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At 8:34pm on October 15, 2009, Dena Dawson said…: Sorry I haven't responded! The weather has us in the house for a change!

We have a complicated story. After yearning and praying for the ability to have horses again, it happened in a bittersweet way. Two horses escaped ( a Paint and an Appaloosa, both 7, both mares). My fiance's brother brought them to the farm while I was in Korea losing my precious infant granddaughter to birth trauma. The owners were tracked down and they surrendered them to the brother and his girlfriend. Needless to say, they are here. I care for them while the brother provides financially for them and I am the one working with them both. Despite having a pony as a teenager, this is a whole new experience for me.

I am learning how to do this the right way while dealing with the complex issues of family, extended family, and non-family drama! I need all the coaching and education I can get!

My dream is to have a gaited horse that is well-behaved and easy to work with. My life is that I have a beautiful Appaloosa named Cheyenne that has stolen my heart. I am working with her with the little bit of experience I have and all the love I can use.... the hardest part is that I have to consider everyone else's input where decisions are concerned....

These girls are a gift from God sent to teach me that prayer does work at a time when I have to grieve the loss of a baby that never cried or wiggled. He did this for me. I know that. I owe Him learning all I can to do the best I can with this gift!

Dena

At 7:27pm on September 8, 2009, Dena Dawson said…: Thanks! I found this on facebook and it is a blessing for me! I had a horse (pony!) as a kid and was unable to have one since. I am now the mother of grown children with time on my hands... or at least I was until my fiance's brother brought home two horses! Now my time is absorbed by the wonderful gift we have been blessed with and I am learning everything all over again!

At 8:12am on August 13, 2009, Alexyss Pratt said…: thank you

At 6:10pm on July 5, 2009, Elaine O'Connor said…: Hi Nina. thanks.

At 7:04pm on July 4, 2009, Lynne Levy said…: I'll try my hardest to get there on that Wed. I have lessons till either 5:30 or 6:30 (depends on if the 4:30 wants to work 1 of her horses or both) I have a feeling that Fri. is going to be out as Sat. will start WAY before early :>)

At 7:59pm on July 2, 2009, Lynne Levy said…: I'm judging in Rubicon that Saturday and then have students showing in Oshkosh that Sunday. Will try to make it either Thursday or Friday. Is it still at State Fair Park?

At 4:09pm on July 1, 2009, Lynne Levy said…: When and where is the ASAW show? With Gary's dad and my mother both dying in June I'm kinda out of touch with (what some of us consider) the normal stuff.

At 5:57pm on May 26, 2009, Gretta said…: Hi Nina,
Guess I was moretired than I realized yesterday. I posted my comment to my own page. geeeez! I'll be sure to take a moment to look up your horse's pics. He sounds like a good-un! Don't know what it's like out your way, but the humidity is terrible here. It's almost 9:00, I've still not had dinner and am not sure I want any..ugh.

At 7:35pm on May 24, 2009, Gretta said…: Your trainer sounds like a smart lady. Forgive me, but as I'm new to the site I don't remember looking up much. What's your horse's registered name? I think you said you bred him yourself? I love hearing such stories! It's so nice to hear about people who genuinely care about their horses. I suppose I should'nt express myself that way, as we train horses for a living too and they're often not viewed as pets, but I have a hard time letting them go and/or selling them at all if I don't feel good about it. We feed a lot of seniors who have no place to go. Besides, I'd be terrified that the home I thought they were getting wasn't what it was professed to be. Don't know if you looked at our web site, but we have a lot of different kinds of horses in addition to our saddlebreds. Ok..I'm ranting and it's late. Have a good night.
G

At 6:18pm on May 24, 2009, Gretta said…: Yeah, there's something to be said for a "Clean slate". I'm much more confident with the babies we've started than those who've come in with problems. How sad that it's so easy to mess up a horse. Rich always says "Some people get up early every day and get paid to mess up horses."
Funny,but sad.
G

At 6:04am on May 24, 2009, Gretta said…: I guess it's different for everyone. My horses stopped being so fun when the business became overwhelming and some of the people downright awful.Don't get me wrong, I love what we do, but my mother is always telling me i need time for myself. But when I think about it, "time for myself" would be just having more time for "my" horses and not customers' horses etc. Guess I'm a hopeless addict. And time for my own horses isn't always getting ready for shows. I like spending time grooming or riding just for fun and not worrying so much about perfection for a class. When I was in my 20's I did a lot of stupid things with them but still had a lot more fun. Life wasn't so serious I suppose.

At 6:04pm on May 23, 2009, Gretta said…: Sounds very "Refreshing" since much of the saddlebred world is a bit too serious for my taste at times. Glad I found this site!
G

At 2:36pm on May 23, 2009, Gretta said…: Hey thanks! I have a lot of fun with our web site and advertising. Somehow I stumbled upon this site and added myself. Looks like a lot of fun! It's great to find new saddlebred people.
G

At 12:40pm on February 21, 2009, Heather Purdy said…: just letting you know Nina........I have added a badge to my links page, no probs....

At 12:20pm on February 21, 2009, Heather Purdy said…: Hey, No problem putting an all things horsey link on my site......I will do it as soon as i can....I am loving this site, xx

At 7:13am on February 21, 2009, Laurie D Kingsland said…: Blazing Hearts Sim is a simulation game using a forum and web pages. Choose what you would like to be in a small town horse environment and become it. Almost instant assistance available to help you learn how to play. Come join us.

http://blazingheartssim.proboards.com/index.cgi?

At 5:22am on February 14, 2009, Standie.Lover said…: Thank you veru much for the welcome!

At 3:02pm on February 13, 2009, sue said…: I can highly recommend them and now is the time to buy ,if you're in the states there's lots of bargains at the moment

At 10:04am on February 13, 2009, sue said…: Thankyou nina , for years ( nearly 40 ) I was into sport horses and thought that miniatures were for children but then I saw some at a show and just had to have one .... or two .... or three !!!! now I have over twenty and enjoy breeding and showing them , in fact we sold our last sport horse just before christmas and are now concentrating on the minis