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The Bony Pony

Serving Northwest Equestrians for 27 Years By Kim Roe     In the late 1980s Cherie Geerdes was working as an accountant in Seattle. Recently married to farrier Jack Sims, she’d made him a promise that she’d move back to the Skagit Valley soon. While searching for a tack store …

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Veterinarian Julie Eihl

Bringing Caring and Healing to Puget Sound Horses Interview by Kim Roe   I first met Dr. Julie Eihl over 20 years ago on a late summer evening after finding my home-bred warmblood filly entangled in electric fencing. She had major lacerations to her hock and could barely walk. I …

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A Happy Horse

Equine Wellness Includes Mental Health By Kim Roe   A sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ. – John Steinbeck As I’ve developed as a horseman, my focus has turned more towards keeping my horses emotionally healthy. I love my horses, as we all do, and …

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Spurr’s Big Fix

Long-time Farrier Develops Unique Product for Horses’ Health By Kim Roe   David Kimbrough and his wife Kathy are lifelong horse lovers. David spent 38 years helping horses as a professional farrier. He watched his clients try to relieve their horses’ hoof and skin problems with products that were messy, …

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Do You Need a CDL to Haul Your Horse?

Making Sense of the New Regulations Around Hauling Horses By Kim Roe   You’ve spent months training and conditioning, weeks planning, and days packing your truck and horse trailer. Now you and your friend are finally on the road with your horses and gear in tow, headed for a favorite …

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Learning Requires an Open Mind

Release the Ego to Learn By Kim Roe   For a number of years, I worked regularly with a German clinician who came to our area three or four times annually. Once, as I came in for my lesson, he announced to the spectators that he enjoyed working with me …

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Staying Ship-Shape

Caring for a Horse Facility Never Ends By Kim Roe   My late husband Theo was a commercial fisherman. Like all responsible fishermen he spent lots of time, money, and effort maintaining his boat. He fished out of Alaska and would head north every spring when Bristol Bay was still …

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Josh Lyons

The Legacy Continues Compiled by Kim Roe from an Interview by Karen Pickering   In March, Northwest Horse Source publisher Karen Pickering interviewed trainer and clinician Josh Lyons at the NW Horse Fair and Expo in Albany, Oregon. A resident of Cross Plains, Tennessee, Josh is the son of the …

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Debbie Schrock of JD Outfitters

Bringing the Equestrian Experience to Others in the Methow Valley Interviewed by Kim Roe   What do you do? My husband John and I own and operate JD Outfitters LLC which supplies all the horses for Sun Mountain Lodge’s horse operation near Winthrop, Washington. We offer guided horseback rides and …

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The Heart of a Horse

What’s Inside a Performance Horse is Most Significant By Kim Roe   Not long ago I was scrolling through Facebook and found an article by Rachael Turner in Horse & Hound Magazine. The story was about a 13’3” hand pony eventing at the upper levels in Australia. The pony, Lakevale …

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