Leslie Desmond Clinic Registration Process

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Category: Horsemanship
Published: 24 March 2013
Discover the feel of a horse with Leslie Desmond in Ashland, Wisconsin.  This article will provide the pre-registration instructions.  Please take care of the paperwork now.  Click here for a clinic brochure.  Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you have questions.  You are encouraged to become a member at The Equestrian Cooperative web site to receive email updates and important information.
 
Now onto the clinic registration...  Start by downloading and completing the Voluntary and Binding Release for Auditors.
 
Pay online using PayPal or by check.  The fee is $130 for 4 days or $45 per day.  You will find the on-line payment link at LeslieDesmond.com.  If you prefer to pay by check, make the check payable to Leslie Desmond and indicate the days you will be attending if less than the 4 days.
 
Mail the completed Release, a copy of your PayPal receipt or check to: David Onan, The Equestrian Cooperative, 66355 Hart Lake Road, Iron River, WI 54847.  It is recommended you also bring a copy of your receipt to the clinic.
 
Arrive early on the day of the event to finalize your registration.  The clinic is located at The Equestrian Cooperative, 68760 State Farm Road, Ashland WI.
 
There are many excellent places to stay close by.  Potters Farm is offering logdging and camp sites at a reasonable rate.  For other choices links to the local chamber of commerce sites are provided below.
 
If you are interested in Leslie’s learning materials links are provided: Learning Library, New Books, Desmond Outfitter.
 

Discover the Feel of a Horse

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Category: Horsemanship
Published: 11 December 2012

Join us for a special opportunity to learn about “True Horsemanship Through Feel.”   Across 4 days Leslie will immerse us into the approach of “Feel and Release" in its most practical context.  Leslie will work with a variety of horses to show us the compelling results possible, when a horse is released in his mind and body to perform with heart. 

 

Discover the FEEL OF A HORSE
Leslie will help us understand how to release and build on connection, as she shapes the horse’s natural abilities and reveals their potential.
• Develop your power of observation
• Learn how to release freedom of movement and natural life that is so easy to shape
• Witness a true connection between horse and human
• Develop a reliable partnership that is based on feel
 
This will be an amazing, meaningful and friendly time.

 

Auditors: $45 for Thursday night demonstration and $45 daily walk-in fee.

REGISTRATION OPENS at 4:30 PM. DEMO STARTS PROMPTLY at 6:00 PM.

Please remember to bring your PayPal receipt with you! This is your proof of pre-payment!

Over 21 can save $50 on a 4-day pass by registering below. Auditors 21 and under are always welcome at Desmond's clinics, without charge!

 

SCHEDULE OVERVIEW:

June 20, 2013 / 6:00 - 9:30 PM

1st DEMO HORSE 6:00 - 7:30 PM

BREAK 7:30 - 8:00 PM

2nd DEMO HORSE 8:00 - 9:30 PM

Friday - Sunday June 21 - 23, 2013

1st Demo Horse, 2 per day 9:00 - 10:30 am

Short Break

2nd Demo Horse 11:00 - 12:30

12:30 - 2:00 PM LUNCH

2:00 - 5:30 PM Building Feel Into Your Foundation

 

Auditor - Thursday night Demonstraiton $45.00

Auditor - ALL-DAY FRIDAY, June 21 $45.00

Auditor - ALL-DAY SATURDAY, June 22 $45.00

Auditor - ALL-DAY SUNDAY, June 23, $45.00

SAVE $50! Auditor 4-Days June 20 - 23 $130.00

 

How Horses Cope with Cold Weather

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Category: Boarding
Published: 17 January 2013

By Heather Smith Thomas of Salmon, ID, Reprinted with permission: Small Farmer’s Journal, Fall Vol. 36, No. 4

 
Horses readily adapt to winter weather. Cold temperature in itself is not a problem for a horse if he’s had a chance to prepare gradually by growing a winter coat as fall temperatures drop. Wind and wet weather are the factors that can chill a horse.  In windy regions, horses need some type of shelter to protect against the wind chill that can whip away body heat.

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Ylva Helmersson - WWWHD: What would a wild horse do?

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Category: Hoof care
Published: 25 March 2011

Ylva HelmerssonYlva Helmersson began her journey with alternative horse keeping while looking for a place to board her three-year-old gelding Arragorn.  “I had just spent a winter at a conventional stabling place and was slowly realizing that all my horse time went to mucking stables and putting out food,” said Ylva.  “I had no energy to do what keeping a horse was really about, spending time with the horse.”  Ylva found a facility offering 24 hour turnout in a herd.  Having no experience with 24 hour turnout, Ylva thought, ‘what would a wild horse do?’  “Obviously it wouldn’t be spending 15 hours a day within four walls,” she thought.  She realized the horse wouldn’t feel any safer within four walls, which only meant it could not run from any danger.

Ylva’s philosophy of WWWHD led her to question more than just stabling.  She experienced farriers who were never on time and wondered if one could keep their horse barefoot all their life.  “I hadn’t started riding Arragorn yet and he was still barefoot,” she said. “I happened to come across a barefoot webpage.  I was a bit skeptical and curious at the same time.”  Ylva looked for a barefoot trimmer in her area of Sweden, being cautious to avoid the stories of trimmers maiming the horses’ feet.  After more searching, she found Paige Poss and Pete Ramey’s websites.  “Things finally started to make a little sense,” she said. “I still couldn’t find a trimmer in Sweden that I trusted so I thought I would try to do it myself.”

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