Happy Holidays!

The Pintos and I want to thank you for following their adventures on this blog and for all your support and encouragement.
Sweetie and Suki agreed to pose for the Pinto Christmas card this year. They would like you to click on their card so you can see a bigger version.
We wish you all a happy, joyful and peaceful holiday season and may 2014 be filled with light, laughter, fun and a few neighs!

"Mystery" is here!

We misjudged when Polka Dot got pregnant - we have been waiting for a new foal since September.
He finally arrived on December 9th.  He is a sweet little thing and we named him"Mystery" since his arrival date was so mysterious. Below are photos of him one day old.

Polka Dot watches her new baby proudly!

Being a day old is hard work, "Time for a rest."

Polka is a very good mom, she is checking on her baby.

The Pintos help you with your Christmas Shopping - calendars, book and T-shirts!

Hello Pinto Fans,

The pintos have some goodies for you to purchase as Christmas gifts.

The new Calendar for 2014 is out:

If you live in the Gualala/Point Arena area you can find the calendar at The Four Eyed Frog Books.

Or you can purchase it from me for $21.00 which includes shipping.  jacqueline@photographicart.com

Don't forget their book:

This book was published in 2011 and is 72 pages.  64 pages are photos with a brief caption and
there is also a brief history of the herd.  A great book for any horse lover! The book can be purchased directly from me for $95.00.

Don't forget this year we introduced the Pinto T-shirt this year:

close up of logo

Thunder is proudly on the back!

The T-shirts are $25.00 for all sizes except extra, extra large $30.00

Shipping is an additional $5.00.

For any orders or questions please contact me at jacqueline@photographicart.com

What????

We needed to fill the road with gravel that  we use to get to the horses next door.  So the gravel truck showed up and this is the horses reaction to "this huge monster" invading their space:
You can click on the photos to make them larger.

"WHAT IS THIS?"

The horses lead the truck:

"We are out of here:"

Photos from the Pinto Event

I was so busy at the event that I did not have much time to take pictures but here are a few highlights:
The horses lining up to be introduced:

Kathe Smothers talking the the audience:

 Kathe working with Little Lady in the round pen:

 Kendra and Little One going through the obstacle course:

My grandson running through the obstacle course with his yearling filly, Luna:

Our dear friend, Sally, who is an amazing baker, made some delicious  treats for everyone to enjoy: 

Come See Suki, Little Lady, Moonbeam at the Point Arena Pinto Event

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

10:00am – 1:00pm

AT THE PINTO RANCH IN POINT ARENA

TICKET/RAFFLE COST:

$60.00 FOR ADULTS;  $10.00 FOR CHILDREN UNDER 12

(FOR SAFETY REASONS PLEASE ONLY TWO CHILDREN PER ADULT)

THE PRICE OF YOUR TICKET INCLUDES PARTICIPATION IN THE RAFFLE ANDYOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN.

TICKETS SOLD AT

FOUR EYED FROG BOOKS, ARFF FEED AND PET SUPPLIES , AND THE SEA TRADER

IN GUALALA, CA

OUTBACK GARDEN AND FEED (STORE ON MAIN ST), POINT ARENA, CA

TICKETS ALSO SOLD AT THE GATE

KATHE SMOTHERS, HORSE GENTLER, WILL DEMONSTRATE HER WORK WITH 

THE PINTOS AND JOHN FLING, D.V.M. WILL JOIN HER TO ANSWER EQUINE QUESTIONS

            RAFFLE PRIZES

                      FREE ONE HOUR LESSON WITH KATHE WITH YOUR HORSE AT A LATER DATE.

                      A 16 X 20 GICLEE PRINT OF AN ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING OF TWO PINTOS BY LOCAL ARTIST JEANI MARTINI

                      SMALL HAND MADE CERAMIC PINTO - BY LOCAL ARTIST, CATE CARRE, TAIL AND MANE MADE FROM MANE OF PINTOS

                      A RIDE NEXT DOOR TO VISIT THUNDER AND THE NEW FOAL

                      A COPY OF THE POINT ARENA PINTO BOOK

           TWO PINTO BASKETS WITH A PINTO T-SHIRT, A 2014 PINTO CALENDAR, A POSTER AND A BOX OF  PINTO CARDS

CONTACT ME AT pa@photographycreated.com if you have any questions

Introducing the Point Arena Pinto T-shirt!!!

I am very excited to show you our new Pinto item for sale.  Long sleeved T-shrits, medium light gray ( color will look different on different monitors), which are made with a nice soft fabric. A few people have them already and really like them!

The front has the Pinto logo which is of Majestic's face and his mother's pinto design in the background.

The back has my favorite photo of Thunder, prancing proudly through the meadow:

The unisex sizes for sale are

Adult - small, medium, large, extra large, 2x large and large youth.

They are being sold at the Pinto event (see the post for August 19th) at a  special discount price of 

$20.00 for all sizes except the 2x large which is $25.00.

