In 2000, Kindred Spirit Farm started with 2 horses, 2 dogs, 2 goats, 1 rabbit, a sheep, and a pig. We had a barn with
two stalls and a tack room. In that tack room we had more western saddles then english. We used the other part of our barn
for summer camps and that was where we ate lunch and did crafts. We had maybe 5 riding students that had one lesson a week
if the weather was nice. We had two riding rings side by side and we used one ring for the pasture. We bought hay from others
to feed the horses and stored it in the top of our little barn. Now, ten years later, we have twenty plus horses, however
some are out on leases to other people. We have added an alpaca, ducks, chickens, and donkeys to the petting zoo. We
have in the past had cows and numerous baby goats that have found happy homes. We have an indoor riding arena wiith many more
stalls. We also built an air conditioned party room/camp room. We have 60 plus students who ride here all year round whatever
the weather in the indoor arena. Now I have 5 students who consistently ride western and over 30 students who jump higher
than 2'. We have a jumping area and round pen and we built three six acre pastures and are getting ready to build number four,
hopefully. We grow our own hay on land we rent and house it in half of our indoor to feed all these creatures.
Every
year I continue to look back over the past year and I am amazed at how far we have come. Not only in the growth of our farm,
but also in our continued quest for knowledge about caring for horses, training horses, and riding horses. We learned that
a chiropractor can solve many behavioral issues that occur during tacking and with bucking. We learned that clean trax can
cure any kind of fungus in the hoof and on the body and have brought several horses back from severe lameness. We have learned
that with communication and message we can relax our horses and improve their health and riding abilities. We took a risk
and bred a horse to experience the miracle of birth and have learned how to train a foal. We are constantly striving to improve
our horses head carriage and build their back muscles through different riding and ground exercises. We have learned that
each horse must be treated as an individual and how we ride, train, and care for each and every horse must be catered to their
abilities and personalities.
| Tequila was thin, cracked feet, and cushings? |
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| Still thin, clean trax and ferrier cured feet and no signs of cushings. |
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