Heather Johnson Dressage

09/04/2025

Farm for sale! Great seller, great realtor! 😊

09/03/2025

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08/31/2025

Totally agree! I’m lucky that this gem is along my travels. SO YUMMY!!! 🤩

Krista’s Restaurant in Cornish, Maine is one of the state's best hidden gems. Set right on the river in a historic mill, it serves up hearty dishes made with fresh, local ingredients. The menu is stacked with comfort food favorites, creative specials, and desserts worth saving room for. Pair it with a cocktail or craft beer, and enjoy the cozy, eclectic decor that makes the place feel like home. With friendly service and incredible food, Krista’s is a must when you’re in Cornish.

08/30/2025

🙌♥️

08/29/2025

New, fun, sweet training buddy!!! 🥰 Guess his breed…

08/28/2025

The butt scratch 😆 (video credit: Tammy McDonnell)

08/25/2025

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I did not write this, but everyone needs to see it...

When we rush our horses in their training, we aren't expediting their fitness or building muscles faster - we are breaking them down and rushing to a place that will require more veterinary intervention, more alternative therapies, more time off, more risk of injury, more wear and tear on the fragile structures, and a quicker end to the riding career and soundness of our equine partners.

You cannot rush fitness, you cannot rush collection, suppleness, relaxation, it's impossible. Wherever you do rush and cut corners, you will end up with holes and issues in other areas of your riding and the overall health and welfare of your horse.

Don't want to take the time to teach your horse to collect, and instead just force him into a false frame? Well, you're going to be stuck with fixing the slew of problems that come with the tension that was just created.

Don't want to work your way up the scale to create true endurance and stamina? You now risk your horse pulling a muscle or injuring themselves from overexertion and being pushed too hard for too long when the body simply isn't ready for that workload.

Don't want to get a saddle fitted to your horse? Your horse will suffer the consequences of altering his posture and way of going to alleviate the pressure and pain caused by something that isn't suited to his build, even going so far as risking injury to yourself when he can't pick up his feet enough, causing a stumble which can be catastrophic.

Don't want to do boring small jumps to build up to the larger ones? You risk your horse not being able to find a good take-off spot, knocking rails, refusing and even crashing through the jump. You will also make the horse more nervous, anxious and again, tense and sometimes unwilling to jump again.

Don't want to waste time working up the scale of collection to achieve the proper head set without force? Let's just throw a harsher bit in his mouth, maybe tie the nose shut with both noseband and flash to get him into "frame". You've now lost all relaxation, the wrong muscles are activated and depending on how deep you yank the horses face in will determine if he's even able to swallow. Tension throughout the jaw and neck translate all the way to the hind legs, so zero collection is possible, even the slightest bit of engagement and lift of the back cannot be achieved.

Rushing will lead you nowhere except to more problems that could've been avoided had you taken the proper time for development.

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📸 Hubby

08/24/2025

Amen 🫶

08/23/2025

Cuteness factor off the charts 🥰✨

08/22/2025

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08/21/2025

For sale: “Balou” 🤩…Contact Alexandra Nason with interest.