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A Farewell to “Maggie”
Paula’s Farwell People fell in love with Maggie’s big brown eyes, they held such compassion. People with therapy dogs always felt comfortable introducing their therapy dogs to Maggie. The dogs could sniff at her, and she would stand perfectly still. Maggie brought lots of joy and comfort to so many people. She taught children how to show respect for animals. She visited nursing homes, libraries, schools, malls, stores and walked along the lakeshore, always spreading joy and comfort. Maggie is missed here at...
read moreJanuary 23, 2018
Outreach Visit to UMD Kirby Student Center 11:00AM-1:00PM This was a PAWS Event. PAWS stands for PET AWAY STRESS. Pat Castellano, the Pet Partners test evaluator sent Beth and me an email asking us to come to this event. We were thrilled to accept the invitation. We took Gracie and Maggie on their first outing as registered therapy minis. Beth was the handler for Gracie. I was the handler for Maggie. Our job was to relieve the stress of students studying for their finals. Our day started at 7am to get the mini stalls cleaned. Then it was time...
read moreFebruary 21, 2018
February 21, 2018 Outreach Visit to UMD Kirby Student Center 11:00AM-1:00PM Beth and I were excited to be invited back to another UMD PAWS Event. A big snowstorm the day before did not stop us. It did however make it very slippery for Beth and I and the minis walking on the shady UMD sidewalks where the sun could not melt the ice. So once again I came early to help Beth clean stalls and get ranch work done. We needed to have the minis loaded and be off by 10:00AM. Things ran smoothly. We kept to our time schedule. We were worried a bit that...
read moreDo you want to improve your relationship
Schedule An Introduction to the Masterson Method DemonstrationDo you want to improve your relationship with and understanding of your horse before the upcoming performance season? Schedule a three-hour, interactive Introduction to the Masterson Method™ of Integrated Equine Performance Bodywork presented by retired teacher, musician, horsewoman and Certified Masterson Method™ Practitioner, Elizabeth Wilson. Bring your own horse or borrow one of Beth’s. The sessions are limited to four six participants. Each participant may bring...
read moreA LESSON IN OWNERSHIP by Arvid C. Myhrwold
10 April 1952 Dad always told me you could do as you pleased with anything you owned; the owner is the loss. If a man owns his home, only a city ordinance can keep him from painting it yellow with pink stripes and purple polka-dots. I wasn’t a great deal older before I learned that what a man owns sometimes becomes his owner. Thoreau even claimed that a farm owns the man, instead of the other way around. That is how it went when I began owning horses. Jack and Jim were first. Jack was old and easy-going, but not too affectionate, because he...
read moreIntegrated Equine Performance Bodywork
The Masterson Method® – Integrated Equine Performance Bodywork™ is a non-invasive “unique, interactive method of equine bodywork that uses the nervous system to relieve tension in the junctions of the body most important for performance” allowing the horse to use its body to the best of its ability. The Masterson Method®, developed by Jim Masterson in 2005, works WITH the horse to identify changes in body language that show “where the horse is holding tension, when the tension is released and when a performance-limiting issue might be...
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