Goose is adorable, and coming along wonderfully.I just moved him home yesterday and after the seven hour trailer ride he was a complete champ. Quite calm on the trailer and fairly relaxed after being introduced to his new home. He continues to surprise me.
I would love to hear about what you are up to as well!
Hi Willow, Yes I guess we share King. I however married into mine. Great name though. I have a 9 year old Quarter horse and mostly trail ride western. I have to sell him this summer though. We are moving to Barbados in November and although I am very excited about it, I hate the thoughts of selling Bud. He's my best pal and I will miss him. Nice to meet you and as soon as I figure it out, I will post some pictures on here.
Thank you for the note Willow! We've spent our entire adult life in the horseback outfitting/vacation industry, from wilderness pack trips and hunting camp to the adventure rides we are doing now. Our website is very comprehensive and our About the Wade Family page will tell you more about us and our philosophy. There are lots of job opportunities in the guest ranch industry, pack trips, etc. if you are interested in learning more about horses. We are staffed ourselves, but I refer people to Ranchweb.com and funjobs.com to start with if you are looking for a job in the industry. On the Press Kit/Media page, scroll down and you will find PDF's of a couple of recent articles about our trips, in The Trail Rider Magazine and the Canadian Horse Journal.
He's a 5 yr old Irish Sport horse/thoroughbred cross and I've had him for 5 months. We do dressage- hes young , but a sweetheart. We have a great relationship already!!
That's great. I'm glad you realize that doing what is important to you is more important than a 9-5 wage. :) I wish more people thought this way; the world would be much happier, I think.
I'm also glad you support your best friend that way. Sometimes it's really difficult to see such potential in someone when their plans seem a little ludacris. But then... you gotta look back at your own plan (especially us) and see that our plans seem a bit ludacris as well. To each their own and best of luck to them, I say!
You should look into the Equine Science program at the university you want to go to and see if they have a Business Management course. If they don't, you can easily take Guelph's online. I advise waiting to take it until toward the end of your university career, though. It's the hardest course they offer and takes a ton of time. Senior year might be too tough to fit in, so perhaps your junior year. Something to consider :)
Actually pretty dang close to what I plan to do, as well. My best friend is starting her 5th year at Guelph, and I'll start my first year in the fall. Together we plan to run a training/showing facility focusing on all-around horses. People say it's a bad idea to be business partners with your best friend or spouse/etc, but we've been at this plan for almost 10 years now, and never looked back. She's written a 60? page business plan for the farm, and when I take the Business Management class, I'll do the same thing. Luckily we're educated/educating ourselves so that it's more than just a pipe dream.
On pipe dreams: don't ever let anyone tell you that you won't succeed with your idea. Most people thing it's insane and you'll never make any money. Honestly, for the first five years you won't even break even. But for what it's worth, if you believe in yourself and your goals are attainable, you will succeed. I've had too many people tell me that it's crazy to do what I want to do, but the best folks come from the toughest situations, I think.
Wicked! :) True Horsemanship Through Feel is pretty long but if you've got the time to read it through, it's well worth it. Lots of pictures, lol. I read The Man Who Listens To Horses in my spare time in my Senior Project class my Senior year and managed to finish it in about 2 weeks. It's somewhere around 200-250 pages if I remember right, but pretty easy to read and I couldn't put it down.
So now that I've overloaded you with books, time for a new subject! What do you hope to do with your Equine Science degree once you get it? :)
Might I suggest you head over to the Forum? I think you'd have a lot of fun over there; we have a lot of pretty fun discussions, and it never hurts to have someone with similar ideals to back up your opinions, haha!
Another thing (just repeating what I said over on that discussion), might I also suggest next time you're book shopping or at the library, if you haven't already, pick up Monty Roberts' "The Man Who Listens To Horses" and Bill Dorrance's "True Horsemanship Through Feel". Tom Dorrance (his brother) also has a book out that's similar, but I haven't read it yet.
Oops. just noticed I referenced the book as Tom's over on the discussion. Bill wrote it, but both men are great horsemen.
For sure! Depending on when you'll be 18, you could work something out with them maybe. Or perhaps have your parent/s sign a waiver if you won't be 18 by then. You never know! :)
We'll definitely have to keep in touch and I'll let you know what happens with it so we could maybe plan something! :)
Oh wow! I just looked on Google Maps to see where in relation you are to the ranch. It's in Allenspark, about an hour and a half. If I get on over there, we'll have to go for a trail ride or something at some point! :)
Rocky Mountain Pathways Ranch is the name. I just applied for the Summer Barn Assistant position they have open. You might contact them on their website and see what else they have available, as they like to hire high school aged kids for the summer, it seems. The responsibilities for the position I applied for are basically barn management and trail boss. It sounds super fun!
