GRAND SLAM JAM!

Posted inJR, NOVA, Velvet
A group of us showed at the Missouri Fox Trotter World Show this past week. We are all students of Parelli and study with Tony and Jenny Vaught of "For the Horse" Ranch. We are Hope Kahout, Mindy B.(I have forgotten how to spell her last name), Nichole Vaught, Caitlyn Vaught.  We won 19 World Champion Ribbons! Nichole and Velvet won 13 World Champion competitions and were awarded World Grand Champion Youth Ranch Horse and World Grand Champion Youth Versatility. That's Jenny holding the sign. Tony was missing when we…

JR’s Journal – Susan’s Big Blank Duh Look

Posted inJR
JR and I were in a combined L2 and L3 clinic today doing just lovely. We do have a horse in the clinic that tends to get upset when another horse comes near him or touches him. I knew that from being in an earlier clinic with him...but I got too close. All of sudden we heard the squeal, the back up to kick, only we were too close. The horse whirled and then the head snaked at us. Ears pinned and teeth barred. The horse went in for the…

CRAZY NEBRASKA PEOPLE!

Posted inMiscellaneous
Those normal people of us from the Midwest know better than to have anything to do with Nebraska in the winter. Why the whole place gets cold and snow and closes down for the winter. When I heard that a Nebraska person wanted to have a clinic in the winter, I said, "A clinic in Nebraska in the winter? Why that's crazy!"   So, a winter clinic was scheduled. Of course it's my job to go to all clinics with Jenny so that she can have someone carry stuff around, get…