She's moved on... for now? Maybe...

It appears there are more updates on Jill Schnedler - but rest assured, she will continue to use and manipulate.

A local hardware company purchased her land and demolition of the house and barn started January 4th.  The house is officially gone and so is her tiny house, but the barn still stands.

Rumor has it she is on her way to Florida with 3 horses. I guess her father has ailing health so she's headed that way to cash in the possibility of a free property.  Social media posts suggest somewhere near Polk County, Florida.  Great way to leave Maine to avoid the $31,000+ she owes in veterinary care and housing for her seized 25 great danes, of which she swore she was going to get back.

Wonder who she's conned into trailering her horses and where she plans to keep them?

So horse community in Florida - beware!

However, I recently heard another rumor that she could still possibly be in Maine!  Word on the street says that she is near Belfast at a horse rescue with her three horses.  I pray she is not milking them for all they have by manipulating them into helping her.

December 2020 Update on the year

I am not the best at keeping up with my blog posts.  2020 has been a crazy year!

January: 2020 started off fairly normally.

February:  My family started sharing articles and news about the Coronavirus in Wuhan, China.  I attend my friend's 2 year old's birthday party (I have not seen them in person since due to Covid).

March: Travel blocked in the US from Europe and CDC recommends stopping all group gatherings of 50+ people.  I get furloughed from my job on March 27th and begin my fight with unemployment.  Groups and lessons stopped at the barn.  Had my friend's birthday dinner reservation canceled due to lockdown procedures - had to do a small take-out gathering instead. I have also taken on the care of my mom's chickens. Everything shifts to Zoom.

April: I shave my head because I'm tired of my hair, need a change, and all salons are closed due to Covid.  I start working at Lowe's until my work comes back - every day wearing a mask even though most people do not (yet).  The chickens now follow me around and look for me for food. I start going on walks outside with friends to get some exercise and fresh air.  Mask mandate in Maine goes into effect.

May: My furlough is extended but work continues my health insurance benefits (thank goodness!).

June: Out-of-state visitors have to quarantine for 14 days before coming into Maine. We start finalizing our plans to do our annual Girls' Weekend (7th year in a row!).  Masks required at Lowe's.

July:  I start work again at my old job on July 10th and begin full-time again at UCP on July 20th.  Girls' Weekend we go to Rangeley July 24 - 26 and have a blast. Learn that Jill Schnedler's dogs (after their seizure in January) are still at shelters and in foster homes - they are in limbo due to Covid and reduced courts.

August: I start taking riding lessons on Yada with Judy Westlake and make AMAZING improvements!  We both learn that she needs LOTS and LOTS of outside rein and my legs feel like they may fall off.  A wedding in Millinocket causes cases to skyrocket across Maine.

September: We have to put my mom's pony, Stitch, down after a colic.  Absolutely heartbreaking!  Two days later it is my birthday and a small horse show - I ride Yada to keep myself distracted.  My friends take me out for dinner to celebrate and really made my day complete. Masks required at work at UCP.

October: Masks now required in ALL public locations, even outdoors - cases continue to spike.  We cancel our plans to do a corn maze due to Covid.  I continue my lessons with Judy Westlake and Yada really begins to bend and get a collected, round, canter.

November: Cases rise incredibly high, based on previous cases in Maine.  Recommended not to travel for the holiday season.  I get two lessons with Gail McCormack from Infinity Farm after Judy Westlake returns to Florida.  Yada gets chased into a fence by 2 new-comer mares and I spend the next SEVERAL weeks wrapping her leg, keeping it clean, and removing proud flesh so it can heal.  I get antibiotics for Yada's leg so it can heal better after it begins to seep pus.  Horses begin coming in at night as the nights cool down.  With Yada's injury, I ride a friend's horse on Popham Beach and it is AMAZING!  She is a 3-year old chestnut OTTB mare and just a doll.  Discovered that she LOVES the water and would walk into it to splash around.  She was so much fun!  After Yada is healed, I plan to take her, too.  Hopefully, she does well.

December:  Yada's leg is mostly healed!  I get the occasional lesson on Yada and she is great!  I have started ulcer treatment on Yada - acts ulcer-y when asked to do more difficult things, especially since her antibiotics and being brought into her stall at night.  After 2 weeks, she is already acting better and less cranky.

Yada and I have come leaps and bounds this year in our riding.  She is becoming more round and listening so well.  She has developed more muscles in her neck and topline and I could not be more thrilled.  We have had some challenging and sweaty lessons but have grown so much!  After Christmas, I plan to start regular riding lessons (as was my plan in November until she got injured) and continue our growth!

I will post again once I have more updates and/or get to ride Yada on the beach!  <3

The state finally stepped in

It has been a long time since my last post, but I felt it necessary to post about the state finally stepping in when it comes to Jill Schnedler! She has been breeding Great Danes for a while and only recently applied for a license. I guess she didn't realize she needed to have an inspection done and they had some "concerns" she had to address.  Lately, it has been bitterly cold and she keeps her Danes in her UNHEATED, UNINSULATED, DRAFTY BARN!  I've been in this barn before and it's one of the coldest barns I've been in. The state seized 25 dogs, a cat, and she surrendered a stallion (who required sedation to be trimmed by the farrier).

The state will investigate more, there will be charges and court proceedings. Wonder if the court will be open to the public? Anyways, you don't have to believe me. Below are the links to 2 different news articles about it!

Bangor Daily News - 20 dogs seized from Hampden property in an unheated barn

News Center Maine - 20 Great Danes and other animals seized from Hampden home

Yada Yada Yada!

It has been a while since I've last posted anything!  Sorry about that, people!

Yada has been doing amazing!  She has been doing great at her canter and she's been such a good girl.  Such a people pleaser, that mare.

My mother's pony, Stitch, has Cushing's Disease (despite his blood tests coming back right on the fence) so I have had to shave his belly and chest this past winter, he got shaved short in the spring, and I just had to shave him again last weekend.  The heat is really rough on him lately.  Had to hose him off several times the last couple of weeks to keep him cool.  He has also had an attack of laminitis for the first time.  Last Tuesday the farrier came out and he was so sore on his front feet - but not standing like he had Foundered.  We took him off grass, gave him some Bute for a couple of days, and put him in a little dirt paddock with another Cushing's horse.

We purchased Heiro, a supplement for Cushing's and laminitic horses and we'll see soon how he is doing on that.  He was very sore on both front feet with a bounding pulse in his fetlock.  Since pulling him from grass he is only a little bit off on his front left and his pulse is less bounding but still very present.  Next summer, he will not be allowed any grass and we will continue to keep a close eye on his feet and continue communicating closely with our farrier to ensure the best care for his feet.

