Living the Dream Equestrian

Living the Dream Equestrian I offer quality boarding with personal care to every horse. treating horses as if they are our own

Merry Christmas from all of us at Living the Dream! Hope everyone is having a wonderful day 🎄💕
12/25/2024

Merry Christmas from all of us at Living the Dream! Hope everyone is having a wonderful day 🎄💕

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at the farm! We are so grateful for our friends and family! 💕🦃
11/28/2024

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at the farm! We are so grateful for our friends and family! 💕🦃

Oh Smokey. You were an amazing horse. You and I traveled 1,000's of miles across this country together. You baby sat goa...
11/20/2024

Oh Smokey. You were an amazing horse. You and I traveled 1,000's of miles across this country together. You baby sat goats, weanlings and anything else I asked of you. Your presence is greatly missed. I miss your whinny every time I came to the barn. But I had to make the choice to let you go with dignity and strength. Love you old man. Run free ❤️‍🩹 🐎

The "red heads" went home yesterday! I was very proud of both of them, just walking right on the trailer and standing th...
11/17/2024

The "red heads" went home yesterday! I was very proud of both of them, just walking right on the trailer and standing there while we chatted some. They came a long way in the short time they were here. I feel confident in their foundation, and knsk they cam continue on to be solid Equine citizens through life.

All the babies had a little spa day today. The "red heads" as we have started calling them, continue to impress me. They...
10/22/2024

All the babies had a little spa day today. The "red heads" as we have started calling them, continue to impress me. They let me rinse their full bodies the first day! Not anything stressful for them, if you do things slow. Maggie was standing tied letting her conditioner soak (she has had a few more baths in her life). Little building blocks, each day, create a solid foundation.

The art of standing tied. This is such a valuable lesson for so many reasons. What better time than now!
10/15/2024

The art of standing tied. This is such a valuable lesson for so many reasons. What better time than now!

I borrowed from a friend. But this really spoke to me right now. Last year was all about coming and showing finally, doi...
10/06/2024

I borrowed from a friend. But this really spoke to me right now. Last year was all about coming and showing finally, doing what I loved and seeing where we stood. This year with breeding my main show horse, I "took myself out of the game". Can't wait to get back at it with a new string in the next year or so, as these babies hit the ground and can get back to riding. We WILL be back 💕

I took my self out of the game.

I took myself out of the game when I chose to breed my good horse, the only competitive horse I had.

I took myself out of the game when I chose to ride under someone and be behind the scenes to further my skill and education

I took myself out of the game when I sold everything I had except for an un-started 2 year old

I took myself out of the game when I decided to put my family first during a really difficult time

I took myself out of the game when I pursued a career. A career that for a year took up 98% of my time.

I took myself out of the game when I mentally couldn’t handle the dedication and commitment playing the game required.

I took myself out of the game for way longer than I planned to.

And the game goes on, whether you’re playing it or not. There will always be other players ready to take your spot the second you pull back on the reins.

The people that used to cheer for me no longer do, the friends that used to encourage me no longer find me worth their time, the people that used to say they missed seeing me, no longer care to see me show up.

But the thing about the game, is that IT NEVER STOPS. And the beautiful part of it all, is that you can always choose to play again.

You may have chosen to take yourself out of it, but you can always choose to put yourself back in.

Choose to play again. Choose to come back to it, to find your love for it again. It’s okay to take yourself out. It’s okay to water other gardens and play other games, sometimes you need to. Sometimes those things are more important.

But the cool thing about this particular game.. you can always choose to play again.

It may be scary and a little more lonely than what you remember, and there may be no one that cares that you’re there, but YOU care that you’re there. And your HORSE cares that your there. And that’s all that matters.

Choose to play again.
Choose to show up.
Choose to try.
Choose to be brave, and strong.
Choose to be excited to be back at the bottom. No expectations, a clean slate. Choose to love the journey, YOUR journey, because it made you who you are.
Choose to play the game to the best of your ability no matter what happens, no matter what people say, no matter who cares that you’re there, because the comeback is always stronger than the set back.

-Lauren Ritter

We want to welcome Cheyenne and Sonya to the farm here. They came in for "baby bootcamp"! Time to learn how to be a resp...
10/06/2024

We want to welcome Cheyenne and Sonya to the farm here. They came in for "baby bootcamp"! Time to learn how to be a respectful and well mannered Equine. They are by Almightys Whizdom, (the sir of Josie's baby she is in foal with), so you know they are smart and good minded. I'm excited to work with these little kids.

Always a good thing for them to learn patience and how to stand quiet, even at a young age. I always start in small dose...
09/19/2024

Always a good thing for them to learn patience and how to stand quiet, even at a young age. I always start in small doses; she was tied for about 5 minutes, and released when she was standing quiet. You can see she she was rinsed and had a partial bath prior to this as well. Best thing we can do is teach them to be solid citizens from the very beginning ❤️🐎

09/17/2024

Both mares had great 120 day ultrasounds today!! I know it's not always normal to ultrasound at this time, but with the journey we had getting them in foal, wanted to keep an eye on these babies. Everyone looks great and healthy!
First video is Josie's; Sherlocksironclass in foal to Almightys Whizdom
Second video is Cat, Docs Blue Highbrow in foal to Red White n Smooth.
So excited for these crosses next spring!! 💕🐎

We have another good heartbeat check to celebrate! The path that we had to take with Cat, was not what we had planned; b...
06/18/2024

We have another good heartbeat check to celebrate! The path that we had to take with Cat, was not what we had planned; but we have made the best of the situation. Nto to make a long story, but between falling in love with this mare in February of 2023 when I hauled her to a friend in OK, to her getting bred to a stud I loved and would have bred to without question, to unfortunate circumstances coming up for the family that she became for sale. I jumped at the opportunity to purchase her and have a foal this March by both of them... she unfortunately lost the foal 2 weeks before her due date 😪 we took some time and healed, and starting breeding her back. So thankful for the team on Texas to help us get semen any day we needed it, and have come through with a successful breeding. For whatever reason we were not meant to have her baby this year, but now look forward to 2 mommas and babies playing in the field spring of 2025!!

I have been dying to be able to make this post! Josie is checked in foal, with a heartbeat, the Almightys Whizdom! We ha...
06/11/2024

I have been dying to be able to make this post! Josie is checked in foal, with a heartbeat, the Almightys Whizdom!
We have had a bit of a struggle to get to this point, this breeding season hasn't been the easiest, for sure. I am so excited to have Josie be a momma; she will be a great one I'm sure. 💗

I was surprised by a package this afternoon. Josie and I won the L1 Ranch Riding Championship for the Florida Quarter Ho...
05/09/2024

I was surprised by a package this afternoon. Josie and I won the L1 Ranch Riding Championship for the Florida Quarter Horse Association last year. This mare had really stepped up and gave her all for me last year. She has a heart that many can only hope to find in our lives. I am so proud of her. Was an amazing year showing.

Since I had to be out of town this past week, I asked Steve Graycheck to ride and show Josie for me at the Florida Ranch...
01/14/2024

Since I had to be out of town this past week, I asked Steve Graycheck to ride and show Josie for me at the Florida Ranch and Cutting Club AQHA VRH Horse show for me today. They had a nice ranch riding run and got her another point! Was fun to watch someone else ride and show a horse I have trained.

Moved into Florida Gulf Coast show yesterday! Josie feels good, we start showing tomorrow! This is a beautiful facility,...
01/02/2024

Moved into Florida Gulf Coast show yesterday! Josie feels good, we start showing tomorrow! This is a beautiful facility, I feel blessed to get the opportunity to show here along with some amazing horseman.

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