Winter has arrived!!!!
Agribition was very slow and very long, so I’m trying to hustle like mad to replace what it took from the coffers. I did sell the Shetland Pony Cart for a substantial loss, but its gone. On the upside I got a pairs pony harness for a song; it has Amelia and George’s name on it for the spring. I haven’t ever seen a better pair. They are both approaching 14 hands, so I’m holding my breath for their status as ponies, but there is always a market for a flashy well matched pair such as they will be for combined driving.
I also picked up a couple of more products. I’m now dealing Oxy-Gen through Libi Sousag from Montana, a high end supplement for performance horses. You can check the products page when I get it all up there. It seemed a natural, as many people who came by were already confusing it with Pure Oxygen.
Dr. Gordon Chang CEO of Omega Alpha was at the show with Scott McLeod. He is such a nice man. He gave me a diet for Ticketyboo to address what’s left of her Horner’s Syndrome. Dr. Chang also introduced me to David from Back on Track. But in the end, I called Sandy Best of The Best Bandages, as I have used them with remarkable success. So now I am also a dealer for The Best Bandages.
Lorna from Lorna’s Chap Shop was beside me for most of the show. She made my chaps when we first moved back to Edmonton over 20 years ago. She makes the most awesome “Bronc” halter nosebands. As we got to know each other better, we found we have several circles in common and have crossed paths several times before. We went out for dinner twice and had a lot of fun. Also saw a lot of Margaret Semeniuk from Sask Horse Fed and Linda Hazelwood from Horse Country Magazine.
I’ve had more time to work with Goldmine. The more I work with him, the more I realize what an awesome short stirrup pony he will be. Joey, also is getting quite handsome, from being the ugliest yearling in the world. I may persue his full registration (more DNA tests) and use him to breed my small Warmblood mares as a three year old. We’ll have to wait and see.
I have to get mane hairs for quite a few. I need to finish Captain’s registration. Our first pick for name is Paisley’s Finest Hour, so we have already started calling him “Churchill”, not a far reach from Captain. The Caspian mares are participating in a genetic research project looking for the gene that regulates height and I am waiting on registration kits for Talib’s 3 fillies.
I can’t remember from my last post if I relayed that Lindsay had a 7 year old girl on Illusion, jumping single fences. It was impressive. I’m going to make arrangements to take him back and let her ride him again. He’s not the same kitten here as he was at Donna’s; he knows how to push my buttons, beginning with now figuring out how to let himself out of his pen. I’ve made arrangements to haul him Gorslines to start his over fences education, Janey Ockhotsky has agreed to ride him, but this weather has put a kink in that for now. We’ve been busy trying to decide the best way to promote him as a stallion and so far have ads in Horses Inc., a North West US magazine and Pacific Prairie Horse. We’ll also do Gaitpost and look for internet sites. We have a few in mind.
- another of Linda’s fine photos
I’ve just had a tutorial from Sylvia and Cody at Pondside. I wrote this post yesterday and the previous one in November, but Word Press has changed its format and I was having trouble sorting through it.