Found 562 Results from Fun and Games with Winnie

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Demo mode

Just had tons of fun with Pax, Kye, Zelador and Zeloso. Pax and Zeloso got to try picking up the toys (cleaning up after playing!). First Pax did it. When we brought Zeloso into the arena the toys were still …

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Raised Floor Piano

The floor piano. As you can see we needed to raise the piano to keep the sharp hooves off of it. The boys quite like the sounds that come out of this thing.

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Yellow Jacket Attack

Yesterday I opened the gate of the very small paddock (sort of a round pen) attached to the lower barn to bring in Zelador and Zeloso so we could take them up to the arena to ride, play the piano …

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Floor Piano

We placed a protective cover on one of the floor pianos (which is now attached to a firm backing, a ¾ inch plywood board) and put the floor piano at nose height in the arena. It’s sitting on two stacks …

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Photo Essay

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Ostermaier and Bell Exercises

Lately we’ve been working on Albert Ostermaier’s method for teaching the piaffe which is done in a stall. Along with this I’ve spent a few minutes doing the first three steps of Frank Bell’s Seven Step Safety System in the …

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That Was Easy!

The other evening we had a group ride in the arena. Five people on their horses. We’re doing this so that at some future date we can create a quadrille.

After the ride I asked an observer, Barbara McKnight (Ciara’s …

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Earthquake Day at Winsong

During the earthquake Wednesday we were privileged to have Pierre, a drummer, come to Winsong Farm to play with the horses. Two other people, Ann and Gabby, were here to help. We began the session with Zelador.

We weren’t exactly …

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Photo Evidence

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Laydown

James, a man from Texas that Bill works with, came to the farm. James was here in October and saw us practicing for the Hula-Hoop routine. His wife has a few horses. Today he watched Zelador do tricks and liberty …

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Lie Down on Command

Last week I asked a few people to give me their reaction to things my horses do. Ann Clifford said she loves it when Zelador lies down. It shows such trust.

A few days later we learned that several documentary …

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Go Slower

This morning the temperature is nine degrees. A bit crisp. I had to dig out a turtleneck! I know it’ll warm up, but…!

During the heat wave last week there was a delightfully, unexpected bonus: Zelador was rideable at the …

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Canter Call Demo

May31winnie.jpgAt 2:00 this afternoon Lauryn Tambling’s barn, Canter Call, (plus assorted “others”) were here today in this hot, muggy weather to watch the horses play. About fifty people came!

We started with Lindsey and her Andulasian mare, Airosa. The clean, …