The Bare Horse

05/07/2025

Spring color is in full bloom and so is riding season!

04/26/2025

This is the face I make when what seems impossible becomes possible with the magic of connection. I recently had the pleasure and honor to work on a new group of intakes at Save A Forgotten Equine - SAFE, as I often do. All had very overgrown feet, most were aloof but moderately handleable. But one mare… I named her Frida, was very defensive and I was told a meet and greet was all I could probably do (a fair assesment) as she had been very defensively aggressive about being touched… biting, striking, shoulder in push bolting. I spent about 30 minutes alone with her getting her permission to touch her and explaining about her and my boundaries and how we would communicate them. We came to an agreement. And then she stood quietly as I did all four very neglected long toe, negative palmar angle feet with a soft quiet handler and conscientious use of cookies. The first picture in this group of photos was as I stepped away after her last foot with a huge smile on my face BUT the best part of this picture is her gaze following me as I walked away saying, “wait friend… we could spend more time together”. ❤️
This is the magic…. Gaining permission and understanding through trust. She welcomed me easily the second time I saw her and was “almost” like a regular horse.
Plus cute goofy stud c**t pics
Pc: Candi Kintzley

04/23/2025

The Daily Fuzz…
“Can I pleeeeeaaaase have a cookie now?”

04/10/2025

The daily fuzz…
Not sure how I’d get by without it. This may have been after hours and “off the clock” but oh how it keeps me going. Why we do what we do. Also I trimmed a stupid number of horses, donkeys, and mules that day but I wasn’t really complete until I had the goaty odor and topped it off with dinner with one of the most impeccable humans.

03/20/2025

03/19/2025

The daily fuzz…The DIY woodworking edition 😉.
Got logs you need skinned? Why do all that hard work when you can have donkeys do it for you? Gigi was very eager to show me her very thorough handiwork.

03/05/2025

The daily fuzz… breaking in a new farm dog takes time… lessons like don’t park your snoot downwind of the trimming have a learning curve. 🤣

02/26/2025

The daily fuzz got a sweet mini farm truck for an afternoon!
Brought the other truck to work to pick up hay from a client and they gave me a mini rig for the day to travel the farm and visit the herd! I miss having a manual and fun to drive on the right hand side.

02/26/2025

Thanks heavens for the daily fuzz right now.
Shout out to responsible ladies who haven’t needed a halter for years for their appointments. ❤️ mares keeping the world in order one moment at a time.

02/14/2025

The daily fuzz….
Super fuzz edition

02/14/2025

A frigid but enjoyable 20 horse day… I wasn’t cold but my handlers might have been 😜

02/11/2025

The daily fuzz….
When applying glue on shoes in subzero temperatures, it’s very important to have
helpers… luckily I have an ample supply of warm bodies and enthusiastic volunteers! 
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