December 2008 Blog Posts (32)

IM BACK PEOPLE!!! SRY!!!!!

hey everyone, sorry i havent been answerin or anything!!! havent even gotten the chance to get on!!!! i promise that i will get on more often now so dont worry. miss u guys!! thnx!!!
luv ya! (not in a weird way)
-Sajel

Added by Sajel on December 31, 2008 at 9:55pm — No Comments

Jimmy Boy

Jimmy is an Oldenburg that competes in 3' 6" hunters, he stands 16.3hh and is 7 years old he is chesnut with three stockings, one sock, and a blaze on his head. He has a nice sretching gate and a big reaching spot.

Added by Tyler on December 31, 2008 at 5:53pm — No Comments

Don't Eat the Daisies! A new painting from Karen Brenner

Skippin on Cloud 9 was grazing in a grassy pasture filled with sparkling daisies with a backdrop of tall blue spruce trees. What a cheerful setting for this blue-eyed beauty!

Her loving owner writes that this buckskin paint mare "literally takes your breath away when she aims those baby blue mascara eyes at you. She has a way about her of easing the day's tensions and you find yourself smiling. To watch her in motion is a whirlwind of… Continue

Added by Karen Brenner on December 30, 2008 at 2:58pm — No Comments

12 Top Questions You Need to ask Yourself before you start making a Musical Freestyle!!!

Goals: When you begin to start thinking about making a musical freestyle or Kur for you and your horse, you should have some clear goals in mind before you get started. You must be able to answer some questions.

1.What will this musical freestyle be used for?

2. What level will you be competing with this music?

3.What type of competition will you be competing in? ( Local or USDF or FEI or National or International?)

4. Have you ever competed with a… Continue

Added by Ruth Hogan Poulsen on December 30, 2008 at 6:21am — 8 Comments

New Foaling Season starting soon

We have 15 mares due this year. The first two, Unforgettable and Shandy, will be 300 days at the end of January. We will start watching them shortly after the New Year.

We have 10 cams up at our farm, but not all are on at the same time. We currently have cams 1-4 on in the main barn 24/7 just to keep an eye on things. Cams 5-9 will be on when needed and 10 & 11 are in the baby barn - used if the mares back us up and we run out of room. LOL Last year we had alot of mares that… Continue

Added by Heather Troglauer on December 29, 2008 at 8:45pm — No Comments

the connection between human and animal...

so, here i go...i have always been able to connect to people in a certain way that has always made me wonder. it all makes sence now that i again connected to an animal...a dog this time...but, usually in my earlier years has been a horse and recentley cats. i really would like some advice on what to do with the situation...i have 2 cats, have grown up with big dogs, and road horses for 13 years. i love animals obviously and respect them very much. i had a rare thing happen the other day...i… Continue

Added by liza on December 29, 2008 at 1:04am — 1 Comment

Week-long mountain horse rescue in Canada shows the true meaning of Christmas

This is what the spirit of the season is all about...

MCBRIDE, British Columbia – Two frostbitten, emaciated horses were recovering inside a warm barn on Saturday thanks to volunteers who spent the week before Christmas digging the animals out of snow in the mountains of northeastern British Columbia.

Birgit Stutz said Saturday that she and other rescuers cheered when they finally finished digging a half-mile escape route through the snow for the animals. The horses had… Continue

Added by Gary Stuart on December 28, 2008 at 12:07am — 3 Comments

Hi!

Hello hello!

Although I am a experienced horse blogger this whole writing blogs in English is new to me, so please be patient! I thought I’d introduce my self.

My name is Hannah and I am from Norway. I’m 21 years old and I have a Norwegian Fjordhorse named Linda. I also ride a little native pony called Stjerna (star) or just “lille ponni” as I like to call her.…

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Added by Hannah on December 27, 2008 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

Season's Greetings

It's a snowy Boxing Day in Aurora, Ontario. Having no respect for time and a head full of cold symptoms, I managed to pull myself out of bed around 10:30 a.m. and have been able to simply enjoy the experience of being -- such a rare occurence lately with all the hustle and bustle of the past few months. My spirits were warmed as I ate my granola and fruit breakfast and read the report in today's Globe and Mail (front page too!) of the successful efforts of a group of people in McBride, British… Continue

Added by Dorothy McDonall on December 26, 2008 at 1:21pm — 1 Comment

Horse themed To Do List

Is one of your goals for 2009 to become more organized?

