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With freedom, good horses, dogs, boots and the sun shining, who couldn’t be happy. - The Painting PonyFirst week of sum...
07/06/2026

With freedom, good horses, dogs, boots and the sun shining, who couldn’t be happy. - The Painting Pony

First week of summer classes began on Tuesday. If you are interested in joining our program, give a call soon to set up a visit. We have space for new riders on both riding days. Spread the word. Please help find a few more great volunteers and riders to join the fun. Please - Please - let me know if you will not be able to come and help so I can properly schedule. Thanks.

Thank you for your donations -Smith Family. Sunday was a good day to ride Liber-T. Didn’t do a lot of work as we trimmed trees on the home trail. Liber-T stood rock solid as I clipped off hanging Palo Verde branches and they fell on her. What a champ! We did some touch it in the arena, but mostly just walked today. Monday was time to get Gracie out for a ride. It wasn’t supposed to be windy, but we got some good gusts, which she handled nicely. Focus today was to do lots of circles and turns as softly as we could. Did some indirect reining and got steps of backing up. Nice neutral rein today. We ended the day with a pretty sunset. Tuesday we met new volunteer Zoe, soon followed by Karen and Ellie and Saanvi. We got chores done. Saanvi and Zoe got Spirit while Ellie and Karen got Liber-T. With horses ready, we headed to the arena for ground warmup and some riding. Zoe rode Spirit with Saanvi spotting and Karen took Liber-T out. Cayden arrived and got busy with his ground games and stay with me. He did well and was persistent in his ask even though Spirit was a bit sticky today. Mounted up he worked on his reining while going over the hill, stopping in the hoop and weaving cones. Spirit argued a bit about turning right, but Cayden did well blocking her pull and she agreed to turn right for him then on. NICE ! Natalie arrived, was ready to go and mounted up on Liber-T. Cayden and Natalie then had a nice trail ride. Cayden dismounted and headed back to the pens with Ellie and Zoe to put Spirit away, then spend time cuddling with Gracie. Meanwhile, Natalie headed to the arena. She enjoyed going over the hill, tossing beanbags, stopping in the hoop and doing the puzzles. She was using her reins nicely to stop Liber-T as requested by Karen and giggled when Liber-T got “earrings”. She enjoyed a second trail ride to end her ride today. Wednesday and Thursday were off site work days, so no horse play. I did spend some time with Spirit on Thursday improving her ground games, especially porcupine and yo-yo. Friday Farrier Jason came to help with Dakota. He did some chiropractic work. She appeared to loosen up and hopefully allow her to be more comfortable when walking. Sure wish she could talk. AND - it was real REAL windy. Saturday, it was again real windy, so I worked in the pen with Spirit to help her be more responsive with porcupine and yo-yo games. Going forward is not the issue, but going backwards - yikes. So worked to have her take more than 2 steps at a time by backing her 20 feet. I’m pretty sure they never asked her, as a trail horse, to do much backing up. So she’s not sure and very awkward doing it. Jason returned and pulled Dakota's shoes. Perhaps that will help her out.

Our horses are crucial in our mission to provide therapeutic services to our clients and to keep them healthy and happy. AND - Although hay is in for the year, we will need to purchase more again next fall - so there is always a Hay Fundraiser. Thank you to those who have donated in the past. We purchase enough each fall for the year so we can get consistent quality hay. The best time to purchase is at the end of summer when prices are lowest and the hay is freshest, so that’s when we do it. I don’t know what this year will bring, but we plan for $25 for 1 bale of hay. You can donate through Zelle to [email protected] or send a check. PayPal works through our “Donate” button, but they do charge a processing fee of almost 3%, so less than what you donated comes to us. You can make a donation any time and receive dollar for dollar tax credit on your AZ State taxes for 2026. The best way is with a check or through Zelle to [email protected]. We are an Arizona Qualified Charitable Organization (QCO) and a donation will reduce your AZ State Taxes. Use QCO Code 22306 on Form 321 to receive a tax credit on your AZ State taxes - for 2026 up to $506 state for a single person and $1009 for couples. For all you Fry’s VIP shoppers, please sign up at Fry’s Rewards choosing Code and Fry’s will donate to Stable Influence. We get almost $400/year from Kroger each year. Shopping on the web? Go through iGive.com or GoodShop.com e-malls, choose to support Stable Influence through your on-line purchases. The e-mall merchants will donate a percentage of the purchases to us. You still get great prices, and we get a bonus. It’s a Win Win. THANKS!

