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		<title>Please Everyone Be Safe and Wear a Helmet</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janice Arnoldi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The debate over wearing a helmet when riding never really stops but it jumped to the forefront this week after news that U.S. Dressage Olympian Courtney King-Dye fractured her skull and is in a coma after falling off a horse she was schooling in Florida.  My thoughts and the thoughts of everyone in the horse [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dressageforlife.com&blog=9486792&post=154&subd=janicearnoldi&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dressage From the Driver&#8217;s Seat</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted by guest blogger Val Frost
A little over a year ago, I started taking weekly carriage driving lessons. I found a really great coach with a very well-trained school pony and in between my lessons he was driven by the coach herself – so he was always ‘tuned up’ for me to drive. Having ridden [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dressageforlife.com&blog=9486792&post=144&subd=janicearnoldi&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting the right fit.  Buying the right horse for you.</title>
		<link>http://dressageforlife.com/2010/01/29/getting-the-right-fit-buying-the-right-horse-for-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janice Arnoldi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My grandmother started me riding horses when I was five. I rode Bobby the pony. Bobby was the farmer&#8217;s pet and wanted to spend all his time eating carrots through the kitchen window. One day we were walking through the fields and Bobby took off for home with my grandmother hanging on to the reins. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dressageforlife.com&blog=9486792&post=117&subd=janicearnoldi&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Go Forward Young Man</title>
		<link>http://dressageforlife.com/2009/12/07/go-forward-young-man/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janice Arnoldi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past few months, Dody and I have started moving forward, literally.  It&#8217;s not something I ever thought we&#8217;d do together. In our first four years, we couldn&#8217;t reach an agreement on training.  He hated my leg and I wasn&#8217;t to keen on his rearing.  Nirvana for me would be getting a solid walk, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dressageforlife.com&blog=9486792&post=95&subd=janicearnoldi&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When Dressage (Riding) is NOT for Life</title>
		<link>http://dressageforlife.com/2009/11/28/when-dressage-riding-is-not-for-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>parkbenchpictures</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dressageforlife.com/?p=87</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Posted by guest blogger Val Frost.  See her blog at Park Bench Pictures.
About three years ago, I was checking my email one day and swivelled my chair to reach a pencil &#8211; and felt a sharp protest in my left hip. Although I didn&#8217;t know it then, that was the beginning of the end of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dressageforlife.com&blog=9486792&post=87&subd=janicearnoldi&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The right riding coach = years of fun with horses</title>
		<link>http://dressageforlife.com/2009/11/20/the-right-riding-coach-years-of-fun-with-horses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janice Arnoldi</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dressageforlife.com/?p=75</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Finding the right instructor is the most important part of learning to ride.  It&#8217;s even more critical for adult riders. For one thing, we are way more needy than kids and so you want a coach who is patient and understands that you need a lot of encouragement to get on a 1000 pound animal week after week.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dressageforlife.com&blog=9486792&post=75&subd=janicearnoldi&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New rider, new horse owner.</title>
		<link>http://dressageforlife.com/2009/11/06/new-rider-new-horse-owner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janice Arnoldi</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dressageforlife.com/?p=51</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have a new horse owner in our dressage barn.  She&#8217;s also a new rider.  She started riding for the first time about six months ago and she&#8217;s as dedicated as they come, even after a bad fall that means surgery on her shoulder. 
 She reminds me so much of me, right down to buying  a lovely quarter horse [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dressageforlife.com&blog=9486792&post=51&subd=janicearnoldi&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is it ok for a dressage horse&#8217;s tongue to turn blue? Rollkur controversy at World Cup dressage qualifier</title>
		<link>http://dressageforlife.com/2009/10/30/34/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janice Arnoldi</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://janicearnoldi.wordpress.com/?p=34</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Usually I try to keep my posts light and fun but I had to write about this.  I don&#8217;t know if any of you have seen the video (watch it on YouTube) of Swedish Olympic rider Patrik Kittel riding his horse at the World Cup qualifier in Odense, Denmark. He rode his horse, Watermill Scandic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dressageforlife.com&blog=9486792&post=34&subd=janicearnoldi&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brrrrrr!  Motivation is the word of the month</title>
		<link>http://dressageforlife.com/2009/10/23/brrrrrr-motivation-is-the-word-of-the-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janice Arnoldi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was standing in my barn shivering last weekend.  It&#8217;s not even the end of October and I&#8217;m figuring it&#8217;s nearly time for riding hibernation.  I am losing motivation to giddy-up faster than a  leaky tire.   Getting ready to go to the barn is almost as tiring as riding.  I have an entire closet in my car.  This [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dressageforlife.com&blog=9486792&post=27&subd=janicearnoldi&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>To Yoga or not to Yoga?</title>
		<link>http://dressageforlife.com/2009/10/02/to-yoga-or-not-to-yoga/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janice Arnoldi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a sporty person.  Growing up I was a skier, a rider and did all sorts of school sports and I&#8217;ve always been in pretty good shape.  But now I&#8217;m facing a new problem.  I&#8217;m just not flexible anymore.  Most days I can&#8217;t bend over to pick up my horses feet without groaning because my back [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dressageforlife.com&blog=9486792&post=21&subd=janicearnoldi&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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