Dragonfly Farms

Dragonfly Farms Dragonfly Farms is a collaborated group of farms in North Central Florida and South Georgia. Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Farms.

Our goal is to introduce the performance side of our breed to the local population and help you find your match. If you're not committed to owning a horse just yet we can set you up in an affordable lease or lesson program. We specialize in Arabian horses but have contacts in all breeds of horse. We are managed by a group of Arabian Horse professionals who have generations of experience in the hor

se industry and we'd love to have the opportunity to share our knowledge base with you. We have two locations, in Suwannee county (FL), to serve you. We travel to several events a year, including open/4H shows, trail rides, gymkhana events and some local rated (AHA) shows. Watch this page for news and upcoming events.

12/02/2025

A lot of people like to drag the Arabian Horse Association down saying that they do nothing for it's members. Maybe it's just that they are bad at marketing themselves. Maybe it's that they are reacting to the algorithm of their followers.

Did you know that AHA has a couple YouTube videos that address mental health? Did you know they ran a whole campaign during Youth Nationals called "R U OK?"?

You can see these videos on their YouTube channel.

You can also find some jam up music (and podcast) playlists on your music streaming app.

YOU are the registry. YOU are the industry. It doesn't matter who's in charge.

We have got to stop regurgitating the rumors and wives tales about our horses. I see it all the time on line, the negative and derogatory comments about our breed. WE are the ones doing it, not "the general public". The general public may see a few posts on social media but they've probably never been to a real live horse show. And even if they have been to a horse show, they don't have the experience to point out what's "bad" or "different". They just love horses. Help foster that when you can.

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Part II of this is if you are having a hard time, if you are feeling overwhelmed and bitter, do what is good for YOUR mental health. Don't let people bully you into staying in situations that you're done with.

Name your feelings and help your friends name theirs too.... sometimes that just requires you sitting there and listening. I've had people, who I respect, give me bad advice for MY situation because they were coming from a place of their own regret. I get it and I feel for you. I've watched too many people hang on for too long and they've only killed themselves in the process. You (*I*) have nothing to prove. You (*I*) have been there, done that, got the TShirt and wrote about it. Self care should come above all else, no matter how you were raised or what your momma told you coming up. Rest so you can slay.

Stop trauma dumping on your friends.

Our barn is our sacred place. We come out here to laugh and cry in our own energy. We don't want to carry the weight of your bad decisions. Go brush your horse.

I'll be damned if I'm going to pull up to my sacred place and feel a sinking in my chest because I know that as soon as I walk in the door I will have to hear about all the bad decisions that you are making.

I love you but let it go.

Stop trying. Just do it. You're the only one who can.

I've been debating on what part of the story I wanted to put some developments in so I took some time off to ruminate, s...
12/01/2025

I've been debating on what part of the story I wanted to put some developments in so I took some time off to ruminate, sorry.

I'll try to finish up and get us current now.

I was looking at some of the notes in my phone and find this gem from the auction, it'll bring new followers up to speed somewhat.

You are always welcome to click our farm name and scroll thru the posts or use the Facebook search engine.

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Auction weekend note made in real time:

"I needed a rider at the auction this weekend. Saw a young man who didn't ride too bad, told him about my horse and suggested he ride her in the pen that afternoon to see what he was working with. He took her to the open (no rails) arena and rode her OK.

We agreed that he'd ride her in the morning.

I'm getting horses ready for the auction next morning and he sends his grandfather over to tell me he won't ride because "he doesn't want to get hurt if the horse runs off" (LAZY horse BTW that did nothing in an open field!

The grand told me I should walk my horse thru because I'd have "better luck". I told him I did not agree. These people come to the auction to buy riding horses.

We exchange pleasantries and the grandfather, who watched the boy ride, wouldn't shut up so I got rude in the end....

And hired the girl walking past my stalls.

Auction starts, I tell the girl about the horse, she's not concerned. We get into things, I was up by the arena and she was on another horse. I asked her do I need to go get the horse. She said no, she had her cousin go get her already.