I have also been teaching lessons at my barn.  I have seven students right now and they are all doing rather well!  Two sisters I teach are becoming quite independent and almost at the stage that they could start cantering.  It is so much fun to be able to teach young students!  Stitch gets ridden by one of the sisters and he does so well with her.  They are such a good match!

For Mother's Day, I got Stitch genetically tested, too!  We were told that he was a Quarter Horse, Morgan, Arabian cross of sorts.  His genetic testing shows us the top three results and he is actually Lusitano, Selle Francais, and Arabian!  NOT EVEN CLOSE TO WHAT WE WERE TOLD!  Amazing the kind of cross he is. Not very common in Maine.  He's kind of a fancy pony!

That is all I have for today, but hopefully I'll update again soon!

Sweet As Sugar

Can you guess who I saw the other day?
If you guessed Jill Schnedler, you are correct!

I was at the tack shop getting more fly spray and treats and catching up with my friend who works there.  After a few minutes of chatting, my phone rings and it's my mom so I start wandering around the store, talking to my mother.  I'm sitting in the back on the demo saddle and when I hop down, I hear my friend say "Oh hi Jill!" in a very audible voice and I hear Jill Schnedler's voice...

Immediately my blood boils a little and I get the panic.

She responds, "Oh hi!  I'm just here to look at bridles."

I look to my right and there are the bridles so I know I have to find somewhere else to be.  I watch her circle around the store to her right so I head to her left to avoid her.  My boyfriend immediately realizes I'm trying to hide from someone.  He doesn't know who, but he stands between me and said person to block any view of me.  I'm standing at the door, ending my call with my mom and trying to say bye to my friend.  Somewhere along the line, Jill got a spy on me and just as I'm about to leave, I take one more look and I see a blur of her dark hair and purple sweatshirt.

Jill: Oh hi Kille!  So nice to see you
(running through my head:  Nice?  Less than two months ago you said my mom threatened your life!)
Me: Oh hi Jill!  It's nice to see you too!

From here, she proceeds to say sorry about Louize (who passed almost 3 years ago now) and asked if it was the adenoma my mom suspected and blah blah blah.  I then mentioned that I heard about her horse, KC, who she very recently lost (hinting at the fact that I hear things and I know what is being said about her and about me.  Whether she got my subtle hint or not, I have no idea.

I tried very hard from that moment on to hint that I was leaving and wanted out of the store.  For nearly four years I have managed to avoid seeing and talking to her.  It was NOT nice to see her, as she has been the one to spread horrible rumors about me and my mom.

Would someone really greet me so nicely if it was true that I left in the middle of the night, did not pay board for seven months, stole a bunch of her stuff, ruined her credit, posted her medical history on Facebook, and threatened her life?  Honestly?

My boyfriend and my friend are all a witness to this.  And the other employee and the few customers wandering.  The part that really got me is that she seemed genuinely curious and concerned about how I lost Louize.

She's good at giving a show and acting SO nice to me.  Unfortunately, I know her true side and this is how she can so easily manipulate people.  Very very sweet and kind to everyone in person but turn your back for even a second (or four years) and her true colors show through.

Bad Luck in the Family

It's been a very long time since my last post, almost a whole year!  It's been an absolutely crazy year so far.  Yada and I were taking lessons this summer with my friend Hannah and doing so great!  Finally I have Yada's canter under control and she is just fabulous on her right lead canter.  I'm so in love with this girl!  She's just perfect.  This winter we've also done a bunch of lunging and she can finally free lunge in perfect circles around me in the arena.  I can't wait for the snow to go away and lunge her in the big outdoor arena and see if she can canter just as nicely in a bigger space.  It's also weird to think that Yada will soon be seven years old in March!  I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with this girl.  =]

To go along with all of this good stuff, we've had a lot of bad luck in our family.  This summer, my aunt's Dachshund, Ratty, needed spinal surgery.  She came home and he was dragging his back end.  So instead of buying a no turn riding mower for her farm, she got surgery for Ratty.

After that, my aunt had a lot of issues with her leg and the doctors were talking about possible amputation if things didn't go well.  Luckily, things healed up and she still has her leg.  This is the same leg that she had surgery to remove tumors and it's the reason she can no longer ride horses.  She had to take a lot of time off work, teaching chemistry at a college, and now she's healed up.

In November, we had to put our Spanish Mastiff down due to his hips causing him too much pain.  He was on triple the pain dosage just to be comfortable enough to lay down.  A couple of weeks later, I got my mom a kitten to keep Brie, my mom's long coat German Shepherd, company so she wouldn't be home alone while everyone was at work or school.  Four weeks after, when we were getting his second round of shots, we mentioned how his eye had changed.  The iris was getting darker and he started to get spots on his cornea.  After multiple blood tests, we found out he had FIP (Feline Infectious Peritonitis) which is untreatable, uncurable, and 100% Fatal.  According to vet research, the longest a cat has survived after diagnosis is 24 months.  The least amount of time is just weeks.  Knowing he was terminal, we opted out of neutering him and decided not to spend hundreds to thousands of dollars treating any symptoms he might have because it would not lengthen his life.  Tuesday, February 2nd, I noticed him really struggling to stand and walk.  His back end was losing control.  He was already losing sight in his left eye so he was clumsy without his depth perception, but this was different.  Wednesday morning, he started losing control of his bowels and he started having diarrhea.  That's when we decided it was time and we said goodbye to our kitten, Guinness, at 3:30pm with our vet who originally diagnosed him.  Eye issues, URIs, neurological issues, diarrhea, lack of appetite, and such are all symptoms of FIP.  It can be spread through feces and we're assuming that's how he got it.  After you have a cat who has FIP, you should wait 30 days - 6 months before bringing another cat into your house and throw away all toys, dishes, and litter box to avoid future infection.  Wash all blankets or surfaces this cat has been on.