Or you can order them online for $25.00 for all sizes except the 2x large which is $30.00.  You can place an order and get shipping charges by emailing me at pa@photographycreated.com (copy and paste address into your email)

Sweetie is now a riding horse!

Sweetie and Suki were down at Kathe Smothers' ranch in Southern California for the past few months. This is the first time he has been ridden at the ranch since he came home. Kendra one of the Pinto human family is riding him.   Quite amazing the work Kathe has done with him - when they first met he was a wild yearling!

Point Arena Pinto Event and Raffle Update

We have some new donations for the raffle from two local artists.
Cate Carry creates beautiful small horse statues and she uses real mane hair for their tale and mane.  Sweetie and Suki donated some of their hair for the sculptures. She is donating two to the event.  One will be part of the raffle and the other will be part of our silent auction.

Jeani Martini not only donated a lovely giclee print of a painting she did of two black and white pintos to the raffle, but she recently made another donation of anothergiclee print of her painting of two brown and white pintos.  This second one will be included in the silent auction.

Don't forget also included in the raffle are:
1) a one hour lesson with our wondeful horse gentler, Kathe Smothers.The lesson would be on a different day and with your horse.
2) A ride in the ATV over to see Thunder, mares,  new colt Majestic and super punk/rock star Otumwa!
3) Acopy of the Point Arena Pinto boo
4) and 5) A basket with the new pinto T-shirt, the  2014 Point Arena Pinto Calendar hot off the press, a poster of Thunder and a box of pinto cards.

Come to the event and win a prize!!!

Sweetie, Kathe and Obstacle Course

We have had a lot of fun recently with our lovely horse gentler, Kathe Smothers, http://quietmindhorsemanship.com/.  She set up an obstacle course for us to use with the horses.
Below is a photo of Kathe introducing Sweetie to the course:

Point Arena Pinto Event - latest flyer

THE POINT ARENA PINTO EVENT AND RAFFLE

COME SEE THE PINTOS AND WATCH TRAINER KATHE SMOTHERS GENTLE THEM

GET YOUR EQUINE QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY JOHN FLING  D.V.M.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

10:00am – 1:00pm

AT THE PINTO RANCH IN POINT ARENA

TICKET/RAFFLE COST:

$60.00 FOR ADULTS;  $10.00 FOR CHILDREN UNDER 12

(FOR SAFETY REASONS PLEASE ONLY TWO CHILDREN PER ADULT)

THE PRICE OF YOUR TICKET INCLUDES PARTICIPATION IN THE RAFFLE ANDYOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN.

TICKETS SOLD AT

FOUR EYED FROG BOOKS, ARFF FEED AND PET SUPPLIES , AND THE SEA TRADER

IN GUALALA, CA

OUTBACK GARDEN AND FEED (STORE ON MAIN ST), POINT ARENA, CA

TICKETS ALSO SOLD AT THE GATE

SORRY NO DOGS ALLOWED, FOR THE SAFETY OF THE HORSES

HORSE TRAINER KATHE SMOTHERS, AN ONGOING STUDENT OF BUCK BRANNAMAN FOR TWENTY YEARS, WILL DEMONSTRATE THE WORK SHE IS DOING WITH THE PINTOS IN THE ROUND PEN. OUR VET, DR JOHN FLING WILL JOIN KATHE IN ANSWERING QUESTIONS.

T-SHIRTS , THE POINT ARENA PINTO BOOK,  2014 CALENDARS, POSTERS AND OTHER PINTO RELATED ITEMS WILL BE FOR SALE AT THE EVENT.

WHEN YOU PURCHASE YOUR TICKET YOU WILL BE GIVEN WRITTEN DIRECTIONS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.  *NOTE PRIUS HYBRID CARS CANNOT MAKE IT UP OUR ROAD.

FOR UPDATES VISIT :http://pointarenapintos.blogspot.com.

Thunder

Thunder is the lead stallion of the pinto herd and has been on the coast for his whole life. We are not sure his age but the best guest is he is over 20.  In the above photo he is standing on the bluff above Highway 1 looking very regal where he is admired by people when they drive by.

When I first met him he had a pretty bad reputation as the fence on the property he was living on was down. He would get into trouble wandering around the neighborhood.  However things have changed for him and so he has changed!  He now lives on a totally fenced in property, gets extra food regularly and does not have such a large herd to be responsible for anymore.  He is much calmer and very happy.  He has adjusted to humans, although we cannot touch him, we can hand feed him carrots. 

I absolutely adore him and he has so much love in his eyes when we are with him. 

He is too old to be gelded so he would die. He still produces babies with the two mares that live with him.  If we took the mares away and brought them next door to our property, he would break the fence down to get to them. Horse instinct to breed is very strong, so in this case we must let nature takes its course.  

His herd is smaller because we have the other stallions from the original herd, now geldings, living on our side of the fence.  When the new colts and fillies are a year old we also bring them over here and the colts are gelded at the appropriate age so they cannot breed. 

Some recent photos of Thunder with his latest son, Majestic

Majestic is 6 weeks old in these photos.