Young lady comes riding up on my VERY green horse thru the whole auction, just a grinning.

Hired girl switches horses with her and gets my horse thru.

At the end of the day the boy I originally hired came up and asked how much I got for the horse. I told him I forgot. He said he wanted to bid on my horse. 😂

He's going to have a hard life if he thinks he's going to make money riding auction horses."

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The last time I saw my black mares were actually their beautiful little ears poking up from a rodeo stock trailer.

You just never know what's going to happen from there.

There is a good market for broke, "pony sized" horses whether it's the rodeo arena, 3 day eventing or just a backyard friend. The main ring thinks your 5 year old kid that weighs 50 lbs needs a 16HH fire breathing dragon but that's another story for another day.

I didn't really notice where the 3rd mare went and I already knew the gelding was on his way to his new home.

About a month later a fellow Arabian breeder, who I have never met nor communicated with, RESPECTFULLY, contacted me and let me know that the 2 black mares where at the auction house (lovingly referred to as "the kill pen") in TX.

There was a little hubbub on a popular Arabian community chat board. And there were people cursing my name in private. None of those people have ever actually reached out to hold my hand before, during or after this event. Their opinions are their own and fabricated in their own mind since they've never had a conversation with me nor have ever stepped a toe on my property. They know who they are and they know what they themselves have done over the years. We'll leave it at that.

The young lady who was all gung ho about "saving" the black mares apparently lives in Indiana (?). And she was going to "research" how they ended up there. No one from her camp has ever contacted me directly. I believe they did contact our sister farm, who owned the sire.

The lady in IN said she wanted both mares but lost track of one or didn't get her bid in or something.

Also, a strange development in the chaos, I had people talking among themselves about how they WERE GOING TO GET the mares when I had them available for sale. That's news to me. Stop "trying" to do something and just do it. Do you really think that, had you shown up with cash in hand and a horse trailer I would have said no? And why are you talking about me instead of to me?

I've run into the young man who couldn't ride my horse twice. He still has the personality of a turnip. An old horse trader told me one time that we don't have to be friends to do business in the horse industry. We just have to a have a certain level of mutual respect. I wish more people could understand that.

People are weird.

And I'm still waiting for communication. I'm available.

Here are some pics from the auction. And yes, I would sell other horses at the auction.

11/21/2025

To finish up the thought on horse slaughter; I support horse slaughter as a personal property rights issue.

If you buy a horse, that's your horse. The former owner can't tell you what to do with it.

You may eat your own horse here in the US. You may not slaughter a horse and sell the meat because the meat has not been inspected by the USDA.

Would *I* eat my own horse? That's complicated. I have many horses, whereas you're asking the question from a "horse mom" perspective.

A lot of us with multiple horses joke that we have ones "we would eat first".

Would *I* knowingly send my horse to slaughter? Probably not but only because I know that I have the means to process a horse at home if I wanted to. And believe me, if eating horse was more acceptable in the general population, there have been times I wish I could donate a horse to feed the needy.

But we're not talking about kill pens and slaughter houses.

We're talking about a decent horse auction that does it's best to sell a horse when someone brings them a horse.

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Because I had been living in a pressure cooker for so long, the long and the short of it is that I had to let some of the steam go.

Hopefully you've read the posts up to this point and can honestly say that you agree. I had a lot of plates in the air and I was keeping them up because I knew I could, but at what cost?

I'm really proud that we could afford to give our family and friends a piece of us thru the years but I came to a point where I needed to put my pieces back together for myself.

I have always believed that the horses I chose to take to the auction could be someone some day. I don't care if they ever go into a show ring. I just want them to be good citizens and make someone smile.

When we got to the auction it was high energy. I had 3 of the 4 at events in the past but for about a month before I loaded them up they had been living pretty feral as a group.

They had decent manners at the vet check. They did really well in the wash rack with other people and horses bustling around. They all even lunged well in the open arena.

