When is it considered 'skinny'

belsenj · 11-06-2009, 06:46 PM

Okay, pictures will help quite a bit. If she's being used for a lesson horse, she may just need a little more than she's getting each day. How many days a week is she being used for lessons?

Rosie12 · 11-06-2009, 07:22 PM

Until recently she had lessons four days a week for four weeks with a one-week break. They were 45-minutes long with 15 minutes on the ground and 30 minutes up on her. Right now it's one student per day, so she's still not being used as much as she used to be. My students will be done after this month and won't be back until March. Don't know if that's how much you wanted, but still.

When March comes she may have more.

Rosie12 · 11-07-2009, 04:55 PM

Ok, pictures...We took some today.

To compare this to what I'm used to, here's one that was taken between May/June:

I know the second one is a bit harder to see her body, but...was she just fat and I'm being parinoid, or was she just fat and now she's fit?

Outlaws_Gunn · 11-07-2009, 05:29 PM

She doesn't look thin to me. If anything maybe a bit pudgy. But, I think she looks pretty good.

Jess! · 11-07-2009, 05:30 PM

I think why she looks a bit thin is she has no top line muscling

EVOO · 11-07-2009, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jess!

I think why she looks a bit thin is she has no top line muscling

Agreed.

What level riders are using her in lessons? Beginner? Intermediate? IMO with her conformation it will be difficult for anything lower than a good intermediate+ rider to get her working well and using her topline properly so that may be contributing.

Rosie12 · 11-07-2009, 07:00 PM

Like I said, all beginner riders right now. I'm the only one that rides her above beginner things, but even so we don't do a whole heck of a lot of hard work. Our trotting only ends up collectively being ten minutes. I've been working with her and extending her working times, but I only started it recently.

xlilxonex · 11-08-2009, 11:43 AM

Thin? Not necessarily so, but she could definately use some proper muscling. =)

Dawn · 11-08-2009, 01:24 PM

She was overweight before. The pics a bit hard to see, but you can see some definate fat filling behind the withers and elbow.

Now, she's not really 'thin' (though having a slight bit more fat wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing), but she's not fit either. She might not have been fit before and the fat was just covering the missing muscles as well.

The best you can do right now is make sure she has the nutrition to allow her body to develop those muscles, and then work on her getting the correct type of movement for them to develop.

Rosie12 · 11-08-2009, 03:00 PM

Alright...Any suggestions on how do that?

lolz Or would that be a question more fit for the Training section?

What type of movement and exercises would I need to put her through to develop proper muscles? How do I get her topline developed?

Sorry if I sound stupid, I just never particularaly learned about these things.

11-06-2009, 07:22 PM	#12
Rosie12 Full Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Hm...define, 'live' Posts: 230	Until recently she had lessons four days a week for four weeks with a one-week break. They were 45-minutes long with 15 minutes on the ground and 30 minutes up on her. Right now it's one student per day, so she's still not being used as much as she used to be. My students will be done after this month and won't be back until March. Don't know if that's how much you wanted, but still. When March comes she may have more. __________________ That's what a horse is, you know. It's not just a pasture and water and feed and tack, that's what a horse needs. But what a horse really is... is freedom.

11-07-2009, 04:55 PM	#13
Rosie12 Full Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Hm...define, 'live' Posts: 230	Ok, pictures...We took some today. To compare this to what I'm used to, here's one that was taken between May/June: I know the second one is a bit harder to see her body, but...was she just fat and I'm being parinoid, or was she just fat and now she's fit? __________________ That's what a horse is, you know. It's not just a pasture and water and feed and tack, that's what a horse needs. But what a horse really is... is freedom.

11-07-2009, 05:29 PM	#14
Outlaws_Gunn Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The 'Hollow' Posts: 1,114	She doesn't look thin to me. If anything maybe a bit pudgy. But, I think she looks pretty good. __________________ "We horses don't get to choose the people in out lives.For us,it's all chance" -Black Beauty

11-07-2009, 05:30 PM	#15
Jess! Senior Member+ Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SoCal Posts: 11,327 Images: 76	I think why she looks a bit thin is she has no top line muscling __________________ (¯`·._¤ Jess!·._¤ ´¯) ♥ Haute Couture Arabians♥ Purebred and Half Arabian Endurance Horses

11-07-2009, 07:00 PM	#17
Rosie12 Full Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Hm...define, 'live' Posts: 230	Like I said, all beginner riders right now. I'm the only one that rides her above beginner things, but even so we don't do a whole heck of a lot of hard work. Our trotting only ends up collectively being ten minutes. I've been working with her and extending her working times, but I only started it recently. __________________ That's what a horse is, you know. It's not just a pasture and water and feed and tack, that's what a horse needs. But what a horse really is... is freedom.

11-06-2009, 06:46 PM	#11
belsenj Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 778 Images: 41	Okay, pictures will help quite a bit. If she's being used for a lesson horse, she may just need a little more than she's getting each day. How many days a week is she being used for lessons?

11-08-2009, 11:43 AM	#18
xlilxonex Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,292 Images: 24 Blog Entries: 1	Thin? Not necessarily so, but she could definately use some proper muscling. =) __________________ I <3 My Curly http://bbspinnaker.webs.com/

11-08-2009, 01:24 PM	#19
Dawn Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Tennessee Posts: 37,203 Images: 1580	She was overweight before. The pics a bit hard to see, but you can see some definate fat filling behind the withers and elbow. Now, she's not really 'thin' (though having a slight bit more fat wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing), but she's not fit either. She might not have been fit before and the fat was just covering the missing muscles as well. The best you can do right now is make sure she has the nutrition to allow her body to develop those muscles, and then work on her getting the correct type of movement for them to develop. __________________ Sexy by Christmas Challenge-r!! Goal: 11 lbs LOST CURRENT: 4 lbs LOST Starting Weight 170 lbs. Goal Weight 155 lbs. Reached! 20 pound club 2009 Starting Weight 152 lbs. Goal Weight 140 lbs. Reached!

11-08-2009, 03:00 PM	#20
Rosie12 Full Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Hm...define, 'live' Posts: 230	Alright...Any suggestions on how do that? lolz Or would that be a question more fit for the Training section? What type of movement and exercises would I need to put her through to develop proper muscles? How do I get her topline developed? Sorry if I sound stupid, I just never particularaly learned about these things. __________________ That's what a horse is, you know. It's not just a pasture and water and feed and tack, that's what a horse needs. But what a horse really is... is freedom.

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