The loan we had to get for a new car for Stable Influence is shrinking. But, it’s still not fully funded. So - Fundraiser - A car for Stable Influence is still out there. Anything you can donate will be much appreciated. You can donate through “Zelle” to our e-mail address - [email protected]. A big thank you to those who have made donations.

….one of the great tragedies of the horse world is how often we confuse struggle with inadequacy. - Noelle FloydClasses ...
30/05/2026

….one of the great tragedies of the horse world is how often we confuse struggle with inadequacy. - Noelle Floyd

Classes begin again June 2 - see you then. No classes this week to share pictures, so just sunsets and fun clouds. If you are interested in joining our program, give a call soon to set up a visit. We have space for new riders on both riding days. Spread the word. Please help find a few more great volunteers and riders to join the fun. Please - Please - let me know if you will not be able to come and help so I can properly schedule. Thanks.

Thank you for your donations - Sunday was - clean out the horse water tank. What a job. Monday was very gusty, then no wind at all. So. Decided to get Spirit out on line in the arena to work on touch it, backing up (still challenges for her), she did some sideways nicely for me and canter on the 22' line. I don’t believe she did much trotting or cantering with a rider. It took several months of riding before she’d trot for us under saddle. It’s not good yet, but coming along nicely. So, canter on line is still a bit rushy and not consistent. Don’t want to ride that until she’s good without a rider. It all takes time. Took Dakota to the arena as well to see how she does with her new shoes in the sand. She’s getting better - slowly - but better. We had a pretty sunset to end the day. Tuesday I got Liber-T out for a workout. Pushed her walk on the home trail and in the arena. Did lots of lateral work - indirect rein, sideways over cones, direct rein. Nice. Trotted quite a bit asking her to drop her head and work her back and hindquarters. She did nicely. The plan this week was to ride since temps were to be cooler. However, Mother Nature played a trick. Although it was nicely cooler, she picked up the wind and gusts making riding unsafe. DARN. So Wednesday and Thursday were, do chores and hide from the wind days. Thursday did give us some interesting cirrocumulus clouds to enjoy. Saturday wind was calmer and temps were pleasant, so Spirit and I had a good workout. Still working to help Spirit extend her stride and be more flexible. It’s all coming together, but takes time to change old habits of not stretching and moving well.

Our horses are crucial in our mission to provide therapeutic services to our clients and to keep them healthy and happy. AND - Although hay is in for the year, we will need to purchase more again next fall - so there is always a Hay Fundraiser. Thank you to those who have donated in the past. We purchase enough each fall for the year so we can get consistent quality hay. The best time to purchase is at the end of summer when prices are lowest and the hay is freshest, so that’s when we do it. I don’t know what this year will bring, but we plan for $25 for 1 bale of hay. You can donate through Zelle to [email protected] or send a check. PayPal works through our “Donate” button, but they do charge a processing fee of almost 3%, so less than what you donated comes to us. You can make a donation any time and receive dollar for dollar tax credit on your AZ State taxes for 2026. The best way is with a check or through Zelle to [email protected]. We are an Arizona Qualified Charitable Organization (QCO) and a donation will reduce your AZ State Taxes. Use QCO Code 22306 on Form 321 to receive a tax credit on your AZ State taxes - for 2026 up to $506 state for a single person and $1009 for couples. For all you Fry’s VIP shoppers, please sign up at Fry’s Rewards choosing Code and Fry’s will donate to Stable Influence. We get almost $400/year from Kroger each year. Shopping on the web? Go through iGive.com or GoodShop.com e-malls, choose to support Stable Influence through your on-line purchases. The e-mall merchants will donate a percentage of the purchases to us. You still get great prices, and we get a bonus. It’s a Win Win. THANKS!