One of them couldn't figure out the cement aisle. The first time I took them out for a walk they looked like Bambi on ice and kind of held a grudge for the rest of the weekend.

If nothing else, they were good Arabian ambassadors. A lot of people stopped to chat and pet them. One little girl who was walking with her mom pointed our way and said "Look mom! Are those Arabians?!" Her mom said she thought they were thoughobreds. 😆 Later on I tracked them down and gave them some Discovery Horse loot.

I spent a long time texting and chatting with the lady who ended up buying Shalimar. She knew she was going home with one but she couldn't decide.

She actually wanted to collude on a back alley deal but I told her I really want to stay in the good graces of the auction house.

Sure, there are ways we could have done it and only we would know but by this late in the game I just wanted to stick to the plan.

The day before the auction I met a young man out in the open arena. He rode decent, on his horse, so I asked him would he ride one of my greenies thru.

I throughly explained her training level and that I didn't get along with her or I would do it myself. I also suggested he take her to the covered pen.

But I was also very non-invasive to his process. I know how young men can be.

We go back to the stalls and he throws his saddle on the horse then takes her out to the open arena. My brain is exploding at this point because I was clear about what I expected out of the horse at her level and experience. All he really had to do, the next day, is w/t in a somewhat narrow run in front of the crowd. This really wasn't the time for "training" or being fancy.

While he rode the horse I talked to his grandpa. We have a lot of common friends. I also learned that the young man was in college. OK, cool.

I'm (painfully) watching the young man trying to ride my very green horse. He's leaning way over, the way you do on a broke horse that will try to stay under you. She didn't care. She was going straight and that was that. He starts pulling on her face, the snaffle is coming thru her mouth as she sets her neck. I'm thinking "yeah, I told you this isn't a broke horse so..."

He comes back and says "this horse doesn't know anything!" Well, actually I did tell you that and I'm just happy you didn't die, to be perfectly honest.

We take the horse back to the stalls and confirm that he'll sit on her and get her thru the sale. He agrees.

Now keep in mind that I've told him about the horse and the catalog ad and any other ad has always stated that she was green as grass. Nobody was trying to trick nobody.

The next morning I'm preparing the horses for the sale. Grooming, feeding, tying them to the stall fronts so people walking thru can see them.

The young man's grandpa comes over to me and says the young man can't ride my horse because she doesn't know anything. Grandpa suggests I walk the horse thru and she'll sell because of her color.

We all know that if you walk a rideable horse thru, that's going to lower your chance of anyone bidding.

I thanked him and was a bit dismissive because now I had to get the other rider.

My team and I got the rider set up and let her know that we were available for whatever she needed. I filled her in on the horse's training and what to expect and we were cool.

We get close to time for our horse to go thru and we get with our rider to ask do we need to get the horse because she was on another horse.

She says no, her cousin is riding the horse up from the barn. We kind of look at each other like "oh, Lord". lol But these are horse girls.

Cousin comes riding up on the horse and she must have been 10 years old or younger because she was little.

They switch horses and older cousin does fine in the ring. Honestly I was so impressed with the girls I didn't even "care" about the bid.

I paid the girls for riding my horse and told them thanks.

We sold "the black fillies" choice. One was in harness, ground driving. The other was saddle. They were both acting a little "different" than they normally do but that's too be expected. It was an exciting day.

The gelding was too young for tack so I walked/trotted him threw. He acted like it was 1980 something and we were at a Lasma sale. That sucker was gorgeous.

But, remember, everything we think is beautiful is weird and too much for most people. ðŸĪŠ

When it was time to go I saw two pairs of "tiny black ears" loaded onto a nice stock trailer.

tbc

11/20/2025

Continuing in sections because we all love suspense....

It's come time to speak about "the auction". I know you all have been waiting to hear my vile confessions of debauchery. You've hung on, with baited breath, just waiting for me to confess my sins. You've grown bored of me droning on and on about how the horse industry has worked for me thus far.

