HorseFeathers Equine Facility LLC

03/20/2025

There is always going to be someone who can claim to write your story better. But these people have never walked your path. They will have never asked your journey. Yet they will claim knowledge of the choices you should have made...how they could have done things differently...better. DON'T LET THEM WIN. Keep up the good fight. Rest. Don't quit. THANKFUL FOR MY CIRCLE.

03/17/2025

Mr. Moon 🌙 His first really good ride today! He was a little unsure at first but we did some R+ ground work first and then he gave me really great walks and trots! Oh My what a good boy!

03/16/2025

First ride on Showguns and he was such a good boy! Reine was a little bored with our walk 🤪 Once you’ve ridden a Morgan though, Quarter Horse is hard 🤣

02/20/2025

Farm hack! Beet juice for the win!
I had seen on FB adding beet juice to water tanks helps prevent freezing. Today were temps stayed in the teens and I was literally breaking water every couple hours… beet juice did prevent a freeze!

Breaking ice no juice after an hour there was ice.

Beet juice after an hour and half… no sign of ice! 🎉

02/14/2025

Dear horses, who hold tight all the pressures of our society, rules and labels imposed on you for not complying to ways you did not ask to be part of, expectations of understanding without wanting to be understood, bursting to be heard above all the noise, I see you. I hear you. I wish sometimes our roles could reverse, so people would step back and listen. But I think or world is traveling too fast for things to change right now and my heart breaks for the ones that I am unable to give voice to…. for in society every citizen is good and honest… if given a voice to be heard and listened.

No more labels. See them. Hear what they say. Be better. Do better. For the love of the horse... Happy Valentine's Day.

02/08/2025

Adam is heading back to work after this long winter break. He’s getting ready to take on season 2025 in the walk jog division with a new teammate. We are looking forward to working with them and sharing the bestest boy ever (well don’t tell any of the other geldings I said that. 🫣😂)

02/07/2025

It really couldn't be more true ❤

Ranch work doesn’t make you stronger. It doesn’t make you anything. It reveals you.
There’s gym strong and then there’s ranch strong. They’re mutually exclusive. The toughest people you’ll ever meet spend their days on a ranch. And their hearts are the kindest I know.

There are more uses for twine than you can possibly imagine. You can tie up a hole in a slow feeder, fashion a tail strap for a horse’s blanket, mend a broken fence and use it as a belt. Vet wrap, duct tape and a sharp knife, can make you feel like king or queen of the world, conqueror of all.

Control is a mere illusion. The thought that you have any, at any given time, is utterly false.
Sometimes sleep is a luxury. So are lunch and dinner. And brushing your hair.

If you’ve never felt super human, then you’ve never tried stopping an overly full wheelbarrow of horse manure from tipping over sideways. Trust me, you’ll find muscles that you never knew existed to prevent this from happening.

When one of the animals is ill, you’ll go to heroic lengths to minimize their discomfort.
Their needs come first. In summer heat and coldest winter days. Clean water, clean stall and plenty of feed will always be your priority. Before you have your first meal, they all eat. Your internal alarm clock will go off anytime the temperatures plummet or you hear a fence get kicked.

When you lose one of them, even though you know that day is inevitable, you still feel sadness, angst and emotional pain that takes your breath away. And it’s a heaviness that lingers even though you must keep going. Flashes of happy memories eventually replace the sad ones dripping down your cheeks. But it takes time, sometimes decades.

Strength, tenacity and optimism often waiver But you’ll remain present no matter what because you must. You are their strength and when you feel you have none, you’ll run your fingers through their mane or across their coat and you’ll find more. There is no other option. You’ll ask for so many miracles and hold out hope until the very last. You live for improvement, hope and faith.

You’ll love more then you thought possible.

You’ll become weirdly obsessive about the weather. Weather apps are your addiction.

You’ll go out in public wearing filthy clothes and smelling of dirt, sweat and manure. People will look at you sideways and krinkle their noses but you won’t notice.

Your entire day can derail within ten seconds of the rising sun. If you see a horse rolling instead of eating breakfast, a cow without a calf or are short one chicken.

Ranch work is difficult in its simplicity. It’s routine, it’s tedious, it’s 365 days a year, it’s you.

Should you ever have the opportunity to work on a ranch, (or farm) take the chance! You will never do anything more satisfying in your entire life.

I make my living training horses. I’d do it for free if I could. Sometimes I do, if it benefits the horse. My name might not be in there papers but my heart is. They are what fuels my soul.

My payments, rewards and smiles come from things that nicker, moo, cluck, bark and quack. I pray it never changes.

♥️ Jen

Rocky Mountain Performance Horses

02/02/2025

Our lesson program welcomed some new local faces to the team today! (Left to right) Showguns, Rain and Taz! Showguns & Rain will hopefully fit to the riding side, as many of our team has passed or aged out. Taz will aide Tobi in the ground work for our littles and hopefully a new “same size” BFF! They were owned locally by a friend who was wanting to rehome them but keep them together. It worked out to be a win win for everyone. February will be a month of adjustment and hoping to begin new services in March! Stay tuned!

02/01/2025

Another continued transformation… Jose
From the moment I met him I knew he was destined for greater things! He would have been wasted pulling a buggy down the road. A generation away from an all time favorite… Legacy’s Viking… I believe he’s only beginning to understand his true super power. Park trot never looked so natural. He’s coming into his own. He knows when to work and when it’s play. Solid driver started under saddle.

Looking for someone who sees his potential.

Certainly Superb
ICF Reasonably Certain x CD Midnight Rondevue
15.2h 3/12/2018

Shoot a message if interested. I’m not going to be sad if he hangs out a while. Located in TX.

02/01/2025

Ace has completely changed form! He is such a good minded, game boy! He is ready for a mature AOT ready for a fun drive into 2025! He has started work towards saddle but is solid in harness. He is always happy and ready for the next adventure.

SSMF Gingerbread Man aka Ace
Bazinga x DLMS Sudden Surprise
15h 4/27/2019

Shoot a message if you’re interested. Located in TX

01/31/2025

Teamwork makes the dream work 😆
Good boy Ace!

01/31/2025

We got a bit of rain overnight yesterday. By noon the sun was shining. Jett has made a new buddy. He loves his outside 24/7 arrangement so far. He gets everyone to play. The sunset was beautiful. It’s been a hot minute.

01/31/2025

Justin has such a “goof ball” gelding personality. And he’s a perfect gentleman for the farrier 🙃
Eicher Grace’s Justin