CRAZY NEBRASKA PEOPLE!

February 14, 2003Posted 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…

JR’s Journal – Challenge Day Event

February 1, 2003Posted inJR
JR the Tall I took JR to the Challenge Day event today at Pine Dell. There were auditors that were brand new wannabe horse owners. They fell deeply in love with JR. After the event was over, they came back to the arena barn aisle and just raved about him. A woman boarder at Pine Dell was also in the audience. She is selling her arab horse and getting a fox trotter. She cried and said "I wish you would sell him to me". JR is sort of youngish/adorable with a…

JR’s Journal – The Dentist

November 30, 2002Posted inJR
When JR had his first general examination and fall shots as a yearling, the vet said to me that his teeth were great. "This is a horse that will need to be floated maybe never or once every 3-5 years or so.  He has excellent teeth."  We were both proud. The vet. peeked in his mouth the next two years for his general examination and last year, he did float his teeth.  It didn't take long…and we were all proud of JR's mouth. A famous Equine Dentist moved to Kansas…

JR’s Journal – Dealing with the Pace

November 26, 2002Posted inJR
JR, the hard-wired to fox trot horse, starting pacing about my eighth ride.  He was started by Jennifer Vaught and got a solid flat foot walk, a beautiful fox trot and a lovely canter with her.  After my eighth ride on him, he did the pace walk, the regular pace and we lost our nice smooth canter.  When JR cantered, every leg was going to the beat of a different drummer.  Rough?  I was flying out of the saddle at every beat.   Why did he start pacing soon after…

JR’s Journal – A lot of Excitement in Learning How To Stop

November 18, 2002Posted inJR
I was going to ride JR at home and was doing the pre flight check up.  He did his version of the bucking bronco.  He has no suspension when he bucks.  It just looks like a rocking chair canter with the head down!  This went on for a while.  Then the wind came up and the rain clouds approached.  I decided this was not the time for valor!  We loaded up and went over to Pine Dell. Well, the arena was being used for turn out for a weanling and…

Velvet – bridleless demonstration at Mid America show

July 16, 2002Posted inVelvet
The great demonstration at the Mid America fox trotter horse show was last Saturday and everything was just super! here's some highlights: My reining circles turned into triangles, but nobody cared. During one of my reining circles, I decided to switch my flag to the other hand..during our canter. Unfortunately, I switched my hands right in front of my body, thus forcing the flag to be whipped right in my face! I was riding blind for a while. I tried to pretend that this was part of the act, but…