Powder’s Trip and First Day

October 24, 2010Posted inPowder's Development with Jennifer Vaught
Written by Jennifer Vaught Powder arrived at Pine Dell early Sun. morning Oct. the 17th.  She was going to go home with Nichole and I.  I had brought my two horse straight load trailer with a ramp, which she hadn't seen since she was a yearling, so I wasn't sure how thrilled she would be to load in that.  At a trailer loading clinic she had played with it, but she had never been shut in.  Nichole went to catch her for me and I went to talk to my…

Sage for Sale

October 21, 2010Posted inSage
My idea of fun is taking a new young horse and bringing them thru to finished saddle horse. Sage was my first.  I was a 50 year old beginning adult rider when I got Sage. She was the story of my unwritten book, From SPLAT to BRIDELESS! I thought I could ride after a 35 year gap and an old adult body.  I got two year old Sage and proved that theory wrong.  With a lot of help, Sage and I made it thru the Parelli levels and we passed…

Sage the Brave

October 21, 2010Posted inSage
Sage the Brave ready to be saddled for a trail ride.  She's a sturdy girl. My son will ride her on this day. Here's Rachel's favorite horse, Sage. Rachel leased Sage during the summers at Pine Dell.  They both had a great great time! Sage takes care of all the young horses and the horses that need a friend. She is the dominant horse who takes in those in need.  She's a great friend and protector to many many a horse. She's a great mommy.  Sage the Brave is what…

Nova’s Notebook – Whinny!

October 20, 2010Posted inNOVA
Nova's best friend and half sister left in the trailer last Saturday.  It's now Wednesday and again Nova is still yelling in the pasture for Powder. POWDER! WHERE ARE YOU??? Nova and Goldie are pastured together right  now. But because Goldie has a bad leg and is crippled, she doesn't run around like Nova likes.  I believe Powder and Nova went all over the pasture and Goldie was able to keep them in sight.  Goldie must have been a herd of one in Nova's opinion. Nova misses her half sister.

Nova’s Notebook – Liberty Obstacle Course

October 18, 2010Posted inNOVA
It was called "Follow the Leader". We couldn't believe it. An obstacle course at liberty.  I was fairly confident that Nova and I would do well.  Were we going to start, run around a barrel and come home? That's all I could imagine. Imagine my surprise when the facility put up a real obstacle course, including a tipping bridge.  1.  Deer head mounted on one long arena rail and you needed to go close to it. 2. Scary stack of haybales with a scary Scarecrow stuck in the top of the bales with…

Nova’s Notebook – Fun Show Ups and Downs

October 17, 2010Posted inNOVA
Out of our comfort zone we took part in a Fun Show.  The ringmen were rodeo clowns-dressed in their rodeo clown clothes. Does that tell you how far out of our comfort zone we were?  Hope and Chip and Nova and I went to the show! Nova did fantastic in everything and she provided a great deal of comic relief during the obstacle course at the hay bales stacked up with the scary scare crow.  Think hay bales as a source of food. Forget about the scary scarecrow.  snort To get into…