IMMEDIATE PLACEMENT NEEDED
Immediate placement is needed for the following horses: Dun mare, about 13 hh, 5 or 6 yo very friendly, ridden on trails Buckskin dun mare – 2 yo, excellent jumping prospect, very friendly Bay mare, pony size, 3 yrs old, started under saddle Chestnut mare, about 7 yrs old, very personable, ridden on trails, introduced [...]
...read morePrincess Jumping Beanie…
… Takes matters into her own, er, wings? Some may have seen this picture of Princess hooting around the arena before, in the Facebook album “Jumping Beanies”. However, we have an update on this… Princess has always loved to jump. She and Marla share a large paddock area where both youngsters are free to run [...]
...read moreFun with Princess
Things have been pretty slow around the rescue lately, what with all the snow! Now that there’s been a thaw, we decided to re-acquaint Princess with an old friend. This is always done in the arena, where the environment is more controlled and the horses can be easily separated if there are problems. Princess, the [...]
...read moreTender moment
Brandy and I had a real tender bonding moment yesterday which I just have to share. As every horse owner should know, horses should have access to fresh water at all times. All year, the rescue horses have had access to the pond and the stream for drinking water, and this was sufficient for them. [...]
...read moreGround driving Clover
Wow, what a great session! While practicing groundwork and ground driving with my Arabs, mare Zil & gelding Stormy, I discovered I didn’t suck as bad as I thought. Also, doing the back-to-basics with my horses kind of gave our connection a shot in the arm. The ground relationship is so important to reinforce that [...]
...read moreProgress with Clover
To summarize: For the last week or so I’ve been working on teaching Clover a very few basic cues. Most of our work is being done on the ground. She is walk, trot and cantering on the longe line, first with the line attached to the rope halter and then to the snaffle bit. I’m [...]
...read moreSweets 1st ride after expo
Well with all that’s going on here it’s been tough to get out and enjoy the fantastic weather, but today we managed to get Sweets saddled up, ground-worked, and ridden. I was going to do it and Erin was going to help, but she loves Sweets and ended up doing all the work! Which meant [...]
...read morePost-Expo Clover-NEEDS HOME!
Clover is a 2007 roan grade mare, 13 hh, with a really sweet disposition, very willing attitude and very easy to train. At the 2012 Expo while participating in Rescued to Ride, she was saddled for the second time in her life, so far as we can tell, and progressed very well with the saddle [...]
...read morePost-Expo Sweets
Sweets wore her first saddle EVER at the Ag Expo. Because she is trusting and confident with people, it went fairly smoothly. She got four days of ground training and riding and did great. She’s got more growing to do, but she will remember all she learned from her Rescued to Ride trainer. She is [...]
...read morePost-Expo Brandy update, pics
Brandy is a 6-year-old Quarter Horse mare. She loves people, is affectionate, cooperative and confident around them, and is visibly yearning for a human all her own. This poor girl’s been waiting a long time. She’s had extensive ground work and training. She readily accepts veterinary and farrier care, and easily loads into a trailer. [...]
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