Also, Wednesday morning we heard that my uncle (married to the same aunt with leg issues and the Dachshund) had collapsed and was headed to the hospital with the EMTs.  My cousin, thank goodness, happened to be home, heard him collapse, and had to be talked through CPR to get him breathing.  It took a while to get a pulse back with him in the ambulance.  My aunt had just left for work 15 minutes before this happened and headed straight back.  Doctors had to do a lot of tests to see if he had a heart attack or a stroke.  He had to be under a medically induced coma and needed a neck brace in case he had any injuries and he needed a breathing tube.  Friday morning, he was finally responding to voices and moving all of his arms and legs.  That rules out stroke! YAY!  We discovered he had a heart attack due to an arrhythmia in his heart.  Today, he got his breathing tube out.  We're all very happy with his progress, even though right now he is still in the ICU.  We've done a lot of phone calls and text messages to stay updated so that way my cousin and aunt can tell one person and that person tells everyone else.

However, to go along with this, a neighbor's dog came over, there was a fight over dog food bowls, and the neighbor's dog attacked and killed Ratty.  My aunt is devastated and if she sees the neighbor's dog near her property again, she can't promise that dog will make it home again.  Sounds like that dog needs to be contained on a leash, in a fence, or on a run.

Hopefully this is the end of the family's bad luck.  I'm not sure how much of this I can take but hopefully my uncle keeps improving and can make it home soon!

Just nuts...

Everything at the barn and in my life has been pretty steady and quiet. Nothing crazy happening for the most part until my mom was scheduled at work to be in a room she normally is not working in at the hospital. One of her coworkers thought it was kind of funny and snooped a bit to figure out why.

As the tale goes, a certain woman named Jill Schnedler came into EMMC for some procedure. I do not know what it was for and I really could not care less. Jill Schnedler asked a bunch of the staff if my mom was working and where. When she found out she was, she requested my mom be somewhere far away and busy because apparently my mom is a stalker! WHAT?!  Of all the things, my mom is not a stalker and of all the people to stalk, Jill would not be the one to go for. In fact, if Jill disappeared off the face of the planet we might celebrate!

It has been since July 4th, 2012 that we have seen or been around Jill. We really want nothing to do with her. I cannot stand the woman for all the trouble and lies she has been causing and spreading.

Jill Schnedler at Coldbrook Equestrian Center is just getting crazier and crazier. Just let it go, lady! We have tried but you keep butting your way into our lives over and over and will not give it a rest.

Water Test

Another thing I seem to always forget to mention: Someone really should go out to Coldbrook Equestrian Center and ask for a water test. New horses that go to Jill Schnedler's barn refuse to drink her water. I can't quite blame them! I wouldn't drink water that smelled like rotten eggs either. Jill Schnedler doesn't drink it either, she drinks bottled water but the animals can drink her water. That's not an issue at all. Fun fact: She told me rabbits could die drinking her water because of the iron content. Too much iron in a rabbit's diet can kill them. Imagine what that's doing to the horses and dogs and any other animals she has on her overcrowded property.

Slander

It seems as though Jill Schnedler really can't help herself but to spread lies in order to try to convince people to stay at her barn and financially support her.

This brings us to the latest update on Jill Schnedler's slander against me.

Sandy, my barn owner's girlfriend, worked at Blue Seal for over a year. She just quit in order to manage my barn full time and to stay at home. A Russian woman was going in to Blue Seal and asking if she could sell pumpkins there to support a local "horse rescue". When asked where the rescue was, Sandy was told it was Jill Schnedler's barn. Well, the owner of Blue Seal already doesn't like Jill because Jill came in for hay, filled her truck to see how many bales she could fit before paying, and then just drove off without paying for any of the bales. Obviously, the answer was no to selling the pumpkins.

Another woman was coming in to Blue Seal to buy a few bags of grain or some bales of hay here and there for Jill Schnedler. She was taking some riding lessons with Jill and she felt like she could help out with her "rescue" by giving Jill some grain and hay whenever she could. After a few months, her money started running a bit short and Sandy warned her that Jill would bleed her dry, just as Jill Schnedler tried to do to me and my mother. She accepted the warning but was sure it would never happen to her. After a while, this woman, whom I do not know other than through this account from Sandy, stopped taking lessons and stopped buying grain and hay for Jill because she just couldn't afford it anymore. She had bills to pay, like a responsible adult. Jill messaged her once or twice on Facebook about different things the "rescue" (Manes Danes & Everything Maine) needed but this woman figured if she ignored Jill then Jill would just go away. After two months without going to Coldbrook Equestrian Center or speaking to Jill Schnedler at all, Jill Schnedler texts this woman out of the blue and asks if she can buy some grain and hay for her "rescue". She says that she can't afford to keep buying this stuff for her. In response, Jill sends her this long text ranting and raving about ME! WHAT?! This woman was reading this text to Sandy at Blue Seal one day and says "Jill is texting me about this person... Kiley? Kill? I have no idea who this is." Sandy reads this and says "OH! That's Kille. She's at my barn now. She lies about Kille all of the time! She left because Jill Schnedler was trying to rip her off."

Not only does Jill spread her lies about me (still), because every responsible woman in her 40s who is trying to run a business should be bad mouthing and slandering previous boarders, but she is still trying to suck people in to her business. She has this woman who was trying to sell pumpkins conned into possibly moving her horses to Coldbrook Equestrian Center. This woman has also set up a webpage for Jill. ( http://www.coldbrookequestrian.com/services.html )

The most unbelievable thing is that Jill thinks she can charge $400 for board at her barn that is currently leaking whenever it rains, needs a new roof, and the indoor arena is falling over. Slowly, but surely, it will fall over because the foundation is rotting away. She would be lucky if anyone wanted to pay $200 to stay in that heap of trash! Oh, but it gets better. There is a $50 discount for "prompt payment". So pay ahead and you only have to pay $350. When I was there 2 years ago, I was paying $350 for board... unless you ask Jill Schnedler. I didn't pay board for 7 months according to her. Even though I was there only from the last day of February through July 3rd. I have no idea how 7 months got squeezed into that amount of time!

I have considered sending Jill a cease and desist through a lawyer but Jill Schnedler, Manes Danes & Everything Maine 4H, Manes Danes & Everything Maine Equine Animal Rescue, and Coldbrook Equestrian Center are not worth my time, effort, or money.

I'm waiting for the day this Russian woman is bled dry by Jill... and her horses are starved. I feel bad for her, her teenage daughter, and her two horses already!

In other news

So a couple of days ago I took Yada and a girl from the barn rode Stitch on a short trail ride. I was happy to see that Stitch did very well! He even overcame his fear of bicycles. Those big scary things with two wheels that could jump out and bite you at any moment! We would have gone farther but both horses started acting like jerks because of the bugs and wouldn't go too far from the barn so we eventually had to turn back because it was useless to force them further. Next time, we'll go with some other horses as well to boost their confidence and have a good time.

