Rancho
Ontelaunee is privileged to be virtually surrounded my neighbors
who are very serious about the welfare of horses and exceptionally
involved in both the practice and promotion of natural horse
care and keeping. Although they don't operate a web
site, two such neighbors are Cate and Ray Stoltzfus, who own
the one hundred some acre Maiden Springs Farm, just 'out back'
of our Rancho, with its large indoor arena and indoor-outdoor
round pen facilities, which they make available for free use
by their horse owning neighbors. Additionally, Cate
has been the organizer of one or two clinics each year, which
she has hosted at the farm, attracting attendees from various
states (as far away as California) and featuring such past
years' clinicians as equine podiatrists Gene Ovnicek and KC
LaPierre, trainer Dan Sumerel and Equine Touch clinicians
Jock and Ivana Ruddock.
As
for the web sites, you can click on the various logos, below,
to visit web sites operated by the following neighbors:
Our
nearest neighbors, Randi and Gene Peters, lives at
the next farm up the road , where Randi is
publisher of the national magazine, Natural
Horse,
now in its seventh year. As founder and
editor of the
Magazine, Randi's main
concern is the informational content, while Gene
keeps the web site up and running and creates
other technical and artistic support items. |
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Another
neighbor, Marjorie Smith, is internationally
known for her consultation
services and comprehensive Barefoot
For Soundness web site, both
in regard to specific and detailed
directions for doing natural
hoof trimming and other natural horse
matters. |
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For
the past several years, our neighbors, Vicki
and Ricky Kline have been devoted to operating
a facility at their horse farm, for the rehabilitation
of horse problems, such as founder, which
relate to the equine hoof. Vicki
is an accomplshed, professional equine podiatrist,
specializing in barefoot hoof trimming for
rehabilitation purposes. |
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And,
Rich Miller, who owns and operates the
Moutain Springs Camping Resort in nearby
Shartlesville, PA, continues to donate the
use of his facilities, which include two
indoor arenas (one of which
is very large) for use
during special events each year, to promote
and demonstrate natural horse keeping and
training. |
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Additionally,
the availability of cabins for rent at the resort
provides convenient lodging for folks who may
be coming in from out of town for a weekend horse
activity and/or enjoyment of the outdoors and
Pennsylvania countryside.
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