Blue Eye

Several of the pintos have one blue eye. The two breeding mares, Polka Dot, and Mama,as well as Little One, Majestic and Otumwa, pictured above, have one blue eye. A wonderful friend to the pintos said he thought Otumwa with her thick white mane looks like a punk rock star!  Don't you agree?!

Suki and Sweetie's Great Adventure

Suki and Sweetie are down in Anza with their trainer Kathe Smothers being trained to be riding horses.
Sally Campbell, another wonderful friend to the pintos, and I went down to see them last week in the heat wave. Hot!!  So we were not able to do much work with the horses but it was wonderful to see them and Kathe's ranch.
They have learned to stand still when tied to a fence or post and love to get hosed down!

Here is a photo of Suki saddled with Kathe:

He looks very handsome!  We look forward to their return to the Pinto Ranch at the end of the month.

Kathe will be doing a two day horsemanship clinic here on the coast Saturday and Sunday August 3rd and 4th.  Call Molly at 707 884-1329  or Kathe at 805 798-0234 for more information.

SAVE THE DATE Saturday, September 14, 2013

THE POINT ARENA PINTOS EVENT AND RAFFLE

COME SEE THE PINTOS !

 WATCH TRAINER KATHE SMOTHERS GENTLE THEM

GET YOUR EQUINE QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY JOHN FLING  D.V.M.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

10:00am – 1:00pm

AT THE PINTO RANCH IN POINT ARENA

TICKET/RAFFLE COST: $50.00 – PURCHASED BEFORE AUGUST 14

$60.00 AFTER AUGUST 14TH; $10.00 FOR CHILDREN UNDER 12

 (FOR SAFETY REASONS PLEASE ONLY TWO CHILDREN PER ADULT)

                       

TICKETS SOLD AT FOUR EYED FROG BOOKS, GUALALA, CA AND

OUTBACK GARDEN AND FEED (STORE ON MAIN ST), POINT ARENA, CA

                         ENTRANCE TO THE EVENT IS WITH PRESALE TICKETS ONLY.

HORSE TRAINER KATHE SMOTHERS, AN ONGOING STUDENT OF BUCK BRANNAMAN FOR TWENTY YEARS, WILL DEMONSTRATE THE WORK SHE IS DOING WITH THE PINTOS IN THE ROUND PEN. OUR VET, DR JOHN FLING WILL JOIN KATHE IN ANSWERING QUESTIONS.

THE PRICE OF YOUR TICKET INCLUDES PARTICIPATION IN THE RAFFLE AND YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN.

RAFFLE PRIZES:

·         FREE ONE HOUR LESSON WITH KATHE WITH YOUR HORSE AT A LATER DATE.

·         A 16 X 20 GICLEE PRINT OF AN ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING OF TWO BLACK AND WHITE POINT ARENA PINTOS BY ARTIST JEANI MARINI

·         A RIDE NEXT DOOR TO VISIT THUNDER AND THE NEW FOAL

·         A COPY OF THE POINT ARENA PINTO BOOK

·         TWO PINTO BASKETS WITH A PINTO T-SHIRT, A 2014 PINTO CALENDAR, A POSTER AND A BOX OF PINTO CARDS

T-SHIRTS , THE POINT ARENA PINTO BOOK,  2014 CALENDARS, POSTERS AND OTHER PINTO RELATED ITEMS WILL BE FOR SALE AT THE EVENT. WHEN YOU PURCHASE YOUR TICKET YOU WILL BE GIVEN WRITTEN DIRECTIONS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.  *NOTE PRIUS HYBRID CARS CANNOT MAKE IT UP OUR ROAD. FOR UPDATES VISIT :http://pointarenapintos.blogspot.com.

A New Colt

On May 17th Mama gave birth to a new colt, Majestic. We have not had a new colt for three years. Here he is 9 days old and  is very curious and serious.  He is just precious and it was love at first sight for all of us.  He has a special presence and he is going to be very big, thus the name Majestic.   

With his mother.

Majestic's eating with his parents, Thunder and Mama. His legs are so long that he has to spread them out in order to reach the grass. LOL.

THE PINTOS IN WINTER

Happy New Year Everyone!

We have had a very wet and cold winter so far. The pintos have on their winter coats, but Thunder for some        reason never seems to develop a thick coat.

Little Lady, who will be two in May, looks pretty shaggy here. She is

a sweet horse with beautiful markings.

Luna is getting very big - she is the one on the left and she is eating with her 

parents, Moonbeam and Suki.  Her markings are very similar to her Dad's

and sometimes it is hard to tell them apart!  They certainly enjoy the

fresh hay we feed them.  Right now they are getting 3 way hay, alfalfa 

hay and Purina feed mixed with goodies to help prevent worms

 and ticks.

Luna

Polka Dot with her filly Otumwa who is just a few months old in this 

photo. Otumwa was born October 15th, 2012 and her dad is 

Thunder.She has one blue eye, the first of our black and whites to have

 a blue eye.  When we spend time with her, we get the feeling 

that there is something very special about her.