News
Truck is ready to haul!
Posted on March 24, 2019 at 8:00 PM |
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I am happy to announce that the truck is up and running again!
It took some time to pinpoint the truck's issue, but we wanted to be assured it was all good, before we started hauling horses again (as they are precious).
Thank you to all our clients for their patience
Welcome Lucas
Posted on March 17, 2019 at 6:00 PM |
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Today we welcome a handsome grey hanoverian to our farm. Congratulations Linda on your new boy!
Lucas is a very sweet boy
Our first "Mini" Fun Day
Posted on February 23, 2019 at 6:55 PM |
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We had an awesome Mini Fun Day!
Thank you to all the volunteers and participants. It was a blast to be hosting these events again.
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The winner of our Cleanest Horse was Kim.
Thank you to UpCycle Canada for the awesome grand prize.
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Also a shoot out to #WeilandFarms for all the delicious apples for the horses.
Jedi!
Posted on January 22, 2019 at 7:30 PM |
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We just brought home our newest addition to our family.
Please welcome Master Jedi! Our new dog, a 5 year old German Shepard!
BD's Inside Track Issue 2
Posted on January 20, 2019 at 7:30 PM |
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Keep an eye on your emails. The new newsletter will be sent out soon.
Full of fun information and articles written by individuals from the barn.
14th Birthday Chocolate
Posted on January 20, 2019 at 7:30 PM |
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Happy 14th Birthday Chocolate
Merry Christmas 2018
Posted on December 23, 2018 at 4:40 PM |
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Merry Christmas Everyone.
Hope you all have a safe and joyful holiday season.
Amber is back home!
Posted on November 20, 2018 at 10:40 PM |
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SHE'S HOME! SHE'S HOME! AMBER IS HOME
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Thank you Theresa Gilligan for taking such good care of our little pony.
Essential Oils for Horses
Posted on November 2, 2018 at 6:45 PM |
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Balanced Dressage will be hosting a FREE class on essential oils for Horses, presented by The Glow Group. On Sunday November 25th.
Open House
Posted on October 30, 2018 at 11:45 PM |
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We had a very successful Open House!
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Thank you for everyone who came out!
We had a great turnout, even though the weather was not the best. It was quite a busy day. Hope everyone had a chance to learn something new and have some fun.
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Thank you to all the vendors for participating.
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I want to take the time to say a very special thank you to all our boarders and volunteers who help make this day run so smoothly.
Oscar
Posted on September 22, 2018 at 10:00 PM |
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Please welcome to the barn our newest addition "Oscar".
A very sweet quarter horse gelding that is already making friends with some of our other boys.
Book Club
Posted on September 15, 2018 at 9:55 PM |
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Today's book club meeting was fun, even the some of the geldings joined in
Centzy and Chocolate
Posted on August 15, 2018 at 6:50 PM |
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Today we welcome to their new home "Chocolate" and "Centzy"
Two beatiful mares.
Posted on August 13, 2018 at 12:50 AM |
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Keep an eye on our Facebook page!
We have countinued with our quote of the week (on Mondays) and added Throw Back Thursdays!
August 2018 Book Club
Posted on August 13, 2018 at 12:45 AM |
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We had a very interesting book club meeting yesturday. Many topics (and tangents) were brought to the table.
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Some of the topics included:
- 20 Tips From a Master (Hubertus Scmidit)
- Win Accuracy Points (by Jon Costin)
- Man O' War
- Trot, Pony!
- Mirrors in stalls (and the research that is done)
- The Perfect Horse (Historic book regarding horse related events/breeding around WW2)
- Local carriage horses and politics
- MeToo movement
- Rolkur and the verical and what does that mean?
- In front of the leg?
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Thank you everyone for their input!
Time to Edit!
Posted on July 26, 2018 at 9:50 PM |
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I apologize to everyone that the website has not been editied in a little bit. We promise you that is will be up to date soon!
In the mean time you can keep up to date, by visiting our Facebook page!
Feb 2018 Movie Club
Posted on February 10, 2018 at 2:55 PM |
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We had a fun movie club today! We watched Racing Stripes and Dressage in Detail Part 1 with Dr. Reiner Klimke. Which looking in more details in warmups, and loosening the horse. But most importantly talked about how we aim to make the horse more flexible and expressive. And demonstrates this with transitions.
Feb 2018 Book Club
Posted on February 4, 2018 at 11:30 AM |
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We had a phenomenal book club meeting yesterday! Thank you to everyone that participated. There was so many great topics brought to the table. Including: a child's story "Lost and Found" about a donkey getting lost on a boat; An interesting article by Alayne Blickle about "Recycling Compost as Horse Bedding" and different types of horse beddings and benefits; Lunging,building confidence, adding obstacles and working with arena boredness; Goal setting; Horses' nature instincts ... flight or fight; An article by Antonia Henderson looking at understanding equine personality, "A mind for the Job"; Some top stallions including Negro, De Niro, Sandro Hit, Don Federico and Donnerhall; An article on Cindy Ishoy and the intensive training that top riders go through; And the organization 'Cornerstone' not hosting shows at Palgrave anymore.
Once again thank you everyone for their participation!
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For those that did not have a chance to come out, just remember this is a free event that we do once a month. We just gather together and talk about anything interesting that we read throughout the month.
We welcome Mary!
Posted on January 29, 2018 at 11:30 PM |
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We welcomed tonight Mary to her new home! She is a very sweet Canadian Warmblood mare.
She is a lovely grey horse with a very caring personalitly. She settled very fast at her new home
Jan 2018 Book Club
Posted on January 21, 2018 at 10:55 PM |
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Today we had our first movie club meeting. It went really well. We got to relax together and enjoy some snacks. Today we watched 'Inside Out' (as we have been talking about horse's emotions) and 'Basic Dressage Training for the Rider' by Susanne Miesner and Johann Hinnemann. We can't wait till next month's meeting.