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‘A’nother Day of the Challenge

I’m using the ‘A’ on the wall made out of chalk and the ‘A’ I printed in Magic Marker on the light green box. Every horse went to the box or the wall when asked. I’m still positioning myself relatively …

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First ‘A’ Day

My first Challenge Day with the six horses went well. I drew a BIG ‘A’ on each stall wall and also had a small ‘A’ that I could hold in my hand. Every horse enjoyed touching both letters. Pax, Zelador …

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Seven Days of ‘A’

Zelador let me know that he LOVES the blue box (the letter ‘A’ is on the green box). When I asked him to touch the letter ‘A’ Zelador picked up the blue box, tossed it, picked it up again, brought …

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Setting ‘A’ Challenge

Here’s a REAL challenge (especially for me!): for four weeks, every day, I challenge myself to present the letter ‘A’ to each of the horses in the lower barn. There are six horses there. The good thing about working with …

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Playing with Blue

Below is a video of nineteen year old Blue, a Thoroughbred who started his life racing on the track, then learned about jumping, moved on to eventing and now it training in dressage. His owner left for a week at …

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Canadians on Display

Monday July 13 from 5:00 till 6:00 there was a demonstration of the Canadian Horse at the Orangeville Fairgrounds followed by a dinner then a talk by the Long Rider who rode from Calgary to Brazil. This took two years!…

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2015 Headwaters Stable Tour

Saturday July 11 was our first day on the 2015 Headwaters Stable Tour. Our second day is July 25. Our farm was open to visitors from 1:00 till 3:00. We decided we’d wait till someone came before we fetched a …

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Searching for Silhouette

Silhouette arrived at Winsong Farm early one morning, just before a huge rainstorm. One friend saw the photo of Silhouette on the flatbed truck and said, “I thought it was a photo of a horse with a blanket on and …

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Mice in the A/C

This spring I turned on the air-conditioning in the van and although the blower was working, the cool air was not. This is the third van that we’ve owned and we’ve never had any problem with the air-conditioning. The days …