I also hear that someone, unknown to me, drove by Coldbrook Equestrian Center on a 70 degree day and saw a horse with a rain sheet on (though Jill never puts rain sheets on her horses, let alone when it's that hot out) and you could still see the bones of the horse's back and hips. That's disgusting that this happened and she's calling herself a rescue since this is the very horse I went to New Hampshire with Jill to get two years ago! She wasn't that skinny then and we thought she was thin when we got her. 

Word travels quickly, Jill Schnedler and people are watching. I wish the State or Town would step up and do something but only time will tell, I suppose. Karma's a bitch and she's waiting, I'm sure. I'll just sit back and wait it out.

Scammed her way out?

It appears as if Jill Schnedler has scammed her way out of foreclosure on her property... for now. How long can she really keep this up? She hasn't paid on her mortgage since May 2012! Keep that in mind if you ever want to go to Coldbrook Equestrian Center, or Manes Danes & Everything Maine, or Manes and Danes Equine Rescue. She's only a "rescue" to receive state funding to feed her animals, I'm sure, because she doesn't have the money herself.

In other news, a woman called the Animal Control Officer on my barn owner. She claimed the cows and horses were ALL skinny. Well, being a responsible owner and knowing the horses aren't skinny at my barn, I called the Town Office and filed a complaint against the ACO. The State came by the farm and even said some of the horses were FAT! Imagine that. Apparently we aren't the first to complain about this ACO and "the State is going to deal with [her] on their end". Good. She obviously has no knowledge of large animals.

I also started working at Acadia Woods Kennel in Bar Harbor as the office manager. Yay! I have been bathing dogs and helping the groomer there on Fridays since mid-January and the former office manager submitted his notice and the owner needed someone to fill the position so I was offered the job! The job comes with a free apartment above the kennel so I no longer have to drive to work, I get two days off a week, I work only 10 hours over the weekend total, and I can kennel my dog here for free. All pluses, especially the kenneling because my dog has separation anxiety and doesn't fair well in the apartment alone, hence why he's never lived in apartments with me. We tried for one month and that was disastrous.

Another great perk about this job: I get to have Chase regularly groomed! I don't have to travel anywhere and the groomer here (who is fantastic) doesn't have to feel rushed when grooming an 83-lb Rough Coat Collie. Nothing is worse than when someone brings in a dog with tons of hair and wonders why he/she won't be done until 5pm. Sorry, but it takes HOURS to completely dry a dog with that much hair... and collies dry quickly in comparison to dogs like Newfoundlands and German Shepherds because their hair doesn't hold the water in. Poodles also dry quickly but they also require a lot of brushing and clipping. Luckily, Collies don't require clipping and I hate groomers who clip Collies unless it is 100% necessary or specifically requested by the owner. Chase has left 4 groomers over the years due to their decision to clip him after we clearly stated "Do not clip him anywhere unless there is a mat you cannot remove."

Gosh being a groomer is tough! I try to help out when I can, even when it's my day off and I have nowhere better to be.

There is just one disadvantage to living and working in Bar Harbor: I'm 45 minutes away from my horse (as long as tourist traffic doesn't make it worse). At least I only work until 5pm and I have some days off. That means I do have time to visit Yada at least a few times a week! I'm going to start planning it out better so I can see her a minimum of 4 times a week and we're going to really get into the work-out routine for her to build up more muscle, start taking some lessons with Carrie Dixon, and get her in shape! I do love living in this area so far and on weekends I'm going to start going out and enjoying the island more! Adventuring Acadia, hiking, and whatnot. It's going to be fun!

Foreclosure?

As online research has revealed, as of February 3rd, 2014, Jill Schnedler at Coldbrook Equestrian Center at 214 Coldbrook Rd, Hampden, ME has until May 3, 2014 to become current on her mortgage payments or she will be in foreclosure and evicted from the property. Jill Schnedler has not made a payment to her mortgage since May 1, 2012. I happened to be there as a boarder during this time and I remember her fighting to get the money together to make this payment and it wasn't a full payment, either. Who knows when her last FULL payment was made? Probably never...

Since learning about this foreclosure, I have also learned that Jill Schnedler is still advertising for summer camp at her barn! Instead of "riding camp", as it once was, she now has "Farm Experience" because she doesn't have the horses to have campers riding anymore. Instead, you have to pay a $100 non-refundable deposit for camp and the rest of the camp fee must be paid BEFORE camp starts. All "Farm Experience" camps are $175 per week. If you fail to cancel two weeks in advance, you are still responsible for the whole $175. You must pay the $100 non-refundable deposit or she cannot guarantee you a spot in camp. In other words, she wants everyone to jump up and just pay her the money because it cannot be returned no matter what you do. Easy money, I would say! She also has one week of "Eventing Camp" and one week of "Dressage Camp". Both of these fields, she knows little as she hasn't taught either in a number of years and cannot execute any of it herself any longer. These both cost $250 for the week. You are still responsible for the whole fee if you do not give two full week's notice!

My favorite part about this: Camps start, and go every single week, in mid-June. Her foreclosure date is May 3rd. She wants everyone to jump on the wagon and pay the $100 non-refundable deposits for easy money and then no one can get their money back and she does not have to teach camp because she will be foreclosed on and evicted from the property. Quite the scam she has going here!

Please, everyone, beware of Coldbrook Equestrian Center and its scam artist, Jill Schnedler. She will milk you for everything you have and still try to get more out of you!

On another note:

There are more rumors about me coming from Jill Schnedler! In late April 2012, I drove down to New Hampshire to get a horse who she had at her barn in previous years: Farrah. Farrah is owned by a woman in Bangor, Cindy, and Cindy requested Jill to go to New Hampshire to get her back as she was not working out where she was at the time. Cindy gave Jill some gas money to drive down and we took it from there, we met up with Jill Schnedler's old high school friend (and she bought us a fabulous lunch) and then continued home. Just miles away from Coldbrook Equestrian Center, Jill Schnedler's truck ran out of gas. We called my mom to fill a gas can and fill it up to get us back as Jill had no money for gas at this point. Not only did Jill Schnedler never pay my mom back for this gas but she dared to ask if my mom would help pay for the gas for a horse that has nothing to do with us! How absurd! Jill Schnedler also tried to get my mom to like Farrah so maybe my mom would want to lease her and make it so Jill Schnedler did not have another mouth to feed with the money she did not have. She also asked us if my mom would let her borrow my mom's new Tundra. I was not even allowed to drive it so of course, we declined. No way were we going to let her dogs destroy my mom's truck!

