It seems like just yesterday that our foals were squealing for their mommies. The foal care course doesn’t seem such a long time ago, either. The 3 boys have really changed over the months. They have gotten quite the handsome boys and they all like to stay away from Mom for a while! Of course, our protective mare Selena exhausts herself by chasing after little Stumbles all day! Born in February, March, and April, Twitch, Kix, and Stumbles...

Well, Season 2 of the Foal Course has passed quickly. Yesterday and today were the last sessions of this class. This time the season wasn’t as long because there were less people and because there’s only so much you can teach a foal. Soon we are starting the horse fellowship program. It’s going to have everything to do with horses and riding and other fun stuff. So anyway, today we did more of the basic things. First, all the...

Our arena has lots of dirt, weeds, and grass. But no sand. Until now. Just this morning our sand pile had been delivered. It’s a pretty big sand pile, and it was all dumped in the corner of the arena. My, it was fun today. As on every Monday and Tuesday, the Foal Care Course is on. So first it was the glorious hay bales, now the magnificent sand pile. All the children of the course went home with sand in their pants, this afternoon. Since...

The second season of the foal course is still in action! It’s on Monday and Tuesday, each week. Not as many people come to this class like in the first season, but it’s still fun. The feisty quarter horse foal is quite fun to train with; He has been renamed Kix because of his kicking action, which he probably gets from his mommy, Elan. When we first started on him he kicked back like a wild horse, but he has improved a lot over the...