I went to a Heavy Horse show and grabbed some pics. These animals are truely gorgeous gentle giants!

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Now this friesian stallion was to die for, my absolute favorite horse there! He was a true gentle man. Now i know how it feels to touch $250,000 worth of horseflesh lol. Money or not, he would be a dream to own and ride.
Pics are not the best, there were just so many people flocking to him, and they defiantely do NOT do him full justice, but they give you an idea of him

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The Tallest Horse In The World

Working horses



















The C.U.B team

Showjumping

Nika is back in training and EXTREMELY excited about it *LOL*

She is training in a Halti because of my still not good ankle injury and Nika being a tad feral from no work, i've had to break out the Halti, so i dont get injured from her excitement and that she doesnt either, she was literally on 2 legs on the check chain when she seen another dog, her not being able to breath and then choking for the the whole walk is definately not a good thing, and definately NOT a habit i want her learning. I am desparate to get her back into work, and i really need to get back into walking, so the Halti was the next option, until she calms down (which i have no doubt she will) at least anyway.

Saturday 8th May

Lets just say the 1st 10min was her having a spack attack trying to get the thing stuck to her face off. Once she calmed from that, we went onto Halti and lead. A few spack attacks later *L* she soon realised that pulling and being a fool just made the 'nasty' thing get tighter on her nose, and coming to a heel made it go away. She is definately intelligent this one!

Within 5 minutes she was heeling like a pro and fairly calm, with just the very odd try to get the halti off, unbelievable difference. Now as a test i unhooked the lead, and she still stayed with me, not always in a perfect heel, but a far cry from the nutcase i was trying to walk before.

Lunchtime today she will get another mini lesson, and depending how she deals with that, i'll take her out for a walk, lead through check chain and through Halti, just incase she does manage to slip the Halti off.

I am really excited and she will be too, i've been dying to get back out there. To be honest i forgot my mate sent me the Halti. I think it will be awesome for both Nika


Sunday 9th May
Today we went for a real walk, past all the dogs that never get out and are completely feral *L*

Other than the intial i want the halti off try out...It was such a dream. While she whinged and wussed, control was just so easy, no choking, no twisting on the lead to get to them. My ankle was far happier, and i can guarantee it was FAR more pleasent for my Nika.

So, we will go out again later this arvo. and all going well it will be twice a day from then on, oh except for Tuesdays because we will be back off to obedience school that night.

I wrapped to be able to get back out there with the no damage to myself and more importantly no damage to my gorgeous girl!!

Some pics of Nika is her Halti

Monday 10th & Tuesday 11 May
No training...lead broke. Need to buy a new one and wont get to town til Wednesday.

Wednesday 12th May
I had to buy her a new lead today, dang they can be expensive, she broke the clip on the old one. I also bought a 20m horse lunge lead to use, she needs some work on recalls and distance work.

We went for a walk this morning, only 2 tries at getting the Halti off and much calmer going past the 'crazy' dog up the street. So going quite well so far.

Went for our arvo walk tonight when i got home from work. She was a bit stirred up because it was getting dark, but still not too bad.

Ohh and i found her check chain *L* (in the pics she is wearing Scoobs old one and it is WAY too big)

Thursday 13th May
We didnt do our normal walk tonight, but went out and did some serious heel, sit & drop training. She did it no probs, picked it back up quite quickly.

Many many changes of direction in the heeling, to keep her guessing and learning to watch and stick by my leg, i as very pleased to note she did quite well considering she's not done much for so long.

Sits & Drops, we did the 1 step sit, 1 step sit She loves this....NOT *LOL* But she also picked this up again quickly. Mixed in with drops, and ups (from drop back up into sitting position)

All in all a very successful training session, i'm very proud of my girl!

Been a while...Nika and i are still training, with the days getting shorter i'm generally only getting in 1 session per day. As the days get longer we will, all going well, get back into 2 session per day.

Now
Took some quick pics of my gorgeous girl while training out on the long lead

Originally Posted by Noah Been a while...Nika and i are still training,.....

Originally Posted by PantyFanatic So what has she taught you? :confused:

This is a project that i've had on the go for ages, and it could take ages yet *LOL* I'm in no hurry and only pick it up when i've got a fair bit of spare time.

The tank is a 3ft and will hopefully end up a frog tank, only filled around the halfway mark (tank cant ever be fully filled due to bowing, broken brace).

Anyway, heres a few photos of its progression

26th Jan 2010


21st Aug 2010


22nd Aug 2010


Yes the foam is siliconed into the tank, and i'll be sealing and colouring it whilst its in there, yep i understand it is easier to do when its out of the tank, but there is method to my madness *L*