by Bonnie Hammond | Oct 23, 2010 | Baxter
Sara’s been working through a few forward issues with Baxter…he’s been doing a little bucking at being asked to go forward. I got him last night and worked through some of it, and today she had a very good lesson on him. He tends to be a little sulky about having a...
by Bonnie Hammond | Oct 18, 2010 | Holly
Update from Holly’s adopter: Well, we learned something this last week. I brought Holly over to Julie’s to play. Julie hadn’t been on her in a long time. Julie had gotten new sand in her arena. I rode Holly and showed Julie some of the things we were working on. Then...
by Bonnie Hammond | Oct 17, 2010 | Zanadu
Zan has turned out to be a really super riding horse. Our trainer reports she is super cute under saddle, with a really pretty trot, naturally on the bit, very sweet. She’s solid walk/trot/canter now and while in training, she caught the eye of a young girl that takes...
by Bonnie Hammond | Oct 16, 2010 | Bucky B Lucky
I rode Lucky today for the first time. We would have been on him sooner but he was pretty sore on his feet until we finally put front shoes and pads on him, and then we couldn’t seem to go a day without him pulling one of them. But we have them back on, plus bell...
by Bonnie Hammond | Oct 1, 2010 | Holly
Update from Holly’s adopter: I brought Holly home today from her month at the ranch. She was happy to be home. While there Portia worked on getting her to pick up her shoulders and balance herself. The canter work and transitions were another thing they worked...
by Bonnie Hammond | Oct 1, 2010 | Quarterly Impact Statements
New Horses Intake Date: October 19, 2010 Tia, 30+ yo Appy mare (Skokomish Sheriff) Intake Date: November 12, 2010 Nadia, 13 yo Arab mare (Pierce Co Animal Control) Placed Horses Dusty Goliath Sampson Deceased Calamity (flipped over during...
by Bonnie Hammond | Sep 30, 2010 | Baxter
I worked with Baxter again last night. I think Jaime’s got him totally fixed now because both times I’ve worked with him he was Mr. Easytocatch. That said, he’s not exactly a snuggly horse… he just has an air about him that he’s waiting for you to be mean...
by Bonnie Hammond | Sep 26, 2010 | Baxter
Update from Sara: I rode Baxter in a lesson today. Like Dexter, he doesn’t know much (and is somewhat nervous about whips & crops). But… he’s willing to try and quite fun to ride (big, comfy trot!). He’s not very fit right now (which is understandable...
by Bonnie Hammond | Sep 24, 2010 | Holly
Update from Holly’s adopter: I just got back from spending a couple of days at the ranch where Holly is “going to school”. She is doing really good with her lessons and I had an awesome ride on her yesterday. I tried to get some pictures but wasn’t too...
by Bonnie Hammond | Sep 23, 2010 | Aiden
It’s been too long since we posted an Aiden update. We moved Aiden to a foster home in Carnation this summer and he has been romping in 10 acres of pasture with his buddy, a 33 year old gelding named Hawk. I hadn’t seen Aiden in some time but last night I stopped by...
