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Post by Chelsea on Aug 28, 2006 22:34:14 GMT -5
Josh smiled. "Okay. You can tack him up today. My bridle and saddle are in the tack room. My name is on the stand and hook. I'll take Rocky over to the cross-ties and get all the grooming stuff. I'll show you what to do and then you can organize him while I muck out the stall and fill up his water and feed buckets." he said with a smile.
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Post by Jacqueline on Aug 29, 2006 19:07:43 GMT -5
Okay. Shannon said. She went into the tackroom and found the saddle. She took it out and put it by Rocky then went back in and got the bridle.
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Post by Chelsea on Aug 29, 2006 19:11:39 GMT -5
((i dunno how to tack a horse so I'm not so great at explaining it.))
Okay." said Josh with a smile. "First you have to groom him, like how I showed you yesterday. You have to groom him before he gets tacked up." he said.
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Post by Jacqueline on Aug 29, 2006 19:13:34 GMT -5
((lol. I know. Just like say that he explained how to do everything or something and then I'll go into detail about how she does it just because. lol))
Okay. Shannon said. She grabbed a curry comb.
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Post by Chelsea on Aug 29, 2006 19:22:08 GMT -5
((lol ok))
Josh explained the proper way to tack up a horse. "Alright. I'll be back in a few minutes. I have to muck the stall and refill the food and water buckets." he said with a smile.
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Post by Jacqueline on Aug 29, 2006 19:24:56 GMT -5
Okay. Shannon said. She brushed Rocky which took a bit of time becasue she was still new to brushing. Then she put the pads on his back and the saddle on the pads. She did up the girth, but had the elastic side on the right inside of the left, which is wrong because left and leather never go together. Other than that she had everything right with the saddle.
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Post by Chelsea on Aug 29, 2006 19:28:43 GMT -5
Josh walked over to Rocky and Shannon to make sure they were okay. "You're doing good but the elastic has to be on the right. Left and leather never go together. I had trouble with that when I first started riding too." he said with a smile. ((wow. i never even knew they had an elastic ))
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Post by Jacqueline on Aug 29, 2006 19:31:07 GMT -5
Okay. Shannon said. She undid the girth and flipped it around so it was the right way.
((Some saddles are totally cloth-type kinda like ropes. lol. Some are totally leather, some have elastic right by the buckles on one side, some have it on both. lol. There are a bunch of different girths. And then there's western ones that I have so much trouble doing up tight enough. lol.))
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Post by Chelsea on Aug 29, 2006 19:37:38 GMT -5
((lol! all of that went straight over my head! )) "There you go." Josh said with a smile. "I'm done mucking so I just have to clean out the feed and water buckets and then refill them." he said.
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Post by Jacqueline on Aug 29, 2006 19:40:39 GMT -5
((lol. It's confusing. It's easier if you can see them to make sense of them all. lol))
Okay. Should I wait for you to finish to put on the bridle so he doesn't get loose or anything? Shannon asked.
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Post by Chelsea on Aug 29, 2006 19:54:15 GMT -5
((lmao!))
Josh shook his head. "No. You can do it now. He won't run. If you do think he's going to run though, just kind of push back on his chest so that he will step back instead of foreward. He can't go anywhere if he backs up so he won't get away from you." he said with a smile.
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Post by Jacqueline on Aug 29, 2006 19:57:17 GMT -5
Okay. Shannon said. She unclipped Rocky from the crossties and put the reins over his head. She took off the halter and hug it on a hook then put the bridle over his head. She put the bit in his mouth and then put his ears through the spot where they went. She pulled his forelock over the crown piece nicely and then did up the throught latch, making sure that she could fit a fist between his cheek and the leather, and did up the noseband, making sure she could fit two fingers in it. Then she patted Rocky.
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Post by Chelsea on Aug 29, 2006 20:00:21 GMT -5
((How do you get the bit in their mouths?))
Josh walked back over and smiled. "I'm done evrything and it looks like you are too. Ready to take him out?" he asked with a smile.
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Post by Jacqueline on Aug 29, 2006 20:02:15 GMT -5
((Depends on the horse. Normally you just put it against their teeth and pull up on the bridle and they'll open their mouth and take it, but if it's Teddy or Champy you have to shove your fingers in their mouth and make them open it so you can get the stupid bit in. And Teddy raises his head as high as he can so you can't reach to get it in. lol))
Yup. Shannon said, patting Rocky.
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Post by Chelsea on Aug 29, 2006 20:16:38 GMT -5
((lmao! you're not scared that they'll bite you?))
"Okay." Josh said with a smile. "Your turn to lead him out." he told her. He took the reins down from over Rocky's head and showed Shannon the right way to hold them and the right way to stand when leading a horse. He then handed her the reins so that she could do it.
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