Rustic River Farm LLC - Mason Nh

12/25/2024

Stockings for the horses, check! 🎄

Remember RRF boarders and leasers…check your tack locker or tack trunk for your horse’s goodies!!

12/25/2024

Just a barn/house cat napping in a tree……..of a saddle.

12/23/2024

Maybe not so subtle brag about our amazing daughter. From the day she was born and able to be outside in the barn…she’s loved these animals, loved the people that come w them and enjoyed encouraging others and helping. From the tiny little voice saying “look at her go, up down, up down…she’s doing so good posting!” to being a literal junior camp counselor cause I was short people at only 7 years old this past summer…

This kids really does amaze me…and I seriously hope she never gives this life up.

12/23/2024

LUNENBURG RESIDENTS!!! Be on the lookout!!

Also, if you’re NOT a horse person…while Idk these particular horses…DO NOT CHASE THEM. If you can…you can try and crinkle something like a candy wrapper, shake some bird seed or anything that may resemble grain in a bucket for them to come to YOU, or just slowly approach them. Have a dog lead handy or even a belt…but DO NOT loop it through or tie it in ANY way around their necks. Would rather a horse gets loose w nothing on than loose w a strangulation device around their neck. If they’re panicking and you’re calm, just walking around a bit while holding the dog leash, belt, whatever semi loosely w pressure on the side of the neck you’re not on…keeping them close but not so close you’re creating more tension, using lower tones (“whoa” “you’re okay”, “easy”), no “shhhh” or higher pitched noises, could help. Again, I don’t know THESE horses but I know HORSES.

12/21/2024

Aaaand finally hung the horse’s stockings!! 🎅🏻 🎄 ⛄️

12/18/2024

Just another reminder since it’s getting towards the beginning of the year!!

THIS is the REAL Rustic River Farm LLC page. NOT the one that posts inappropriate content! That page is simply labeled Rustic River Farm LLC and has been taken over for about two years now. Sadly, facebook will do nothing about it even when reported for everything it posts, we have tried for a long time now. So PLEASE; like, share and interact w THIS page for any and all information on our lessons, boarding, etc!

We look forward to hearing from you!

12/15/2024

Let Log Cabin know who your favorite RRF lesson horse/pony is!!!

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15c98hx8fp/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Unicorn Contest!
Congrats to Miss Dee Dee! Thank you for sharing!

12/11/2024

Closure is different for everyone and sometimes…seeing them once their soul is gone and their shell remains can be helpful. This is Quinn’s first time but Kass’ second seeing a beloved friend after they’ve gone onto greener pastures. They are able to make their own choices and even at 8 years old they chose to take just some more extra time to try and process things. It’ll never get easier…but for some, this helps…I hope that’s the case here.

12/11/2024

I’ve said a lot of goodbyes but this one will stick w me for a while. What this guy did for me is something, many things, that’s I could never fully repay.

12/11/2024

All the best horses go to heaven w no tails…

12/11/2024

Joe and his girl Cocoa (she and Katie came for emotional support for Robert) bringing some light to a darker day by sharing their coffee.

12/11/2024

Kass and Quinn…Penelope and Kass…two sets of best friends; one born from the same blood and one from the same barn. I love to see them consoling one another during these times. Helping your friends (or anyone) heal and get through these sorts of things is truly something most adults forget to do.

12/11/2024

My niece Penelope saying her goodbyes. While she doesn’t ride nearly as much as Kass and Quinn…Robert was the first ride for her solo…the one she always asked for…and the one that made her a good enough rider in camp to be able to ride a harder horse.

12/11/2024

Miss Quinn, Kass bestie, saying her goodbyes to the guy that also gave HER a “dusty butt award” BUT…taught her the importance of getting back on to regain your bravery and your confidence…which she sure did!!

12/11/2024

Robert taught my girl how to canter, then taught her to feel that freedom of cantering alone and…even gave her a “dusty butt award” w the courage the get back on! Now she says goodbye for the last time.

