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Sounds like an eventful drive with Midnight for sure! Those mares certainly keep us on our toes! Zorro is also a Shetland so I am familiar with the bigger movement for sure!

Thank you both for your compliments! Oliver's mom is 36 or 37" tall. I'm not 100% sure how tall his daddy is. Here is a link to a blog post (https://www.theessentialhorse.com/post/introducing-double-treble-finely-tuned-aka-oliver) that has photos of his parents. I guess his daddy is known for...

I have a dry lot situation that I turned into a track system :) Mine is smaller than yours but works perfectly for my two (soon to be three!) ponies. I recently wrote a blog post about it, showing how mine is set up complete with measurements! At the end of the blog is a video. My Tiny Track a...

240 minutes driving Zorro with the bike on 8/21/20 240 minutes driving Zorro with the bike on 8/22/20 240 minutes driving Zorro with the bike on 8/23/20

Zorro and I went camping with our friends Molly and Gracie and then Molly switched Gracie out for Goldie on Saturday. We went to a large lake that is about 2 1/2 hours from my house and just 25 minutes from Molly's, Canyon Ferry. My dad has a lake house up there as well. We went around looking...

Here are a few videos of our recent drives. It's been so hot and I don't do well in the heat so we took a couple of weeks off. Then it cooled down and felt like fall so we got back out there, only to have it heat up again! LOL! But we will drive when we can...

It's time to get caught up over here! I have been having all kinds of computer issues which meant I had to use a different computer (that I can barely run) and it didn't have all my passwords on it. Though I have most of them written down I don't have this one written down so couldn't access...

Here is a video I made showing how to hitch a pony to a cart:

I designed the side pull bitless bridle that Chimacum Tack is selling. I have tried many different ones over the years and the kind that has this lower chin strap instead of a regular throat latch is the ONLY kind that doesn't twist. Not only is this important when using an open side pull bridle...

Yes, Zorro is very good with gun fire. My hubby is a Sheriff Deputy and we do lots and lots of shooting. Zorro can stand right beside me when I fire my gun. Sky can not. So he is definitely the one that I would want to take in the mountains!! Yes my lines are yacht rope driving lines. I JUST...

7/18/20 - Drove Zorro in the bike 80 minutes 7/19/20 - Drove Zorro in the bike 90 minutes

I mostly only drive on mountain trails. We bounce the bike over downed trees, over huge boulders and navigate steep trails all the time! Making sure she is good with the bike bouncing around behind her is very useful. You can do this with trotting poles or small tree trunks at your house. If you...

Drove Zorro 90 minutes in the bike today.

Zorro and I had a great camping/driving trip with my friend Molly and her minis. Her dark mare is Zorro's half sister, same sire. I will share the blog post here as well as post my times! 7/10/20 - 226 minutes driving on the trails. We did 12 fairly difficult miles on this day. Lots of mountain...

Driving Zorro in the bike: 7/6/20 - 120 minutes, walking most of a 4 mile drive 7/7/20 - 100 minutes, walking/trotting the 4 mile drive! We are going camping tomorrow for the weekend, Zorro and I, so we will get some great driving in while we are in the mountains. I am looking forward to being...

The raspberry leaves are meant to add magnesium to their diet, but if they are very low in magnesium I have found they don't do much. The powder is more effective. I feel when they are cycling they tend to be lower in magnesium, though that is only my observation and not scientific in any way...

I'm sorry that's happening to you. I have heard of long delays for people right at the end as well. Whenever I contact him is very prompt in getting back to me. It's possible he doesn't have any new information to share. Maybe just say, "Even if you don't have anything new to tell me can you...

It can be very frustrating. I have a perpetual sore throat and asthma all spring, summer and fall. I never go anywhere without my inhaler and Benedryl. I have tried allergy shots and all the allergy medicines out there over the years. So I spend most of the summer half asleep from the Benedryl...

I did photo shop the lead rope from my mare, the one with the flowers. She doesn't really listen and is very independent. LOL! But Zorro, my gelding is a professional super model and will stand all day to have his photo taken and be fed treats. So I just unsnapped the long lines and we snapped...

I am very allergic to horses and ponies and dogs and cats and grass and hay and cottonwoods and sagebrush. All things that are attacking me right now! I have a constant sore throat, itchy eyes and runny nose. Fun. I had an extreme curly horse and as someone who is VERY allergic to horses I can...