We have a 50 year old driveway, with mostly rotted out wood spacers from the original pour. What is the preferred method to make these nice? Hack them out and replace with wood? If so, what type?
Or hack them out and pour in cement or grout or...?
Thanks!
My wife rides dressage. Low level. Been riding regularly about 7 years.
She has had six unscheduled exits from her horse. Each time it was when the horse went into canter without her expecting it. A mild "bolt." Happened again today and she's having her second broken bone surgery tomorrow.
I had recently asked her trainer why they don't dedicate lesson time for this. Learn how to manage a horse that unexpectedly goes to canter, and stop him. He's a highly trained horse. The answer was, "Hard stops are not a dressage element, so we don't work on that. That's a cow horse skill."
Seriously? Is not the rider's safety paramount? I had a lesson on a new horse once. He bolted and I didn't stop him right away. The guy spent the next five lessons doing nothing but having me accelerate the horse, and stop. Over and over.
Doesn't a trainer have some obligation to focus on the rider's safety?
A group of five has gotten more bold. They now sit across the driveway every morning waiting for me to bring the dogs out. Then all hell breaks loose. I've got two large border collies and an American Labrador. My dogs will chase them off but they turn around and come right back.
I'm allowed to shoot these things. But does it do any good? I hear that they just repopulate and carry on.