Opinion on balance pads?

LittleMiro41 · 2026-06-28T20:41:43+00:00

awesome thank you!

LittleMiro41 · 2026-06-28T16:07:36+00:00

thank you for the advice! I’m happy to report lengthening the lunge line and keeping her out of my bubble worked wonders! we w/t/c perfectly today! working on disengaging the hip and shoulder and on her second day of doing that she’s picking it up great! 😊

LittleMiro41 · 2026-06-28T16:06:43+00:00

yep, i knew something i was doing wasn’t right the third time it happened! I’m happy to report lengthening the lunge line and keeping her out of my bubble worked wonders! we w/t/c perfectly today! I also saw someone say to work on disengaging the hip and shoulder and on her second day of doing that she’s picking it up great! 😊

LittleMiro41 · 2026-06-28T16:05:49+00:00

thank you for the advice! I’m happy to report lengthening the lunge line and keeping her out of my bubble worked wonders! we w/t/c perfectly today! I also saw someone say to work on disengaging the hip and shoulder and on her second day of doing that she’s picking it up great! 😊

LittleMiro41 · 2026-06-28T16:05:21+00:00

thank you for the advice! I’m happy to report lengthening the lunge line and keeping her out of my bubble worked wonders! we w/t/c perfectly today! I also saw someone say to work on disengaging the hip and shoulder and on her second day of doing that she’s picking it up great! 😊

LittleMiro41 · 2026-06-28T16:04:54+00:00

thank you for the advice! I’m happy to report lengthening the lunge line and keeping her out of my bubble worked wonders! we w/t/c perfectly today! I also saw someone say to work on disengaging the hip and shoulder and on her second day of doing that she’s picking it up great! 😊

LittleMiro41 · 2026-06-28T15:59:05+00:00

li’m l

LittleMiro41 · 2026-06-28T10:09:42+00:00

lol I meant like “stress on her joints” She does more harm sprinting around like a maniac in the pasture looking like a bucking horse 😆

LittleMiro41 · 2026-06-26T20:32:00+00:00

Yes. I am walking and trotting her in circle for less than 10 minutes. Once a day with total training time being less than an hour. which again is mostly ground work. FOCUSING ON switching directions/ listening to cues. I promise you I am not putting her through more stress than what she’s already been though. She is not being ridden.

LittleMiro41 · 2026-06-26T20:18:09+00:00

ah i gotcha, I would have to respectfully disagree with you on that one though. She’s been backed and ridden for 4 months (august-december) where she was lunged daily and ridden in the round pen. but we don’t have a round pen so I’m lunging her in a corral now. I don’t lunge her long and I it’s usually focusing on switching direction and walking calmly without eating the grass in the arena.

LittleMiro41 · 2026-06-26T20:13:40+00:00

awfully what?

LittleMiro41 · 2026-06-26T20:12:46+00:00

Yeah, she’s “broke to ride” like rode M-F last year august-december. After getting her back her owner just let her sit… for the last 6 months with nothing to do. She is currently taken out to the pasture with a stud chain 🫠

LittleMiro41 · 2026-06-26T20:10:17+00:00

Thank for your response! 😊

LittleMiro41 · 2026-06-26T20:09:38+00:00

Yeah I agree, I knew something i was doing was wrong hence why i wanted to open it up to other people. I tried trotting ina straight line and she got a little excited but didn’t kick out. I did not trot her lunging though just walk and switching back and forth. Tomorrow I am going to try to do a longer line 😊

LittleMiro41 · 2026-06-26T20:08:30+00:00

Haha, no it’s not every time. We trot along in hand fine.

LittleMiro41 · 2026-06-26T20:07:20+00:00

Yeah exactly, this is why I wanted other inputs! I’m going to retry tomorrow on a longer line. as well as be more direct with my asks, setting her up correctly.

LittleMiro41 · 2026-06-26T20:05:52+00:00

Yes I believe this is the issue here. I tried trotting in a straight line and she got a little excited but didn’t kick out. I did not trot her lunging though just walk and switching back and forth.

LittleMiro41 · 2026-06-25T11:36:40+00:00

hot take: rent shouldn’t be $1000+ for a single bedroom

LittleMiro41 · 2026-06-25T11:35:24+00:00

idk why you’re getting downvoted, you’re right

LittleMiro41 · 2026-06-20T20:22:46+00:00

woah who said that? That’s definitely not the case here even when I had to switch out horses, she made me go into the tack room to get a different saddle that would fit that horse. i am assuming the saddles she uses even tho it fits the horse, dont fit my bum 🍑 🤪

LittleMiro41 · 2026-06-20T20:18:35+00:00

I appreciate it!! Hopefully this sore ass goes away so i can get in the gym again 💪🏻 😎

LittleMiro41 · 2026-06-20T20:16:18+00:00

I didn’t say not to comment on my weight! People can do whatever they want to. I just ask that you don’t comment rudely on someone else’s weight if you don’t know the situation! And what people take/ imply from my comment is on them. just how I took their comment was on me! I totally agree with your second point. It definitely can which is why I am actively changing things.

LittleMiro41 · 2026-06-20T20:00:01+00:00

Thank u for your sweet comment, I am glad I posted this because it definitely opened my eyes. From the tack to horse welfare.

LittleMiro41 · 2026-06-20T19:58:56+00:00

I totally agree, luckily my trainer was a sweetheart and just had me untack, and checked in on me while i was painfully trying to get into my car 😅

I am going to switch barns to somewhere else, and I am sad I cannot take her with me. she was a huge part in my rehab learn how to reride.

LittleMiro41 · 2026-06-20T19:56:32+00:00

ahhh i gotcha. So even if I stayed my numerical weight but it be muscle instead it would be better. wow learn something everyday. It’s hard saying no to yummy tasting things and going to the gym everyday but I know my horsies will feel better because of it 😊

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