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Well, we are just staff! I get the feeling that is how our cats view us...Dogs have owners, cats have staff.
Cats are so amazing, they walk around like they have this singular intensive purpose. Always like they have an agenda and everything around them can just wait.
I forgot to mention how sweet the photo of the girl and her pony are! Love it.
I sure hope I age this well!
A Tribute to Splash of Pzazz (TB)
This 20 year old mare came into my life as a frisky 2 y/o. She was somewhere in the middle of a long line of horses that have been in my life. This is the one horse that taught me HOW to live. She has courage and gr…
Tell us why you love your horse and you could win his or her oil portrait by acclaimed artist, Helen Marioncu.
Thanks for the comments on my mare you guys. She is so close to my heart...I purchased her as a 2 y/o, so we have had 18 years to bond!
Thank you William sharing your insight with the rest of us. Much appreciated.
Cheryl
What a beauty! Hoping Cash and I make it till he's 20----I'll be 70! That's not real---I just won't think about that and take one day at a time.
This is so sweet even if it is thistles! Cheyenne is so pretty!!
I like to think of this quote
"We can not do great things; we can only do small things with great love."
Mother Theresa
I try to utilize this principle every time I work with a horse, find it is a good reminder to have my priorities in order.
Happy…
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- About Me:
- A lifetime with horses! Started riding at age 3, which is 40+ years ago now. Have a few dents to show for it...oh well, there is nothing like the good the outside of a horse can do for the inside of a person. Have worked as equine vet assistant, really enjoy large animal medicine, groomed at racetracks, done some (uncertified) coaching with kids-that was a lot of fun and very inspiring. Did some breeding of warmbloods, quarter horses and thoroughbreds, but due to economic times and the situation with unwanted horses, have gotten away from that interest. Have owned and shown my own and client horses in many different disciplines, but now prefer to ride in the backcountry (very peaceful). After all these years with horses it never fails to amaze me how little I know and how much there is yet to learn. Horses are always an adventure (and a passion).
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- Canada
- Do you have any pets?
- 4 dogs, 3 cats, and horses
- Topics of Interest
- Jumper, Reining, Hunter, Western Riding, Horse Care, Training, Shows and Competitions
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- At 12:35pm on February 5, 2010,
Patricia said… - Hi Cheryl, thanks for the compliments. My grey horse, a buttermilk buckskin is a Spanish Paso Fino. I live in a rural community outside of Ottawa, Ontario. I enjoy all day trail rides climbing the hills and terrain around the lakes with my gelding. :) He's an amazing trail horse!!
- At 10:12am on January 28, 2010,
Deb said… - Thanks for the welcome Cheryl! You'll love the Nelson area. I have recently opened a Greenhawk store in Nelson so stop by and introduce yourself. It's also a great place to meet others in the horse community!
- At 6:39am on January 28, 2010,
Holly Anne Thompson said… - what a nice bay jumper you have is he yours?
- At 11:51am on November 12, 2009,
Shirley said…
- Oh Cheryl! What a great story about the seeming mistake in your mare getting pregnant unplanned. Sometimes the best of things come about in such mysterious ways. Very cool!
- At 11:46am on November 11, 2009,
Jaye Tatone said… - Thanks so much Cheryl! Equine photography is certainly a passion of mine that I would love to turn into a career one day. Was browsing through your profile and the name Fawn Anderson caught my eye - I'm a big fan of her! Have audited and participated in her clinics here in London, ON with the therapeutic riding horses I work with. Jet is certainly a looker, and so is your property! Is that the facility you mention in your About Me? My friend and I are looking for Parelli-focused centers to stay at perhaps once our degrees our finished; it's nice to get a better view of varying facilities and what they offer while we're still in school.
- At 1:40am on November 11, 2009,
Shirley said…
- Thanks Cheryl, No abscess surfaced. I was a little disturbed by the fact that the receptionist at the vet service determined it was an abscess problem as soon as I said he was lame. I said I didn't know if that was the issue but when the vet got there that seemed to be the diagnosis. The farrier did not agree from day one. Nor did the barn manager. The vet used some hoof tool to press on the hoof to find the painful area but then said it wasn't showing much pain but a little in this one spot. I wasn't feeling very confident about the diagnosis and called my ferrier. Things are much improved with hosing, rubbing alcohol, epsom salt, poutice pads and standing wraps. We lunged at a walk tonight with very little trot and I couldn't see that he was off. We'll take it easy a few days so we can be sure he's good to go. He's sure not liking being in his stall and then in a lone little dry pasture. He keeps telling me how irritated he is with his ears. He is quite expressive but seems to have no intent to be mean. I'm careful when he gets in this mood just in case and i'll be looking for any more hints that something else is causing him discomfort. I'm trying to be a tuned in mum.without. I've been hearing of lots of abscesses here too but fortunately Cash is so far abscess-free.
- At 11:40am on October 5, 2009,
Shirley said…
- I am a little stressed and anxioius and excited at the same time as I'm prepping for a trip to go to the Parelli Celebration in Lakeland Florida.
I felt a little eased as I read your note and took a moment to peak at your pictures. It appears you have a great life and are 'doing it!' as Nike would say, "Just do it". I will share my experience of the celebration when I get home. I'm trying to squeeze some quality time in with my horse today. I always have a hard time going away and leaving him behind. But this trip will benefit us both and I suspect he might enjoy just being with the horses for a few days. But he does always come to me when I get to the barn so he does seem to like spending time with me too. It helps to know there is a good group of people keeping an eye on him at my boarding barn.
Take care and enjoy! It'll seem strange not to talk to my Barnmice friends. Maybe I'll find a usable comp at one of the hotels.
Keep Horsen Around
Cowboy Hippie Chick
- At 1:03am on August 31, 2009,
Shirley said…
- Hi Cheryl! How did your Fawn Anderson, Parelli Instuctor clinic go? Hoping you will share some highlights! Shirley
- At 2:42pm on July 1, 2009,
Coopersmom_1958 said… - Your boy is beautiful! I wish I was closer too, I wish that there were places close to me to go for training. Most seem to be hours away and it`s hard to get to when you don`t have a truck and trailer to get to them. I have Jonathan`s dvd set that I use with my gelding. I have been jumping back and forth between his and Parelli. I was just at the site viewing that video with Jonathan explaining how to use them. I never watched it before. I was watching them one after another and he says to watch 1 ground and 1 riding, 2 ground and 2 riding and so on and also watch 5. I am not riding my boy yet, I really don`t think he is ready physically yet. Although he did just turn 3, but I might wait until next year, with more ground training and hopefullyhe has developed and grown some more.
- At 12:05pm on May 29, 2009,
Shirley said…
- How did I miss that?! You are a Parelli fan!! I love them and their work.
I was at a training barn for 3 and a half years right after I got my horse. It was not a Parelli training barn but they were good and fair with the horses. I learned a lot there. Pat and Linda added a different view of things that spoke to my passion for horses. You called it 'centered' I've used the term, "Sooths my soul" And I like soothing their soul too whenever possible.
Do you have a flyer/mailer for your clinic in August?
I am planning on going to the 'Celebration' in Florida in October.
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