The loan we had to get for a new car for Stable Influence is shrinking. But, it’s still not fully funded. So - Fundraiser - A car for Stable Influence is still out there. Anything you can donate will be much appreciated. You can donate through “Zelle” to our e-mail address - [email protected]. A big thank you to those who have made donations.

Some of the best days in your life haven’t happened yet. How exciting. - Inside TimerHonor all our brave lost veterans ...
23/05/2026

Some of the best days in your life haven’t happened yet. How exciting. - Inside Timer

Honor all our brave lost veterans this Memorial Day. We are off Memorial Day week and will start up again June 2. We are only riding Tuesdays - late afternoon. If you are interested in joining our program, give a call soon to set up a visit. We have space for new riders on both riding days. Spread the word. Please help find a few more great volunteers and riders to join the fun. Please - Please - let me know if you will not be able to come and help so I can properly schedule. Thanks.

Happy Birthday Liber-T - 33 years “young” today. She has been helping folks with challenges since 2003. Thank you for your donation - D Woodall. Sunday was very windy and dusty, so hid inside all day. Don’t want me or my horse to be breathing all that dust. Monday was quite nice. When in the hay barn, Carmel and Silky kittys were very keen to see what was at the side of the barn. Didn’t take much to hear the diamondback rattling. Craig, our hero, got a flat edged shovel and took care of the 3' long snake. YIKE! ‘Tis the time of the yea. Later I was able to get a good ride on Spirit. Asking her to extend her stride - this is an ongoing challenge and will take time as she stretches the muscles in her hindquarters and back to allow her to take longer steps. She did some really nice indirect rein to limber up her hindquarters, stretching her walk and trot strides, did some touch it and backing. Nice workout. Tuesday, the saguaro cactus by the horse pens which was struck by lightning in a spring storm has slowly been dying. In the morning it was still upright, but by afternoon the top ½ of it fell to the ground. What a mess. Glad nothing got in the way. The base is still up and will have to come down sometime soon. Ellie and Karen arrived and got Spirit and Liber-T out. Ellie did well with Spirit on ground games and had her turning quite nicely today. Karen got Liber-T ready and after ground games, mounted up. After walking a bit Liber-T offered her a couple of trots. Cayden arrived and after cuddling Spirit and Liber-T a bit, got to work doing ground games with Spirit. Accuracy in friendly tossing lead rope is very good. Focus in asking for porcupine and driving is coming along. He did some very nice stay with me and touch barrels. Good stop with front, then back feet in hula hoop. Mounted up he enjoyed choosing objects to ride to, around and weave through. Nice going over the hill. He followed Karen on Liber-T and led. Ending the day with a trail ride. Well, not totally the end. He helped with untacking, some grooming and had to cuddle Gracie and play with her a bit. He even helped pick up the pens - then the day was done. Wednesday, although was still somewhat breezy, I got Gracie ready with stay with me and driving hind quarters at liberty. Good draw today. On line her trot and canter were very nice. Need more cantering on line to get it consistent and smoother - before we ask while mounted. After mounting up, I did some riding by the pens, then headed to the arena for work on neutral rein, circling barrels, whoa when asked and even some backing up. Did some walking and trotted around the whole arena a couple of times with a few OK trot circles. Nice ride today. Thursday was kind of windy and got some good gusts, but it was OK for me and Liber-T to get her some exercise. After riding the home trail, with caution as we passed the chicken coop near the north fence that is full of chickens, we worked in the arena. I asked her to touch everything, then circle everything in the arena, which she did. Yielding hindquarters in rhythm with her walk, step on the spot, going sideways, going over the hill a few times and trotting were also part of our exercise today. Nice ride. Saturday, Cat, Lisa, Saanvi and Smitha came to get chores done and horses ready. Cat and Smitha got Liber-T, Lisa got Spirit and Lisa got Gracie. Out to the arena all did warm-up ground games and mounted up. Nice work for all. Dana came first and was ready for his second ride with us. He claims many great improvements in his mobility since last week. He walked from his truck to the ramp - used a wheelchair last week. COOL. Once mounted on Liber-T he did a warm circuit of the arena then got to work. He did pushing passenger, Hold reins (right hand is stiff, so this is good) and ask Liber-T to halt and walk on. Did arm raises right, left, alternate and both well. Then started reining around barrels, weaving cones and stop in the hoop. All looked good, so over the hill he want - a couple of times because it is fun. Great ride and great walking afterwards. Charleigh and Rhett came and got busy grooming Spirit and Liber-T before taking their horses around to see what we put out there to play with. Rhett mounted up on Liber-T and worked on some reining and enjoyed riding backwards. Charleigh was having an “I need Daddy” day, so Dad (who is a rider) hopped on Spirit and off they went together. Charleigh settled and did some playing with puzzle and toy food. They went over the hill and did some follow the leader with Rhett on Liber-T. This was the end of our “regular” class sessions. Classes will begin again on June 2 only on Tuesday evenings.

