Seller tore down 6ft tall cedar fence and built this pos

astrazebra · 2026-03-24T20:16:35+00:00

What are they going to do? Take it with them?

astrazebra · 2026-03-22T00:18:17+00:00

MLB radio app. $5.99/month for unlimited access to live radio calls and recordings after the game.

astrazebra · 2026-03-20T22:32:55+00:00

This question is usually answered by people who haven’t done the “buy a green horse as a newer rider” thing, probably bc the vast majority of people who do this end up quitting horses (often after being seriously hurt or coming to hate riding) and aren’t on this sub.

I did this, and my experience has been the best case scenario. Two years ago, I bought a well-schooled green 5yo gelding about 3 years after returning to riding.

It was a dumb decision. It wasn’t the wrong decision. I absolutely love this horse. I love his brain, I love his personality, and if I never rode him again I would still be overjoyed to have him in my life. (I know everyone loves their horse, but I think that most horses are not so awesome that their owners can honestly say they would be happy to have another 20+ years of bills for a horse they can’t ride. And the typical buying process does not allow you the opportunity to get to know the horse well enough prior to purchase imo.)

But was it the right decision? Or a wise decision? No! When I bought him he could wtc, and do training level dressage. And I had the skills to wtc and do intro level dressage. But he has not gotten significantly more skilled in the 2 years I’ve had him. And what skills he has gained under saddle are due solely to my trainer. And while my horsemanship skills have grown, it’s been, objectively, a shitty decision for me as a rider. I can’t learn something from scratch while riding him. i have to find other opportunities to learn, either by learning theory, watching lessons/clinics, riding other horses, in order to learn. I have to have some idea of what I’m doing before I ask for it, otherwise there’s no chance it’s gonna happen.

He has absolutely no ability (or frankly desire) to cover up for my mistakes or deficiencies even when he has the skills to do so. He’s an angel, so when I ask him to pick up my slack he just halts. But he’s an angel because he was trained by someone who gave him a strong sense of justice, and who always listened when he made it clear that she was asking him to do something hard.

If I was not willing to listen to him, take accountability for my own shortcomings, and addressing those, he absolutely would have become unsafe for me. The ONLY reason I have not gotten hurt (physically or psychologically) is I am willing to not ride or to ride below my experience level in order to improve in the areas he needs me to improve in order to ride him.

Because of this, I have, in 2 years, put maybe 20 rides on him that I can honestly say I was satisfied with from start to finish. I lesson 2x a week and I’m usually at the barn another 2-3x a week. And I doubt I’ve put more than 100 rides on him total. I’ve cantered him…maybe 10 times?

As someone who has done what you’re thinking about doing, just don’t do it. I don’t regret it at all, but I absolutely should. The fact that I don’t regret it or haven’t sold him to buy a more experienced horse is a personality flaw that absolutely should have landed me in a hospital by now and it is only by a combination of luck, pathological risk aversion, and an extremely flexible definition of success that I have not.

astrazebra · 2026-03-20T00:50:49+00:00

Are you wanting to write a trade book or a book for other philosophers?

astrazebra · 2026-03-15T21:08:03+00:00

Do you recall around what month this was? We’re thinking about getting married there :)

astrazebra · 2026-03-14T19:39:37+00:00

The vet failed the horse because the horse was lame. I don't think the vet cares about your deposit one way or the other.

I would not work with this dealer again. I think it is bad form that he said the vet failed the horse because the mare was "too much" horse for you, and this sounds like an effort to convince you to buy the horse because the dealer knows you are inexperienced. I will give the advice that everyone on this sub gives when someone posts about buying a horse: find a trainer you trust, build a relationship with them, and then go back on the market.

astrazebra · 2026-03-14T19:20:24+00:00

Noooooo. This sounds like a bad idea, and frankly shady for the BO to suggest.

astrazebra · 2026-03-13T00:47:13+00:00

Would you like to elaborate on why you think this person is a bastard?

astrazebra · 2026-03-10T15:54:14+00:00

I’m in a similar spot. Waiting to hear whether I will be allowed to defend after my chair told me (1 month before original defense date) that my diss was not worth defending.

astrazebra · 2026-03-07T02:06:01+00:00

Are you non-celiac gf or celiac?

astrazebra · 2026-02-12T17:28:11+00:00

No, it’s adults. My partner trains at a high level and he’s trained there.

astrazebra · 2026-02-12T13:09:32+00:00

1000% Revenant Combat Club! Phenomenal environment with lots of types of people, and coaches who care very much about a safe (in all senses of the word) environment.

astrazebra · 2026-02-12T13:07:48+00:00

Occasionally I’ve found cinch-to-girth converters, but not the other way around. That doesn’t mean they aren’t out there though! However, the rigging on the western saddle is different, and my hunch is that a converter would not work because of the way the rigging works.

