No Lessons: APRIL 10th- 13th with Cheri
Hannah's lesson can call 715-688-6103 to schedule a time
Sunday April 20, 2008, June 20-24, 2008, No lessons Memorial Day weekend
BASIC CANCELLATIONS:
Under 20 degrees with windchill
Over 95 heat index
If you are going to miss your lesson,or therapy session, please call us and let us know in advance. THANK YOU!
Cheri Cell: 651-245-6900
Home phone: 715-688-6103
WI - New Richmond, New Richmond Municipal Airport
Photo taken by Rebecca Morton 2008
Color: Blue Roan
Gender: Mare
Height: 14.2
Lease Option: UP FOR ADOPTION
Xena is a sweetheart! She came from Arkansas and was more of a pet. She didn't want to trust us at first but now she is a doll. She is nice to other horses, tolerates dogs, cats, ponies, and goats. She is started under saddle. She is still in the ponying mode but responds well to leg pressure. ADORABLE HORSE !
Meet some of the other animals at the farm:
Chuck (a girl rat) rescued by Meredith and brought home to live. Okay, probably not a farm animal but a house pet.
Chava (a neutered Aussie) Super friendly and will fall down at your feet if you offer to pet him. Also, brought home by Meredith.
(Meredith's goal at college is to help and save Tigers! And no- they WON'T be coming home!)
Bubbles- has lived with us for over 3 yrs. She is a sweet goat that is a bit on the shy side.
Freckles, another female goat, she too has lived here 3 yrs. She is the head goat of the two. She will eat out of your hand and has even eaten homework a time or two!
Oscar- no farm would be complete without a pig?! Yes, he is smiling at you- probably begging for a treat.
Age: 13
Breed: Paint
Color: Brindle Paint
Gender: Gelding
Height: 14.2
Lease Option: Not available at this time
Jack is a wonderful horse we actually purchased to use in therapy and lessons. Thank you to the family that allowed us to buy him.
Corrina is on the left in this photo. She is ridden in therapy by both children and adults. Cheri on right is riding Winnie.
Age: approx. 21
Breed: Paint
Color: Paint
Gender: Mare
Height: 15
Lease Option: Not available at this time
Corrina was donated to Pine Lake Pastures because of her founder and Heaves. She is doing well; she no longer coughs and is on special medication to manage bowels. She is healthy and is a great therapy horse.
Before
Recent pic of Toby!
Age: 1 Birthdate: Sept 06
Breed: Baskir Curly
Color: Tri
Gender: Gelding
Height: should mature at 14.3
Lease Option: UP FOR ADOPTION
Toby came deformed with cow hocked back legs and walking on his heels. He is now walking perfectly! Thanks to Trimmer Scott McConaughney and BAREFOOT trimming techniques! Proper nutrition straightened out his cow hock legs. His curly coat will return come winter.
Age: 18
Breed: Quarter Horse
Color: chestnut
Gender: Gelding
Height: 15.1 hands
Age: 6
Breed: 1/2 Arab 1/2 Quarter Horse
Color: Chestnut
Gender:
Height: 15 hands
Rusty will be a lifetime resident to our farm. He is now broke but throws a few tandrums now and then. He is mostly ridden by Rebecca our 10 yr old. He is great on trails and is now jumping 3'8"!
Age: 6
Breed: Registered Quarter Horse
Color: Chestnut
Gender:
Height: 15.2
Slider is broke and ready to ride. He is a good strong horse that is now jumping 2'7". He is head of the herd at Pine Lake Pastures.
Before
After
Age: 1 Born July 2006
Breed: American Shetland Pony
Color:
Gender:Gelding
Height: Should mature to 13 hands MAYBE!
Lease Option:
Lucky Dreamer was at a county fair. He was weaned a bit early so when we purchased him, we put him back on a bottle with supplemental milk.
2007 update- Peanut is his nickname because he is small. He is a clown, and will steal hats, or whatever he can get a grip on. He loves to play and will greet any person at the farm. He likes to chase the dog!
