October updates - wishing for warm weather

First, I'd like to thank the treat fairy who stopped by with carrots for the horses on Sunday - and cleaned the stall that Natasha used for Dash! What a wonderful surprise when we went down to the barn after staying most of the day at the Metcalfe Fair.

Don't forget to RSVP for the Fun Day coming up on October 26th. We'd like to hear from everyone by Sunday, October 12 so we can plan activities for the right age groups.


Cool weather means that Autumn and Dreamer spend more time inside - at least until we get a blanket that fits Autumn.

The person who part leases Gilligan came by this week, bringing her dog, Sky. For a moment or two, I thought Mom must be visiting. He is almost identical to Tinkerbelle! He is a bit smaller and has a touch of brown that Tink doesn't have, but he is just as cute. Jasper enjoyed his visit immensely. Where Tink is a bit afraid, Sky is happy to run and leap and play with Jasper.

The pictures of Autumn below are ones Mom took (and cropped) on Sept. 28 - hard to believe, but she's only 6 days old in these ones.





Whee!






Keep up, Mom!

What's that??




Yippee! I can leap into the air!






Run, Mom! It's fun!

Let's run again!

Oops! Mud is slippery when I'm going too fast!

This funny green stuff is a long way down and tickles my nose!

Someone asked me to post a new picture of Sneakers (aka Gone with the Wind) on the blog - here's one of him at SuperEx in August. Mom will try to get some new photos of all the horses on the weekend to update their pictures now that they're growing their winter fur and, in some cases, changing colour.

This one was taken the last morning of SuperEx in August before it opened to the public at noon. We rode both our horses (Reba and Sneakers for the first couple of days, then Nikki and Sneakers for the remainder) every morning to give them a chance to stretch their legs.

The stalls are large enough for the horses to move around, but all of our horses are used to daily turnout in large paddocks, so a stretch is welcome. Sneakers wears a hackamore (bitless bridle.


Elaine Kenney, author of Guide to Riding in Ottawa and Surrounding Area, has a new project on the go. She's compiling a database of horse related links and advertising on Ottawa Kiosk. If you know of a local, provincial or national horse organization that isn't listed, send Elaine an email with their contact information so they can be added to the list. Contact Elaine, too, if you'd like to list your horse-related business (for a fee).

Delilah will be at Saddle Ridge Stable in Mountain for training for a month starting on Thanksgiving Monday. Reuben and Karina will work with her to try to overcome some of her fears and insecurity around humans. We don't expect them to make her into a safe and sane riding horse in one month, though.

Mom and I visited Saddle Ridge Stable to meet Reuben and Karina and to watch them work with their horses. We like their style. Both of them are calm and confident around horses and don't use any force in their training methods.