Maya is a gorgeous 3 year old Quarter Horse filly with a chestnut coat and flaxen mane and tail. Maya was rescued from starvation and neglect, but has recovered beautifully thanks to the care of the Northwest Equine Stewardship Center. Maya was born blind in her left eye, but is not letting it affect her training. She has been started under saddle and is proving to be a willing student! Maya is very sturdily built and is approximately 14.2hh.
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Mid- February Training Updates
2012-02-20 01:53:35Hi Everyone! Here is a brief update on the horses who are in Pony Boot Camp. Maya - Maya won the heart of one of our members, and after completing 6 weeks of camp, is on trial! Wahoo! She's currently in training with another trainer and under evaluation to see if she'll make a great match with her prospective adopter. Cricket - Cricket came in for camp at the beginning of February. She's been doing so well. Our focus thus far has been on creating a quiet, steady rhythm as well as gain...
Training Updates
2012-01-31 21:45:16Hello followers! It is time for a much overdue update from the Pony Boot Camp HQ. First of all, some exciting news. The Pony Boot Camp blog has moved to Cowgirl Spirit's website. This change will allow you to read about all updates on all the horses and rescue in one place - not only from our Boot Camp location, but from the Cowgirl HQ as well! Now for the horse updates! Maya- This beautiful mare has been up at the Pony Boot Camp boarding barn for a couple of months. We had many r...
Horse Updates
2011-12-29 08:12:00Ahh, another long stretch without posts. Sorry, everyone! You know what it is like during the holidays. Here goes with some updates. Kal: Kal is fattening up like a little porkie pie. He's been getting turn out and exercise and lots of yummy food. It was our hope to start him in training, but as it turns out, Kal needs some more time off for us to get him some needed body work. He's a bit sore through his body, so our resident body worker and vet are going to keep working on him, and we'll...
A Week's Worth of Updates
2011-12-09 13:22:00This week has been really great for both Kal and Maya. Kal- he has been "worked" - aka longed at a walk and easy trot for 10-20min- 3 times. He's been a very good boy and seems to enjoy his "job." He also got his ears clipped, his mane shortened and bridle path done. None of this seemed to bother him at all. Maya's work has been a bit more advanced compared to Kal. We continue to do advanced ground work with her, and basically anything she seems to give the hairy-eyeball to we work on. For...
Back to Basics
2011-12-06 07:34:00The past week of Maya's training has been focused on basics. When I work with horses, I focus on these main areas: physical fitness, physical suppleness, and and emotional/mental preparedness. These are the three areas that must be working together. If you don't have one, the others will suffer. And amazingly, when you fix one, a lot of times, the other two get much better. A happy horse is a horse that is balanced - which takes all three areas to do. For Maya, this has been a routine of dese...