You might even think I'm trying to make myself look human by sharing these stories and experiences.

But the truth is, there are more stories. And I have never cared what anyone thinks or thought of me.

I hope that someone can gain power thru my sharing. That's it. I went thru the fire so you don't have to. What you do in your life is completely up to you.

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The horses who I took to the auction haf been for sale and advertised across the internet (to include social media and sales sites like Dream Horse) for some time. They were taken out into the public eye and even left at sister barns with lease options or options for up and coming trainers to "flip". A couple were for sale for maybe even years.

We had a series of unfortunate events happen in our private lives. Jokingly I saw that Hurricane Idalia was the physical manifestation of "my feelings" but that was just the start of the ðŸ’Đ storm and we all know that ðŸ’Đ rolls down hill.

I've had a good working relationship with the auction house for a number of years. They're really good at advertising your horse in a catalog sale. Oddly enough, when my horses were posted by the auction house, that's when my fellow Arabian horse enthusiasts seemed to notice my horses were for sale.

One lady used the auction house post to boost her blog on "How to Sell a Horse". The author admits that she hasn't sold a horse in a decade or more.

She also combed the internet and shared my sales ads from this page. She and several others admitted that they had seen the ads "over the years" but I had deleted a good many of them because now the horses were consigned and it's important to me to keep a good working relationship with the auction house.
So, come to the auction and be the bidder is my only advice now.

A few comments on the shared post told me to GIVE the horses to a rescue. Or "contact so and so, they'll help sell the horses to great homes". Or simply, k i l l myself because I'm a garbage human being for sending horses to the auction.

As if life wasn't hard enough. And as if I wasn't going to be at the end of the lead when I lead each horse out of the sales ring.

Another thing I want to point out is I did put a lot of thought into consignment. I even chose a time of year when these horses would be going to homes that had a good chance of having grass. I didn't dump them in the middle of nowhere with 3 feet of snow.

I recruited some friends to help me at the auction. They not only carried all of my crap to and from the horse trailer and stalls, they helped me bathe, feed, water, lead and talked up the horses to other attendees.

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They say that the market corrects itself if you let it. They say that if you put a really great product out there it will sell itself.

But with horses, we're selling a dream. A dream that, without horse slaughter, has no base price.

Anyone can set a price for a horse. Too high, people will pass you by. Too low, people will think they're getting screwed.

The average horse owner THINKS they don't ride the pedigree so they don't care if you spent hundreds of dollars registering your horse three ways to Sunday.

The auction house provides a location for horseman to congregate and make decisions based on their skills and their budget.

You may have to outbid the meat man but he already knows what his budget. He's calculating per horse per pound and if you're not a total idiot or completely rude, he's not going to run your bid up over his projected price.

He's in it for business. You're in it to purchase your next best friend.
If you can't go $50 over the meat man, what does that say about you?

People can't read and they only want something when it's truly unavailable to them. I can't tell you how many times I've...
11/19/2025

People can't read and they only want something when it's truly unavailable to them.

I can't tell you how many times I've had people inquire about a horse after I've posted about their sale (or death). These people will even comment on the most recent post and then immediately message me.

Them: "Can I get more information on that horse?"

Me: "Which horse?

Them: "The Appaloosa!"

Me:

Them: "I want the black one!"

Me:

Them: "What's his stud fee? I have really nice PAINT I want to breed. My budget is $300."

Me: "Literally, he's dead. If we had frozen any of his swimmers it would have cost in the thousands to cover an approved mare...."

Them: "I didn't know you had Arabians!"

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And sometimes people are shocked that I do exactly what I say I'm going to do.

People are shocked that I've sold horses.

People are shocked that I've showed up at events.

People are shocked I didn't show up at events.

People just walk around in a fog.

And that's ok.

Just hold up your end of the deal when you set up an appointment.

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In this day and age a lot of small breeders have full time jobs so when you are asking for multiple videos, photos, etc and so on, and you have no intention of buying a horse it's just not fair.

