4/13/08

Hey HyTyme-ers!!

Spring is finally upon us!! Yay! Horses are ready to shed out and get moving onto to sunshine and happy days! Well the first order of business is ...Next weekend is the NW Companion Pet Fair. It is April 19-20th and we will have a HyTyme Booth there to spread the word about HyTyme and all of our awesome horses. If you would like to come and volunteer for the booth please let Ashley or Sherry E. know ASAP. It is a fun Pet Fair. It has lots of people and activities. You can even bring you own "well behaved" pet on a leash. In the works is the Annual HyTyme Grooming Day. We have people that we know or groups come out and help us with one day of grooming, picture taking and a BBQ. We are deciding on a day now. Sheri L. and Don are doing a great job catching up all the horses on their trims!

*** ALERT!!!  **** We need current pics of horses available for adoption!!! If you groom up a horse please take a pic if you have a camera or usually Jim has his camera so ask him to take a pic! Make sure they are groomed (no mud) and looking slick and pics that have a person pictured with the horse look great as well!! Get your pic taken with a horse today! We need pics of Patch, Chino, Ada, Abby, Izzy, Velvet, Sky & Snickers the most! Send them into Ashley when you get them so I can use them for advertising and Adrienne can put them on the website. HyTyme Steering Committee met a couple weeks ago and discussed some options for things we need to do in the future, such as restructuring the volunteer base, getting horses Adoption Workers, construction, jobs to be done and fundraising. So look out for changes in the future.

ON THE CONSTRUCTION FRONT: BIG CONGRATS and THANKS!!! Cheryl and Jim have been double teaming the arena work!!! The concrete is almost all moved!! YIPPEEEE and a BIG thanks for the new gravel in the driveway, it is sooooooo nice! Great job!

ON THE VOLUNTEER FRONT:  Please remember to sign in on the Volunteer sign in sheet located in the barn on the wall. We need to log our hours for those grants! Also we got our insurance approved so that means following the rules 100%!!! If you are approved to ride you must have a 1 inch heel on your shoe and a hardhat at all times while riding (NO EXCEPTIONS!) The safety manual is being typed up so look out for the safety manual for volunteers soon! If you need to be evaluated for riding please contact Cheryl.

HORSES ON THE MOVE: Finn moved to his new home,  he is doing great and is very happy living on the Christmas Tree Farm, Congrats to Finn's new family!!! Oslo moved to his new barn, it is about 17 mins away from my house so I can see him almost daily. Mac has decided this is the best thing since sliced bread and has taken over "the ladies" in Oslo's absence! We have several horses who are being looked at right now for possible adoptions, keep your hooves crossed!

ON THE MEDICAL FRONT: Horse records have been updated in the binder in the barn, if you have questions about a horse being dewormed or vaccinated please check their listing in the binder. Mac went to the vet and got his nose worked on, he has an old break, from before we got him, in his nose that was causing the swelling. The vet cleaned it out and hopefully it will not return, if it does the vet says it is not a problem for Mac. Hobbit is now a gelding, he went to the vet and got gelded a couple weeks ago.....CONGRATS Hobbit!!  

ON THE TRAINING FRONT: Cheryl is working with Sheri L to evaluate all the horses up for adoption. This is great to get an expert opinion of where they are at training wise. Each horse will be updated after they are evaluated. Great job you 2!!!

PUTTING A BUG IN YOUR EAR! Becca and Ashley are in the planning stages for a big fundraiser for HyTyme which will include a night of music, food and a silent auction, to be held this summer. If you know of anyone who would like to donate any items or services to our silent auction please help us get that going. All donations are tax deductible!! So please contact us for further info! Well that is all for now, thank you to everyone for the hard work and dedication to the horses.

Best Wishes,
Ashley

2-25-08

Hi Hytymers!!!

Spring is just around the corner and we have some great news for Hytyme!! Horses are fat and happy and ready for the warmer weather. Thanks to everyone that endured the wet and muddy weather this winter for the horses!! Hands On Horses Expo was a Hytyme success! We really got our name out there and our horses looked great! Gideon was very impressive and Shannon looked wonderful and they both got lots of exposure in the clinics! Thank you to everyone that volunteered their time at the expo!! Great news for Hytyme - We would like to introduce Cheryl Rhodes Hytyme's new resident trainer! Cheryl has tons of great horse experience and will be training and evaluating horses for us! Currently she is working on getting the fillies trained and ready for adoption. Cheryl is out most days during the week so the fillies are getting worked with daily!! This is awesome! Say HI to Cheryl next time you see her!