Now the story goes like this: Apparently my mom wanted Farrah and FORCED Jill to go to New Hampshire to get her and then we REFUSED to pay for gas and then LEFT Farrah in her care and took no responsibility.

If you ask me, I think we could ask Cindy, Farrah's owner. I'm pretty sure she will say that she asked Jill to get Farrah and I'm pretty sure I was asked to drive down with Jill Schnedler. Quite honestly, I would have rather not driven down in her unregistered, uninspected Excursion that has no driver-side mirror and only one windshield wiper in the pouring rain on that dreary, awful day. I could have thought of a million other better things to do. We never forced her to do anything. We were nothing but helpful and appreciative until we realized we were just being used and abused by her.

I really hope no one else gets sucked in like that. However, whoever is managing her Coldbrook Equestrian Center and Manes Danes & Everything Maine Facebook pages is being sucked in. Jill Schnedler cannot even afford internet or her smart phone to update them herself and has conned someone else to do that advertising for her.

Please stay away from this scammer!

Jill Schnedler, at it again with Manes Danes and Everything Maine

Well, it's been a long time since I posted but I've been very busy with school, work, and other life things.

A few updates: Yada jumped for the first time (by accident) in December! I was free lunging her and she flew over some bales of hay in the arena! I didn't mean to but she looked great! She jumped it a few more times before getting tired. She was so willing and she was adorable. SO proud!

I also have more updates on Jill Schnedler at Coldbrook Equestrian Center in Hampden, ME. She's started running a "rescue" and 4-H Group called Manes Danes & Everything Maine. She's just doing this to get money from the state and "donations" to pay for the horses and animals she already can't take care of or afford. I can't believe people are buying into this!

Since she started this, two of her "rescues" had to be put down due to health issues and such. I don't really know the specifics other than one came in very underweight and one had a split hoof that required surgery, which she obviously couldn't afford because she can't manage money. She also had to put down Duke who has only had cushings as any kind of health problem I know of. Not really sure why but she put him down. She also killed Sir Leonidas, an OTTB that came directly off the track. HE WAS NEVER A RESCUE! ... though she advertises him as one. 

Leon was purchased for her by some very generous, former boarders. They left after they had weight issues with their horses. After spending hundreds of extra dollars a month for their horses, they kept getting skinnier. She was clearly feeding their grain to her horses because she couldn't afford to feed her own. They left and she was left with $900+ less a month in board checks. Somehow, less than a year later, she claims that Leon had shoulder problems and had to get surgery. Something happened with the surgery and his shoulder swelled up and he eventually had to be put down. I'm sure he just had some kind of injury occur and she couldn't afford to get the vet over, or she owes the vet money, and he ended up dying from it. These generous people bought her a horse. A horse that didn't need to be sold but was sold in the hopes of him having a wonderful retirement home and now he's dead. We all feel terrible about it because I helped encourage it. We all put him in that situation without realizing she could be such a terrible human being. I'm speechless.

To go along with my theories that she, in fact, did not get him any kind of surgery, Manes Danes & Everything Maine has a "wish list" On this wish list has normal things that people might need if they have a lot of horses like these:

Food for the animals (dogs & horses)
Halters
Lead Ropes
Feed & Water Bowls
Leashes
Collars
Toys
Treats
Etc.

But she also has things like:
Power drill
Screw driver set (who can't get one of these on their own? They're cheap!)
Table saw
Chain saw
Ladders
Lawn care
Mulch
Paint & Brushes
Harnesses for horses
GIFT CARDS for gas, feed, tack, hardware, etc
Diesel Duly Pick up Truck 350 (Are you serious? You want someone to buy you a new truck?)
Hay Trailer (You've got to be kidding)
Tractor/Back Hoe (Seriously?)
Tiller
Dump Truck (Really??)
2 - 6 Horse Trailer with a Camper (Those are $30,000+! NO WAY!)
Water Softener (Because her water is undrinkable right now, but it's okay if the animals drink it. Crazy.)
Water Heater (Because she broke hers)
Clear Span Indoor Arena (Because she's ruined hers)
Wind Mill (What?)
Solar Power (Because she owes Bangor Hydro $1,000s)
Roofing Supplies (Since she wants people to pay for her new roof, obviously)

And she goes as far to ask people to pay her bills/accounts on:
Hay guy in Etna - hay
Hay guy in Levant - hay
Feed & Tack Store - grain (I'm so sorry they let her have credit, they're great people and don't deserve people like her)
Hardware Store - grain
Foxcroft Vet - because she can't afford her bill
Ridgerunner Vet - because she still can't afford her bill

This is so absurd. I can't believe her. 

While you're at it, might as well pay her electric bill and mortgage! Oh, and cut a check for her too so she has a little spending money while she drives around in her FREE duly diesel truck. OR you could just simply donate a new barn and house... since if the Town of Hampden or the State of Maine inspected either, they would be condemned. Especially her house. I'm surprised the place hasn't completely crumbled from water damage since she has no roof and the water goes straight inside and through a spare bedroom upstairs into her kitchen downstairs.

If anyone is looking for a rescue, DO NOT go to Coldbrook Equestrian Center or Manes Danes & Everything Maine. Jill Schnedler is a manipulative cheat and she will suck you dry before you see the light and realize what she is.

She's also selling great dane puppies... unpapered. They live in her house or "kennel". I've been in their. Not a suitable place for anything to live where cats and her ferret poop and pee everywhere and she doesn't clean and the place is riddled with mold from water damage. Oh, and she has no heat or running water. Fun stuff.

When you fall down, you must pick yourself up and continue living

I have some terrible news today. Yesterday, I had to put Louize down. It was probably the hardest thing I have ever had to do in my life and I wasn't ready. I had been preparing myself because I knew that if I had one more year with her, I would be lucky, but no matter what you do you're never ready to say goodbye to your best friend.

