Five Horses, LLC

09/15/2024

We have a few boarding spots open. Contact us for your needs to see if you are a fit.

08/29/2024

08/28/2024

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08/01/2024

See what we are up to lately at the barn!

Passionate about the root cause of health issues! Join me in discovering and understanding more of the many facets of human, animal, and plant functions. With the 1 million (no exaggeration) pets that I have owned, lessons have been learned. I hope you won’t have to learn the HARD way as I have ma...

02/11/2024

🌟🌟Word of the Day: INTEGRITY🌟🌟
Today I wanted to talk about integrity. It's an essential quality that shapes our character and defines who we are. Having integrity means consistently doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.

The reason I LOVE horses so much is they don't LIE!

Who here has been held accountable by a horse?? If you aren't PRESENT with them in the moment, they are so good at bringing you back.

I would love to hear if a horse taught you something below!👇💬

05/29/2023

https://youtu.be/Bwl4ZWVoCDw

Young Living gives us so many great products - for FREE! Don't miss out. Here are some ideas of how to use these items at the barn with your animals and fo...

05/27/2023

This is a simpler version of a fly spray if anyone wants to try it. Mine has much more in it!

04/21/2023

We have a girl! Thinking Jacinta since it’s April 21st.

04/03/2023

Save the date!
Open house.
Saturday April 8th
3-5pm

02/22/2023

Barnabus I will miss you guarding the gates and those big foot prints in the sand, knowing you were protecting the barn! Loyalty is such a great characteristic. Hoping you will be at the gates of Heaven to greet me with Jesus! It always seemed so much like a celebration EVERY time you saw me. 😢. Until we meet again, you will be missed.

07/02/2022

We wanted to let students know, that we unexpectedly lost Merlin this week. He had a fabulous morning with a group riding lesson and was found later in the afternoon, peacefully at rest.

We know many of you had a special affection for him and that he taught you many things. If you would like to join us in sharing some of those moments and pictures, it will help us grieve together.

02/09/2022

It was a sad, sad day last week at Five Horses when we lost
one of our beloved icons. Feather's loss was tragically unexpected. It is heart-wrenching for all of us in the Five Horses' tribe and we are all still struggling to gain some sort of acceptance in this loss. She is already missed in the deepest way.

Feather will forever be remembered for her huge heart,
hilarious antics, and her beautiful soul. She was such a dynamic personality. For some, she was the gentle giant who showed them how to quiet their internal loudness. She challenged others to be steadfast in their goals and stand with confidence, no easy feat with a horse her size. She was well-known for having the smoothest gaits of any horse at the ranch and for being a truly trustworthy trail horse.

Megan, Feather’s human mom, says this: “She saved my life.
It’s really that simple. She gave me the confidence I needed to become the person I needed to be. She gave me the courage to demand the respect I deserved from others in my life. Feather opened the door into a whole new life for me—a life at Five Horses with a tribe of people I never knew I needed, but so deeply did. Right now I’m broken, but she taught me how to be strong so I know I’ll find some way through this”.

I’d like to invite you all to share some of your favorite memories and/or pictures of Feather. Just to get the ball rolling, here are a few to start with:

The day she got so mad she JUMPED out of the round pen while working online.

That time she sat on the gate and broke it.

The time she knocked over a sapling in her paddock by itching on it.

The times she stood quietly just sharing time and being still with you.

How wonderful a mother she was to Prim.

12/31/2021

We plan to proceed to 2022 with Intent. Come on out to Five Horses for an Intention Workshop. It's BOGO so you can bring a friend!
Registration is open now: https://www.schedulicity.com/scheduling/FHLDUL/workshops

12/31/2021

Let's start the year off right--together! Join us Saturday, January 15th to learn more about cooking with essential oils. Please follow this link to save your spot today: https://www.schedulicity.com/scheduling/FHLDUL/workshops

12/30/2021

January's pattern will require riders to focus their intent to successfully guide their horses through the pattern variations. Horses can feel riders' intent, so it's vital to focus on being present and having a plan throughout the ride.

11/11/2021

We all want our pets to be as relaxed and stress free as Barnabas and Kaplan. But the reality is, many house pets deal with stress every day, some more than others. Come learn how we can utilize the properties of essential oils to help our fur babies overcome anxiety over the holiday season this Saturday in the barn!

https://facebook.com/events/s/essential-oils-with-animals/422858522832162/

11/03/2021

November's Pattern of the Month!

This pattern has several different levels of difficulty.

Level 1 – Riders begin between the bottom two cones and ride across the trot poles, through the cone pair at the top and around to the side for the weave pattern. The 4 guide poles laying vertically act as guide poles for straightness.

Level 2 – riders follow the outside of cones to do large serpentines, traveling across the vertical guide poles and passing through the horizontal trot poles.