Our horses are crucial in our mission to provide therapeutic services to our clients and to keep them healthy and happy. AND - Although hay is in for the year, we will need to purchase more again next fall - so there is always a Hay Fundraiser. Thank you to those who have donated in the past. We purchase enough each fall for the year so we can get consistent quality hay. The best time to purchase is at the end of summer when prices are lowest and the hay is freshest, so that’s when we do it. I don’t know what this year will bring, but we plan for $25 for 1 bale of hay. You can donate through Zelle to [email protected] or send a check. PayPal works through our “Donate” button, but they do charge a processing fee of almost 3%, so less than what you donated comes to us. You can make a donation any time and receive dollar for dollar tax credit on your AZ State taxes for 2025. Again, the best way is with a check or through Zelle and [email protected]. We are an Arizona Qualified Charitable Organization (QCO) and a donation will reduce your AZ State Taxes. Use QCO Code 22306 on Form 321 to receive a tax credit on your AZ State taxes - for 2025 up to $495 for a single person and $987 for couples. For all you Fry’s VIP shoppers, please sign up at Fry’s Rewards choosing Code and Fry’s will donate to Stable Influence. We get almost $400/year from Kroger each year. Shopping on the web? Go through iGive.com or GoodShop.com e-malls, choose to support Stable Influence through your on-line purchases. The e-mall merchants will donate a percentage of the purchases to us. You still get great prices, and we get a bonus. It’s a Win Win. THANKS!

The loan we had to get for a new car for Stable Influence is shrinking. But, it’s still not fully funded. So - Fundraiser - A car for Stable Influence is still out there. Anything you can donate will be much appreciated. You can donate through “Zelle” to our e-mail address - [email protected]. A big thank you to those who have made donations.

When you see something beautiful in someone, tell them. It may just take seconds to say, but for them it could last a l...
16/05/2026

When you see something beautiful in someone, tell them. It may just take seconds to say, but for them it could last a lifetime. - Enchanting Minds

If you are interested in joining our program, give a call soon to beat the heat. We have space for new riders on both riding days. Spread the word. Got hot stuff going on this week, but should cool a bit by the weekend. That is if you can call 101 “cool”. Mornings and evenings are still very nice though. Please help find a few more great volunteers and riders to join the fun. Please - Please - let me know if you will not be able to come and help so I can properly schedule. Thanks.