I've done a little bit of work here and there mucking stalls or training some pack horses/putting rides on some greenies/etc., but I think working at a retreat would be really great. It'll definitely give me a lot of insight as to how a barn is successfully run with customers/clients, and work on my rather antisocial behavior, haha! :)
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Hi Willow! Thanks for inviting me to be your friend on Barnmice.
It a great place to find friends and share horse information and views.
Looking forward to getting more acquainted.
Where do you live? I am in Michigan,
For sure we can be friends!
Goose is adorable, and coming along wonderfully.I just moved him home yesterday and after the seven hour trailer ride he was a complete champ. Quite calm on the trailer and fairly relaxed after being introduced to his new home. He continues to surprise me.
I would love to hear about what you are up to as well!
Hi Willow,
Thank you for the kind words about my photos.
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Hi Willow,
He's a 5 yr old Irish Sport horse/thoroughbred cross and I've had him for 5 months. We do dressage- hes young , but a sweetheart. We have a great relationship already!!
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Though all my blogs that are not about riding theory describe me riding with MS!
I have done therapeutic riding for a few months. Since I already knew how to ride I much prefer controlling the horse myself, but for someone with MS who has never ridden, therapeutic riding with a leader and two spotters is defenitely the way to go.
That's great. I'm glad you realize that doing what is important to you is more important than a 9-5 wage. :) I wish more people thought this way; the world would be much happier, I think.
I'm also glad you support your best friend that way. Sometimes it's really difficult to see such potential in someone when their plans seem a little ludacris. But then... you gotta look back at your own plan (especially us) and see that our plans seem a bit ludacris as well. To each their own and best of luck to them, I say!
You should look into the Equine Science program at the university you want to go to and see if they have a Business Management course. If they don't, you can easily take Guelph's online. I advise waiting to take it until toward the end of your university career, though. It's the hardest course they offer and takes a ton of time. Senior year might be too tough to fit in, so perhaps your junior year. Something to consider :)
Actually pretty dang close to what I plan to do, as well. My best friend is starting her 5th year at Guelph, and I'll start my first year in the fall. Together we plan to run a training/showing facility focusing on all-around horses. People say it's a bad idea to be business partners with your best friend or spouse/etc, but we've been at this plan for almost 10 years now, and never looked back. She's written a 60? page business plan for the farm, and when I take the Business Management class, I'll do the same thing. Luckily we're educated/educating ourselves so that it's more than just a pipe dream.
On pipe dreams: don't ever let anyone tell you that you won't succeed with your idea. Most people thing it's insane and you'll never make any money. Honestly, for the first five years you won't even break even. But for what it's worth, if you believe in yourself and your goals are attainable, you will succeed. I've had too many people tell me that it's crazy to do what I want to do, but the best folks come from the toughest situations, I think.
Inspirational moment of the day! :D haha!
Wicked! :) True Horsemanship Through Feel is pretty long but if you've got the time to read it through, it's well worth it. Lots of pictures, lol. I read The Man Who Listens To Horses in my spare time in my Senior Project class my Senior year and managed to finish it in about 2 weeks. It's somewhere around 200-250 pages if I remember right, but pretty easy to read and I couldn't put it down.
So now that I've overloaded you with books, time for a new subject! What do you hope to do with your Equine Science degree once you get it? :)
Definitely! :)
Might I suggest you head over to the Forum? I think you'd have a lot of fun over there; we have a lot of pretty fun discussions, and it never hurts to have someone with similar ideals to back up your opinions, haha!
Another thing (just repeating what I said over on that discussion), might I also suggest next time you're book shopping or at the library, if you haven't already, pick up Monty Roberts' "The Man Who Listens To Horses" and Bill Dorrance's "True Horsemanship Through Feel". Tom Dorrance (his brother) also has a book out that's similar, but I haven't read it yet.
Oops. just noticed I referenced the book as Tom's over on the discussion. Bill wrote it, but both men are great horsemen.
For sure! Depending on when you'll be 18, you could work something out with them maybe. Or perhaps have your parent/s sign a waiver if you won't be 18 by then. You never know! :)
We'll definitely have to keep in touch and I'll let you know what happens with it so we could maybe plan something! :)
Rocky Mountain Pathways Ranch is the name. I just applied for the Summer Barn Assistant position they have open. You might contact them on their website and see what else they have available, as they like to hire high school aged kids for the summer, it seems. The responsibilities for the position I applied for are basically barn management and trail boss. It sounds super fun!
I've done a little bit of work here and there mucking stalls or training some pack horses/putting rides on some greenies/etc., but I think working at a retreat would be really great. It'll definitely give me a lot of insight as to how a barn is successfully run with customers/clients, and work on my rather antisocial behavior, haha! :)
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