Diesel is pulling the cart around now! Glad, because it was so heavy for me to lug around during his ground training. With the open bridle and the blinker bridle, I have been pulling the cart with one hand while I long-lined him with the other so that he could get used to the noise following him.
Now that he’s driving, it’s HIS job to pull the cart. When I sit in it, my weight balances the cart so that it is much lighter. Yesterday …

Kristine Fisher was at our barn for a photo session and took some BEAUTIFUL photos of Heather (the Fjord pictured below) and I driving! Click here to see them. This weekend Heather and Rain, my Morab mare, will attend a fun show that features all obstacle driving classes.

Isn’t she beautiful!
Heather, a 10 year old Fjord mare, arrived on Thursday. I will keep her in shape, and practice with her for 3 weeks, and then I’ll compete with her at the Columbus Carriage Classic in Columbus, Wisconsin in June. It will be Heather’s first show.
She is owned by Patti Jo Walter, and Patti really did a nice job of finishing her. This horse drives beautifully. Patti needed surgery on her knee, or she would have been showing her at Columbus herself. …

One of Diesel’s favorite things is when I bring out the bridle! I actually can’t leave it lying around, because he will try to put it on himself. This enthusiasm came from carrot treats, no doubt. Hopefully he will feel the same way about the cart and be very happy when he gets hitched to it.

Diesel has been line-driving in the indoor arena very nicely, with an open bridle and with the blinker bridle as well. He is comfortable with either bridle dragging a tire, a PVC pipe, and the noisy septic tube while practicing all the gaits and commands.A couple of days ago I decided to take him outside. At first he forgot everything, but within a few minutes he was driving like a pro! This video (below) is sort of long, almost 5 minutes. It shows him turning easily, …

Harper , age 2, LOVES horses. Harper is my very dear friend. I was her nanny for a year, watching her through many milestones such as taking her first steps, first words, and saying my name . Before she could walk, it became apparent that she was into horses. She woke up early from a nap one day while I had a video of Reiner Klimke playing, and she was RIVETED. These days she watches a Parelli promotional DVD each night before bed. …

Diesel is an adorable pony mule that I have in for training to ride and drive. Here he is about 3 1/2 weeks in, and he’s looking more fit and less furry.
This video is from day 9 of our training together. Here he’s dragging a noisy septic tube, and wearing a bridle. I have the longe line attached to the halter, not the bit. I like them to get used to lots of different things “following” them, so when the cart follows them it will …

These are from a DVD I made with Requisite Variety last year in July. You may notice in the first one that Rainy (my gray mare) is not stepping under her body fully. Since the filming, I began to use massage with my horses (with guidance from Barb Riffle,) and have noticed a dramatic improvement in their movement and attitude. Of course, who wouldn’t benefit from a couple of massages each week?
Thanks to my parents, especially dad (Wes Licht,) who brought me up with horses and ponies as part of …

Each year Absolutely Art will have a new mural on their back wall. I got the opportunity to paint the mural for 2008! Above are photos of the wall before I primed it with a dark brown color.

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Enjoyed friends, music, and seeing the new work at gallery night. Each month at Absolutely Art they feature a different artist. Tom Robichaud and Don Issacson provided lively music through that evening.
Don’t miss Short Stories, a Gloria Van Dixhorn exhibition at Absolutely Art, 2322 Atwood Avenue, in Madison Wisconsin, 53704. (608)248-9100Her show will run through the month of May.While you are there you can grab a latte next door at Cafe Zoma, and check out my new mural in the courtyard.
Here are Tom Robichaud and Don …