Ruby Mountain Horses

09/21/2023

Fall 🍂

06/26/2023

The days are long and the years are short which is why there are some moments worth slowing down for.

04/18/2023

Friends, followers, and everyone in between, I need your help.I am kicking off Year 2 of Ruby Mountain Horses and I want to hear from YOU‼️

What do you want to see this year? 👀

For those of you who don’t know:
🔆I am located in Spring Creek, NV.
🔆I have lesson horses.
🔆I offer private lessons for kids ages 2 and up.

My goals and thoughts for this year:
🔆1 group lesson/class per month on different topics- I have lots of ideas.

🔆My social media presence is severely lacking so I do have a goal of sharing more pictures, advice and mistakes made.

You can never have enough goals and ideas 💡

What are some things you would like to see from Ruby Mountain Horses this year?

Comment below👇

07/30/2022

I don’t know who needs to hear this today but I feel the need to say it.

HORSEMANSHIP IS A JOURNEY.

No matter your background, discipline, and experience level you will have good days and bad days. You will feel on top of the world and down in trenches.

The bottom line is you are where you are with your horse and that’s okay. Keep moving forward and keep looking back at where you started.

It’s easy to feel discouraged when you see others achieving goals you have yet to achieve. BUT remember comparison is the thief of joy. Remember the only way to get where you want to be is to keep moving forward, backwards, left and right.

Embrace your journey and fall in love with the process 💫

07/05/2022

Here are a few of our photos from the shoot for Ruby Mountain Living magazine.

07/05/2022

Bess & Wyatt ✨
This one is close to my heart. I was once told that this little mare was “unridable”.
When Bess and I met she was a broodmare. She was as wild as domesticated horses come. I recall during branding she actually jumped over the stocks. She was not even halterbroke.
I met Bess during a summer out in the pasture. I spent everyday with Bess and a band of 30 broodmares, a beautiful stud and their foals. Every single one by the end of the summer was in my pocket. Every one except for Bess.
Fast forward to 6 years later and Meet Bess a 13 yr old mare with a heart of gold. This picture says a lot but to me I see my 5 year old son and an old trusty mare named Bess.

06/18/2022

Check out Miss Sunshine trailer loading💫

Thoughts about trailering:
Trailering can be tricky at best and downright dangerous most of the time especially when working with a reactive horse.

Imagine trailering from a horses perspective, you are asking a prey animal to willingly step into a metal box meant to trap them. That metal box creaks and moves with each step. Once they step into trailer jail you tie them up and make them stand still. Then you proceed to lock them in the jail cell and close the slats and trailer door. They are then expected to not act like a prey animal and instead stand quietly and let you drive them down the road at highway speeds. Meanwhile everything is moving and they have to focus on their feet and keep their balance without falling down during any hard braking or sharp turns. During that drive they are exposed to every sound of the human world. Some include the road noise, traffic, construction, motorcycles, bicyclists, pedestrians, and speed bumps. After all that is said and done you unload them from the trailer into an unknown area that is usually completely out of your control and usually full of people, sounds, and other animals ie the vet, a rodeo, a trailhead etc. Then we saddle them and make them work harder..

And we wonder why most horses hate the trailer.

✨Click on the pictures below for how to trailer load your horse.

06/02/2022

☀️Meet Ruby Mountain Horses, LLC ☀️
Today we made the front page of our local magazine Ruby Mountain Living. So blessed to be apart of this amazing community and teach horsemanship here!

04/22/2022

❄️Looks like December is back here at the RMH barn❄️

All lessons are cancelled for the day.
Stay warm out there!

04/21/2022

Miss Sunshine ☀️

“When you can’t find the sunshine, be the sunshine.”

03/06/2022

Thought of the day brought to you by Bess:

"A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water." - Carl Reiner

03/04/2022

03/04/2022

Dash ✨
6 year old Bay Gelding Quarter Horse
Working hard on Walk/Trot transitions at the Horse Palace ✨

03/04/2022

🌻Sunshine🌻
5 year old Buckskin Quarter Horse
Working on desensitizing her to the saddle pad and saddle🐎

03/04/2022

🌺Bess
12 year old Bay Mare Quarter Horse
This sweet mare and I are working on liberty in the round pen🌺