ON THE TRAINING FRONT: Horses are currently under evaluation, this means Cheryl will asses each horse up for adoption and then we will arrive at a fair price for that horse based on experience, training and ability. Since the horses are under evaluation the horses will be listed as TBD (to be determined) for their adoption price until they are evaluated. Currently no horses are to be ridden until they are evaluated and the riders are evaluated by Cheryl. So if you would like to be evaluated please email Jim and he can set it up for you. In the mean time all the horses need time spent with them for clean up and each horse LOVES individual attention so we are focusing on getting each one out and spending quality time with them. Ads will be posted for each horse as they are evaluated. Spring is the time when we need to get our name out there as people are looking for their project horses. Currently Cheryl is working with Ada, Abby, Izzy & Velvet, getting them trained and ready for adoption. Don is working on getting feet done and cleaning up feet after winter, he comes out on Sundays and if you can help hold horses for him let Jim know. Thank you Don for getting all our kids feet into good working order! We are currently working on stripping the stalls in the oldies barn, they need a good clean up after the winter months. So please if you have time, even 1 wheelbarrow worth picked and hauled by each person will make it easier, so if you can help out please do!

HORSES MOVING ON: Congrats to Braveheart, Old Christie and Lacey, they are moving to their new home this week!! Congrats to Finn, he is going out on 30 day Trial to work as a carriage horse, keep your hooves crossed he does a great job and will be officially adopted!! He will be leaving this week.

ON THE VOLUNTEER FRONT: Evelyn is starting her new volunteer orientations again, so keep an eye out for new people and make them feel welcome when they come out to help us!!! If you are using Hytyme's tack please treat this equipment as you would your own. We all know tack is very expensive and should be kept in nice working order to prevent injury to horse and rider! Saddles should be wiped down and set back up on end for storage. Bridles should be wiped down and hung up for storage. English saddles should have the stirrups run up after use and saddle pads should be stored upside down so they can air out and dry. Halters and leads should be hung up after use neatly and all grooming equipment and buckets should be put back in the barn!! Lets keep our barn looking tidy! New Hytyme Rule: NO Hard Hat, NO Heels, NO riding!! We have to adopt this rule and live by it for insurance purposes - NO exceptions!

ON THE CONSTRUCTION FRONT: Still moving concrete for the arena, but it is getting less and less. New parts came in for the tractor (finally!) so that will help! Jim has been working hard on this project so thanks to Jim for getting us closer to a great arena!!! Horses will be moved around soon and we will be able to use Marquis paddock for an arena, if you can help Jim with some fencing so we can get this project done...please email him! We will also need fencing volunteers for the new vinyl fences that will line the road so if you can help with that let Jim know as well.

ON THE MEDICAL FRONT: Ashley is still vaccinating new horses and will be doing this on Sunday, if you are out and can help catch horses for them to get their vaccines please let her know. Thank you for the help!! We have some horses that have rain rot after a very wet winter, so as they come in for grooming, we have rain rot treatment to put on them, it will clear up in spring when it is not so wet, so keep an eye out for any horses that need treatment. All the brushes need to be disinfected on a regular basis to cut done on fungus and bacteria that can live on the brushes. So if you have time to do this please do. They need to be placed in a bucket full of water with a cap full of bleach and then rinsed and dried. Feeding buckets & water troughs also need to be cleaned on a regular basis and scrubbed out so please help with this when you can.

FUTURE PROJECTS: Hytyme will have a booth  April 19-20 at the NW Companion Pet Fair @ the Portland Expo Center, if you can help out at the booth please let Ashley know. Spring Clean Day for the Horses & BBQ is in the works and we will let you know the date. We will be having some clinics this summer and the dates are to be determined still, but keep an eye out for these awesome ways to learn more about horses!

A SAD GOODBYE ~ Our volunteer Rachel is moving this week and we will miss her dearly, she has been such a great help to the rescue and the horses have gotten so much attention from her. We wish Rachel all the best in her future endeavors and a safe trip! Thank you to everyone for their hard work and dedication!! Our horses let our volunteers know all the time how special they are....you can see it on their faces!!! Our volunteers are the best!!

Best Wishes, Ashley