Age: 8
Breed: UK Shetland
Color: Dun
Gender: Mare Height:
Lease Option: ADOPTED! Moved to new home Sept 23.
Lady Katelyn came to us as a broodmare with her foal Cinco De Mayo. She since could not carry a foal to term and may be a placement pony instead of a broodmare. She has a sweet disposition and is easy to handle. Katelyn had a fetlock injury earlier this year and had her rear left leg casted, then splinted. She recently returned to the herd and is doing great. Pine Lake Pastures has decided not to breed ponies at this time.
Age: Unknow (est 16)
Breed: Unknown
Color: silver dapple
Gender: Mare
Lease Option:
Age: 13
Breed: UK Shetland Pony
Color:
Gender: Gelding Height:
Lease Option: ADOPTED moving to new home Oct. 22nd
Taz came to our farm with Lakota. They are mates forever. He was gelded on Nov. 7, 2006 right here at our farm. He is a gentle UK Shetland that does well on lead but will probably always have some stallion tendencies since he was older when he was gelded.
Age: 21
Breed: TB
Color: black
Gender:gelding
Height:16 hands
Age: 26
Breed: Qtr Horse
Color: Blood Bay
Gender: Gelding Height:
Lease Option:
Chaun use to live at a children's day camp but he was just too active/unpredictable for them. We leased him one winter for Hannah (shown on Chaun), worked with him, changed his bit from a 4 inch curb to a snaffle and put him in a German Martingale, and his disposition really mellowed down. Chaun belongs to Hannah but is one of our lesson horses here at the farm. He is a favorite amongst many students.
Age: 13
Breed: POA Pony of America
Color: Red Roan
Gender: Gelding Height:
Lease Option:
Snappy has become a lesson pony at our farm after a couple years of training. Hannah did an excellent job of helping Snappy to trust people. Due to his past founder he must live on a dry lot and have his hooves trimmed every 4 weeks. He's still a bit spooky in the arena but LOVES trail riding and will lead the pack. He's becoming a nice intermediate pony for flatwork and jumping.
Age: 3 will be 4 summer of 08
Breed: Percheron and Standardbred
Color: Bay
Gender: Mare Height:
Lease Option:
Winnie came to us Dec. 2004 as a baby, just weaned from her mother. We believe she was approximately 6 months old. She was rescued by a kind hearted woman whom of which bid on her at the auction where a "meat" bidder was bidding on Winnie. We paid a little over what the woman paid for her and adopted Winnie. The woman told us we woundn't be able to catch her but... within 4 days Winnie warmed up to us. Most people imprint at birth but I decided to give it a try at 6 months. Winnie did well with all the training and time we gave her. At just over a year I started working with her on the Parrelli method utilizing his 7 games and ground training techniques. She is broke to ride and although still in training is doing great.
Age: 16
Breed: Unknown
Color: Bay
Gender: Gelding Height:
Lease Option:
Kono is 14.1 hands, and technically a pony. A rescued pony that had Severe rotation of the coffin bone. We retired him here- expecting him to NEVER be ridable... AHHH- but the power of trimming and diet! Natural hoof trimming and diet has turned this pony into a GREAT lesson horse that now can jump 2 feet!
Good bye- dear friend, we love and miss you!
Age: 34 Vet checked teeth and upped this age! Passed away- April 8, 2008
Breed: Appoloosa
Color: Spotted
Gender: Gelding Height:
Lease Option:
Chief is 33 yrs old and is an Appoloosa. We spotted him at a farm, very starved and sick. We offered to pay the owner for him and brought him home. We prayed he wouldn't die before he got here. Chief had a few medical problems from the start and we had many tests done on him. We found out he has a noncancerous tumor in his neck. It can't be removed because it's between his thyroid glands. He is almost blind in one eye and has arthirtis. Upon arriving at the farm we worked to put weight on Chief and as you can see he gained weight!
Chief is retired to Pine Lake Pastures. He'll be one of the horses to greet you when you pull in along with the dog and the pig.