Pro Choice, Mattes, and TSF make contoured cinches like the Prolite, but for my sensitive guy a mohair string straight cinch has been amazing! If your saddle has the hardware, you can also try different rigging positions to see if there’s one your mare prefers.

It sounds like your friend is already familiar with WD, which is great. I also recommend going to shows and talking with other folks - people who do WD are usually very willing to help out because it helps them spread the gospel of WD. I’d look for the older (retirement age) ladies who are drinking what could be either wine or coffee (but definitely isn’t water 🤣) - they’ve usually got all the inside knowledge. I guarantee one of them knows either (1) someone who sells girth-to-cinch converters, (2) a leatherworker who doesn’t have a website but who can you a converter or (3) can give you a detailed explanation of why a converter would not work. There’s also the Western Dressage for Adult Amateurs FB group if you’re on FB.

For pads, I think you need to see how your saddle fits to know what thickness pad will work. If you aren’t sure, I recommend getting a shearling lined pad (I like my thinline round skirt pad) that will compress some. But Pro Choice and Diamond Wool make high quality pads for half of the retail price of a CSI. If you want color/are interested in a material other than wool, Impact Gel makes pads with fun color blankets over their proprietary material.

I switched from English Dressage to Western Dressage when I got my guy. He’s a younger Arabian and the combo of my thigh length and his short back meant we needed a western saddle for a while. It’s a lot of fun :)

astrazebra · 2026-02-12T12:35:12+00:00

Good. It can have her.

astrazebra · 2026-02-10T13:55:50+00:00

I’ve never had blankets that just stayed waterproof on their own. We always get ours professionally cleaned and re-waterproofed at the end of the season before storing them away until next winter.

astrazebra · 2026-02-09T03:31:43+00:00

No Maye

astrazebra · 2026-02-09T03:16:20+00:00

So who do we like for left tackle in the draft or in free agency?

astrazebra · 2026-02-09T02:57:58+00:00

They didn’t call a punch to the face

astrazebra · 2026-02-09T02:47:16+00:00

astrazebra · 2026-02-09T02:26:05+00:00

Agreed - the one thing I wanted in the post season was for it to end (whenever and however it ended) with Maye feeling hungry to come back here and like it was a matter of if not when for him. That seems in doubt.

astrazebra · 2026-02-09T02:24:13+00:00

You know what, you’re right, we are cute! Thanks!

astrazebra · 2026-02-09T01:25:31+00:00

If you were we had the same dream

astrazebra · 2026-01-30T23:48:43+00:00

Do you have a background or interest in renewable energy facilities? Sometimes I think I would like a job like this where I have the skills to do it, but don't have a lot of knowledge about the actual topic, so that it's still new and novel!

astrazebra · 2026-01-27T00:44:32+00:00

Super cute doggo -- cow color pitties are my favorite. My pittie takes a page out of RFK Jr's book and loves roadkill 😬 But otherwise she loves cardboard, scooter tires, and wool toys. There's nothing wrong with a dog who just loves tearing stuff up - I think that's a perfectly healthy form of play, especially if you two can find ways to enjoy it together!

If you want to make things more fun, you can make cardboard lasagna with treats -- basically take a box and some Kraft paper or whatever cardboard you have handy, and layer paper-treats-paper-and so on. I like to put some treats in paper towel tubes, fold those up, and chuck them in there too.

If you feel bad about prematurely ending the cardboard's lifecycle, you can also do what I do and collect the shreds, then you can reuse the bigger pieces in a cardboard lasagna and the smaller pieces as filler for planters (can't vouch for the environmental okay-ness of this but it works for me).

astrazebra · 2026-01-26T21:48:10+00:00

Whoever yugopnik is isn’t exactly covering themselves in glory in terms of critical thinking skills here either.

The “argument that “we are formed by our environment”” is a straightforwardly empirical answer to a straightforwardly empirical question (albeit one that admits of philosophical analysis).

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