summer training

4yr old Izzy is starting her training....She will do her first Arena Trial in 2012..she has her dad's (Raynor) athletic ability


Teressa's Cera is working hard...what a good girl





The Vorhoeves from the Island pick up their Fjords after training and a successful Breeding to Bastian...happy times

Equitana

2,,.meeting Lorenzo ooolala

3...reunited with summer 2009 intern Kat.
1...and Ursula with Maennekin Piss in Belgium.

It's a New Year!!!!

Ok so I have been a tad slack in keeping things updated with this Blog but wanted to share some 2011 happenings.
..March had me back in Germany (with three friends) to attend Equitana and reunited with Kat and her mom
..summer training here at the farm for both people and their Fjords
...Bastian vom Oderhaff was sent to Montana to be with Breanne and learn some western riding as well as breed a few mares. He enjoyed it
...BC Summer games were sooooo fun
...New York city is even more amazing than anticipated
...Molly the super rider
...Winter family fun

Dashing through the Snow...the skijoring experience

January finds us all well and looking for new and exciting adventures. Raynor is well after his (operation) and he is now a pretty happy gelding. Solveig the German exchange student who hangs out with us on weekends has been riding him and he is quite enjoying the attention.

Right now our website is down due to our provider shutting his doors...I have my web host and favorite son working on correcting this problem. You may have to go to www.trinityjords.ca shortly to access until we can approve and activate the old .com site. I sound like I know what I'm talking about but I really don't so be patient. In the meantime the blog will serve as an interloper.
Pictured are Wanda,Solveig and I 'skijoring' yesterday and having a ball...we then went on a 2hr snow shoe up into the bush...needless to say I was 'bushed' last night. For Skijoring we used my regular harness and fed the traces through the shaft loops and then put some long heel chains on the end of the traces and a belt system that i could throw over my shoulder so I could disconnect very quickly by bending down and letting the belt slip off my shoulder....I used training driving lines as lines so I could use the full length if desired....I also found that going at a trot was much easier than walking...it seems that the steady speed of the trot allowed me to lean back into the belt and provide security and that way I was out of his mouth and able to have the right amount of contact for steering...I must say that corners are a challenge but we used the arena for safety and of course Raynor as the 'engine' because he is so steady, willing and doesn't spook easy....he also goes by verbal commands so I did not have to use a whip.....such fun but my legs and ankles were sore after only a couple rounds...Solveig and Wanda enjoyed it too and I am sure we will do it again.

Spring has sprung....

.......the grass has 'ris, I wonder where the tulips is? Actually temps in the mid teens is great, the robins are here, so are the geese and best of all the snow is GONE? Life with fjords (for me) can start. Raynor is all shed out and when I had him out and tied him in the sun to brush him, he looked at himself in a window and decided he liked what he saw.....started to strutttt his stallion stuff and told me '...bring on the girlies.....he is quite full of himself right now but he will soon get hitched up and some of that energy will be channeled into 'work'.

Erik the Red and Baron the youngin' both put their rabbit ears on and are hoping for Easter to bring them a treat.
March 14, 2010

The levetating food dish

"Duh, we were just standing around being bored, doin nuttin and there it came, the levitated food dish" ....wow!!!! not bad for a gray dull rainy day in January."

A new adventure ...with a hawk this time

Ok so I found myself heading to Taffy's place in Kennewick WA after attending the PNFPG meeting last weekend and got talked into staying an extra day cause we were having too much fun going to the giant craft fair and other 'shopping'.
Taffy had me feed her Hawk and that was a neat experience. Sniper is a 16 yr old Harris hawk and gorgeous. He did not like me at first since I was strange to him but food was his motivation to get closer and see that I had his dinner. He made a few turns and tried to rip the dead bird out of my hand but I held on till he finally sat on my hand...It is so interesting to watch the instinct to protect his food. He would wrap his huge wingspan around my hand so I could not see it and possibly take it away.
The real bummer was that we were able to be outside in the morning and have our coffee sitting in the hammocks....compared to freezing temps here at home. Having to go back to those temps was a little sad but we have had some amazingly balmy days since I returned so it's not too bad.
OK so I lied, it is snowing again this morning.....grrrrrr....I better get used to it.

Daddy has a brand new toy...Christmas came early or what!!!!!!

I have a new dog..Piper

She is getting used to playing with Meister our Kommodore and she is totally unaware of her size...too funny to watch ...after a good romp she is happy to lay in her chair beside the computer until Brian makes popcorn and then she is gone for her share.

The Heritage Farm even named a cow after me...

The Karsh Exhibit the Heritage Farm and two great kids

I really enjoyed Ottawa

Next it's off to Ottawa......

One of our first stops on the first day was the Byward market as well as the Robert By museum which gave us an indication of what a remarkable feat is was to build the Lock system on the Rideau Canal.
Then had my photo taken with Laura Secord.





Spending time in our Capitol was indeed a great experience. I stayed with a friend and her family and spent the days touring the usual tourist things while the children were at school. I surely appreciated having someone who actually lives there to show me around. I visited the Parliament buildings (and said hello to Jack Layton) the Museum of civilization, Rideau Hall, official res. of our Governor General on Sussex Drive and across from the Prime Ministers Res....Managed to catch the Karsh exhibit at the Archives and spent my last day strolling through the Canadian Farm Experimental farm...oops yes, also visited the RCMP Musical Ride Stables and watched some new recruits get their second riding lesson....now that was fun to watch....now I don't feel so bad about my riding skills./

It's been a while but I needed some downtime...

Much has happened since my last post and the worst part was getting a new computer. No matter what they tell you things just do NOT stay the same so it's back to the learning curve and the many questions to those who know so much more...
Ok so Brian and I went to the first EVER Canadian Fjord Horse Association Evaluation in Ontario. We saw some very nice Fjords and participants were happy to learn with their fjords...also, nice to see familiar faces.
I then spent a few days in the Muskoka area and a trip through Algonquin Park. My friend Shelley has her roots at Billy Bear Resort in Lake country and we spent a few days in the area going to Artisan exhibits, seeing the area and watching the trees turn gorgeous colors from day to day.

Friends showing our Fjords at Moses Lake Northwest Fjord show 2009

KATHARINA'S LAST FEW DAYS AT TRINITY FJORDS

Katharina Hoenscher from Tengen, Germany has been with us for 8weeks and she will be returning home on wednesday. A full summer of activities has kept her busy with riding, driving, trecking and showing. She has met many of our Fjord friends in this time and they all feel like we do...she is a pretty amazing 16yr old. Her task over the summer was to work with two of our young fjords and have them work in hand and used to discipline and commands. Izzy has decided that working is pretty good and the attention is great. Baron is a weanling and leaving mom to walk on a leadline is getting easier now and behaving is not so bad after all.
Kath will return home this week and start a Agri course at a nearby college. We wish her good luck and much success.

oooops wrong horse

OK, so Molly goes out with Katharina and saddles up her fjord Nesja and they ride in the arena doing barrel racing and cones courses and "NESJA' just doesn't want to do what is being asked of her....hmmmm I am busy taking pictures and wondering if she is just being opinionated so I get a crop for Molly to help convince her to smarten up.....ALAS, I get closer and notice that she has the wrong genetalia?????what's upwith that????? THIS IS SAMBAR!!!!!! WRONG horse....Gotta love them thar Fjordies.