Sunday was a rest day as all the horses got a good workout on Saturday morning. Monday was sad as we lost our dog Calypso - and it was really hot. So no riding today. Tuesday was also quite warm, but with only Natalie riding, we pushed time in the sun back a bit and we could make it work. Ellie came and we got Liber-T ready. Natalie arrived and got right on. She worked the shape puzzles, tossed bean bags and enjoyed a trail ride to end her session. Wednesday, Jason came to trim horses. Did some amazing work with Dakota to figure out how to help her - sore feet, sore shoulders. He tried various techniques to see what would work. Friday was errands and off site work. Got message my Saturday riders couldn’t come and as I prepped e-mail to volunteers, got a call about a new rider coming to visit. YEAH! Saturday, Lisa, Saanvi and Smitha arrived, chores got done and horse prepped. Lisa got Gracie, Smitha got Liber-T and Saanvi got Spirit. Off to the arena for some really nice ground work. Lisa had Gracie doing all games with a very nice sideways. Smitha had Liber-T do some over cavaletti back and forth, touch the cone and figure 8 around barrels. Saanvi got very nice circling with Spirit. COOL STUFF! Our new rider, Dana, arrived with his aide, Debbie. Dana rode before, but it’s been 20 years, so we took things slowly. Dana mounted up on Liber-T from the ramp and Liber-T’s movement helped him loosen up. He did pushing passenger, raise hands up and down, put hands on thighs, even used reins to ask for whoa. Very nice first ride. He was able to walk better after the ride. Love what this does. So. . . just for fun we gave Debbie a wellness ride so she could better understand what a horse’s movement can do for a person. WOW. It is always so much fun to share this with caregivers. AND - it was not too hot. Bonus all around.

Our horses are crucial in our mission to provide therapeutic services to our clients and to keep them healthy and happy. AND - Although hay is in for the year, we will need to purchase more again next fall - so there is always a Hay Fundraiser. Thank you to those who have donated in the past. We purchase enough each fall for the year so we can get consistent quality hay. The best time to purchase is at the end of summer when prices are lowest and the hay is freshest, so that’s when we do it. I don’t know what this year will bring, but we plan for $25 for 1 bale of hay. You can donate through Zelle to [email protected] or send a check. PayPal works through our “Donate” button, but they do charge a processing fee of almost 3%, so less than what you donated comes to us. You can make a donation any time and receive dollar for dollar tax credit on your AZ State taxes for 2025. Again, the best way is with a check or through Zelle and [email protected]. We are an Arizona Qualified Charitable Organization (QCO) and a donation will reduce your AZ State Taxes. Use QCO Code 22306 on Form 321 to receive a tax credit on your AZ State taxes - for 2025 up to $495 for a single person and $987 for couples. For all you Fry’s VIP shoppers, please sign up at Fry’s Rewards choosing Code and Fry’s will donate to Stable Influence. We get almost $400/year from Kroger each year. Shopping on the web? Go through iGive.com or GoodShop.com e-malls, choose to support Stable Influence through your on-line purchases. The e-mall merchants will donate a percentage of the purchases to us. You still get great prices, and we get a bonus. It’s a Win Win. THANKS!

The loan we had to get for a new car for Stable Influence is shrinking. But, it’s still not fully funded. So - Fundraiser - A car for Stable Influence is still out there. Anything you can donate will be much appreciated. You can donate through “Zelle” to our e-mail address - [email protected]. A big thank you to those who have made donations

“Everything is a gift. The degree to which we are awake to this truth is a measure of our gratefulness, and gratefulnes...
09/05/2026

“Everything is a gift. The degree to which we are awake to this truth is a measure of our gratefulness, and gratefulness is a measure of aliveness.” - Brother David Steindi-Rast

If you are interested in joining our program, give a call soon to beat the heat. We have space for new riders on both riding days. Spread the word. Temps are roller coastering with hot this weekend and next. Mornings are still very nice though. Please help find a few more great volunteers and riders to join the fun. Please - Please - let me know if you will not be able to come and help so I can properly schedule. Thanks.

