November Module 1 Class: This class is tailored for 1st through 8th graders. It is designed to be a beginner class that will cover the following: Safety=At all times is the utmost priority. Your child will learn safe practices from approaching, haltering, leading, moving, grooming, saddling and riding. Language of the horse-This covers not on...
Camp Fire-the gift that keeps on giving-ugh! Cowboy's leg has re-opened and gotten infected yet again. The original would injury from 2018 picture is down at the bottom of the page-it's pretty nasty and definitely not a sight for the faint of heart! Fair warning! Healing time took approximately 6 months and included laser therapy, wound d...
I had planned for months to attend this event as it was organized by the same group I started the year with. A year met with fear being a constant companion partnered with a bout of Labyrinthitis (think Vertigo on steroids). March through about July was marked with finding myself and relearning walking, running, balance and riding. My first o...
Slightly over four years ago, I posted my last blog entry-a bittersweet post after the Camp Fire. A week of excitement at completing our first endurance ride followed by the living hell of surviving the Camp Fire-my heart was not into writing. Cowboy and I completed the fun 10-mile ride at Cache Creek and finished the 25-mile ride at Gold Country i...
November 3rd, Cowboy and I completed our first 35-mile endurance ride! The excitement and joy were quickly followed by fear as my boy became ill then tragic as we were running for our lives along with an entire community in the Northern California town of Paradise as a result of the Camp Fire. This is my story, there are so many more people w...
About two years ago, I remember a very brief conversation I had with a young gal at one of the local horse events. She mentioned she was conditioning for an endurance ride. I told her, "wow! That's great-I could never do that!" The thought of being miles out on the trail was terrifying to me. My horse, Cowboy and I were still figuring each other ou...
My husband Andy, had been wanting to get a horse for a few years now-not actively sorting through the local ads-but just on occassion. One day, there's an ad on Craigslist with photo's of him all saddled up with a woman on him-kid's horse, husband horse-were the key words. So, we decided to go take a look, and as if I hadn't learned my lesson previ...
I was in search of my first horse at age 47, I had been actively looking for a year or so (two other horses, who shall be unnamed, crossed my path and quickly exited) then-there he was! My inexperienced "choosing" of a horse will most likely make the experienced horse person cringe and to be honest-I was extremely lucky. He was extremely under...