Level 3 – modified Clover Leaf. Riders begin at the bottom pair of cones as they did in Level 1. Travel over the 3 horizontal trot poles and turn right at the 2nd pair of cones. Trot a large circle (20 meter might be easiest) so they travel over the 2 vertical trot poles and circle back to the cone pair. Pattern repeats in reverse from there. **riders can increase difficulty by adding sections of canter

11/03/2021

As we head into the holiday season it is more important than ever that you pause to take some time to invest in a little self-care. Scars are reminders of pains from the past--wouldn't you like to be rid of that pesky scar so you can move forward into a fresh new year scar-free?

This is a special recipe using essential oils from Young Living specifically geared towards ridding you of that unwanted scar or blemish.

**Special Note--check-in with Shannon to hear about her progress on Nix's leg scars using this recipe!

10/25/2021

Riders! Don't forget to sign up for our Spooktacular Groundwork De-Sensitizing Workshop this Saturday from 3-4pm, with an equine costume contest afterwards! Sign up online.

Details and a link are also available in the newsletter that went out on the 7th. Hope to see you there!

10/14/2021

Rainy days like today are still great days to ride... inside! Come ride TRU, a full-sized horse simulation machine capable of performing movements like:

Walk
Trot
Canter
Half pass
Leg yield
Passage
Piaffe
Pirouette
Flying changes
Shoulder in

Visit www.fivehorses.com to schedule your next lesson on TRU.

10/07/2021

Check out this month's pattern! It offers 5 different pattern options using a simple set up of cones and trot poles. These patterns focus on precision riding skills like changing direction while maintaining gait, serpentines and rider etiquette when working the pattern with multiple riders.

We will be posting a new variation of the pattern each week this month.

Pattern #3
Pattern #3 incorporates a serpentine pattern longways up
and down the arena. Have riders start on the rail, ride down the
quarter line and by the cones, turn and ride up the centerline
over the ground poles, turn and ride down the quarter line, then end by riding up the rail again. Once the riders have ridden the pattern one or two times you could add in 2-point between the cones and over the poles. For extra challenge, you could progress
to trotting. For very beginner trotters I would suggest adding in the trot between the cones first. For more advanced trot riders you could have them trot the full pattern and reinforce appropriate posting diagonals and add in the 2-point.

Use the cones at each end of the centerline as visual markers for your riders to look towards when they are riding over the poles. This will give them something to look at instead of looking down at the poles as they are riding over them

Pattern #2
Once the riders have practiced the circles at their current gait, you can add in 2point during certain quarters. Start with one-quarter of 2-point then you could progress to half a circle, three quarters, then a full circle (easy measurable outcome).

Pattern #1

In this pattern, riders start in between two poles then start tracking around the corresponding cones to make a circle. You can play ‘follow the leader’ around the circle. Once riders have done a few circles going one direction, they can ‘park’ in between the other poles and track the other way around the other corresponding cones. This pattern can be done with two riders and is a great way for riders to learn how to pass each other by having the poles as guides as ‘lanes’ to stay in.

*Do the riders have circles fairly well mastered? Remove cones 1 and 3 on each side to give less visual guides for a circle.

Fun variations: Riders can count the number of steps between the poles and cone 1, then cone 1 and 2, then 2 and 3, then 3 and the pole. Were the number of steps the same? Were they different in each quarter? What does it mean when there were a lot more steps in one quarter than the others? Count the steps in each quarter at the walk then at the trot and compare.

If you have two riders have them each count the steps their horses take in each quarter and then compare. Do they see a correlation between the number of steps and the size of horse?

https://hooffallsandfootfalls.com/five-patterns-for-simple-setup

10/05/2021

As we head into the holiday season it is more important than ever that you pause to take some time to invest in a little self-care. This is one of our Fall Favorites--a combination of pumpkin and essential oils🥰

Did you know that pumpkin is packed with fruit enzymes and alpha hydroxy acids that increase cell turnover leaving the skin brighter and smoother? Or that pumpkin has Vitamins A and C that soften and smooth the skin and may boost collagen production?

Pumpkin has a small chemical structure that penetrates deep in the skin, bringing all of the benefits with it.

Worried about acne? Pumpkin seeds are a delicious source of zinc, which regulates hormone levels and controls oil on the skin. They also contain Vitamin E and essential fatty acids, which are necessary to maintain skin barrier function and regulate oily output.

Trust me on this DIY. You have never had such buttery soft and smooth skin. Are you going to try it? Here's to fall y'all!

09/29/2021

Great visual. So when riding our dressage pattern this month, which of these things would help you improve the most?

09/04/2021

Sunset ride group last night and now sunrise group this morning with new patterns for the month ❤️