The August student of the month is Grace Fitzgerald! Grace often gets asked from new people at the barn if she’s entering college or getting ready for her senior year of high school. Though she does look the part of an older student, I believe what comes across more than ever from this sophomore is
So you’ve spent a few years now learning from other people and you feel like you have your own training system down. Now comes the fun part. Now you get to create a business! First you have to come up with a name. Most trainers just use their names but some have unique barn names.
For some reason, it seems impossibly hard for many people to be good, honest people and to run their business efficiently, whatever that business may be. Of course, I'm not famous and I don't know Jon Stewart (who just retired from his late night host position of The Daily Show) personally. However after watching him
So you want to become a horse trainer? I realize that this post may not be as popular as how to start up a business blogging, since virtually anyone could do that. But I thought I would post about it anyway, since I wish I had had this information when I started my business. Even
(Pictured is Roo, the best mascot we could ever have!) Well, sadly, I wasn’t able to try most of the food places I wanted to in Tulsa. L However, we did discover the Rib Crib and that place was amazing. Great ribs and even better Mac and Cheese! The 2015 Congress was much different than
Jill has been riding with me for over seven years now! When she was about eight years old her dad came to me with this tiny pony and an even smaller rider. They had a POA and wanted to get Jill started in showing. The first time I did a lesson with Jill and her
5 Things To Do In Tulsa Obviously most of us rarely leave the show ground during a POA show especially if our kids are in every event. But if you do get a moment to leave the fairgrounds, or maybe you brought a family member along who doesn’t enjoy watching ponies lope in circles as
As a follow up to tack items to save money, I did show items that are best to save money on or spend money for. People ask where I find used horse tack and clothes, and honestly for the last year, if I can't find a used one in my area, I have been finding
In the training world there seems to be a constant argument over what age to start a horse under saddle. There are plenty of posts on this already online, but I thought I would try to put together a few valid thoughts on the subject. I’ve had many people tell me that a horse’s knees
Because this is all I'm thinking about lately, I couldn't think of anything else to write about when I sat down at the computer yesterday afternoon. So I started a list instead and decided to share it. Please let me know if I'm missing something! Other than my sanity that is. :) Show clothes Western