Yesterday started as any other day, went to Witter to do chores, stopped at Maine Horse & Rider to get a few things and treats, and then decided to stop in at the barn to give my horses their dewormer. Louize was in her stall so I opened the door and almost immediately, I knew something was wrong. She was staring at the corner and she seemed weird. Not 5 minutes went by and she coughed up a glob of spit and her omeprazole for her stomach. She was choking. I took her out to lunge her around to try to help get things moving and she kept coughing, she pooped a few times (good, not colic), and she peed 3 times... that was weird. She never pees that much. I also had to really work to get her going and I felt awful forcing her to go but I had to. I called he vet and he was too far out to get there quickly so when my mom was done getting her truck fixed up, she hooked up the trailer and we took her to Foxcroft. Once we got there, she was just shaking and shaking, I just thought it was nerves because that happens to her a lot. We got the choke out and she seemed okay until the sedation wore off. She wasn't walking very fast, almost like she was exhausted and couldn't walk any more. I took her to some grass and she grabbed a few bites, chewed a little, and just stopped. She didn't even swallow the grass. She then just took herself into the barn there, looked around a little, looked back at me, and walked into a stall and just stood there. She was shaking everywhere. All of her muscles were shaking, her breathing was faster than it should be and it sounded like it was taking a lot of effort to breathe. After over an hour waiting to see if she would improve, we decided to take some blood and run some tests.

While we waited, nothing improved. She wouldn't eat. She wouldn't drink. Her eyes just had a stare like she had checked out. The blood work came back. Her calcium was unmeasurably high. Her protein was incredibly low. Her kidneys were shutting down (which explains all of her urination, her body was just getting rid of her fluids because her kidneys couldn't process anything). She was going into renal failure and there was nothing we could do to help her. We had to make the hardest decision ever, but if I had to make a choice I would rather Louize make it for us and she did. She was preparing herself to leave us. We did it on the trailer so we could take her back to our barn to have her buried. I couldn't be there when the vet did it but she went very peacefully and I'm glad. Her suffering and health issues were over. She's now at peace in heaven in endless green pastures with all the treats she can eat. Jason, my barn owner, was very helpful and had a hole dug by the time we got back. He buried her for us and even let us get a couple of apple trees to place by her to always remember her. My mom trimmed her forelock, mane, and tail so I could have that. I'm sending some of her tail hair to Tail Spin to get a bracelet braided with it with a charm with her name engraved on it.

I'll miss her forever. There won't be a day that goes by that I won't think of her. At least I have Yada and some really great friends around to help me get through this. Yada really helped today because she knew I was sad and she made sure she was on her best behavior. I don't know when I'll feel better but thinking back on all the great memories I have with Louize helps me feel better. If I could go back I still would have bought her. I might have changed a couple of things about barns I took her to, but I would never regret buying her or anything I've done to fight for her. She was 100% worth it and I can't wait to spend my next 20+ years with Yada.

What a summer

It has been exactly one month since my last post. I said I was going to try to post more often but we see how well that is working. Between working 35+ hours a week at Lowe's, doing 2 - 4 chores a week at Witter (1.5 - 2 hours each chore), doing my training sessions Tuesday afternoons from 11 - 1, my class time Monday nights 6 - 8, and fitting in time for my own two horses it becomes very difficult to remember to post on here! So here are my horse updates!

My summer class is going well (it's an equine management course because I'm adding an equine science minor to my degree)! I am learning not a whole lot that I didn't already know yet but the better stuff is coming. On the plus side, I can tell 11 Standardbred bay mares apart! At Witter, they deal strictly in Standardbreds except for their one exception: Francis, a draft cross gelding (the only gelding there) meant for larger, taller riders). They have 14 horses total. Francis who is a gelding, Roadshow who is a stallion, and all of the mares are bay except for one: Whitey... who is obviously a gray, haha! In my training session, we've been learning about fitting tack on a horse, grooming, and lunging. The only thing I didn't know was the helpful tips about fitting tack so that was nice to learn. Yesterday I learned how to mount a horse! GASP! However, we're required to get on and off on both sides... I can't get off on the right. It's something I clearly need to practice!

Yada is doing very well! She's looking great and I even replaced her halter! She has little fits once in a while and yanks really hard on the cross ties. However, the cross ties at my barn are very solid and so she ends up tearing the holes in her halter before getting loose from the cross ties. She has now ripped two halters and I finally gave in and replaced it. This one has fleece on the cheeks, head stall, and nose band! Now hopefully her face will regrow the hair that got rubbed off! I also got a tan halter because it won't show as much dirt since the pretty yellow one I got her before got all nasty and dirty.

Louize is also doing a little better! We have been having a really hard time keeping weight on her lately and it's been a pretty big concern of mine. I wrote out her feed schedule so that way there can't be any mix ups (there were some a couple of months ago about what she should be eating). Now she seems to be doing very well now that it is very clear what she should be getting on a daily basis because it's written out for everyone to see. I also added flax seed oil to her grain to add more fat and the omega 3 from the flax is good for her joints. She seems to be gaining some weight! It's coming slowly but she is. I might have to bump her to the full pump of oil (1 oz. per feeding rather than the half that she's currently getting). I want her to be fat before winter comes swooping back in. My great friend, Rose, has also offered to do some deep tissue massage on her once a week to see if that helps her loosen up and relax because relaxing will help her a lot since she already has stress-related ulcers and she can get stressed out fairly easily and it seems to be doing well for her. She's a lot more relaxed and her muscles are not as tense as they used to be. I'm so happy to see her really enjoying the massages, too!

Louize is also only put into pastures with grass and docile horses. Jason and I don't want her being picked on or chased around whatsoever so she gets only the nicest of friends. She's in with Ohana (a standardbred mare who LOVES Louize and no one else, haha) and a palomino gelding who just showed up... I still have yet to learn his name. She seems very happy in her pasture with grass and lots of friends! Jason tried putting her in a pasture with some grass but she was alone and unhappy so he put her with lots of grass to see if that would help but she hated being alone. He found her one friend, but he was nervous being moved so she got nervous and neither of them ate any grass. We finally tried Ohana, who quickly went to eating grass and Louize followed suit. I was so glad to see them get along so well! It helps that Louize hates picking fights and Ohana can probably sense that Louize is older and doesn't want to fight.

I would add pictures but Blogger is being completely stupid and won't let me. It's great. I want to break it.

From Racehorse to Western Roper

I took Yada to a clinic at Eastridge Stables in Charleston, ME and we had a blast! We only had one issue: Yada still doesn't like to load on the trailer. Not even peppermints got her on to head home! I did get some help from a clinician and looks like something I can try and can do by myself! YAY!

I went to the clinics Saturday and today (Sunday). On Saturday I worked on natural horsemanship with Elijah Moore and learned a lot that I can do with Yada! I even found some great tricks for trail rides if I run into any issues! We even learned how to do a one-rein stop! That would have been helpful to know the first time I rode western and dropped one of my split reins... we just kept spinning and spinning. Now Yada knows how to stop! ... mostly. After all of that, I also learned how to rope from the ground! I never knew how to rope before!