2007 photo courtesy of Donna Hanson
Age: 8
Breed: UK Shetland
Color: White
Gender: Gelding Height:
Lease Option:
DJ is a UK Shetland Pony. He came to us in 2004 when his caregivers decided they could not keep him any longer. DJ travels in a mini van to visit nursing homes, schools, homes of the special needs children and other special events. He likes to stand for grooming and that´s pretty much his job here at the farm. Marissa, our 7 yr old has become DJ´s caregiver and the two of them are quite bonded. Some people call DJ a miniature pony but technically he´s a Shetland Pony from the Shetland Islands. The ponies there are hardy and can live off very little provisions. They are docile and were originally brought to the US to work in Coal Mines. DJ is from the breedstock of Londonberry.
Age: 12
Breed: Dartmoor Pony
Color:
Gender: Mare Height:
Lease Option:
Lillie is our latest addition. She came from a loving family in Stillwater MN that could no longer keep her. She was diagnosed as Foundered. She is fitting in well with the herd. Lillie is being trained to ride, perhaps go to birthday parties, nursing homes, and to be used as a therapeutic riding pony. She has a ways to go but is sweet to work with.
2007 photo courtesy of Donna Hanson
Age: 11
Breed: UK Shetland Pony
Color: Chestnut
Gender: Gelding Height:
Lease Option: Has experienced founder and must live on dry lot- trim every 3-4 weeks.
Excalibur, also known as x man, is the synopsis of "short, round, and low to the ground", which is the phrase we use to describe UK shetland Ponies. How can you tell a miniature horse from a UK Shetland? If they look like a mini draft- it's the UK shetland. Excalibur was part of the 4 ponies that came to us from Nebraska. I didn't have a horse trailer, and needed to pick up 4 ponies. I did some research on how much weight a mini van could hold and it was 900 lbs on the rear axle... I found a volunteer, whom I had just met to drive the 10 hours to Nebraska with me and we slept in the rest area waiting for the ponies to get there. When the horse trailer pulled up and they opened the back, I took one look at Excalibur-the little short fat guy and said, "oh my, they may not fit, he might pop my tires!" Trust me we prayed all the way home for the tires not to blow. We made it, and the ponies did great in the mini van. It was a bit stinky and a long 10 hour drive back but all made it safe and sound. However, the minivan will never smell the same. Excalibur is used as a promotional pony and is eligible to go to a home which has horse experience.
Age: 8
Breed: UK Shetland Pony
Color: Chestnut
Gender: Mare Height:
Lease Option:
Karmie was one of our orignial Uk Shetlands. She came to us when another family could no longer keep her. She has a dwarf deformity in our lower jaw (an underbite) which prevents her from ever becoming part of the breeding herd. When Karmie first came to our farm she wasn't friendly at all, kicked at us. She is now extremely friendly and loving.
2007 picture courtesy of Donna Hanson
Age: 13
Breed: Exact Unknown
Color: Dapple Grey
Gender: Infertile Mare
Height:
Lease Option: Adopted! Moved to MN with Lady Katelyn on Sept 23rd.
Isabelle came here in 2004 with the other ponies from Nebraska. Prior to coming to our farm, she was donated to Personal Ponies to work with children. Her pasture mate and dear friend passed on and when that occurred Isabelle´s disposition changed. Upon arriving at our farm we found Isabelle difficult to work with and what we deemed Food aggressive. We have worked with Isabelle extensively.
2007 Isabelle though loves to be groomed, loves to swim and walks on lead very nicely.
Age: 4
Breed: UK Shetland Pony
Color: Chestnut
Gender: Mare
Height:
Lease Option: Broodmare for Personal Ponies
Cinco came to the farm as a 4 month old filly. She and her mother arrived in a minivan along with 2 other ponies all the way from Nebraska. She was weaned at about 6 months and began her training as a Personal Pony.
2007 Cinco is lead mare of all the Personal Ponies. She will kick other ponies but is great around children.