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‘Horse’ Takes on New Meaning on the Court

October 29th Ron and Bill figured out a way to hang the basketball backboard on a post in the arena. Zeloso promptly scared us to death by bending over to grab something on the ground UNDER the hoop, then raising …

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Z and Z Meet Raffi

I asked a few people that attended the fundraiser October 30th if they could think of new things for the boys to learn. One suggestion was “more with the Equine Orchestra, it’s a scream!” I had to agree. Now to …

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A Long-Anticipated Moment

Here is Zelador picking up the first letter in “cone”. He’ll carry it to a pedestal. Eventually he’ll bring all four letters (and most likely the cone itself) to the pedestal, placing the letters side by side like they are …

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A Letter of Support and Thanks

Here’s an email I received a few hours after our October 30th Fundraiser. Sue has been coming to our events since Zelador and Zeloso were three years old.

Hey Winsong Dreamers

What a wonderful show, you guys! It just gets …

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Zeloso’s Really Getting Into It!

Zeloso was very interesting today. We played a bit, then I started cleaning up the arena, putting things away that had been used in the fundraiser. Of course he helped. At one point I spotted the tissue box and decided …

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Practicing for This Weekend’s Fundraiser

We had our dress rehearsal for the Fundraiser for LongRun Thoroughbred Rescue Society last Sunday. The event is this Sunday (the day before Halloween) starting at 2:00.

And, wouldn’t you know…my computer bit the dust! Bill says it was shorting …

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Working It in New Footing

Zeloso enjoying the Spanish Walk. Zelador doing his piaffe at liberty in newly laid limestone screening. Bill was taking the photo and announced, “He’s getting into it.” I was on the far side of the horse and wondered where his …

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The two boys put on a demonstration at the Grelo Farms Gala which included eighteen of their tricks/games/liberty. Allen Kalpin accompanied with his guitar and singing. The audience (over 120 strong) sang “When You’re Happy and You Know It” with …

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Rainy Day Shopping

While it was raining last week I went shopping. My goal was to find objects to use in the scent discrimination game. My first stop was the Canadian Tire Store in Bolton, Ontario. I was cruising down the aisles looking …

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The Walnut Brigade

The past weeks we’ve seen several black squirrels busily preparing for winter. There’s a walnut tree near the southwest part of the farm. At first the squirrels were carrying one nut at a time along the fenceline, heading east. Then …