Well, it does take me a LONG time to learn something! Just ask Zelador!!!

After two years of trying to get Coleman Wilde’s “It Doesn’t Matter” (a song) I was finally successful this winter. I found the 7” vinyl record, …

We had our dress rehearsal for the April 14 and 21 Fundraiser for Youthdale Riding Program on the weekend. The weather forecast was sunny and plus five. Guess that Toronto forecast didn’t extend to King Township! We did see the …

Today, again, I shook my head in disbelief. Just how smart is Zelador? He and I were practicing for the fundraiser. I got Zelador ready for “Alice the Camel”. I put the camel cloth on him and asked him to …

Today the tape player worked at normal speed! Unbelieveable! Zelador and I practiced “Alice the Camel”. Allen sings the five hump and four hump verses while Zelador is getting his outfit on. The song goes like this: “Alice the camel …

This weekend, two girls were here with one of the people who has a horse here, Kristy, and they wanted to see Zelador at liberty. The girls might be 8-10 years old. They did a lot of giggling and Zelador …

Winsong Farm is having a Spring Fundraiser! Planning and practicing for it have helped us get through this winter!!!!! And, boy, did we need help.

Some of the acts we’ve been practicing are:

-Square Dancing on Horseback. Square Dance Caller …

Romeo was in our autumn fundraiser. Friends of ours remembered him when they were asked to find a small pony for a commercial. Romeo fit the bill. He’ll appear in the ad in a few weeks. Initially I was told …

Our Winsong Farm Spring Fundraiser is for the Youthdale Riding Program. We’ll have two shows, both on Sunday and both starting at 2:00. The first one is April 14, the second is April 21. The cost is $10 per person. …

This video shows both boys taking turns pulling me, then Bill for the first time.

Check out this new video of Zelador in action.

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A friend told me about a TV program on National Geographic Canada, “The Incredible Dr. Pol”. I don’t receive this channel, but I was able to find a DVD of season one on-line. When the DVD arrived in the mail …

Rick Parker had never ground driven either Zeloso or Zelador. Rick started the arena work today with ground driving. Our boys respond to “turn right”, “left”, “straight”, “to the wall”, “along the wall” and “whoa”. I decided when the boys …

Something really interesting happened. I created the three signs: “I love carrots”, “I love treats” and “I love studmuffins”. We played this new game in the stall. Zelador obviously enjoyed going to a specific sign, coming back to me and …

I received the following email from Colleen Archer, who has been clicker training her horses for years.

Hi, Winnie.

I realized when reading about “nose away” that this is exactly what Aurum does. I taught him to “look away” when …

To help get me through this cold winter I bought Jutta Wiemers book “From Leading to Liberty, 100 Training Games your Horse Will Want to Play”. It contains the following paragraph: “When parking (standing still) is established you should demand …