Here's my little cowboy! This was taken at a mounted shooting event in Connecticut a month or two ago.

We are hoping to fit in a mounted shooting practice this Sunday. Had tentatively planned to go to a clinic on Long Island that day, just too much going on here tho to get away for the day. We may also be having a practice at Malibu Dude Ranch next week.


On a sad note, we have had a major loss in our family. Tony Enslin, husband to Robs sister Alison, passed away in his sleep this past weekend. Your thoughts and prayers for his family are much needed and appreciated. He has four children, and he was very much loved by all of us.


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My trip to do horse dentistry in Illinois will begin on July 25th ( we'll hit some spots in western PA ) and we'll head home on/around the 31st-1st. Looking forward to seeing my family, and to visiting with all of my clients.

Got some pictures of the QH mare Rain and of the Paso X QH Gelding Achilles. Both are doing very well and both will make great horses for someone.


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We have in a total of 8 new horses here this week. The black & white Paso Fino gelding Scout came in yesterday morning for a two week tune up while his owners take a summer trip, and I pretty much hit the trail right away with him. Today the farrier is here ( thank goodness the heat wont be as bad today ) I'm hoping to get most of the new horses worked today- over the past two days we were down a bit on getting everyone worked- just too hot out! Still, I think we got 7-9 horses worked yesterday, and will get to more than that today.

The 'mini clinic' with the Massage Therapist went well yesterday- the Equissage Unit is wonderful, we could really see how it would be beneficial to our horses.

Here is a pic of Kings Ransom, he and his mama are doing very well. He sure does gait.

We're hoping to get some hay done. It's been frustrating- they've called for rain almost everyday- and it hasn't rained- we could have had most of our hay in, but what do you do. With luck we will get to it soon.






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Robbie and I are finally home from our journey. The PFHA Youth Leadership Camp went extremely well. We had 11 youth attend the camp and they were all fantastic kids.

Kat did finally foal out, had a lovely dark bay/black colt with a star. He is gorgeous and already is gaiting up a storm.

Got in 7 new horses yesterday. Two are Coloso offspring out of a black and white Amadeus mare.One is a pinto, the other a very unique chestnut. I'll be getting them under saddle and then putting them up for sale. These boys are really nice and I'm looking forward to working with them. Two others are a QH Gelding and a TB X Paint gelding that are here for training. There is a Tenn Walker mare that I picked up from Allentown last night that is her for training, and the last two are sale horses. One is a lovely 9 yr old QH mare, a 'husband safe' horse who is great on the trail and in the ring. ( owner is asking $2000 for her and it's a great price for this horse) The other is a two year old Paso X QH, he is a lovely guy buckskin, gelding. He has had a fair amount of ground work, has had a saddle on and has had a lot of lunging and rope work under his belt. She would like $1500 for him.

The two Mountain Horses who have been here for training go home today. They have been wonderful to work with and we are happy sending them home well started and ready to work. 


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Hadn't realized it had been so long since I'd made a post on here. Right now I am sitting at a hotel in Lexington Virginia. Robbie and Anni Shaffer are with me, and we plan to hit the road in the morning for Lexington Kentucky. We were in Virginia for the Mason Dixon Spectacular Show, and we are going to Kentucky for the kids to participate in the PFHA Youth Camp.

The show in Virginia went very well. Nicole rode both Cardillo and Pastor, Rose rode Pastor, Alaina rode Jose and I showed Cardillo in trail and JQ in Performance Stallions and all of us have blue ribbons to take home. The horses were very good, and we were pleased with them. We did host another Extreme Cowboy Race on Saturday evening. It was a hoot, had around 10 entries, and provided good entertainment for all the folks enjoying dinner/party up in the stands. Jim and the gang ( Alaina, Rose and Nicole, along with Cardillo and Jose )left Virginia around noon time today, and they've just made it back to the Ranch. We have Pastor, JQ and Torey with us, as I agreed to supply some horses for use during the camp.

Back at home we are still waiting for Rose's mare Kat to foal. She is finally really bagging up and Julie thinks it wont be too much longer. The crew led Scratchy ( last years orphan who has thrived ) and Charlie down to the Ranch from Maribelle's on Saturday. All the yearlings need some handling and we decided to start with these two. Julie is busy getting more training done on our Mountain horses and Paso's while I'm gone, along with managing all the other horses who need to be ridden/worked. Busy days at the Ranch!

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June has arrived and we are enjoying some nice riding weather. Julie and Nic are preparing to hit the road in the morning for a Dressage show, and Thursday a bunch of us will be on the road for first Lexington Virginia, then Lexington KY with our Paso's. The show horses are all fit and ready to go, and we are looking forward to hitting the ring. I'll have a couple of hectic days ahead of me to have everything ready, but it is worth it.

Tonight a bunch of us are heading to Malibu Dude Ranch in Milford PA to see the rodeo! It will be a nice night out.

Have a brood mare due to foal, she was actually due on the first of June, but she doesn't look like she's going to go anytime too soon. We're getting her in every evening and letting her back out to pasture each morning. This foal is a full sibling to Savannah, who is really looking like she will be Fino,so we are excited about this baby.

We have 5 yearling colts that really need to get some handling on them. They live up at Maribelle's farm, so our plan is to start bringing them here one by one for about 2 weeks each to get them really halter broke well and handled a lot. Scratchy, the orphan foal who fortunately really thrived, is the only one of the bunch with a lot of handling, so I guess we will save him for last. I do think that I may keep him, he may be my next 'Calif'. :)

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