My brain is getting full. We have been given a nice selection of new resources to use when working with our horses. When you draw that circle in the sand and decide to teach your horse to do various things while she stays out of your circle but you stay in it, you have to [...]
Today we started with a bit of theory and some safety tips, then Jonathan talked a bit about saddles and tack. We practiced saddling the fence until we got pretty good at setting the saddles gently. Then on to saddling our horses and once again practicing the groundwork exercises to see if they respond the [...]
We started the day with some very interesting demonstrations of how little energy it took to send a signal through a rope. If you have never done this you should give it a try. Attach a soft rope halter to a good quality lead rope – meaning a rope that has some life to it. [...]
We started the morning with a bit of theory. Then we invited our horses in. I’m sure a whole lot about ourselves is revealed to a clinician as soon as we walk in with our horses. Keeper has been handled by me since birth. I intentionally brought her to the clinic because I knew she [...]
It wasn’t until 9:30 this morning when after noticing that there were still no other people coming that I asked Randy “There are no people here – am I missing something?”. He smiled and said the clinic doesn’t start until tomorrow. Some folks should start showing up later today. I just took it for granted [...]
So we had to get the trailer out of the quonset and get it loaded up with all the things I think I have to take with me on my little journeys. Also had to find a few extra hours to get my work caught up ahead. Had it planned out to the hour when [...]
I’ve decided to take a clinic. It was weeks away when I signed up but somehow the time has arrived. I am a bit nervous. I have hardly been to any clinics. My horse, Keeper, hasn’t been out overnight without her boyfriends (the geldings), she hasn’t been in an arena (except for one rather negative [...]
I just posted a request for a Nurse Mare. The mom rejected the baby. That got me thinking that there have to be quite a few of you out there who have already raised an orphan and who have lots of knowledge you could pass along to anyone who has less experience. Even for myself, [...]
I just put up an event listing for the Didsbury Light Horse Show. This show is in its 47th year and it is classified as a Bronze level Equine Canada show. Pretty darned good for a show put on by volunteers in a little Alberta town. What I found most interesting is that they have [...]
We don’t get a horse hauled very often but we saw that lots of folks just put an ad on the Northernhorse.com wanted section when they need a horse hauled so we thought we would do the same thing. Douglas Horse Transport had a trailer going near to where we needed the gelding picked up [...]
There are a lot of people who would like to find the sick person who has been shooting the wild horses and leaving them wounded to die. Some folks have put a substantial amount of money up to help in the cause. $25,000.00. Nice reward. One private individual, the Alberta Equestrian Federation and the Innisfail [...]
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