Riding Suds on the Beach 2016
Throwback Thursday to the 2016 beach trip with our friends at Happy Horse Riding School.
No horse? No problem! A little barrel work to welcome the sun, build a little heat in the core, and the crunchy snow. Today at Sunday lessons, Emme stood up at the walk for the very first time! Woohoo! 🎉 🐴
Good morning! Weather report says sunshine and vaulting from 2-3:30 today. Register at online at moondogriding.com
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Craft night was a success! About 12 kids came out to the Imagine Nation Center for Community Transformation to learn about horse colors, make their own horse mask, and watch Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron together.
What should we do for our next horsey craft night? Unicorn horns? 🦄 A pony painting? Collage?
They say unicorns are particularly difficult to catch on film... 🦄🦋✨ It was this little girl's first time steering the unicorn all by herself at yesterday's lesson!
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Thank you, @alternativemissoula for having me on air this morning to talk about what I do down at Moon Dog Riding School. They also featured our friends at @saltandfox and @funkybluebird! I love living in this little town that nurtures small businesses and dreams.
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More glitter is always better, right? New roadside sandwich board to help customers find the turn off the highway in the works! Next lesson is Open Vaulting from 10:30-11:30 on Sunday. RSVP here or on Schedulicity link.
Good morning! We hope you feel as energetic today as these two wild boys did yesterday.
🎼 Well the weather outside is frightful ❄️ but the indoor arena is so delightful 🐴 and now's a good time to grow 🤓 so let it snow, let it go, get some horsey glow! 🎼 ... Okay, okay! I teach horsemanship lessons, not singing lessons (be thankful for that) so forgive my song lyrics. Today after working the training horse, I'll begin designing holiday gift certificates. 🎁 What kind of packages would a horse crazy gift recipient want? Tell me in the comments!
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More silly horse behavior. Rogue and YNR goofing around in the snow. These two seem to be forming a playful friendship. Herd dynamics are so funny to watch -- sometimes I just stand in the pasture and hang out with them.
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The horses are feeling sassy in the snow! Next "yoga on horseback" (vaulting) open class is on Sunday morning from 10:30-11:30 AM. Grownups or kids welcome, hot chocolate provided.
Instructor Melissa practicing some vaulting on Suds, owned and lunged by Lindy Cogswell of Happy Horse Riding School, at the Oregon coast in July. This horse is quite special -- he was a surprise!
Lindy purchased his mother, Bubbles, a Belgian draft horse mare, from a kill pen along with two Percheron geldings about 15 years ago. A couple months later, a funny chestnut foal arrived. He was a little awkward for several years, but after going away for fancy dressage training, he came home gray and excellently trained.
At Moon Dog, we love all horse breeds, from the fuzziest Shetland to impressive Shires and everything in between.