I got more roping practice in this morning with Ernest Garcia before my lesson with Gail McCormack. I learned a lot of good tips about roping! After roping and lunch was my lesson with Gail. I learned a lot about getting Yada to accept the bit and we worked on leg yields! Yada hasn't been that great at leg yielding or accepting the bit but now I have lots of homework to do! After my lesson, Ernest worked with Yada to see how she would react to roping! She didn't care whatsoever so I hopped on and started roping a barrel from her back! I got 6 "catches"! Yada did such an awesome job! I'm so proud of her. She is such a great girl! If you had asked me two days ago if I would ever rope from my horse's back, I would have said "No way!" but I decided to try and we did great! Ernest even said that Yada acted like she was in her teens and was surprised that she was so calm, especially for a Thoroughbred!

This clinic was worth every penny! Not only did I learn a lot, but I also met a lot of great and new people! However, there is one thing I did learn... I might like western a little better with a more comfortable saddle... and stirrups that weren't a little too long. At least I have a lot of things to work on this summer with Yada!

Spring into Summer!

It's been months! So far, a lot has happened. I might have to post bits and pieces to make this manageable but I guess I'll start with the latest news.

In March I had lovely news: Jill Schnedler of Coldbrook Equestrian Center continues to trash talk about me. It really disgusts me that she has nothing better to do. The new rumors floating in the air say A) I didn't pay board for 7 or 8 months (I've heard 2 different versions), B) I left in the middle of the night, C) I stole a bunch of stuff, D) I was never at the barn, and E) I didn't care about my horses (specifically Louize).It's funny though. I was only there for 4 months, we did pay board (only deducting amounts of money that she owed us), we also paid for all of July and stayed for only 3 days, if I left in the middle of the night then I'm sure that Hampden police officer we brought with us wouldn't be happy to be there, and if we had stolen anything, why didn't she tell the officer that was there with us? I also like to add that if I was never at the barn, why did she bring two pitchforks for chores? One for me and one for her? Why did she ask me if I wanted to do hay or water? If we left in the middle of the night, why were helpers at the barn and why was it light out when we arrived at Jason's? What, did we keep the horses in the trailer overnight? I think not. Coldbrook Equestrian is clearly not a very good place if she tells these things to someone she doesn't even know, a person who worked at my current barn, a person who then went behind my back and told people these lies. Don't worry. I called her out on it and she's no longer at my barn. Jill is out of my life. Forever. She can run her mouth but I haven't said anything like that about her and I don't plan on it. I'm not going to lower myself to her level and spread lies. To boot, most of her fences are on the ground now... VERY safe next to a busy road...

Also, the Dixons have left Jill's barn! They brought their three OTTBs from Bits & Bytes Farm to my barn. They were quite underfed. Poor things! There were not that skinny when I last saw them in July so I'm proud of the Dixons for taking the appropriate step for their horses' health. Apparently Jill Schnedler was feeding their grain to her horses because she couldn't afford to feed them herself. The Dixons seem to be happy and so are their horses. Endless hay and NO barn drama! It's very peaceful and nice at Triple D Stables in Eddington, Maine!

News at the barn: There are now three new litters of kittens (the oldest being 6 weeks old) and there's a new percheron foal! She's about two months old now and the cutest thing ever. Her name is "Silver Lace" (Lacey) because she's got a silverish color to her coat. She's very sweet! Also, the other filly is about 9 months old. She's taller than 15hh and her name is "Amazing Grace" (Gracie). She's also very sweet.

Tomorrow is also the day that I am taking Yada to a clinic! It's a western clinic (though I usually ride English) but it will be a great learning experience for the both of us! My mom is currently in Ireland so it's my first solo ride with the trailer and my mom's truck. Should be interesting! It's also Yada's first time (that I know of) riding alone in the trailer so I hope she doesn't mind. I will tell you one thing, I'm going to drive as carefully as possible. Hopefully all goes well! I'll start posting more frequently, or at least try.

It's Winter in Maine

I apologize that I haven't posted in ages. It's been a crazy couple of months with school and everything. Winter has officially set in here. It was 25 degrees last night and didn't get above 35 today. We even got a light dusting of snow yesterday and we're supposed to get a storm tomorrow or Thursday. Might stay north of us, but we could get hit with it. Only time will tell... I wonder what Yada will think of the snow? 

To update you on a few things:
-Yada's new adult teeth are coming in quite nicely!
-The new filly is getting big! She's on the last holes on her foal halter... she'll be getting pony halter soon, I imagine. She's also getting really independent and will run away from her mother to greet people at the fence, now! She used to be clued to her mom like glue!
-There are three new boarders at the barn! One owns a thoroughbred gelding, Neb. One has a morgan mare, Champagne. And the other just purchased Jason's little white pony. So the boarder is new, but not the pony.

I have also been working on Yada with a few things. She has this habit that as soon as I mount up she immediately starts walking forward. I had had enough one day when she walked forward and I almost landed on her back, behind the saddle. I was NOT happy with that because she refused to stop. Now, I get on and I make her stop and stand there. Only issue is that she hates to stand still. She wiggles, side passes, goes backwards, and on occasion she rears up a little and throws her head. As long as she's not going forward, I just try to make her stay in one place. I'm hoping one day she backs into something and learns her lesson about going backward but so far she keeps stopping before she hits anything. She's also started acting up whenever she hears Louize whinny in the pasture. She stops, stares, whinnies, and then starts pacing, rearing, throwing her head, and wiggling everywhere. Somehow, she thinks this will make Louize magically appear or I will stop riding and let her back out with her sister. NOT happening. When she finally stops (in both occasions) and stands still for a few moments, I pat her, say "Good girl!", and then let her walk forward and we continue doing whatever it was we were doing before.  This has only happened 4 or 5 times but I think she's finally getting the idea. The last 3 times I've ridden she stands still until I'm settled but then she just launches forward before I tell her to and the process starts again until she can stand still.

Today we did a lot of work on halting. I was riding bareback with just a set of reins attached to her halter and I want to make her as good at stopping as Louize. With Louize, I lean back slightly, pinch lightly with my knees, and every so softly pull back on the reins and she comes to a dead halt. It's awesome! Yada is getting there. I practiced a lot with just the knees, leaning back, and saying "Whoa" and she was starting to get the idea and became quicker at responding. She is even starting to stand still better! What a good girl!

