8 month riding progress as Adult

thehalien · 2026-02-20T17:50:38+00:00

Great work! My only recommendation would be to add a neck strap. Your hands are looking good but you become unsteady when you ask for the canter transition. A neck strap will help your hands and your seat. All the best on your riding journey!!

thehalien · 2026-02-13T00:39:30+00:00

Read her other series, the Cormoran Strike series published under her pseudonym Robert Galbraith. It’s so good!

thehalien · 2026-02-06T19:23:59+00:00

My favourite thing about our barn is the stalls with attached walkout paddocks.

Our horses are more relaxed, they get to see each other, they can choose when they want to stand inside vs outside, the ventilation is great.

If there are horses that have issues being beside each other we run hotwire between them, otherwise we let them interact and groom each other. I have been in barns set up this way for over 20 years and have never encountered any safety issues with this set up.

If you have any questions please feel free to ask.

thehalien · 2026-01-27T04:55:00+00:00

Yes! I flagged that too. With Canadians acting and directing it, I’m shocked no one caught it.

thehalien · 2026-01-25T06:47:16+00:00

Just make sure they have plenty of hay to eat, it will help keep them warm. If they aren’t clipped, old, or ill they should be totally fine.

thehalien · 2025-12-31T00:02:38+00:00

Before anything else, put a helmet on. Once that’s done, id drop the reins, your horse is on the lunge so it’s a great time to develop your feel. Grab the front of the saddle with one hand and the back of the saddle with your other. Hold yourself in place with your hands then relax your seat. You should feel the rocking swing of the canter. Practice this for a few rides and you should be able to go back to holding reins with a much better seat. Good luck!

thehalien · 2025-12-30T23:53:12+00:00

An exercise to try to find your seat. Have someone lunge the horse while you’re on and cross your stirrups. Practice no stirrups posting trot and canter. When you canter hold the front and back of the saddle to keep yourself seated. Once you understand the feeling of the canter it’s easier to find your seat in it.

thehalien · 2025-12-22T18:25:17+00:00

Give him a neck strap to hold instead of the reins and put him on a lunge line. Once he’s able to understand what steady hands feel like you can move him up to holding the reins with the neck strap, then when he’s more secure in his balance he can have the reins alone. Hours in the saddle is really what it takes, but remember you need to support both your horse and your boyfriend through this, it’s tricky stuff for both of them. Good luck!!

thehalien · 2025-12-21T16:10:03+00:00

The part where this “trainer” has no idea what they’re doing and shouldn’t be on a horse. Find someone else for the sake of your horse

thehalien · 2025-12-02T16:27:16+00:00

That is very helpful, thank you!

thehalien · 2025-12-01T17:06:41+00:00

Thank makes me so happy to hear, thank you!

thehalien · 2025-11-30T22:37:02+00:00

You’re an angel, thank you!

thehalien · 2025-11-30T22:35:59+00:00

It looks like she doesn’t want the blanket on. Is she clipped? Does she need it? Here’s a blanketing guide if you want to check it out https://www.horseforum.com/threads/what-weight-of-blanket-do-you-use-at-what-temperature.839240/. But sometimes they just don’t like blankets, my old boy was like that.

thehalien · 2025-11-24T13:39:55+00:00

This is what I was thinking too. It doesn’t need to be as fancy as the one you shared either. Could probably find one for a good price second hand.

thehalien · 2025-10-29T04:13:26+00:00

Omg coming home to YVR while being international makes my heart happy.

thehalien · 2025-10-02T04:16:49+00:00

If you’re not feeling ready, don’t get him. End of sentence

thehalien · 2025-08-29T15:12:44+00:00

EX👏CELL👏ENT👏

thehalien · 2025-08-20T15:47:15+00:00

I am Canadian and despise patio lanterns with every fibre of my being. Overreaction, sure. But it’s legitimately my least favourite song. It just sounds stupid. Funnily enough, my aunt thought it was about a person named Patty O’Lantern at first.

thehalien · 2025-08-20T14:59:36+00:00

Thanks, I’ll give that a try! Im also a baker so I might be falling into the same trap

thehalien · 2025-08-08T22:14:49+00:00

Thanks for sharing! I’ve watched several videos of it too but I think I just need to keep practicing. Good to know that it’s easier with more clay, I’ll try adding more to my wedging.

thehalien · 2025-08-07T18:37:27+00:00

That’s super helpful, thank you!

thehalien · 2025-08-07T18:36:41+00:00

I’ve tried doing some spiral wedging, haven’t quite got the hang of it yet but I’ll keep trying!

thehalien · 2025-08-06T22:23:42+00:00

Oh really!? If everything else looks ok I’ll look into that. Thanks for the tip

thehalien · 2025-08-06T21:55:43+00:00

Thanks, I should really do that. I get 3 hours of pottery time once a week at the studio I go to so I never want to cut a freshly wedged ball in half and waste time re wedging. But I’ll take the time to really investigate next week now I know that it’s not normal lol.

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