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During the winter I get a little “cabin-fever” (even though I’m outdoors for seven hours!). I’ve noticed this pattern the past few years: sometime in the mentally challenging month of February I sit down in front of the computer and …

I believe I said something incredibly nasty to the dark llama (Jackson Brown) this afternoon. Ciara went with me to do the LAST farm-sitting session (feeding and mucking out). While we were in the loft of the bank barn, throwing …

I’m babysitting a farm that has three horses, two llamas and a miniature donkey. I drop the hay from the loft into the paddock below, then I go down the stairs and through the barn to the arena which acts …

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This morning the wind was howling around the arena, but that didn’t deter Zelador and me. I turned him loose. He trotted to the northwest corner and prepared to lay down. I joined him just as he lowered his hind …

Five years ago I journeyed to Austin, Texas to watch Allen Pogue with his horses. One of the unusual things I saw was a horse sitting down. Allen showed me how he teaches a foal (under a week old) how …

We’ve been busy learning how to use a video-creating computer program. As of noon today we’ve successfully uploaded to our Winsong Farm YouTube channel a video with Kye playing with the big ball and a video of Pax learning how …

Both boys were great fun today. I started with Zelador. I set up a cavaletti on the centerline. This location is quite challenging…hard to get the boys over it. Yesterday I had a cantering Zeloso for quite some time. He …

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Saturday we got organized to film the Spanish Walk. We have a new camera that is GREAT in dark conditions and our arena can be DARK.

Our plan was to film each horse doing the Spanish Walk in-hand, at liberty …

Christi and I just finished playing with Zelador and Zeloso. I mentioned to her that I haven’t seen any DVDs with two horses at liberty doing the Spanish Walk. So, we tried to figure out a way to teach this …

The salute is coming along nicely. Zelador has created a salute with the elevated front leg bent at the knee. He looks like a statue. Zeloso hovers his front leg extended. He hasn’t quite figured out that I’d like the …

The second stall on the right in the lower barn has bags of shavings against the far wall. I decided to set up the piano in there. That way I could close the stall door if necessary. Practicing the piano …