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: 

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!

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.

Little One and Buck Brannaman

As I have mentioned in earlier posts, we want to be able to halter as many horses from the herd as possible so that they can get their hoofs trimmed and they can be treated by a vet if needed.  Little One was having a hard time accepting love and training for the halter so we decided that it might be helpful to take him to a Buck Brannaman clinic. You may have seen the documentary" Buck"  that came out last year. (You can read more about him and get the DVD at http://brannaman.com/)  Buck has started horses since he was a child and his approach is gentle and kind.  He spends nine months of the year traveling around the country teaching four day clinics.  We are very fortunate that Little One was able to attend  his colt starting clinic at Red Bluff fairgrounds April 27th-30th.

It was a wonderful experience - friends and family traveled to Red Bluff to learn from Buck and they also got the added treat of watching Little One.

We loaded Little One in the trailer early in the morning and eight long hours later we arrived. He was fortunate to be able to stay in an outside pen.  Kathe Smothers, our wonderful friend and trainer, had told Buck ahead of time that he would need to rope Little One in order to get him started.  We weren't sure beyond that what would happen.  There were twelve horses with owners in the indoor arena.  We were told to trailer Little One into the arena and put him in the round pen in the center.

After talking to the class for about an hour and giving the participants techniques to practice, Buck worked with Little One each morning in the pen for about an hour the first two mornings and a half hour the third morning. By the second morning, Little One was haltered and calm enough on the third afternoon for us to do ground work with him in the outside pen.  Success!

 Little One was the star as he was the only horse that needed to be readied for a halter and he basically had private sessions with Buck.  He is one very lucky horse!

A horse needs to be roped and worked with before a halter can be put on them.  Here is Little One resisting. Buck is on his horse and  Kathe is watching outside the pen.  Kathe has studied and ridden with Buck for twenty years -we and the herd are very lucky to have her as our trainer!  You can learn more about her work at http://quietmindhorsemanship.com/  Kathe will be teaching a clinic at Sea Ranch stables in June.  I will post more information about this once the date is settled.

Finally Little One gets touched!!! We have waited a long time to be able to touch this shy sweet horse.

Kevin a friend and student of Kathe's is doing ground work with Little One  in the arena on the third day.


Buster who was adopted from the Point Arena Pinto herd by Eve Larson, about a year before I became involved with them, also went to the clinic. I don't think I have posted a photo of him before so here is a photo of  Buster I took last year for the 2012 pinto calendar and is in The Point Arena Pintos Book which you can see at http://photographycreated.com/



                                   

Here is a photo of Eve (in the blue cap) riding Buster in the clinic.  She was smiling a lot and it was a delight to watch her with her lovely pinto!

This was quite an adventure for all of us and one we won't soon forget!