At some point people have to take responsibility for themselves.

You know that you've mentioned that you want to visit so keep in mind that the barn owner who has a full time job and a family has to carve out a block of time for you to visit. They probably even make their place hospitable and buy snacks.

When you don't call to reschedule you break that trust and it makes it really hard to say that you're the right home for the horse you're looking at.

When you show up to a place, knowing that you can't afford the purchase price, the additional training the horse may need or the transportation for the horse, you are misrepresenting yourself.

When you're looking at horses online, it's not super helpful to get into a debate about training techniques, the color of the horse, the weight of the rider.... just scroll on by if you're more interested in being a Rail Bird rather than a buyer.

I've bought horses off ONE pic and drove three states away to pick them up. I showed up with cash in hand and a horse trailer. That's a buyer!

I've bought horses from the sale barn who I saw go for a total of 4 minutes, max. That's a buyer.

If you're not comfortable with buying a horse off another ad you're welcome to bring a friend, get a PPE, talk to your husband. Whatever you have to do. But I'll tell you what, nobody knows what you want more than you do. You just have to be completely honest with yourself and forget about what other people will say when you bring your new horse home.

I'll be the first to admit that I can't answer questions and I can't write stunning sales ads.

You know why?

Because it's all bull ðŸ’Đ.

There are so many ways to answer a question.

Let's just use "does he go English" for example. Well ma'am are you simply asking if he'll carry an English saddle? You see he's wearing a 12 inch child's western saddle and the child is "plow reining". So throwing your Wintec up there while you yank and pull over some PVC jumps in your backyard probably translates.

Or are you asking if you can throw a flat saddle and double bridle on him so you can fly around the next CEP class at rated show?

Or do you want to know what level of Dressage he's into?

I can't answer how the horse will work out in YOUR herd. I can't tell you how many cookies to feed this horse. I can't tell you how y'alls personalities will mesh.

I expect something different from my horses. Just because *I* don't mesh with them or *I* have them for sale, that doesn't mean YOU are getting screwed.

I could go on all day but I won't. Just trust me when I say that YOU need to come see the horse.

And remember, that horse is for sale until you and I have exchanged funds.

And sometimes the horses luck out and end up with people who actually understand what it takes to make a great horse.Her...
11/18/2025

And sometimes the horses luck out and end up with people who actually understand what it takes to make a great horse.

Here's baby Omen with his ma and a bonus pic of Omen when he was at home. Learning about tack before he went on to his new life.

His ma loved him from his first photos, made a plan to bring him home, make him comfortable, let him grow up and then worked with a trainer so they could live happily ever after.

She's also really good about sharing her horse with the world, which goes with the story about selling horses.

From this giant foal crop of 2, I'm still in contact with Tyr (Royal's) family as well.

Tyr's ma isn't on social media but we text. If you remember, she started her journey with Clinton Anderson..... now she's doing a lot of liberty stuff.

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If you love our horses the way we love our horses, tell the world.

Most of my posts get 200+ views, which isn't a whole lot but had 200 people shared a "horse for sale" post or mentioned our farm to their friend, imagine how many horses would be sold before things got "desperate".

(I don't think the Facebook counter works like it's supposed to because in the admin screen it will sometimes tell me there are no comments or views when I know there are comments and views. )

*I was working an event a few years ago where we had hired a food truck to attend. Normally, a food truck is a vendor and they would pay a vendor fee.

This guy didn't want to pay the fee. He just wanted to barrage my team with questions. This wasn't his first event, part of the reason I hired him.

My team was overwhelmed and I was getting short with him so he popped off with "I am not your adversary my dear!" To which I replied, "Well! I wish you were because they are talking about our event and gaining interest!"

So, you see, it really doesn't matter if you're sitting behind your keyboard waiting for someone to fail. If you're talking about a situation and bringing attention to a situation, you're attracting a wide variety of personalities.