Thank you for your donations - Smith Family. Saturday evening we, once again, got a really pretty sunset. Kitty Carmel was with me to enjoy it. Sunday morning was very windy and cloudy. But, by the time chores were done, the cloudy was gone but the very windy and gusty was still there. So, I just played with the horses a bit on line. Had Liber-T work on the circle to engage her trunk and hindquarters. Dakota got to do some lateral work and work a bit on the circle at a very forward walk to stretch her shoulders. Gracie got to practice 180's on the fence line and come to me. Nice. Spirit’s turn is tomorrow. We had a nice sunset, but didn’t get pictures. Licorice came out to enjoy it with me. Monday, there was smoke smell from the Hazen fire in the air early, but with the wind, it cleared out to not be a problem. Lisa came to help with chores and ride Gracie. I got Spirit out to play along. Nice workout for Lisa and Gracie doing taught to be caught and stay with me at liberty in the pen. I got Spirit well connected at liberty in the pen. Both horses connected so well, they followed us around when we were finished and played the carrot stick games we did on Saturday. Then to the arena for a good mount at the steps to work on walk, trot some, lots and lots of circles. They even did sideways around a barrel - very flashy. I worked on Spirit’s circles, yielding hindquarters, whoa, backing up. All going well today. The cactus gave us another pretty flower, on which a honeybee was gathering pollen. Later, I almost missed a really nice sunset display, but peeked out the window at the right time and got some beautiful pictures. Tuesday was beautifully cool and nice in the morning, but the wind picked up - 16 MPH steady and 30 MPH gusts. So, for safety, I canceled class. BUMMER. It was a good thing too as the gusts were very strong at the time we’d be riding. Not good to breathe all that dust. But, we did have an interesting sunset with the scattered clouds around later on. Wednesday after doing chores, I got to ride Liber-T. Even though it was quite gusty, not as strong as yesterday, so OK to ride. Liber-T was wanting attention, so I took care of that. Pushed her for a good “working” walk on the home trail to work her back and hindquarter muscles. In the arena also did a lot of lateral work with indirect rein, sideways, indirect/direct dance and nice trotting with good round up to work her back and hindquarter muscles. Also, did bunches of touch it - the cones, the barrels and the stump, just for fun. Thursday and Friday were busy with errands and appointments. Saturday, Cat, Lisa, Saanvi and Smitha all came and got busy with chores and getting horses ready. Cat and Smitha took Liber-T, Saanvi got Spirit and Lisa had Gracie “catch” her for a workout. In the arena everyone did well with their ground games, then mounted up. Lisa had a great ride on Gracie working on neutral rein, circling and going where pointed. Cat rode Liber-T with 1 rein and worked on flipping the rope and circling obstacles. Saanvi did well with Spirit and got some nice right turning and circles. Charleigh and Rhett came and got busy with grooming their horses. Charleigh then took Spirit around and had her step up on the tire. Rhett explored the “food” on the barrels with Liber-T and did a bit of touch it. Both mounted up. Charleigh changed positions while Spirit was walking and worked on reining a bit. She enjoyed using the small hoop to move her arms up, down and around. Nice jousting too. Rhett also worked on only using 1 hand to ask Liber-T to turn and did a very nice figure 8 around the barrels. He did a nice weaving of the cones. They helped pick up the arena toys before ending their ride.

