Petting farm is closed from Nov 1st - April 1st. All lessons and trail rides, birthday parties are made by apointment.
Our Year 2011
A quick overview of our year starts with many thanks to all the great customers and new clients. Our trail rides have been a great success with over 3,000 riders this year! We have added a petting farm that is still in the growing phases. It has been so rewarding watching the hundreds of Children,, adults and Seniors get to touch and play with animals up close. For me it hard to comprehend a life without animals. They bring so much joy and amusement to life. It has been most interesting watching how all the different animals have learned to work and please their human visitors.
Our summer camps have many new faces and many old faces! The joy of watching children grow and become con?dent successful horse boys and girls is a gift in itself. Many have continued to take lessons and are beginning to work towards their ?rst real horse show! We have had many girl scouts come in and work on their horsemanship skills.
We also do work with the preschoolers . They can be a handful at times, but the look on their faces when they get to hand paint a real horse is priceless. We have also worked with severall mental and physically handicapped children and adults. Getting the opportunity to ride a horse has such a profound impact on their lives, they express themselves in ways you would never think!
Our birthday parties have also been a big hit this year. We have had many new and repeat birthday boys and girls. A few groups have had so much fun with the animals that they did not care about the cake or presents! Again the great impact the interactions with animals have on everyone is such a powerful experience . One not soon forgotten! We will be opening up the new year starting up 4H programs and a Pony Club.
Again thank you all and see you soon!
Bonnie Morris
Bonnie Morris started working with horses at the age of 9. Training was all she thought about. She got her first colt when she was 10. Ground drove him from the start, taught him many tricks, such as shaking hands, sitting, bowing, and a number of other antics.
As she got older she pursued her dreams and by the age of 22 purchased land in Auburn, Washington and began the long process of building her own training center. In the mean time she studied dressage and trained her Polish Arabian stallion Geronimos Legacy. She has shown at many shows and is currently working towards USDF Instructor certificate. While dressage is her passion she also competes at American Driving Society 3 day carriage driving events. Showing in dressing, cones, and marathon. Working with all breeds, she now has a White Norwegian fjord stallion name Ironwood Lordalen.
She has a large number of students and is passionate about teaching them lifetime skills for achieving success in the horse world. Her emphasis is always on the well being of the horse and the riders job to learn how to communicate without compromising the physical movement and spiritual well being of the horse. She has trained many different breeds from the big drafts to the little minis and everything in between. She has a great love for all the breeds and it shows in her training.
As the years roll on, she has developed some wonderful programs. Summer camps where she teaches more than just horsemanship, evolving into a whole lifestyle of farm and animal care. Birthday parties are filled with a special day of surprise and fun! Ongoing lesson packages for the competitive student as well as internship program with mostly students from Europe.
Her main goal for the stable is to inspire imagination and build dreams.
