Thanks tle, I’ve been planning to do just that. I’m going to use a log on the first jump and hay bales on #2. We have the book you mentioned and it’s a great help as we design the bank and water complex.
Enough, enough already…First it was the lovely acreage, then the great inviting cross country fences, not that I ever felt that brave, but those looked really good.
Then ya dropped that “we” bought the 100+ acres, hmmmm, but then lovely photo of house. But ya had to burst the bubble with the working wife, no kids, just you, wifey-po, the lovely dogs and horse and gorgeous acreage. And the kicker a NEW TRACTOR. I’m sorry I just can’t seem to deal with the disappointment.
Guess I’ll just have to run to Mexico this weekend and do a little shopping. I think a liter per person is fair, and it is so authentic there. Only about 10 miles away…
All joking aside, you have a fantastic farm. But I am truly jealous, your life with your critters seems too good to be true. I truly wish you all the luck in the world with all of it. 
“The older I get, the better I used to be, but who the heck cares!”
This thing can get really big with a larger log on top! 
Here it is… 
You HAVE been very busy!!! It looks unbelievable though. Can you say ROAD TRIP??? 
The dogs have chain link runs that are easily cleaned with comfy benches. Insulated kennel houses for chilly nights. Just a guess, but I’ve never met a true horseman or dogman who didn’t put the comfort of the animals first.
Your place looks great and the course looks like tons of fun. Hey! Isn’t it time for you to start thinking about coming south? And pick up your tweed?? I did try to sell it out from under you, but the other really tall guy said he’d just got one custom in London and didn’t need two. Can you believe it fit him perfectly also?? For less than 1/2 he paid for the custom?
~Kryswyn~
“Always look on the bright side of life, de doo, de doo de doo de doo”
GREAT!! One of the things that we’re doing here as we look at building a new water complex is to start with a “crater”… just a hole dug out, lined appropriately, with the correct footing at the proper depth. Then you can come in and revet a side or two if you want… or (better yet) bring in portable jumps so that you can change things around all the time. Revetting is what can get really expensive (on top of the already expensive liner and footing of course). So digging a “pondlike” structure to start should be pretty straightforward… and you can do that with that lovely toy of yours!
Ever want to talk XC design or construction, just holler! it’s one of my favorite topics (and something every XC rider should know something about… it really helps you analyze what questions the fences are asking and why, not to mention that you can know what you’re talking about when you say “that fence doesn’t look right”).
If Dressage is a Symphony… Eventing is Rock & Roll!
If I can ever get a ‘dozer’ we’ll have a really nice decending/asending bank here.
HOW FUN DOES THAT LOOK!!! OH man.I would love to gallop around and have a ball!!! That would be a dream for me to do something like that!! Wow…too cool!
Barb 
How about a Teela-Wooket cross country re-enactment at GO-dog-GO’s?
What a nice job you have done, and your place is beautiful, Your pic of your 3 black labs is so cute! Are you married? Wow someone who knows how to build cross country jumps, rides and trains dogs? Hope you dont mind, I’m going to print those pics so I can show the barn owner where I keep my horse, what we are hoping he will do, on a smaller scale, He keeps saying he will build a few cc jumps, And those are a great example. Thanks for the tour, GDG.
I was sooo excited…until I read “me and MRS. Go Dog Go”
Your place is beautiful - and looks like a blast. And I absolutely love your house - very cool design.
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