Don't make yourself look like a Hee Haw when you're trying to make a Swamp Donkey look bad.

This happened in 2013, no need to share. This is part of the story that I'm telling you about selling horses. These hor...
11/16/2025

This happened in 2013, no need to share. This is part of the story that I'm telling you about selling horses.

These horses were sold to an affluent [d o c t o r] who thought he wanted to do a little breeding and then figured out it was a lot of work.

He called "the local horse rescue" to get some lessons for his daughter, using a minimally handled horse he just had stored for the past 10+ years.

Depending on how Facebook wants to show you today, I've included SS of the original post as well as c/p. Or you can go to my personal page to relive the horror.

** As of today, 11/16/2025 The local rescue nor the mysterious rescue in PA stepped up to help these horses in any way.

The Mr. & Mrs. Owner who we had to rescue them from never contacted us after this incident and they are still living in our community.

>>> Keep in mind, was all happening while I was taking over the 20+ horses from the SOBA herd.

But as "their breeder" (by association), even though i wasn't around nor did I have at part in the original sale, I couldn't watch these horses suffer.

Not every horse sold at auction end with a horror story. Here's Shalimar at his new home with his mule best friend. Th...
11/15/2025

Not every horse sold at auction end with a horror story.

Here's Shalimar at his new home with his mule best friend. There are other horses in the pasture to choose as friends but maybe this one reminds him of Rooster the most.

He's owned by an Arabian enthusiast who plans to send him to a trainer in the spring. They may dabble in driving as well.

Bonus pics of Shalimar's parents Meisha & Saham

11/09/2025

I'm back from a much needed staycation.

I was hoping to tighten up my story with new information and I'm happy to say that I do have some "news" to add to this long drawn out story that I'm telling y'all.

In case this is the first post (of the story) or you forgot we're in the middle of a story, click my mane and scroll back a few posts to catch up. 😊

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So, in 2018 we were feeling pretty good about getting some horses bred. It was also bitter sweet because we knew certain horses were aging out and wouldn't be with us.

We also knew that we had to face the reality of our children going on to live their lives so they couldn't help with the horses as much. We did rely on "the kids" to partake in our little part of the horse industry because they chose to ride growing up and since they were too young to have jobs, feeding up and learning how to start colts, put miles on horses, etc, was an exchange for the money going out.

I hope that they were also able to use horses to stimulate their minds and stay healthy with physical activity.

I had always kind of planned to "cull" a few from those we had bred but it takes time to see how the foal crop develops AND we were facing having to put some down due to very serious health issues.

*I understand that if you have one horse with one (or multiple) issues, it's a lot easier to maintain THAT horse.

When you have multiple horses with a variety of issues, maybe even some issues seeming "minor" from where you are sitting, it's more humane to let them go a day too early rather than six months too late.*

Please re-read that.

When you have a [breeding or schooling] program you need a variety of horses. Personalities and bloodlines are what make up your business.

A lot of people are shocked when they ask how many horses I have and I've said that I had to pull 40 Coggins some years.

That's across multiple farms. Our horses are always moving around because we are fortunate enough to have sister farms three hours away in any direction. Our horses can literally "come to you".

I have always given youth the opportunity to either own one of my "culled" horses outright OR I've tried to work with young people who want to be trainers by working deals with them to put 30-60 days on a horse that's already started and we'd take it to a catalog sale and make some money.

It's getting harder and harder to find youth who will take a horse thru YOUR program. All they have to do is ride and present your farm.

But they all want to ride horses that are already broke.

OR

They want to barrel race your fancy high stepping Arab that was bred to trot and/or pull a buggy.

And these kids are not only wishy washy know it alls. They will disrespect you right to your face without even thinking about it.

But, to be fair, there are a lot of adults who do the same.
...Some would say that my love language is "gifting". If you tell me you like something I have I'm going to probably give it to you or order you one.

I feel like a lot of people don't understand the gifts they receive because they don't have to work for them.

