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02/14/2025

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

02/13/2025

Flooding evacuations.
County of Santa Cruz
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UPDATE 2: All evacuation orders have been lifted. Temporary evacuation points will close. Thank you and stay safe.
UPDATE: Residents near Holohan and Laken in South County are also being evacuated due to flooding. Deputies are going door-to-door to notify residents. A temporary evacuation point will be opened at Watsonville Senior Center, 114 E 5th Street.
Due to likely flooding along the San Lorenzo River, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office is evacuating residents in Felton Grove. A temporary evacuation point is being set up at Scotts Valley Community Center.
Find your evacuation zone at community.zonehaven.com. The Santa Cruz County Emergency Operations Center is actively monitoring conditions throughout the county, including stream levels and road impacts.
Highway 1 is currently closed at Dimeo Lane while CHP - Santa Cruz investigates a fatal accident. Soquel-San Jose Road is being closed above Olive Springs due to a slide. Paulsen Road and San Andreas Road in South County are also being impacted. Main Street above Bates Creek is also closed due to a tree down with wires.
Track county road impacts at sccroadclosure.org.

02/04/2025

I used to use this lounging method. Like long lining, if the horse understands it's loading itself, the horse tends to be more agreeable. This method with certain horses has worked in the past for me. Check out the many comments on the reel. You will find all the usual 'holes' in this type of education as any other.
To get a horse to do anything, anything at all, it's about relationship and how you handle the 'ask.' How the horse handles the ask completely depends on the level of fear it has with the situation, its understanding of the surroundings, its fear of the focus of the ask, and its relationship with human involved.
People mistake this technique all the time, thinking just lunge a horse and it will then do the XZY task. Such a broad-based answer is not the answer and leads to many human misconceptions about educating the horse.
The best answer is build trust in your relationship with the horse and let the horse realize it's not in trouble for giving an incorrect answer. When you ask for something, make sure your timing of release is spot on so that your horse understands it gave you the correct answer to the ask. Once you get your timing down, you can load a horse and get the horse comfortably staying in the trailer. Building relationship a horse can trust takes time, faith, and commitment to building your horsemanship skills. The greater reward will be that you will build a horse and a human that can load and trust the process.

02/01/2025

🚨 Horse Tales Cancelled Today Due to Rain 🚨

Due to the weather, Horse Tales is cancelled today. 🌧️ We’re sad to miss this time with you, but safety comes first!

We’ll keep you posted on future dates—stay dry, and we hope to see you soon! 🐴💙

01/21/2025

As an educator, this page is designed specifically to promote positive discipline. It will not judge the farrier shown in the video. My focus is on why it’s important to take the time to educate the horse on the process, both for the horse's and the human's sake. Lifelong experience has taught me that if the horse owner finds an educator, trainer, or themselves interested in educating the horse instead of forcing the horse to submit, they will be far less likely to need to constrain the horse physically or medically.
Properly educated horses will have okayness and confidence in their role allowing professionals to do their work. A big part of education is understanding. The educator should know that by picking up the horse’s hoof they are asking the horse to give up their defenses. The horse can no longer run away nor easily defend itself. Submitting is scary for a horse.
Picking up a hoof should not be traumatic. You should not need to put humans in danger or always require sedation. Instead, be the teacher, the leader. Take time to help the horse feel okay picking up the hoof. Give them positive experiences instead of traumatic ones. Take time to help the horse understand through consistent practice. Allow them time to work through their fear. Go slowly but with confidence as you practice. Lift the hoof low to the ground, so they don’t feel destabilized. If the horse offers the hoof up high in a reactive manner, relax the hoof in a gentle circular motion until it lowers into a more comfortable position. It will take longer but you are showing the horse they are safe and they can lift the hoof into your care. Working with horses is about relationships and connections. I define connection as, “an okayness and willingness to do what is asked.” Take the time necessary to build relationships for the betterment of your horsemanship and the betterment of horses.
Note: You do not need to tie the tail to the hoof if you take time to educate the horse to feel okay lifting their hoof. Tying the tail can cause injury. I have seen it happen. Tie the horse’s tail in a quick-release knot- to itself, NOT the hoof, if you need the tail out of the way. -Kristin Praly

01/19/2025

Please refrain from starting and selling finished two and three year olds. Please WAIT- Start age 5 when their backs are ready to recieve wait.

01/17/2025

📢 Join Us for the "Touch of the Master's Hand" Horsemanship Clinic with Ronnie Moyer! 🐴

Are you ready to deepen your relationship with your horse? Don’t miss this transformative clinic happening March 21-26 in Granbury, TX at Diamond Heart Ranchette (Praly’s)!

🌟 What You'll Learn:

Build confidence through clear and consistent communication between you and your horse.

🎯 Clinic Details:
LIMITED TO 6 HORSES: $1000 per horse (includes personalized instruction).
💰 $500 deposit required to reserve your spot.
Auditors Welcome: $50/day (accommodations extra).
📍 Location: Diamond Heart Ranchette, Granbury, TX
📞 Contact: Kristin Praly – (831) 316-4773 or email [email protected]

🍴 Accommodations:

$80/day (includes 3 meals daily).
$20 daily stall per horse available (self-clean/feed).
Rooms, trailer parking, hookups, and showers available!

📖 Come learn from author & clinician Ronnie Moyer, as he teaches how to strengthen the horse-human relationship through faith and understanding.

✨ Reserve your spot today and take the first step toward a stronger connection with your horse!

01/11/2025

20 years ago now?!? NO Way. I CANNOT believe it! (Before every one wonders where their photo is... these are the only ones that popped up.) But I love you ALL who participated and L@ It's "Git Git Bill!" and his absolutely AWSEOME horse. Who ended up with his horse? That horse- I would have taken him in a heartbeat- along with everyone else.

01/05/2025

Blue 32, Blue 32 - Break!

12/31/2024

Hello beautiful friends! Wishing you a happy New Year!
May the New Year bring joy and peace.
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12/29/2024

A year in review- the horses that gave us all so much. Two went over the Rainbow Bridge this year. To Levi and Cheyenne 💕of over 24+ yrs each, here’s to you:
You are the brightest of bright stars in the heavens. We continue to be so very blessed to know, love, and remember you with all our hearts and souls 🐎. You are deeply missed.

12/24/2024

Little bit of color to learn during the holidays

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Horses teach humans how to lunge ! :)

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