12/11/2024

Only three of the kids Robert has graced w his adorably teeny jog and crinkled nose w our instructor Kara and Joe spending some time saying goodbye.

12/11/2024

Rest easy Robert…you earned everything I gave you in life and then some…I always wish there’s more I could do when these things happen but you told me when it was time and I listened even though I didn’t want to.

No matter the years in this industry. No matter the level of which you delve into w veterinary medicine or just own a horse. No matter how many you’ve purchased, how many you’ve started, how many you’ve sold, how many you’ve kept and how many you’ve let go to their final resting place…it never gets easier. And this one hits quite a bit harder than some.

We took Robert and his two GFs, Katie and Cocoa, over to the Townsend property in the cold, pouring rain in the middle of December and we made the best of what we could. Huge thank you to the best instructor, Kara for helping us out and staying in the wet and the cold until the very end! We set up a “camp” underneath one of the old run in sheds w hay, water, hay stretcher, all the cookies you could eat, some carrots and topped it off w a nice dark beer. Each kid that was here today has had their little bums on your back…some “lucky” enough to have been snaked off by your rotten little head shake “buck” to earn their dusty butt award because they weren’t doing something correctly…enough. And after that…you reminded them the reason you always get back on…because you can and because you still learn. Not to be afraid…but to be brave. Something you did for our little girl and her best friend. You were the one who truly taught Kass to canter and were the first one to canter w her solo…something she will never forget. You helped Quinn through confidence issues (some that you gave her) and even at only 8…she’s thankful for that. You toted little Oliver around at a bday party wearing a unicorn horn and hated every minute but you did your job and kept him safe when he was far smaller than “keeping safe” made for an easy job. And Penelope. Stubborn, stoic, brave little Penelope..my niece..my “other baby girl”. You were the first for her to ride, the first to jog, the first to jog solo, the first for her for weeks of camp to the point she was able to move up to a harder horse. And when I braided that piece of mane, cut it off and handed it to her…the tears she fought so hard to keep back were ever so present. When I asked her if she knew why I was giving it to HER…she knew why and she will cherish that for the rest of her life. You’ve been the best lesson horse for Kara, Grace and I…you’ve taught my husband well, you’ve been the bestest boy for all the fancy shows, while hitting the trails wasn’t your favorite you toted around your leaser for quiet rides and you’ve been the first and only for SO many people in this lifetime of yours.

Cutting your tail was harder and the last braid I cut out I felt like I took a part of my heart w it. I cried. Quite a bit. Once you went…so peacefully and quickly, reassuring me it was the right choice even on a good day…I had to sit w you for a bit. Look at all your greying spots, your soft nose that would normally be crinkling at me, those adorable cute, tiny ears w all the fluff and take in that one last breath of you. We took your halter…and allowed the girls their last goodbyes. Goodbyes that, for 8 year old horse girls, are only one of the few they’ve already said and one of the few they will sadly have to say. Goodbyes they chose, after you were down, to say on their own terms…comforting each other every time one would cry. Staying there w them is NEVER enough time and you just want to see an ear twitch or a breath taken….this feel impossible sometimes.

Sometimes I think every time I have to make this decision or help making this choice for a friend/client…I lose a part of myself. And think I do. And I really do wonder just how much my soul can take of this…because sometimes, like today and sadly many more to come being in this industry, it felt like you took way more than others.

As always…a huge thank you to Dr Shannon (Dr Graham) w our incredible vets Monadnock Equine Veterinary Services for again making the trek out to the Townsend property and laying another of my beloved friends to rest so peacefully. The job you and your techs do is thankless, unforgiving and utterly exhausting…so thank you for all you do. Thank you for being there for my boy (and us) today in this miserable weather.

12/10/2024

As always…our amazing farrier Granite State Farrier Services knocked it outta the park w the coat hangers I asked for for inside the house. Absolutely PERFECT and lightweight so they can go up anywhere!!!