For example, one of the horses I brought to the auction, I didn't necessarily get along with. Our personalities just didn't mesh.

She had a TON of ground work and I sat on her in the round pen a few times. All someone had to do is ride her.

I couldn't get these kids to even sit on her. All they wanted to do is look at her pretty color and feed her cookies.

I took her to the auction and had three different people get on her without even batting an eye. The youngest was 8 years old and she rode her thru the barns. The oldest was probably 18 and he rode her in the unfenced arena outside in the open.

When she was with the kid we hired at home, I had gone to the barn to check in, asked the kid were they riding her .... they said no because they weren't getting paid. The deal was we were going to take her to a catalog sale and split the money. That kid wasn't even paying to feed the horse or anything.

Little did they know, I had $400 in my pocket to pay for some ride time on that horse but after that attitude I pretty much just brought the horse home.

And I wasn't trying to fool with the horse anymore even though after I pulled her home alla sudden "everyone" wanted her.

Be the bidder I say

11/05/2025

I know that Facebook and tiny human brains reward posts with pics but I feel they can be distracting and take away from the message.

I'm a big fan of K.I.S.S.

My horses and I have had blogs and poems written about us for YEARS, usually based off photos I've posted and nothing to do with "the message".

That's when I decided to start posting out of focus, from a distance, photos. A little tongue in check, but that's my personality.

Feel free to click on our farm name to view past posts and photos.

Feel free to use the Facebook search engine to see if we have a post on a topic that interests you.

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Horses seem to be on a whole different time line, right?

We don't notice ourselves age as we realize that they are "getting older".

We don't care for our own health with the accuracy that we care for them.

I've watched so many people "age out" before they had the chance to really accomplish what they wanted to do, seemingly.

I want to give people their flowers. I want to recognize that even if they feel like they didn't reach their goal they certainly made an impact.

As they say "the PURSUIT of happiness". I hope it was a wonderful, fulfilling ride, your life.

You may look on the work bench and see all the unfinished projects but the world sees what you have put out there. The true artists know "there is more". It's ok to rest.

And I believe that's one way people find themselves in a hoarding situation.

They collect all the materials and put them on the shelf "until the right time". Of course there are so many variables that step in front of "the right time" so you have to choose to either love the raw material or the process.

And sometimes you have to scrap it all or sell your very best piece even though you don't want to.

I would say that the majority of us here at my sister farms were feeling pretty good in 2018 so we made a big decision to go ahead with some breedings.

An urgency to that was that some of our stock was aging out so there was a bit of "now or never" implied.

I feel like the good ones are never used enough. The true outcrosses and the classic horses that everyone claims they want are often passed up.

But if we get them born they'll at least be available for someone to find.

The problem is, not everything born is going to be usable for every program.

Back in the day, ("big") breeders would breed foals in the double or even triple digits. They would select the ones they think will work for them and then cull a good number of the rest.

This could mean they were sent to the auction, "given to families with kids", or even taken out behind the barn and disposed of.

They were not sent to rescues to "live out their days".

So, on a small and personal scale, a small breeder may breed less than 10 (closer to 2 or 5), and have a deep personal relationship with the horse.

We small breeders know we have to rotate stock for the health of the horse but it's harder, even with a business plan and common sense.

And we humans are aging in real time, often have a FT job, and a human family to take care of.

That's another way people start hoarding. Society makes them feel guilty for breeding in the first place and then they feel like they can't do anything with the horses so the shame, guilt and fear keeps the horse owner in the house and the horse industry ends up with 40 unhandled but well bred and beautiful aged project horses that now need to be rescued.

When you peep in on what we do her, specifically, I'm going to say you're pretty damm lucky to get one of our horses because but only are they bred correctly, they have some damm sense and have been handled.

If you feel like you want to put that horse thru training again, knowing that they've been handled, ridden, driven, that's not a negotiable cost of our asking price.

The additional training you do is YOUR piece of mind and YOUR insurance. And it doesn't bother me one bit.

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