Our horses are crucial in our mission to provide therapeutic services to our clients and to keep them healthy and happy. AND - Although hay is in for the year, we will need to purchase more again next fall - so there is always a Hay Fundraiser. Thank you to those who have donated in the past. We purchase enough each fall for the year so we can get consistent quality hay. The best time to purchase is at the end of summer when prices are lowest and the hay is freshest, so that’s when we do it. I don’t know what this year will bring, but we plan for $25 for 1 bale of hay. You can donate through Zelle to [email protected] or send a check. PayPal works through our “Donate” button, but they do charge a processing fee of almost 3%, so less than what you donated comes to us. You can make a donation any time and receive dollar for dollar tax credit on your AZ State taxes for 2025. Again, the best way is with a check or through Zelle and [email protected]. We are an Arizona Qualified Charitable Organization (QCO) and a donation will reduce your AZ State Taxes. Use QCO Code 22306 on Form 321 to receive a tax credit on your AZ State taxes - for 2025 up to $495 for a single person and $987 for couples. For all you Fry’s VIP shoppers, please sign up at Fry’s Rewards choosing Code and Fry’s will donate to Stable Influence. We get almost $400/year from Kroger each year. Shopping on the web? Go through iGive.com or GoodShop.com e-malls, choose to support Stable Influence through your on-line purchases. The e-mall merchants will donate a percentage of the purchases to us. You still get great prices, and we get a bonus. It’s a Win Win. THANKS!

The loan we had to get for a new car for Stable Influence is shrinking. But, it’s still not fully funded. So - Fundraiser - A car for Stable Influence is still out there. Anything you can donate will be much appreciated. You can donate through “Zelle” to our e-mail address - [email protected]. A big thank you to those who have made donations.

Gratitude is one of the sweek short cuts to finding peace of mind and happiness inside. No matter what is going on outs...
02/05/2026

Gratitude is one of the sweek short cuts to finding peace of mind and happiness inside. No matter what is going on outside of us, there is always something we could be grateful for.” - Deavita

If you are interested in joining our program, give a call soon to beat the heat. We have space for new riders on both riding days. Spread the word. Temps are still in roller coaster mode, but it’s been nice overall. Please help find a few more great volunteers and riders to join the fun. Please - Please - let me know if you will not be able to come and help so I can properly schedule. Thanks.