One thing that helps me stay organized is creating a weekly "To Do List" every Monday. As a special project, I designed a printable "To Do List" for each week of 2009. Each week's page has a column for listing things to accomplish that week, a calendar for the week with space to write in appointments or deadlines, an inspirational quote and picture of one of my horse paintings (of course!)

I'd like to share my weekly… Continue

Added by Karen Brenner on December 26, 2008 at 12:22pm — No Comments

Jane Savoie's tips for sitting straight and square in the saddle

Hi Guys,

Regardless of which discipline you ride, it's very important to sit straight and square in the saddle. Can you tell if you're collapsing at your waist and sitting crookedly?

Ask a ground person to stand behind you.

1. Are your shoulders level (i.e. the same height)?

2. Is your seat in the center of the saddle so that each seatbone is the same distance from the middle of the saddle?

If your shoulders aren't level which means that one shoulder… Continue

Added by Jane Savoie on December 26, 2008 at 8:30am — No Comments

Christmas in the Barn

(Author Unknown)

It's the night before Christmas and I'm out in the barn

Blanketing my horses to keep them all warm.

They're eating their dinners, tucked cozy in stalls,

Not aware that it's Christmas, or any day special at all

They dream of spring pastures from their pine-scented beds.

No visions of sugarplums dance in their heads

.But we people are thinking of merry parties and such

Quickly doing our tasks so we don't miss too much.

This… Continue

Added by Kathy on December 24, 2008 at 11:59pm — 3 Comments

Merry Christmas Everyone!

My fridge is full, the last of my online shopping arrived today (nothing like cutting it fine!) & I'm looking forward to a few days of good food, great company & lots & lots of riding :-)

I hope everyone has a lovely festive season & those of you with yards full of horses still manage to take some time off to enjoy.

Christina

Added by Chris - resident queen of shops on December 24, 2008 at 10:35am — 1 Comment

Christmas Greetings

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas!

Karen, Echo, Ollie, Sorpresa & DJ

Added by Karen Brenner on December 24, 2008 at 6:30am — No Comments

Happy Holidays from Red Scarf Equestrian!

Red Scarf Equestrian would like to wish its friends and clients a Happy and Healthy Holiday and a Prosperous New Year! We are thrilled to be part of this wonderful community.
Best Regards!
Joanna

Added by Joanna @ Red Scarf Equestrian on December 23, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

Merry Christmas Everyone

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Added by Sarah at HorseJobs.ca on December 20, 2008 at 12:34pm — No Comments

Why a Jack Russell is this girls office essential!

Monty dog has gone on his hols to Wales over Christmas but in his absence I am being ably assisted by Mini, our Jack Russell terrier. He is very cute but also very naughty!

However, at this time of year he is proving very useful. One of my suppliers really let me down & was late shipping my order, which meant that lots of people might not have got their gifts in time for Christmas.

I threw a minor tantrum & asked that the delivery was given priority shipping &… Continue

Added by Chris - resident queen of shops on December 19, 2008 at 3:43pm — 1 Comment

Now Hiring - Qualified English Saddle Fitter - Spruce Meadows

NOW HIRING - Qualified English Saddle Fitter

NEW JOB POSTING ON WWW.HORSEJOBS.CA

JOB ID#273

Do you know any one who fits this job description?

NOW HIRING - Qualified English Saddle Fitter with Knowledge of building, repair and fitting of quality saddles.

Minimum of 3 years experience in the field, retail selling of saddles and tack an asset but not necessary.

Contract work based on saddle fitting and sales - qualified candidate… Continue

Added by Sarah at HorseJobs.ca on December 19, 2008 at 3:11pm — No Comments

HOW TO GET YOUR HORSE ON THE BIT

Hi Guys,

Do you saw left and right on your dressage horse's mouth or wiggle the bit with both hands to get him "on the bit".

If you "saw" on your dressage horse's mouth by alternating squeezing and releasing with your hands, you're riding your horse from front to back. He might look like he's "on the bit" because… Continue

Added by Jane Savoie on December 19, 2008 at 2:30pm — 5 Comments

The men start shopping

The past couple of days has been a frenzy of order packing here as the men across the land who are lucky enough ;-) to have horsey wives & girlfriends realise that it is less than a week (!!) until Christmas.

Poor things always sound super stressed on the phone but are soothed once I assure them that they have chosen a nice gift that will be there in time for Christmas & beautifully wrapped so all they need to do is get it under the tree!

Personally I'm slightly… Continue

Added by Chris - resident queen of shops on December 18, 2008 at 1:55pm — 2 Comments