June 10, 2013
Golden Spike Farm
Farm Animals, Farm Horses, Horseback riding
equine, farm, farm dog, farm horse, Golden Spike Farm, horse, horse farm, horseback, horseback riding, horses, hugs, hugs and kisses, love, nature, therapy
Have you hugged a horse today?
Farm therapy is the best kind of therapy.
Petting animals can reduce your stress levels. Check out this article on 27 ways pets can improve your life. This past weekend a farm family friend and I went to the barn at night for some horse therapy. We were hugging and loving on Nash & Casey. Nash was giving me kisses and my friend was giving Nash a massage. We loved the quiet time with my boys.
Mucking stalls allows me to think. If I ever need to clear my head I muck stalls. It is a rhythmical task that allows for the thought process to open up. I make my best decisions when cleaning stalls
Riding horse forces me not to think. If I need to “get out of my own head” for a while I get on a horse. There is so much going on while riding that I am not allowed to let the pesky issue seep in.
Lover boy
Hugs
June 10, 2013
Golden Spike Farm
Horseback riding
equine, farm, Golden Spike Farm, horse farm, horseback riding, lessons, love, pony rides
My littlest student loves her lessons. She has more confidence than the kids twice her age. This week we decided to give her brother a pony ride (which we had done only once before) for the cool down, as you can see he loved it.
He was so cute when he was riding he was talking away and holding on. Then he let go for a split second to talk with his hands and ended up losing his balance. Luckily he recovered quickly and didn’t let go again.
This was from last October (2012)
This was from May (2013)
June 5, 2013
Golden Spike Farm
Farm Horses
equine, farm, farm horse, Golden Spike Farm, horse, horse farm, horses, love, nature, prom, rebel ridge farm
What does a cowgirl do before prom?
Take prom pictures with her horse in her cowgirl boots.
GSF’s Prom Princess did not have time to come to the farm before prom for pictures with Dalton. So we brought her horse to her! Thanks to the farm family and her boyfriend they clean him up while I was finishing up my work (real job). Then we loaded him up in my trailer and drove him to her parent’s house (which is also a goat farm).
She was absolutely thrilled to have Dalton part of her big dayand surprised to see me as I said I would not be able to get out of work early. The pictures turned out great! Dalton was even in her friends pictures who stopped by for group photos. Where else would you have the opportunity to have prom pics with a horse!
May 22, 2013
Golden Spike Farm
Farm Horses
donate, equine, hernia, horse, SaveNash, surgery, veterinary
Nash update from New Bolton Center
I just got off the phone with Dr Eric Parente. He was very nice, explained everything and took the time to look a the hernia pics that I conveniently posted here in the plog. I took notes of the conversation so wanted to share with you the positive news.
Nash would be admitted to the hospital for 4 – 5 days. On the first day Dr Eric would ultrasound it to find the margins and how close the hernia is to the last rib. He will use the ultrasound to figure out what to anchor the surgical mesh to. If it is close enough he might even use the rib for anchoring.
The surgery would consist of general anesthesia and the insertion of the mesh. After the surgery he would have a belly bandage for support. They would use IV antibiotics followed by oral antibiotics. Once Nash is home he would have to be in the stall for 2 -3 weeks with only limited hand walking. This will allow time for the important scar tissue to form.
The end result is that the mesh would provide support from it getting bigger. The results would not be flat against the stomach because it will have a round shape as the scar tissue fills in.
I asked about the risks:
- What are the risks of having the surgery? There is very minimal risks to the surgery itself. The only one would be infection. This is a low risk as this site of herniation has never been exposed to the outside world. The fear is that there would be a low grade infection inside the hernia now and that would be opened up in the surgical process. If the does occur then the mesh would have to be remove and the surgery would have to be performed again.
- What if we didn’t have the surgery? It would continue to get bigger and not necessarily rupture but get to the point where it could become traumatized. Meaning that if it was big enough it could be accidentally cut open and risk infection.
- What is the risk of the surgery not working? If we stick to the recovery plan, the risk of reherniation
So good news all around. Back to fundraising!
May 3, 2013
Golden Spike Farm
Farm Horses
cowgirl, equine, farm, field, grass, horse, pasture, SaveNash
Yesterday evening was perfect. The sun was thinking about setting, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky and the air was crisp & cool. The back pasture was the perfect setting for Judy Reinford, photographer, to do her photo shoot of Nash and some of me.
You see after hearing his story (click on the picture) she offered to help raise money for Nash’s hernia surgery. The first being volunteering her time and talents to have professional photos in the website and flyers.
April 8, 2013
Golden Spike Farm
Farm Horses, Horseback riding
equine, farm, horse, lease
A long time lesson taker and now friend decided to partial lease Cuervo instead of continuing lessons. Now she can come and visit Cuervo any time that I am not using him for a lesson or trail ride. Congrats Cuervo on your new Step Mom.
I have a few more horses available for partial lease, let me know if your are interested in learning more about this way to ease yourself into horse ownership.
June 30, 2012
Golden Spike Farm
Farm Horses
equine, farm, farm horse, Golden Spike Farm, hay, hay loft
Friday night was spent unloading a trailer full of hay. Two barns and 3 1/2 hours later we were finally done and completely exhausted. PS. Check out our guns.
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