Sunday was quite nice, but a bit too windy to ride. So, I played with Gracie on improving her liberty work, draw and stay with me. Then I got Spirit out and after some playing in the pen, I took her to the arena to work on touch it and backing up with yo-yo and driving. She’s been doing better in the pen, but not so much in the arena. I was taught you want to have your horse respond well in 7 locations. So, this is location 3 for Spirit. Horse pen, outside the horse pen and in the arena. She is getting better at touching cones and barrels. She was backing up much more easily with yo-yo and driving. It’s a process. Then I gave Dakota some attention asking her to use her shoulders to cross her front feet and then walk a circle with energy. She is healing from her shoulder twist back in January, but it sure is taking a long time. Liber-T just got cuddles and hugs - which she enjoys a lot. Monday was again windy and gusty, so chose not to ride. BUT - played again with Spirit working on connection. Did some going backwards, which she seems to not like doing and over all it’s getting better and better the more I ask. I then played with Gracie - also working to improve connection and draw at liberty. Tuesday Ellie and Karen came to get Spirit and Liber-T ready. Ellie played a bit with Spirit at liberty in the pen and got a very nice draw and stay with me as spirit went to her and walked and stopped beside her - no strings attached. FUN. Both gals got a chance to play more with warming up the horses both on line and mounted. Spirit was giving Ellie a hard time turning right, but we couldn’t figure out why. Cayden arrived for his lesson on Spirit and started with doing friendly, porcupine, driving, yo-yo games and stay with me task which is getting quite good. It’s getting easier each time. Meanwhile, a vulture was circling above. I told everyone to keep moving! Mounted up, he worked on weaving cones, having Spirit touch her nose to a barrel and going over the hill. He also was having right turn challenges. With his eagle eyes, he noticed by looking down on Spirit’s neck, she had a small swelling on the right side of her neck. It was hard to see from the ground because of her long mane on the left. But, he saw it - that explains the resistance to right turns. She didn’t show any issue with rubbing on it, but didn’t like turning that way. I put some treatment on it. Natalie arrived and got on Liber-T while Cayden was finishing up his ride. She did some puzzle work, walk on and whoa as well as going over the hill several times. She finished with a trail ride to the horse pens which she really enjoyed. Wednesday morning I checked Spirit out and the swelling was gone. She turned her head to the right, but riding her will answer whether she is all healed up. Meanwhile, Craig continues to w**d whack the w**ds and is getting a lot done. THANK YOU. Although a bit blustery, I got Spirit out to see if I could work on the right turns. I checked out her neck and there was no evidence of a swelling, heat or pain. Good to go. She bent to right on line. Once mounted, she did very nice neutral rein to the right. Had a bit of trouble when I asked for indirect rein, but to do that your hand is across the withers on the other side of where you want the horse to turn. So, if I had my hand out to the right, she gave me very nice right turns, softly and willingly. Another amazing sunset was on display this evening. Thursday, after pulling w**ds, doing chores, moving hay and riding yesterday, I was tired, but spent the day doing monthly banking stuff - YUCK! But did have some interesting lenticular and wave clouds and another pretty sunset to enjoy in the evening. Got a series of pictures of the sunset from start to peak. Friday was errand day. Saturday, we had no riders scheduled, but Saanvi and Smitha came and got undemanding time to play with horses. Smitha took Liber-T and Saanvi got Spirit. They started out with “catch me” then “stay with me” all at liberty. Meaning No Strings Attached. Both gals got their horses to come to them, walk beside them, stop and turn. Pretty neat. After grooming and tacking up, we headed to the arena for play with carrot stick and string, before playing serious ground games with the horses. Smitha was able to get all 7 games with Liber-T. She improved sideways and learned squeeze. Saanvi got to game 5 with Spirit. I didn’t want her to try sideways with Spirit as I think Spirit would push the barrels and - go. Both mounted up. Saanvi worked on turns - especially to the right with Spirit. She was very successful with very little bracing with Sprit. She did figure 8's, indirect rein, lots of circles, go over the hill, cavaletti and ground pole as well as whoa and some backing. Smitha rode Liber-T with 1 rein at first. Then got to do some indirect reining and even a few steps of sideways. Both played with carrot stick riding - asking for turns using the carrot stick rather then reins. It’s coming. A fun day for everyone with lots of learning.

Our horses are crucial in our mission to provide therapeutic services to our clients and to keep them healthy and happy. AND - Although hay is in for the year, we will need to purchase more again next fall - so there is always a Hay Fundraiser. Thank you to those who have donated in the past. We purchase enough each fall for the year so we can get consistent quality hay. The best time to purchase is at the end of summer when prices are lowest and the hay is freshest, so that’s when we do it. I don’t know what this year will bring, but we plan for $25 for 1 bale of hay. You can donate through Zelle to [email protected] or send a check. PayPal works through our “Donate” button, but they do charge a processing fee of almost 3%, so less than what you donated comes to us. You can make a donation any time and receive dollar for dollar tax credit on your AZ State taxes for 2025. Again, the best way is with a check or through Zelle and [email protected]. We are an Arizona Qualified Charitable Organization (QCO) and a donation will reduce your AZ State Taxes. Use QCO Code 22306 on Form 321 to receive a tax credit on your AZ State taxes - for 2025 up to $495 for a single person and $987 for couples. For all you Fry’s VIP shoppers, please sign up at Fry’s Rewards choosing Code and Fry’s will donate to Stable Influence. We get almost $400/year from Kroger each year. Shopping on the web? Go through iGive.com or GoodShop.com e-malls, choose to support Stable Influence through your on-line purchases. The e-mall merchants will donate a percentage of the purchases to us. You still get great prices, and we get a bonus. It’s a Win Win. THANKS!

The loan we had to get for a new car for Stable Influence is shrinking. But, it’s still not fully funded. So - Fundraiser - A car for Stable Influence is still out there. Anything you can donate will be much appreciated. You can donate through “Zelle” to our e-mail address - [email protected]. A big thank you to those who have made donations.

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