On to Louize: She has an AMAZING winter coat this year! I don't remember the last time she has such a thick winter coat! It was 25 last night and she didn't need a blanket! Usually she shivers because she doesn't get fed properly by stupid barn owners and she doesn't stay outside to get acclimated to the weather. Now, she spends about 50% of her time outside so she's WELL adjusted and is doing great! I'm thrilled! On top of that, she's officially eating all of her hay and grain without her omeprazole! I have been giving it to her about once a week just for maintenance and I don't want to chance taking it away completely but so far she's doing amazingly well! I taped her last Friday and she was about 850 lbs (she lost a little water weight since the move) and then today she was 865 lbs. That's a record since last year! She's come such a long way when last February she was measured as low as 739 lbs. Looking back at those pictures brings tears to my eyes. Even thinking about it now upsets me. So people out there just shouldn't be left in charge of horses...

Louize has also been super pampered these past couple of months. When I ride her I usually ride bareback with a halter and lead rope. We wander the arena a little and then we head outside to eat grass. She is living the dream! Yada actually has to do work and get trained! She lives a tough life... haha! This winter will also be the "canter project" in which I will get started on really cantering her and perfecting that. I can't wait! I always feel 100% safe on her. Even riding bareback (I'm very insecure riding bareback because I'm used to Louize who is narrow, wiggly, and I fall off of her easily when riding bareback) I feel secure! It's great! She really takes care of her rider. The first time I cantered her she didn't even go fast like a maniac! She was mellow and it was amazing! She just didn't want to stop cantering... that's all.

In all, I have been having a blast with my horses. Even if I only have time to visit them in the pasture and give them treats. I always have fun with them!

New Arrival

There's a new arrival at Triple D Stables! Sometime between Saturday and today a new baby Percheron was born! She's a little filly and absolutely adorable! She's all black with a star and she's super sweet! Came right up and let me pet her and she sniffed my hand! I have never met a newborn foal before so that's new to see a baby with no teeth! Her mom was so sweet! I gave her some peppermints to become better friends with her just in case she got protective of her baby.

For size reference, that gate is a little over 4 feet tall.

We've been waiting since before I moved my horses for this little filly to be born! She's really cute!

Babies are so cute!

Also, Holly is now in the indoor arena so the baby and her mom, Daisy, can have the back of the barn and Holly's big stall as their "run-in" shelter. Poor Holly has to stay in now because she has a terrible abscess on her front left foot. Poo thing. =[  However, the filly and Daisy probably stay out 24/7 because that's how it was with Holly and her mom, Dawn. This little filly seems so happy! Daisy is such a great mother!

Tomorrow, I'm bringing my real camera (instead of my phone which is usually what I take pictures and videos with) to take some really great pictures of the filly! I think I'll take some great ones and print them for Jason and Sandy later.

On another note, I gave Louize a back massage and gave my girls (and Daisy) some peppermints I found at the Ocean City Job Lot for $1! They're the best candies ever! I stocked up on a variety of my favorites and got the peppermints specifically for the horses! They were so excited! 

That's Yada's nose and shadow trying to eat the peppermints while I was trying to take a picture. Peppermints were the first and only treats she took from me when I first got her! Apples and carrots and other treats were NOT her thing.

Also, Louize went 3 days without her ulcer medicine and only left a handful of grain in her bucket! I didn't not give her the medicine on purpose, I just keep getting busy or tired or whatever and not going to the barn lately. I'm going to have to ask my mom to visit, brush, medicate, and treat my horses starting next Monday while I'm at marching band camp. I won't have the time or energy to visit them. =[  Rehearsals start at 8am and I'm not done until 9pm. Plus driving back and forth and showering and I need sleep. The girls will just have to suck it up! I'm sure they'll get spoiled by my mother. I just have to make sure she doesn't overfeed them treats... she likes to do that. They don't mind but their stomachs might.

Something Different

I don't usually like to do the same things all the time when riding. The indoor arena is pretty cluttered with hay, wagons, tractor, etc. and so I decided to try something new! I rode Yada out in her pasture with Louize just wandering around. At first when I was walking Yada, Louize would follow us around and look at me like I was a weirdo. When I started trotting Louize followed a little and then gave up. She was trotting better than I saw previous but it could just be because no one was on her back, too. I'll ride her today or tomorrow to see if she's still stiff and sore and then my mom and I will consider calling a chiropractor for her. Might be good for Louize. Also, Louize has been eating very well! Even when I don't go by the barn and forget to get her ulcer medicine to her she has been eating everything! She hasn't left a single piece of grain which makes me very happy! The first thing I do is check out their buckets, grab a lead rope, some treats, put on my boots, and go outside to give Louize her medicine and some treats to both of them. There were a couple days when I didn't visit them and she still ate everything! Yay Louize! Maybe her stomach is finally settling down and she can come off the ulcer medicine sometime soon! For now, she's staying on it... don't want to change too much and cause it to flare up again when she's just getting better. It's obvious she responds to stress because she was like this before we moved her out of Jill's and then stopped eating after the move. At least it didn't take as long to get her to start eating. At Jill's it took WEEKS! Here, it took maybe a week or two and I had to make sure she got her meds EVERY day! Now she's getting better and that makes me very happy!

I have also noticed that Yada, in the indoor arena, stumbles and kind of limps for a few steps when making turns (mostly to the right). I have a feeling it's just because the turns we have to make inside are fairly sharp and she may have pulled something because riding her in the pasture didn't seem to cause the same issue. She was just super lazy and I had to work to keep her going, except in the slightly sloped areas of the pasture when we went downhill. Only issue I had was keeping her on the fence line because she wanted to go in the middle with Louize, haha!

I also noticed that Jason and Sandy have started to wean Holly from her mother! She's an adorable 3-4 month old Percheron filly. She's only about a hand or two away from being Louize-sized! She's been inside in a big stall for most of the time so at least she has room to wander. She's not outside with her mother now because she's back with the other drafts. A baby with 5 big drafts probably isn't a good idea, so I understand that. She could, I guess, hang out with Yada and Louize! I bet they could be great friends! Louize is very motherly (she's had babies in the past before I bought her) and Yada is VERY sane for a 3 year old. Oh well, she's not mine but maybe I'll offer it as an idea so Holly can go outside more.

In other news, Daisy hasn't foaled yet! She has to be 12 months pregnant now! They have her in a stall at night now and she is in a separate pasture but no baby. They keep waiting! They were hoping she would foal back in June when I first came by to check the place out! Hopefully soon there will be a baby in that pasture. Who knows, maybe when I go see my girls this afternoon there will be a baby!