They can get shade in the barn but this is cooler and more air movement.

The vet came to geld Paxton and I was so nervous. I had Swat, antibiotics, and painkillers lined up if needed. I was planning to walk or lounge him for swelling. I was ready for an ordeal. The vet was amazing. Paxton was sedated and down in mins. Cleaned and disinfected. The vet made an...

So I don't give any grain to my crew, but my yearling needed an antibiotic, so I mixed it with a little sweet feed. He does the oddest behavior. He puts his head in the bucket, lays down and tries to roll with it on his head. He does this everytime he gets grain. He has broken several...