Jenny & Nick in Spanien

It has been a long time since the last blog entry... - The departure date (July 26th) is approaching rapidly, which also means a lot of additional work for us: organizing...

Ja, ich bin wieder zurück aus der Schweiz vom Equigarde-Praxistag. Es war wirklich sehr spannend: In Avenches sind sie zumindest in Europa führend in der Besamung/“Reproduktion”...

July 1: In the morning, Nick and I both had lessons (lunging). In the evening, we worked our horses on the riding arena during a sunset. Unfortunately, we didn't take any photos...

Last night, we had a visit from our late guest again. Around 11:00 PM, there was a short 'hello' bark. We were just having dinner. I went outside and petted her. She accompanied...

In the night of June 28th, I couldn't sleep until after 3:00 am. I don't know why. But there is a new herd of cows near us. Together with the livestock guardian dogs, they...

Finally, we managed to write a blog post again! We have been very busy the last couple of days. Besides the usual daily routine, we had the opportunity to participate (for free)...

On the evening of May 13th, our black and yellow cat Mia came into the caravan. As usual, she started eating. However, she sneezed noticeably often. For this reason, Nick took a...

We have 2 hay racks here. The day before yesterday we reported that one rack will be empty by the end of that day. Yesterday the same with the second one. We make sure to report...

Nick had his birthday. After breakfast, we received a message that we should all come up to the stable aisle. Someone had baked a cake, which we went to eat. Then it was back to...

Today it was hot again in the morning. That's why we made a mint-apple-chamomile tea (cold) for our horses in the morning. Around noon it became cloudy. It rained from time to...

Yesterday, the 'men' with the machines came to pick up the manure. They came with a truck and a Bobcat. Luckily, yesterday Junior had the white Bobcat. They said it's not as...

I passed all the Equigarde exams! - I'm glad I don't have to fly to Switzerland again in 2 weeks for the make-up exams... :-) Now there are 2 more practical days (to make up for...

Today we got a new horse: A broodmare has a tumor on one of her ovaries, so she needs to go to the clinic in Madrid to have it removed. After about 2.5 hours of training with...

Today we weren't particularly work-hungry. After mucking out, we each worked 1 horse. Then we were told that a horse in the pasture had injured its head. It should come in,...

Today in the morning, after cleaning the stable with the first horse, the ambulance arrived at the stud farm...? Later we found out that a rider fell off the horse! She broke a...

So... where do we start? So, on May 24th, something happened to me. I can't write about it publicly here. But if we ever sit down with any of you over a glass of red wine, we...

May 22nd, 2021: In the morning, we had lessons on our horses. Fly and I are still struggling with "collection", the constant connection on the reins. We have less of that in...

Jenny at the calmness training

Today we mainly worked with 2 mares. Again training for loading, as they will also go to Germany. And first preparations for riding: getting used to something on the back, on...

Cold... The hat is an important companion!

On Friday, I had school. Luckily, it was online. I am in the final sprint and have exams at the end of the month. I should finally start studying... Anyway, for some reason, the...

Everything is a bit different here in Spain. The concept of working hours is not taken very seriously. We usually work longer in the evenings, but in between we also drink...

We are busy working with the horses that have already been sold: giving hooves, trimming hooves (they are extremely long and horned), grooming, leading, lunging, loading,...

Today we slept in. Then we let the horses graze and cleaned the stable. It has been a while since we went out to eat. We went with a few people from here. Then we went to the...

I am so glad Nick is back!! Everything is easier and better now. He bought a new water pump in Switzerland and fixed it right away, so we have water in the caravan again. I'm...

Right after I finished taking care of the stallions, it became clear that the whole day would go differently than planned. A small foal had to be brought in from the pasture by...

Today Nick was able to enter Switzerland. Now I am alone here in Spain with our animals. Today we brought together 5 mares with our two. These are some of the young ladies we...

It rained all day here, really heavily! Streams of water were coming towards us and the awning of our caravan was underwater. Tomorrow Nick is flying to Switzerland because he...

This is the time when the mares are being covered (bred) and at the same time the time when the foals are born on the pastures in herds. After a rainy day, when it slowly...

Treating the horses often involves a lot of skill in sorting out the respective horses and a lot of fitness, as seen here in climbing.